At the same time President Madero induced his former fellow rebel, Ambrosio Figueroa, now Commander-in-Chief of Mexico's rural guards, to cooperate with General Huerta by bringing a mounted force of three thousand rurales from Guerrero into Morelos from the south so as to hem in the Zapatistas between himself and Huerta at Cuernavaca.

General Huerta's column did not get away from Cuernavaca until the second day of the fight, and did not reach the battlefield in the extinct crater of Mount Herradura until Figueroa's rurales had been all but routed.

This affair caused much ill-feeling between the rurales and regulars, and Figueroa sent word to Madero that he could not afford to sacrifice his men by trying to cooperate with such a poor general as Huerta.

The rurales might get busy.

"Señor, the rurales!"

Ramon had said the rurales had entrained; were ahead of him to intercept him.

But to leave Ramon to the rurales was not in Waring's mind.

"You've got a hunch that the rurales are on our trail," said Waring, as they rode on.

It tells me that the rurales are not far behind.

He knew that if he were to fire, the rurales would rush him.

Eventually the rurales would find the saddle and Ramon's horse.

The heads of several rurales were visible in the brush.

He didn't need to be told that they were the picked horses of the rurales, and that for some strange reason his superior had sent him to find out just why these same rurales were in town.

He didn't need to be told that they were the picked horses of the rurales, and that for some strange reason his superior had sent him to find out just why these same rurales were in town.

A subdued buzz came from the corner where the rurales sat, and he caught the name "Waring.

" "Them rurales are kind of carelessridin' over the line and not stoppin' by to make a little explanation.

"Down the streetand coming," said Waring, as the rurales boiled from the cantina.

The collector, addressing the leader of the rurales, suggested that they talk it over in the cantina.

The Captain of rurales and one of his men dismounted and followed the Americans into the cantina.

The leader of the rurales immediately exhibited a warrant for the arrest of Waring, signed by a high official and sealed with the great seal of Mexico.

The captain of rurales, seated opposite Waring, rolled a cigarette carefully; too carefully, thought Waring, for a Mexican who had been daring enough to ride across the line with armed men.

Outside in the fading sunlight, the horses of the rurales stamped and fretted.

All official significance set aside, Waring and the captain of rurales faced each other with the blunt challenge between them: "You didn't get your man!"

The rurales mounted and rode down the street.

I came over to say that them rurales got their hoss.