Manuel started the canoe upstream. He did not look back. Captain and crew and prisoners on the boat thrilled to Bustos’s mocking farewell. “_Adios_, Manuel!” FOOTNOTE: [1] Recently the Mexican government changed its policy toward peon labor in Yucatan, and the Yaquis in Sonora. These Indians are now in the regular Mexican army. [AUTHOR’S NOTE.] * * * * * * Transcriber’s note: Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.