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Local News of the Week
A. E. Lucas was at Monroe!
Tuesday night.
Sawyer G. H. Andrews visited at
Bastrop Sunday evening.
W. L. Reagan was a business
visitor at Ei Dorado Wednesday.
G. G. Simmons, of Urbana, was
in Huttig Saturday on business.
Hardwood 75 cents per load un
til September 1st. T. F. Ashcroft
Tom Milstead and family are vis 1
iting with relatives at Rayville, La.
5 or 6 doses 666 will cure any
case of fever and chills. Price, 25c
Mrs. W. A. Benson and children
are visiting with relatives and
fiiends at Camden.
J. B. (Eugene) Crockett. jr„ ar
rived home Sunday from a two
weeks visit at Memphis.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Pitts arr ved
home Sunday morning from their j
wedding trip to Galveston.
Russell Moore is enjoying his
vacation this week visiting with
home folks at Washington.
Mrs. Alma McClung, of Wesson,
is the guest of her brother, J. C
Bridges, and family this week.
Miss Lilia Taylor, of Waldo, is
the guest of Miss Lula Harrington
and other Huttig friends this week.
Mrs. A. L. Ponder and daughter.
Miss Nan, of Lillie, La., spent Sun
day visiting with her son. Asa, here
Rev. W. J. Frost arrived in Hut
tig from Missouri Wednesday after
noon on a visit to his son, A. V.
Frost.
Mrs. C. T. Thompson left Thurs
day morning for a three weeks visit
with Mrs. A. W. Corkins at Savan
nah, Ga.
E. E. Pollard visited M-na the
first of the week with a view of lo
cating his family there if he liked
the town.
L. A Bodine arrived home Sun
day from Lee Center, 111., where he
was called to attend the funeral of
his father.
G. C. Barnett left Saturday
morning for Bradley to visit with
home folks for two weeks and re
cuperate from his recent sick spell.
D. F. Collett arrived home Sat
urday from Arkansas City, Kans.,
where he accompanied his wife
who went there to consult a
specialist.
T. L. Ellis arrived home Satur
day morning from Little Rock,
where he underwent a surgical op
eration which was successful in
every way.
Rev. J. R. Rushing and wife left
Monday for Hot Springs where he
will consult a throat specialist, his
throat having been giving him con
siderable trouble lately.
Stop I hat ftneumatism.
Get a bottle of Hunt's Lightning
Oil. This is the remedy that every i
one is talking about because it stjps
the pain so quickly. For neural
gia and headaches there is nothing i
better. Ask your druggist.
Dr. F. 0. Mahony and family left
last Saturday for El Dorado where
they will make their future home,
he having formed a partnership
there with Dr. R. A. Hihon.
Mrs. James Russell and chil
dren, who have been vibiting her
parents, Mr: and Mrs. L- G Gibson,
for the past month, returned to
their home at Enos, La., Thursday.
W. L. Campbell and family are
here this wstk visiting with Mrs
Campbell's brother, A. V. Frost
and family and other Huttig friends
They have been located at Clarks
since leaving here about three
years ago.
5 or 6 doses 666 will break any
case of fever and chills. Price, 23c.
Dr. G. W. Temple, the veterinary
surgeon, of El Dorado, was here
Saturday examining the Union Saw
Mill Company’s stock at their log
ging camps. It was thought that
anthrax had broken out among
them but such was not the case.
Mesdames T. B. Weaver, and F.
E. Wood; Misses Lulu Harrington
Lilia Taylor and*Katie Ballard, and
Messrs. A. G. Fish, R. E. Fod. F.
W. Mulkey. H. F. Mayfield, Er est
Helmle, Clyde Howard and C E.
Campbell attended the funeral of
A. F. Landers at Farmerville
Wednesday afternoon.
The receipts of school funds for j
Union county for the year ending j
June 30, as reported to the state ;
superintendentof public instruction,
were $123,978.51 and the expen
ditures $80,074 55. leaving a bal
ance of $43,903 96 on hand that
date. This balance, however, was
probaoly mostly withdrawn during
July by districts which were run
ning on borrowed money.
Circle No. 1. Ladies' Aid. met at
Mrs. Wm. Greer's Tuesday after
noon with five members and nine
visitors present. Meeting was
opened by singing ‘'Saved." Scrip
ture reading. 2nd chapter of James.
Prayer by Bro. King, after which
he gave an instructive talk on the
lesson, the subject being "Faith.”
Talk by Mrs. J. E. Greer, followed
by song. Meeting was closed by
reciting the Lord's Drayer. Re
freshments were served and all
spent a very pleasant afternoon.
Will meet next Tuesday with Mrs.
C. B. Wood. Visitors always wel
come.
Mrthudist Church Services
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by
the pastor. A cordial invitation is
extended to all to’ attend these
services.
Rev. J. R. Rushing Pastor
Notice.
Our new gin is now ready. It
has a huller that makes the cotton
bring from one-eighth to one-fourth
of a cent more than one without
the huller. Price for ginning will
be: Cotton, one-twentieth: or for
cash. 50c per hundred gross weight
of bale. Will buy seed at the high
est market price. Satisfactio
guaranteed. Give us a chance.
Neel & Brasher.
Progress.
The old fashioned boy who used to
get a penny tor turning the handles o!
ihe clothes wringer lor his mother on
washday now has a son who cusses
every time he has to crank up his auto
engine.
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Malls
Catarrh Ciire. manufactured by I'. J.
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mercury, and is taken internally, aeting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faecs of the system. In btijlng Halls
Catarrh Cure lie sure you get the genu
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The Land of Broken Promises
A Stirring Story of the
Mexican Revolution
—By DANE COOLIDGE=
Author of
-THE FIGHTING FOOL," “HIDDEN WATERS,"
“THE TEXICAN," Etc,
Illustrations by DON J. LAVIN
A story of border Mexico, vivid.
Intense, such as has never before
been written, is this one of Ameri
can adventurers into the land of
manana. Texan, mining engineer,
Spanish senor and senorita, peon,
Indian, crowd its chapters with
clear-cut word pictures of busi
ness, adventure and love, against
a somber background of wretched
armies marching and counter
marching across a land racked by
revolution and without a savior.
Pud was doing the blacksmitbing,
Atnlgo was directing the gang, and a
fresh mess of beans was on the fire,
the first kettleful having gone to rein
force tite Yaqui’s backbone. But thpy
were beans well spent, and Bud did
not regret the raid on his grub-pile. If
he could get half as nun h work for
what he fed the Mexicans he could
well rest content.
“But how did this Indian happen to
find you?" demanded Phil, when his
pardner had explained his acquisition.
“Say, he must have deserted front his
company when they brought them
back from Moctezunia!”
"More'll likely," assented Bud. “He
ain't talking much, hut I notice he
keeps his eye out—they’d shoot him
for a deserter if they could ketch him.
I'd hate to see him go that way.”
“Well, if he's as good as this, let's
take care of him!" cried Phil with
enthusiasm. “I'll tell you,"Bud, there’s
something big coming off pretty soon
and I'd like to stay around town a
IPtle more if I could. I want lo keep
track of tilings."
"F'r Instance?” suggested Hocker
dryly. It had struck him that Phil
was spending a good deal of time in
tov.n already. •
“Well, there’s this revolution. Sure
as shooting they’re going to pull one
soon. There’s two thousand Mexican
miners working st Fortuna, arid they
say every one of ’em has got a rifle
b iried. Now they’re beginning to quit
and drift out into the hills, and we’re
likely to hear front them any time.”
“AM the more reason for staying in
camp, then," remarked Bud. "I’ll tell
you, Phil, I need you here. That
dogged ledge Is lost, good and plenty,
and I need you to Sa.y where to dig.
We ain’t doing much better than old
Aragon did—just rooting around in
that rock-pile—let’s do a little timber
ing. and sink."
“You can’t timber that rock,” an
swered l)e Lancey decidedly. “And
besides, it’s cheaper to make a cut
twenty feet deep than it is to tunnel
or sink a shaft. Wait till we get to
that porphyry contact — then we'll
know where we're at.”
“AH right,” grumbled Bud; “but
seems like we’re a long time getting
there. What's the news downtown?”
“Well, the fireworks have begun
again over in Chihuahua—Orozco and
Salazar and that bunch—but it seems
there was something to this Mocto
zuma scare, after all. I was talking to
an American mining man from down
that way and he told me that the fed
erals marched out to where the rebels
were and then sat down and watched
them cross the river without firing on
them—some kind of an understanding
between Bernardo Bravo and these
blackleg federals.
‘'The only fighting there was was
when a bunch of twenty Yaquis got
away from their officers in the rough
country and went after Bernardo Bra
vo by their lonesome. That threw a
big scare into him, too, but he man
aged to tight them off-—and if I was
making a guess I'd bet that your Yaqut
friend was one of that fighting
twenty.”
"I reckon," assented Bud; "but don't
you say nothing. I need that hotnbre
in my business. Come on, let's go up
and look at that cut I come across
an old board today, down in the muck,
arid 1 bet you it's a piece that Kruger
left. Funny we don't come a< ross
some of his tools, though, or the hole
where the powder went off.”
“When w’e do that," observed Phil,
“we’ll be where we're going. Nothing
to do then but lay off the men and wait
till I get my papers. That's why l say
don't hurry so hard—we haven't got
our title to this claim, pardner, and
we won't get it, either—not for some
time yet. Suppose jiou’d hit this
ledge—”
“Well, If 1 hit it,” remarked Bud,
"I'll stay with it—you can trust me
for that. Hello, what’s the Yaqui
found?”
As they came up the cut Amigo quit,
work and, while the Mexicans followed
suit and gathered expectantly behind
him, he picked up three rusty drills
and an iron drill-spoon and presented
them to Bud.
Kvidently he had learned the object
of their search from the Mexicans, but
if he looked for any demonstrations of
delight at sigiU of these mUch-sought
for tools he was doomed to disappoint
ment, for both Bud and Phil had
schooled themselves to keep their
faces straight.
"Uin-m,” said Bud, "old drills, eh?
Where ^ou ilndthrml"
“flnvriffht. 1914. hv Fr^nk A
. Munscv '
I The Yaqul led the way to the face
of the cut and showed the spot, a hole
beneath the pile of riven rock; and
I a Mexican, not to be outdone, grabbed
I up a handful of porphyry and indi
| cat >d where the dynamite bad pulver
’ ized It.
“Bien," said Phil, pawing solemnly
-around in the bottom of the bole; and
then, filling bis handkerchief with tine
dirt, he carried II down to the creek,
j There, in a miner s pan, he washed
1 It out carefully, slopping the waste
over the edge and swirling the water
i around until at last only a little dirt ■
| was left In the bottom of the |>an.
! Then, while all the Mexicans looked
on, 1m tailed this toward the edge,
scanning the last remnant for gold—• j
and quit without a color.
“Nada!” he cried, throwing down
the pan, and in some way the Moxi- •
cans sensed the fact that the mine had i
turned out a failure. Three times lie
went hack to the cut and scooped up
the barren dust, and then he told the
men they could quit.
“No more work!" he said, affecting j
a dejected bitterness; “no hay nada
there is nothing!” And with this sad,
but by no means unusual, ending to
their labors the Mexicans went away
to their camp, speculating among
themselves as to whether they could
get their pay. But when the last of
them had gone Phil beckoned Bud into
the tent and showed him a piece of
! quartz.
"Just take a look at that!" he said,
and a single glance told Hooker that,
li. whs full of tine particles of gold.
, “1 picked that up when they weren't
looking," whispered Oe Lancey, his
! eyes dancing with triumph. “It's the
! same rock—the same as Kruger’s!”
“Well, put 'er there, then, pardner!”
cried Bud, grabbing at De Lancey's
hand; “we've struck it!”
And with a broad grin on their de
ceitful faces they danced silently
around the tent, after which they paid
off the Mexicans and bade them
“adios!"
CHAPTER XIV.
If. Is a great sensation—striking it
rich—one of the greatest in the world.
Some men punch a burro over the
i desert all their lives in the hope ot
achieving it once; Bud and Phil had
taken a chance, and (he prize now’ lay
within their grasp. Only a little while
now’—a month, maybe, if the officials
I were slow—and the title would bo
theirs.
The Mexican miners, blinded by
their ignorance, went their way. well
aonteuted to get their money. Nobody
knew. There was uoiiuug to do but
to wait. B'lt to wait, as some people
j know, is the hardest work in the
world.
For the first few days they lingered
I about the mine, gloating over it in
! secret, laughing back and forth, slng
j ing gay songs—then, as the ecstasy
passed and the weariness of watting
set In, they went two ways. Some
fascination, unexplained to Bud, drew
Pe Lancey to the town. He left in the
morning and came back at night, but
Hooker stayed at the mine.
Day and night, week-days and Sun
days, he watched it jealously, lest,
someone should slip in and surprise
; tfS'tr secret—and for company he had
I his pet horse. Copper Bottom, and the
Yaqui Indian, Amigo.
Ignacio was the Indian’s real name,
for the Yaquis are all good Catholics
and named uniformly after the saints;
but Bud had started to call him Amigo,
or friend, and Ignacio had conferred
the same name on him.
Poor Ignacio! 11is four dollar-n-day
job had gone glimmering in half a
day, but when the Mexican laborers
dejvarted he lingered around the camp,
doing odd jobs, until be won a place
/or himself.
At night he slept up in the roelts,
where no treachery could take him
unaware, but at the first peep of dawn
! it vae^aiways Amigo who arose and
lit the (ire.
; Then, If no one got np, be cooked a
1 breakfast after his own ideas, boiling
the coffee until it was as strong ns
lye, broiling meat oil slicks, and went
to turn out the horses.
! With (he memory of many envious
glances cast at Copper Bottom, Hooker
had built a stout corral, where he kept
the horses up at night, allowing them
I to graze close-hobbled in the daytime.
A Mexican lnsurrecto on foot is a
contradiction of terms, If there are
any horses or mules in the country,
and several hnnds of ex-miners from
Portuna had gone through tlielr camp i
In that condition, with new rifles in
their hands. But if they had any de- !
signs on tiie Kagle Tail live stock they
sjteedily gave them up; for. while he
would food them and even listen lo
their false tales of patriotism. Bud
had no respect for numbers when it
came to admiring his horse,
Kven with (lie Yaqul, much as lie
trusted him. he had reservations about
Copper Bottom; and once, when he
found him petting him and stroking
his nose, tie shook his head forbid
dingly. And from that day on, though
he watered Copper Bottom and cared
fop his wantB, Amigo was careful
never to caress him.
But in all other matters, even to
lending him his gun. Bud trusted the
Yaqui absolutely. It was about a week
after he came to camp that Amigo
sighted n deer, and when Bud loaned
him his rifle he killed it with a single
shot.
Soon afterward he came loping back
from a scouting trip and made signS
for,.the gun again, and ibis time be
brought iu a young peccary, which be
roasted in a pit, Indian style. After
Unit, when the meat was low, Bud sent
him out lo hunt, and each time lie
brought hack a wild hog or a deer for
every cartridge.
The one cross under which the
V; qui suffered was the apparent fail
ure of the mine, and. after slipping up
Into the cut a few times, he finally
c; me back radiant. ,
"Mira! ’ lie said, holding out a piece
of rock; and when Hooker gazed at
the chunk of quartz lie pointed to tlie
specks of gold and grunted, “Oro!”
‘‘Segiirn!" answered Bud, and going
down into his pocket, he produced an
r
11'
"Two Men, One of Them a Rurale!”
other like it. .At this the Yaqut cocked
his head to one side and regarded him
strangely.
“Why you no dig gold?” he asked
at Iasi, and then Hud told him the I
story.
“We have an enemy,” he said, “who j
might steal it from us. So now we !
wait for papers. When we get them,
we dig!”
"Ah!” breathed Amigo, his face sud
denly clearing up; "and cun 1 work i
for yon then ?”
"Si," answered Hud, “for four dol- [
!ars a day. But now you help me
watch, so nobody comes.”
“Stawano!” exclaimed the Indian,
well satisfied, and after that he s|H>nt
hours on the hilltop, ids blaek head
thrust out over the crest like a chuck
awalla lizard as he conned the land
below.
8o the (lavs went by until three
weeks bad passed, and still no papers
came. Ae bis anxiety increased Phil
, fell Into the habit of staying in town
overnight, and finally he was gone for
two days. The third day was drawing
lo a close, and Rud was getting rest
less. when suddenly he beheld the
Yaqtti bounding down the hill in great
leaps and making signs down the
canyon.
“Two men!” he called, dashing np to
the tent; "one of them a rural!”
"Why a rural?” asked Pud, mysti
fied.
"To take me!” cried Amigo, striking
himself violently on the breast. “Lend
me your rifle!”
“No,” answered Pud, after a pause:
“you might get Into trouble. Run and
hide In the rocke—I will signal you
when to come bac k.”
“Muy bien,” said the Yaqtti obedi
ently, and. turning, he went up over
rocks like a mountain -sheep, bounding
from boulder to boulder until he dis
appeared among the hilltops. Then,
as Pud brought iu his horse and shut
him hastily Inside his corral, the two
riders came around the point—a rural
and Aragon!
Now, in Mexico a rural, as Pud well
knew, means trouble—and Aragon
meant more trouble, trouble for him.
Certainly, so busy a man as Don Cipri
ano would not come clear to his camp
to help capture a Yaqul deserter. Bud
sensed it from the start that this was
another attempt, to get possession of
their mine, and he awaited their com
ing grimly,
" 'Iri tardea," be said In reply to the
rural’s abrupt nalme, and then he
stood silent before his tent, looking
them over shrewdly. The rural was
a hard-looking citizen, as many of
them ate, but on this occasion he
seemed a trifle embarrassed, glancing
inquiringly at Aragon. As for Aragon,
he was gazing at a long line of Jerked
meat which Ami_o had hurts out to
dry, and his drooped eye o”tued up
suddenly as he turned his cold regard
upon Hooker.
“Senor." he said, speaking with an
accusing harshness, "we are looking
for the men who are stealing my
cattle, and 1 see we have not far to
go. Wheie did you get that meat?”
"I got it from a deer," returned
Bud; "there is his hide on the fence;
you can see it if you'll look.”
The rural, glad to create a diver
sion, rode over and examined the hide
and came back satisfied, hut Aragon
was not so easily appeased.
“By what right,” he demanded truc
ulently, "do you, an American, kill
deer In our country? Have you the
special permit which is required?”
“No, senor,” answered Hooker so
berly; “Hie deer v as killed by a Mex
ican I have working for me!”
“Ha!” sneered Aragon, and then he
paused, balked.
"Where is this Mexican?" inquired
the rural, his professional instincts
aroused, and whileM'ud was explaining
that he was out in the hills some
where, Aragon spurred his horse up
closer and peered curiously into his
tent.
"What are you looking for?” de
manded Hooker sharply, and then Ara
4011 showed his hand.
“1 ani looking for I he drills and drill
spoon,” he said; "the ones you stole
when you took iny mine!’
“Then get back out of there!” cried
Bud, seizing his horse b\ the bit and
throwing him bn< k on Ids haunches;
"and slay out!” lie added, as lie
dropped his hand to his gun. "But it
the rural wishes to search,” he said,
turning to that astounded official, “he
is welcome to do so.”
"Muchas gracias, no!” returned the
rural, shaking u linger in front of his
face, and then he strode over to where
Aragon was muttering and spoke in a
low tone.
"No!” dissented Aragon, shaking his
head violently; "no—no! I want thie
man arrested!” he cried, turning vin
dictively upon Bud. "Me has stolen
my tools—my mine—my land! He has
no business here- no title! This land
is mine, and I tell him to go. Pronto!”
he shouted, menacing Hooker with his
riding-whip, but Bud only shifted his
tf-rt - TfTrtf~'gtr»ppe# WnSeHfng1 tp-#*r ex
cited Spanish.
“No, senor,” he said, w hen it wne all
over, "this claim belongs to my pard
ner, De Lancey. You have no-”
”IIa! De Lancey!” jeered Aragon,
suddenly indulging hiieselt In a sar
donic laugh. "De Lancey! Ha. ha!”
“What's the matter ’" < lied Hooker,
as the rural joined in w ith a derisive
smirk. “Say, speak up, homlire!” he
threatened, stepping closer as ills eyes
took on a dangerous gleam. "And let
me tell you now,” tie added, "that if
any man touche* a hair of hi* head
i'H kill him like a dog!" j
The rural hacked hi* horse away, ns
if suddenly discovering mat the Amer
ican was dangerous, and then, Habit
ing respectfully as he Uwk his leave,
he said:
“The Senor De Lancey is in jail!”
They whirled their horses at that
and galloped off down ttie onnyon, and
as Hud gazed after them lie hurst into
a frenzy of curses. Then, with the
one thought of setting Phil free, he
ran out to the corral end hurled the
saddle on hie horse. .
It was through some chicanery, ha
knew—souse low down trick on Ihe
part of Aragon that his pardner had.
been imprisoned, and he swore to have
him out or know the reason why. Ei
ther that or he would go after Aragon
and take It out of his 'bide.
it was outside Bud's simple code
even to question hie pardner's inno
cence, but. Innocent or guilty, he would
have him out if he had to tear down
the Jail.
So he slapped his saddle gun luto
the sling, reached for his quirt, and
Went dashing down the canyon. At
a turn in the ro&d ho came suddenly
upon Aragon and the rural, split a
way between them, and leaned for
ward as Copper Bottom burned up the
trail.
It was long since the shiny sorrel
had been given his head, and he need
ed neither whip nor spurs- but. a mile
or two down the arroyo Bud suddenly
reined him In and looked behind. Then
he turned abruptly up the hillside and
Jumped him out on a point, looked
again, and rode slowly back up the
trail. i
Aragon and the rural were not In
sight—the question was, were they
following? For a short distance ho
rode warily, not to he surprised In
his suspicion; then, as he found tracks
turning back, he gxve head to his
horse and galloped swiftly to campy j
'I he horses of the men he s^ir^ht
stood at the edge of the mine-dump,
ar.d, throwing hi»,brldle rein down be*
side them, Btid ledped 001- and ran, up
the cut. Then he stopped* short and
reuched for Uia six-shooter. * The two
men Were up at the end, down on their
knees, and digging like dogs alter a.
rabbit.
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