The day book. [volume], May 06, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 8

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bravery an"d hero&m hi' Miss Clarita
than in any big, strong warrib in
Nthis city!
She sat on the top stair in her
home here for efghteen long Tiodrs
without sleeping, rifle in hand,' wait
ing, expecting eVery rninute that a
Horde of brutal Mexican ruffians
would burst in the door and -try to
drag her with ther retreating Huerta
army into a captivity far more dread
ed than death itself!
t By her side, during all those sleep
less hours, stood her father, saving
one last bullet, which would have
saved his daughter from Mexican
hands,, had they been overpowered
by large numbers!
Miss Cameron and her father be
gan their vigil when the first threats
Qf 4anding U. S.4 sailors were made.
Mexican toughs then started their
war upon defenseless Americans. In
sults and threats were heaped upon
women ana gins.
The Camerons, unable to get
through the city to the protection
of the American warships riding in
the harbor, barricaded then- doors
and windows, took up their rifles and
waited with' fingers on triggers ready
After the bluejackets Janded,
swarms of Mexican soldiers fled past
the Cameron home, some of them
stopping to loot whenever possible.
Rough hands attacked doors and
windows. Bullets whizzed through
their walls. Shells burst in the air
outside. Shouts, curses, eroans of
dying men and threats to kill or cap
ture the fathers and daughters reach
ed the ears of the two lone watchers
on that stairway.
Was the little American girl fright
ened? She was not! At least she said so
when Photographer Durborough saw
her in front of the wrecked naval
academy.
"It was a great experience," she
said. "I held a rifle for eighteen
hours, sitting at the head of the stairs
witn dad, ana i really Wished the
Mexicans would invade qur home, be-1
cause ft would bo giving me a chance
to get even fpr the insults that 1 was
forced to take from bandits at our
ranch, 57 miles west of here. I could
have killed any number of Mexican
niffians without a bit of feeling, be
cause I think they are the most des
picable people on the earth- All I
have seen have been savage, treach
erous creatures without DrinciDle. at
whose hands American women have
suffered too much.
''Before falliner intn thnir- .hanric I-
woud have killed myself, but I think
they would have killed me them
selves, as I would have put up the
most severe resistance possible and
I can shoot."
The Camerons are refugees from
the interior. For some time Div ,
Cameron has maintained a large,
ranch and had improve his property
and helped his Mexican neighbors to
progress in stock farming. Then the
revolution reached into their terrf-
-tory, and, in the guise of rehels, the
bandits devastated the plantation and
kept tnem in constant danger, a haz
ard that was accentuated by the in
tervention of the United States.
Miss Cameron was educated in
Erie, Pa., and at the completion, of
her school work joined Her father in,
Mexico. She is a bright example
of the typical American girl, and,
Mexicans may well beware of her ac
clyrate aim.
HERCOMEBACK!
I notice in the columns of a fianer
that Mr. Carl Capito has notified the
people of Tonkawa to not let me have
credit, as he would no longer stand
good for my debts since we have
lived in Tonkawa. He says he has
supported me, which he did, this be
ing the way: He bought me a wash
tub and board and cave me half, mo
paying for the tub and" board out of
my half. So how, to my friends that I
may ask in the future for credit, I
wilt just say J still have the old tub
ana noara. Mrs. ifiva (Japito. Ton
kawa (Okla.) NeWs.
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