Show A Cuban Who Has B Benefited f edby by Yankee Yankee Yan Yan- Yan-I Yan kee Meth Methods ds In the province of Hav Havana na after th the departure of the Spanish army a to tobacco tobacco tor bacco planter named Gonzalez Gonzal z found himself penniless hi his hid family sc scattered his plantation destroyed and his home and storehouses burned He had I been one of hundreds of victims relates I Civil Gov Emilio Nunez tu to Success I Leaving only the waste ground behind he had fled tIed wi with th his family to escape the further rage of the Spaniards Happy even Sven to have life Ufe as his sole sale heritage of the conflict Gonzalez set about rebuilding his fortunes He lIe managed managed managed man man- aged to borrow from a friend In Havana He bought a pair of heavy boots a few tools a horse and some to tobacco tobacco tobacco to- to bacco plants He made his way through a wilderness to his former home There was not nothing bing but a wild growth of weeds and heaps of fallen stones and charred timbers for a welcome but with witti energy born of necessity he began his hercul herculean an task He cleaned up a apart part of the ground and planted it While he was giving nature which is kind in Cuba time to rest he felled some large palm t trees ees meantime sleeping in inthe inthe inthe the open air by night After awhile he had built of the palm tree lumber a storehouse for his tobacco He lived in ina ina ina a part of ot this house where he dried the tobacco leaves and prepared the them for market At odd times he Ile did more clearing clearing clearing clear clear- ing and more planting In all this he was absolutely alone and unaided He lie had not made a place for his family his old laborers had died or were a part of populations and there was little or no help to be had even if he could have paid for it So he toiled tolled on with hope for his' his companion as many like him were doing in various parts of the country The result of his pluck is to be seen today in a flourishing flourishing flourishing flourish flourish- ing plantation in the improvement of which he has spent paid out of the receipts for his crop which has Ilas also yielded enough for his living expenses and has provided a home for fol his re reunited reunited reunited re- re united family London family London Chronicle |