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... *s:̂ -%yr"'; f?!^r^ri A|ljfek4&t»' vv J- - •'Jtf- . | <~ _. i\'.ys , B."k*^» *??*>> **#%•>„ Mi ,kv. !., v» , £ » »i'-rs£; 'r 'A % 1W.^:a£ . V',<« «£a£2K£ 0£ffiPCk&' AN REBELS ^wm V-^ - X v * V «tMH»i rHEN HE ABANDONED VISIT Missionary Found Out Why He Wm .^'-•atag Sent as MenM|w ><» , Cannibal King. --if v. . > CHE junta at El Paso agreed that a visit to the camp of Colonel Torribio Ortega and an Interview with that Constitutionalist command- would be a very good thing for the cause. When it came to delivering a passport and letter which would take the party past outposts, that was another matter. They were willing to do it, but always tomorrow. "If we let them guys manana us we'll never get there," commented Scotty. - "They know they ar* going to give us those papers, but they hate to get down to work. There is only one way to ' make them get busy and I'm going to use it." - "The only way" meant cheerful, patient, per­ sistent attendance- on the junta morning, noon and night until finally, late one evening, after the last promise to have it ready the following morn­ ing at "tain o'clock" had been brushed aside, the passport was prepared with great mystery, duly sealed, elaborately addressed and ceremoniously handed over. Before the following daybreak the automobile was streaking down some of the best country road in the United States bound for somewhere around Guadaloupe, a little town something like forty miles distant on the Mex­ ican side. Locke, the owner of the car, and Jim, the chauf­ feur, were in front. Locke held the wheel on the country road, but later Jim would take the gaso­ line bridge. Jim would have been the working mate of Kit Carson, old man Bridger or some of the other giants of pioneer days if he had been a man fifty years ago. Now he is a border chauf­ feur, able to drive a car any plaoe a goat can climb and willing to go anywhere into the seeth­ ing interior of Mexico for his price. "This ought to be a cinch today," Jim said. "We'll get through a humming if we don't run into a bunch of Salazar's men from Juarez out scouting, and they're bad hombres, or some of Castillo's bandits. Split out your passes and don't shove the wrong ones; let me do the talk- tog." About twenty-fire miles east of El Paso the Rio Grande swings into the side of the country road and at the first turn two khaki-clad young cav­ alrymen with six-shooters strapped to the right hip stepped "forth with uplifted hands. Uncle Sam is making an earnest effort to keep down the smuggling of contraband across the border and for that purpose has thrown '"his soldiers along the international boundary. Inasmuch as the soldiers not only have both factions of Mex­ icans against them, but the American business eentiment as well, the thing is somewhat in the nature of a farce. These young cavalrymen, however, were doing their duty as beBt they could and they wanted to know who, what, where, etc. They were told, duly scrutinized an official pass from the military authorities and took a look through the automo­ bile. Cartridges, like blessings, come and go un­ awares and they were not taking a chance. Just a little later at what was once an International bridge six lftore soldiers headed by a sergeant tumbled out of the underbrush and from under the abutments and cried "Halt!" "Sorry, you know," said the sergeant crisply as he went through the car with the deftness of a customs inspector, "but we've got to do it. Have you an extra morning paper with you? Hey, Murphy, I win that bet! Washington did trim the Athletics." The river ceased at this point to be the inter­ national line because whenever the Irrigation will let her have a little water she gets even by finding new channels, cutting across lots and Slicing up territory to give a boundary commis­ sion a nice summer Job. In this particular in­ stance she had sliced Into the United States a mile or more, which threw the line a mile or two on the south side of the rjver, in a low lying flat land, which occasional floods have filled with willows, cottonwoods and dense undergrowth. It is a great point for smugglers. Just at the end of* that mile the fairly good road ended abruptly. Shifting sand, overgrown trails and deflation succeeded. It was as if the car had been dropped suddenly Into a far distant country, unsettled and practically, unex­ plored. Just a mile to the north there has been a hard Scientific road passing through farm land brought to the highest point of development. The fields were fragrant with growing, flowering alfalfa, kafir corn, mllo maize, fruits and melons. The houses were pretty bungalows or modern con­ crete dwellings. There were men at work in the fields and their mules and horses were sleek and well cared for. Windmills were drawing water from wells where the gasoline pump was not used. It was all happy, all busy, all prosperous. Over here the country was( stricken. Land Juet as good as any in the world lay fallow, over­ grown with brush. "We ought to pick up an outpost about now," called back Jim finally. "Look out!" As he spoke there came from the mesqulte covered side of a mesa a single sharp detonar ting report and something sang by in the air Vbove like a large humming top. "Sit still unless Jt's one of the Castillo bunch," came the command; if it is. Jump for the mes­ qulte." • Around the edge of the mesa came a horse- tnan with his pony on a dead run. a Winchester swung in one hand, his Mexican sombrero flut­ tering. "Rebel," was the decision. "It's all right; get ©ut the junta letter." The outpost had said that the way to Ortega was straight ahead and turn to the left at a big m j&gifar imp arx&3gcuarrm2!spn&o washout. He raced back to the position he had been In. and off to the right presently another man was seen signaling with a zarape. It was a friendly service, for thereafter there were no shots, although horsemen rode near to the auto* ®aoblle. Guadaloupe was once a town of about 1,500 in­ habitants, a bustling, thriving little community with many characteristics borrowed from over the line. The principal street had several ambi­ tious stores. There was a bank and a telegraph office and the houses of the better class were commodious, of plastered adobe, with patios filled with flower beds. The rooms In some cases were decorated and the furniture imported. Ortega, commander of the thousand or so men. occupied what was once the principal dwelling of the town, a pretentious Spanish home. This happened to be the day before Ortega broke camp, hoping to join Pancho Villa in an attempt to capture federal trains carrying 2,000,- 000 pesos and $80,000 worth of provisions to Chi' huahua. Therefore the camp presented a busy scene. The only person who did not seem to be concerned was Ortega himself, who was propped up on a cot reading a novel. Ortega does not talk much. His answers that day were very brief. He was fighting for the constitution, which had been set aside by the Huerta government after the assassination of President Madero. He would fight until constitu­ tional government was restored or he was killed. Intervention? He did not fear it because he believed in the good faith of the United States. Mediation or arbitration? He would never con­ sent to either. Arbitration or mediation, any dealings whatever with the administration of Huerta, would amount to a recognition of ita status. That would never be done. Peace was not impossible in Mexico, but could come in only one way, and that was the with­ drawal of Huerta and his friends. A provisional president must be chosen according to the con­ stitution, some man who had not connected him­ self with Huerta and had not connived at the assassination. Seek out the man who would have been president according to law if Madera and Suarez had died naturally and Install him In office. If that were impossible, let Venustiano Carranza be president until an election could be held. Personally Ortega thought General Trevino 9r Dr. Gomez might do, but not Huerta or De^la Barra or Diaz or any man of that kind. He was well satisfied with the progress of the revolution. The Constitutionalists occupied and dominated the greater part of the country and If the embargo on munitions of war were re­ pealed they would drive the federals out of the field in ninety days. He had about 1,300 men, well armed, plenty of ammunition and plenty of food. He was to march away very soon to Join Villa. What the plans were he could not say, but a decisive blow would be struck. He would say nothing further, and in the meantime dinner Was ready. Ortega's staff occupied the large house ex­ clusively. His real staff consisted of about six men, but as is usual there were as many more honorary members. The honorary revolutionist Is prevalent in Mexico. He is always to be seen until just before a battle, when he finds a misstynV- for himself elsewhere. There was plenty to eat at the dinner, meat, rice, of course beans, tortillas, coffee with sugar and a particular kind of goat'B milk cheese much fancied by the people. After It was over Ortega turned to an Inspection of his arms and ammuni­ tion, of which he appeared to have a large sup* ply, and after the interpreter had been induced to forego another oration an Idea was gained of the life of the rebel. It seemed a fairly comfortable one. There was plenty of food In sight, comfortable quarters and little military work. Where men were not taking siestas in the shade they were playing cards or gossiping in groups. They were all sat­ isfied-looking and fat. On all sides raw beef suspended in the air was drying for jerking. "We are going to move tomorrow," said otae • youngster of six to Jim. "We will go straight to Juarez," and he spoke as if he had been prom­ ised a visit to a circus. Women who heard him called out what they would do when they got Into the little frontier town. One rebel came along and Jim stopped him. "Say, what are you fighting for?" he was asked. "Two dollars a day," was the answer, and the soldier passed along. "What are you fighting for?" thf .little me­ chanic captain was asked. "There is a grievous wrong in my country and there will be no true progress until that wrong has been removed," was the answer. "It is the land system." "All the land in Mexico Is owned by a few families and 90 per cent of it is uiMftttivated. All of it is untaxed. Until it is pd$Sfc(sle for the working clsss to acquire land and until the land Is made to bear Its share of public expenditures there can be no relief. "A Diaz might subjugate, but that time. has ipassed. There will be anarchy unless the condi­ tions are improved. Perhaps Carranza, our chief, who is a good man, will change It all whea he gets in." A messenger, hot and dusty, arrived from Villa, at Ascension, Bixty miles away, toward dusk and was received with embraces. He brought the final commands of that general, who had been a patriot since he had ceased being a bandit. Three days later the thousand and more men seen that day were either fleeing over the desert sands of Rancherla, 70 miles away, or were dead, wounded or prisoners awaiting summary execu­ tion. The plan had been that Ortega should strike the railway at a point toward Juarez and cut the line behind the treasure trains, while Villa, further south toward Chihuahua, should wreck his end. Ortega and his men arrived on time, but Villa never moved. Tralnloads of federal soldiers, with artillery and cavalry, were expecting them and cut them to pieces.Vllla's failure to move is ascribed 'by him to lack of ammunition. It is only pointed out that the insurance men who had been refusing to touch anything shipped over a •Mexican railroad for some time insured the treas­ ure train at 12^4 per cent premium and made a lot of money. They seemed to know that Villa would rot attack. Juan Dozal, Villa's lieutenant, left his chief in disgust a day or so later. The incident only showp the uncertainty that exists even in the ranks of the revolutionists themselves. Jack London, preparing to embark OB another cruise around the world, Ufld in Santa Barbara of the strange sxperience of his last cruise. "But we "had no such hairbreadth escapes as that of a missionary we met in Samoa," he said. "This good fellow was preaching in one of the (elands in which cannibalism is prac­ ticed. While trying vainly to make converts he was captured by a oannir bal king. To his surprise, he was,Im­ mediately released. His release, how­ ever, was made on the conditio!* that he carry a small sealed packet to a neighboring king. „ "The missionary was so grateful that, meeting unexpectedly s. de­ tachment of English sailors, he re­ fused to accompany them to Bafer ter­ ritory. The sealed packet from hia benefactor would be delivered as he had promised. But an officer In the midst of the discussion opened the packet "Therein, besides a number of pun­ gent little onions, was a letter con­ taining these simple but significant words: " 'He will be dellciouB with these!'" 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