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I ON THE BORDER 1
II BANDITS! 4
V DOWN THE WEST COAST 47
VI THOSE DARK-EYED SE?ORITAS! 70
X THE LAND OF THE INDIAN VAMPS 149
FACING PAGE
In Those Days Trains Did Not Venture to Run at Night Across the Sonora Desert 8
An Escort of Soldiers Occupied a Freight Car Ahead as a Precaution Against Bandits 8
A Burro Train Laden with Bullion from the Mines 16
La Colorada, Once the Home of Gold Mines, Now Served Only as a Depot for Trucks That Crossed the Desert 30
Indian Women, Pounding Clothes upon the Rocks Beside a Shallow Brook, Ceased Their Work to Stare 30
The Christ Was Represented by a Cheap Rag Doll Cradled in a Wicker Basket 42
For Three Days the Indians Neither Ate Nor Slept, Refreshing Themselves Only with Mescal 42
The Mexican Se?orita Has Always Been Portrayed in Our Fiction as a Wild Vampire 80
In the Days of Carranza One Frequently Saw a Bandit Hanging Around the Railway 60
Pedro Zamorra Had Removed a Few Ties Where the Train Came Around a Bend 100
So Worthless Were the Federal Troops That Many Americans Professed a Preference for Bandits 100
The Orange Trees in Guadalajara's Plaza Were Golden Throughout the Year 114
Mexico City, One of the Most Ornate Capitals in the Western Hemisphere, Somewhat Resembled Paris 114
The Mexican Pyramids Probably Antedate Those of Egypt by a Thousand Years or More 130
In the Gardens of Xochimilco, Relics of an Aztec Paradise, Only the Cabbages Were in Bloom 130
Mexican Policemen in White Spats 142
No Latin-American Village Is So Tiny But That It Has a Square Devoted to Bartering 172
The Mexican Peon So Loves the Excitement of the Market That He Refuses to Sell His Goods Elsewhere 172
The Tehuana Maidens Regarded a Man as a Luxury Rather Than a Necessity 156
The Abundant Central-American Volcanoes Fertilize the Coffee Fincas with Lava Dust 222
Guatemala's Population Includes a Million Pure-blooded Aborigines 190
Occasionally the Resultant Earthquakes Knock Down a City or Destroy the Guatemalan Cathedral 222
When Orellana Started a Revolution, President Herrera Made No Strenuous Objection 206
The Only Casualties Were a Few Policemen Who Mistook the Revolution for a Disorderly Demonstration 206
A Banana-Boat Loading on the East Coast 286
In These Pleasant Tropical Countries No Peon Girl Escapes Maternity 236
From His Palace the President Could Watch the Treasury to See That No One Stole the National Debt 254
Soldiers Stopped a Pedestrian at Every Corner to Search for Weapons 266
The American Intervention Had Brought Peace, but Managua's Dusty Streets Suggested no Prosperity 306
If the American Marines Were Withdrawn from Nicaragua a Revolution Would Transpire Over-Night 306
For Three Days the Boatmen Poled the Launch Through Shallows Framed in Rank Green Jungle 330
Greytown Was a Typical East Coast Port--Low, Swampy and Unattractive--With Black Complexions Prevailing 330
San Jos? Contains the Most Delightful Plazas and the Most Beautiful Women in the World 354
A Machine-Gun Tower Built by the Tyrant Tinoco 344
In Its Interior Decoration the Costa Rican National Theater Equals Any Theater in the United States 354
A GRINGO IN MA?ANA-LAND
A GRINGO
IN MA?ANA-LAND
ON THE BORDER
It was my original plan to ride from Arizona to Panama by automobile.
In fact, I even went so far as to purchase the automobile. It had been newly painted, and the second-hand dealer assured me that no car in all the border country had a greater reputation.
This proved to be the truth. The first stranger I met grinned at my new prize with an air of pleased recognition.
So did the second stranger, and the third. I had acquired not only an automobile, but a definite standing in the community. People who had hitherto passed me without a glance now smiled at me. There was even some discussion of organizing a club, of which I was to be the president, my term of office to continue until I could sell the car to some one else.
When I announced that I meant to drive to Panama--down through Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and any other republics which I might discover along the way--every one who heard of the idea offered encouragement:
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