Guerrero (Warrior) Book II

INTRODUCTION

This story picks up the narrative of the two brothers once they reach their destination under the protection of a few of Pancho Villa’s Villistas.

And it is still a story of circumstance, a story about the lives and times of two brothers caught up in the turbulent times of the Civil War in Mexico, 1910-1918.

In this story, after finally reaching their goal, the fishing village of Coalcoman, where the boys finally met their uncle and aunt, and settled down to a life of school, church, and what at first they thought was going to be a quiet and sedate life.

But this was not to be, for as with many towns and villages of that period according to their strength in men, bandits held many of them hostage.

This village with its adjacent town, was no different, for what seemed like seasonal forays.

The bandits would leave but return when they needed a place to hide, regroup, rest, and replenish their resources.

Unfortunately, this town and village had been chosen by the bandits as their haven of respite, long before the boys showed up.

Both the town and village knew that the bandits would always return, but had no answer as to how they could rid their area of the bandits. In the end, the brothers had to return to Pancho Villas camp for help.

After many months of what the boys considered to be boredom at its highest level; especially Francisco, without any fanfare, the bandits returned and their reign of terror began anew.

Their disruptive appearance threw the village and the town into an uproar of fear and anger, as their food sources were plundered, and their peace of mind so suddenly violated.

The fearful threat of indecision of the villagers, and townspeople as to how to handle this situation, gave the bandits the time they needed to overwhelm both the town and village.

As they were once again in the throes of literally being prisoners in their own homes, and as their food source, and money were cut by the bandits’ takeover.

Having isolated them, and actually taken over governing them, by holding the town mayor and town council, the very young sheriff, and his deputy, who was his even younger brother hostage, threatening to leave the town and village burnt to the ground and dirt poor, or in such dire straits that it would take them quite some time to recoup their losses, and rebuild.

The brothers, not knowing what to do, and seeing the town and village in such turmoil as the bandits roamed the streets terrorizing everyone they met.

Having no other alternative, the brothers made their way back to Pancho Villa’s war camp, where they sought his help in ridding both the town and village of the bandits.

Villa sent the boys back to their village with a small contingent of his Villistas, who by order of their Jefe, quietly and quickly, rid the area of the bandits.

Once things settle down, and the brothers settle back into the village’s routine, Francisco found that after being in such prominent company as Pancho Villa and his Villistas, he could not settle down, and once again talked his brother into returning to their former life and once again they were on the trail of adventure.

Returning to Villa’s War Camp, they agreed to the only alternative they had, as to why they could stay in Villa’s Camp. They would have to become jailers watching over a Don who was being held for ransom.

If they didn’t want the job that Villa was going to give to them, then they would have to return to Coalcoman.

And of course they agreed to become jailers of a Don who was being held captive for ransom.

When they went to meet their prisoner, they were met by a sight that stunned, awed, and frightened them.

But then! You’ll have to discover what happens next by reading the book won’t you?

WB