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To foment a counter-revolution they took advantage of the fact that in various parts of the country there were disorderly bands of armed men committing numerous depredations. These men had risen up in the shadow of the Maderista revolution, and at its close, instead of laying down their arms, they devoted themselves to the looting of ranches and ungarrisoned isolated towns.
Just before and during the elections every known Maderista, from Madero down, was arrested on charges of "sedition."
Their entrance will be opposed by 1,000 Maderista volunteers, who are reported to be waiting the rebel invasion. The railroad south of Madera is being destroyed and many Americans who were traveling to Chihuahua from Juarez are marooned here. General Rojas executed five men while here for alleged offenses of a trivial character. Gen. Rosalio y Hernandez, Lieut.
They said that I was a Maderista and that I was going to rebel. But a man like me always has friends. Somebody came and warned me of what was coming to me, so when the soldiers reached Limon I was miles and miles away. Trust me! Then my compadre Anastasio who killed somebody came and joined me, and Pancracio and Quail and a lot of friends and acquaintances came after him.
She was grateful for the gloom that hid her face. "I rode out this way to examine a tract of grazing-land." It seemed fully a minute before the Ranger answered; then he said, in a casual tone, "I reckon Las Palmas is quite a ranch, ma'am." "Yes. But we need more pasture." "I know your La Feria ranch, too. I was with General Castro when we had that fight near there." "You were a Maderista?"
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