ies, but he also had the
gold on his nerves. It was removed immediately after the weddings--in the
first spare moment that the best man had--to a near-by town which
possessed banking facilities, a full account of its recovery being sent to
Robert Street. This arrived in the same mail with a letter from Polly, and
Bob celebrated his first sitting up by breaking the news to his parents.

"Tell you what, folks," he said, "while it's a bit of a blow to have our
baby cut loose like this, there's something to be said on the other side.
Marc Scott's a first-class fellow and he'll make her a much better husband
than that Henderson chap ever would."

"But, Bob dear, what sort of a man is he?" Mrs. Street's delicate face
expressed alarm neatly blended with horror.

"That," replied her husband, briefly, "is what I am going to find out.
There's a train going west in about two hours and if you wish me to carry
your blessing to our wayward child I shall be happy to do so."

Mr. and Mrs. Hard went south in Mendoza's Ford. Theirs was a gentle
romance, with more poetry in it than the bride suspected. Two people so
thoroughly suited to each other do not always have the happiness to meet
at just the right time.

"For it is just the right time, Clara," Hard said. "A little earlier and
we might not have had the wisdom to fall in love again with each other; a
little later and we might have felt too old and dignified to think of it.
I consider that we took things in the nick of time."

The success of the revolution, which resulted in the presidency of Alvaro
Obregon, made popular a movement against the bandits which have flourished
so long in Mexico. The case of Angel Gonzales was handled early one
morning by a firing squad in the courtyard of Juan Pachuca's country
residence. The evidence against Angel was cumulative, the episode of the
Yaqui village being only one of many interesting exploits in which he had
figured.

Just how much the escape of Juan Pachuca was due to the connivance of his
captors will probably never be known. The general opinion, however, was
that while his misdeeds were not to be condoned, in view of the friendly
sentiments on the part of the new Government toward the United States; at
the same time they were considered hardly of a nature to subject a
gentleman to the fate of a bandit. Cared for by his friends on the other
side while his wound was healing, Pachuca is still living peacefully and
very quietly on our