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Show LEIH SUN. LEIII, UTAH f Vu&or . .1 as. Jd Bolivar. cur The Lib- to 1 1 , nor." T you Jest, Senw. it Maracayi" ' -ilajor Garde, Pm r Bolivar !iisembled, W -, nd his shooting or Ee impossible to ten L and which effect" U-anfortunate ,af-fc ,af-fc related to the loss colonel PinI "ed personal. We could Maracay with the lommand." s eyes questioned i n me 10 eipi"'" r how Colonel Pinl oredous hour ro x in an unsuceess- win the favor of the rtina: an hour m t have made the nec- Jtions for successiui irafW. si is entirely right, i unfortunate affair rsonal. I confess to lasubordinate, I con- attacked the colour colo-ur officer, and I do to any defense." was a study, tie otb that, In service Venezuela, I had giv- he knew that the n of three hundred I had commanded fof his native fighting Id trained them with care. "Why, then, paestioned, "did not make report of this So Tinaquillo?" ; onerat, Is a question m realized that his jer had opened up a fss for himsetf, for he pssuming a pose of j "One must make al- gallant soldier, Gen-wrican Gen-wrican has been a bit i I did not report that stance because I had 4 we him in jour eyes. M. differences will -settled as time offers I," , the sophist was al- ;iar. livar laughed, reliev-sa reliev-sa awkward tension. W all my officers to ''; It is not the way f f most of them are I W. m quarrel; 1 word to lose one of tae eve of our great-ioo great-ioo will have to post-fare post-fare of this contest plf and Colonel Pini I hav wa the battle f serai." . ." : Wn, and Mona- J am, whispered, dahaEi,,ss of his 8U. fidget away with it i n "e rested ii;;TfmorD,Dg I v. June, a dav !ieri,he birtn3: (S. wcupied &west of 1 H.. icines .-, that all love. Pr" shouldn't K a medicli concecttftf-j 'some, fi ln joareM ids up 1 ,t under'i a eat t to lyfuL riih.P'-T itorer;; 0OtiB! y ,otheat-i Syrup V' I Ave, , the ana waitort curtain on the pea' Colombian JNbeen tlA tmt s fervent iSUsaln h , bew that :t.l"Vorita alii''1- hat's tt!t7 ere They Eer ter I 'W1 ,or the ' I Sees (;::t By FRED Mclaughlin (WNUBervIcO occupied the center, while my com-nrt com-nrt and a battalion of llaneros Sere expecfed to hold the right wing of the Spanish army, which & to me to be composed of over a thousand men a task beyond be-yond us, I knew, for we bad scarce six hundred soldiers, nnnroach to the field was a narrow way, hardly wide enough to admit a file of men. The Spaniards opened the battle. The approach of the main body of our forces was in full view of the enemy, and we ost many men to their artillery Are before we reached the plain, where the various units spread, V in Ita tflSBJ. Under desultory fire of the right wing of La Torre's forces we advanced ad-vanced slowly and took our station upon a low ridge that commanded the plain; where, according to my orders, I placed my three hundred men in a position which seemed to me best to hold the ridge when a advance of the Spanish army might be made. The Tira-dores. Tira-dores. and Vargas battalions, and a brigade of La Guardla had gone through the center o uuata, wuu fha British leelon under Colonel w Mackintosh following up. The crash of contact filled the surrounding hills with thunder, for Paez and Cedeno struck right and center at once. My men lay, their slim brown bodies close against the ground, and waited. I heard murmured prayers and oaths, and saw nervous movements; bo, while the air was full of the potent whine of bullets, I got to my feet and walked slowly back and forth in front of the men. "Venezuela, my . bravos," I said, "will be watching you today ; when the men of Spain shall charge upon up-on us we will hold." I saw Bolivar's unit reach the nlain and close In behind the Brit ish legion, which had already made formation In the famous hollow square, As our center, under Ced- eno, broke before the superior marksmanship and the greater numbers of the Spanish soldiers, as Paez faltered and failed, I talked to my men, urging, coaxing: coax-ing: "It is only the beginning, my bravos of Apure; we fisrht today for liberty. To run is defeat and slavery ; to stand is victory and freedom. They . will be coining now ; do not shoot wildly. Wait, hold your fire until you can pick a silver button on a Spanish jacket and do not miss. For every silver sil-ver button you make your target a Spanish soldier will offer up his life." With the aid of a glass 1 saw our right wing, with reinforcements from the Tear, forming to offer battle to regain the ground they had lost I saw fearful native soldiers sol-diers of the center retreating through the ranks of the British legion, which I knew, would stand as Britons have always stood. I recalled that half of the eight hundred hun-dred men in the legion were veterans vet-erans of Waterloo, and I was sure the center of the approaching Spanish line would be strong Indeed In-deed if it broke through. Again the enemy, met Paez, while Cedeno reformed in the rear; and the main body of the Spanish forces fell upon the British legion, broke like waves against a reef, and came on again, while the right wing engaged us. It was beautiful to watch the grim silent Indians from the Apure river. They held their fire until the attackers were less than a hundred feet away. I recognized Adolfo, and waved my sword, and called to him to come on ; and my voice was drowned in a roar of musketry. Then the bravos leaped to their feet, yelling wildly, charged with the - bayonet, r- They' fought like fiends thrusting, driving, hacking, shrilling weird warcries, and moving mov-ing ever forward until the enemy broke and fled before us. We took an advanced position upon another lateral ridge, and prepared pre-pared for the next attack. Behind Be-hind us the field was covered with dead, but for every prostrate bravo there were two of the uniformed men of Spain. Scarce two hundred of our men survived, yet, resting on their arms, they laughed and jested among themselves, and -told one another how many Spaniards they had killed. Then in cne concerted movement the Spaniards attacked all along the line, but Paes held and thA British legion, though called upon to withstand the shock of the bulk of Spain's soldiery, gave no WftHnil . n r A . 1 x 1 " wis lm. uuu me ceiuer oi uie ene f ioJ ' d seek her 8ht win& 6trock n8 aSaln- A m ji!? that I The Apure fcravos fired almost I N?o,J? mong Ino the faces of the soldiers, after i9toftMme' for I which they leaped to their feet to l "an Z a?a fiSnt meet the Spaniards In hand-to-hand 'fli:tlcl tand 00 f!gnting- There was a frantic ; k i har7anl and-; neroisin about their ardor, a wild '? thiT d,ftubts' thllsiasra. a maniacal lust for ti for, lEai the WUtog that must have terrified i"0"- aahn. fom- i he nn5fed soldiers, who out- trw,,. 3 and 0f ,- numbered H 1 h?w rWe i f or they broke ln dismay, leaving BaQ ua sau in possession of tne unv mat we bad been directed to hold at any cost And the cost Indeed, had been a grievous thing, for less than half i my bravos remained ; I knew that the next charge of our enemies ene-mies would find us too weak to nold. I looked back to where Colonel Col-onel PinL with more than six hun-ared hun-ared mounted men, waited for us to fail, and hatred for the man filled my soul. A body of soldiers disengaged Itself It-self from the Eritisb legion and, under command of a captain whose pead was swathed In a crimson oanoage, came toward ns on a fW Monahan." I crM "on n rT s Am. the British legion 1" . , - JleKgrlned- "Tlmt'8 tn Wfty we did the Blench at Waterloo, son. iney charged and broke against i our squares and charged and broke again, and old Eony'g heart broke with them. It's know bow." He , considered .Tint's f ore. ' scant half-mile behind us, and swore softly, "What's the colonel waiting for, Garde?" . "For the 'break' my friend, then he will gallop forward and win a glorious victory. These hundred men are sent to me?" "Sure; if you hadn't held their right we could not have held the center. Those bravos of yours have stood like a rock, an unusual thing for native troops." "And have died," I said sadly, "holding" ' "So Colonel Mackintosh offers his compliments and this hundred men and he directs me to tell you that you have put the white man's dogged heroism Into the red man's heart." This from Mackintosh, grizzled warrior of many battles, was sweet music to my ears. The veterans of the British legion le-gion had already been distributed among my bravos, so, renewed in strength and spirit, we waited for the next attack. It came too slow. Iy to suit us, so we went out to meet It went blithely, wildly, white man and brown with eager cries upon ouV lips and the consciousness con-sciousness of Imminent victory In our hearts. After the first volley we met them standing up, arm to arm, eye to eye, ana the clatter of conflict filled our little world with noise. inat mixed command of mine fought its way through the first Spanish line, then we drove ahead to meet the next one, paying no They Fought Like Fiends. heed to anything behind us. On our right the British legion, having hav-ing abandoned its defensive tactics, tac-tics, moved slowly against the center. cen-ter. Evidently it, too. had broken through the first line. From the east came wild cheering from the soldiers of Paez. "We win, I think," said Mona-han. Mona-han. "We could not lose, my friend; yet they move back slowly, in good order. What we should have is a rout an overwhelming victory." "In that case," said the Irish soldier, "we need the mounted llaneros." That must also have been Bolivar's Boli-var's thought for a body of horsemen, horse-men, moving swiftly through the center, passed the British legion and hurled Itself upon the enemy, throwing the line Into confusion. The six hundred mounted llaneros of Colonel Pini's command roared by us, and we waved our arms and cheered them on. . "There he goes," cried Monahan, with a short laugh, "on to vic tory I" The right wing of the Spanish army crumpled under the charge of Pini's horsemen, crumpled ana fled ln wild confusion. The des perate tattle of Carabobo, which removed for ever the rule oi cpain from Venezuela, had become a rout ; The wings of Bolivar's army, racing across the plain, closed in to complete the work of destruction, destruc-tion, for nothing less than complete com-plete destruction for the Spanish would appease the Liberator. He must have seen, at last, the golden gol-den opportunity for a free Venezuela, Vene-zuela, and he took no chance on losing. Few Spaniards escaped, few prisoners were taken ; the ront had become a slaughter where in the Indians' lust for blood was fully appeased. Yet Spain had taught them. CHAPTER XI Polito Lends a Hand. I SHALL never forget that scene on the blood-drenched field of Carabobo, when the Liberator, went among the scant hundred men that made up the remnant of my Apure battalion, and threw his ams around them; and called them "My toys" and "My children." Or when WT;-r tt i:M Jt be stood Deiore iue eu,c"t, "V llanero cavalrv strut us, ana-tort ana-tort mnka of the British legion, ! "aa,! A . ,.,. 00 r mv - - - ha his face working in an emotion ne couiu noi .-ouuu ui ing because of the tears h.e not hold m cnecK, i tvu.c-.v. the first time in hss me uruu and halting, and called them . Sal-vadores Sal-vadores de ml patria!" For they had been, indeed, the sarSors of his country. That Is a picture I shall hold to the end of my days. It came to me that I was free, too, that now, I could lay down my sword and hark to the call of lore. And, dreaming. I saw the P'ntag eyes of Dulce again, and I neara the caressing tones of her voice, and felt almost the glory or her presence. ... Manuel awakened me from tnu pleasant trance, lie stood befora me, the bridle of a fine bay mount in his hand. 'Manuel," I said, amazed, "Is not this the horse Irom Caracas?" "No other, major; and he can take you Just as swiftly to Valen- "But WhV Should I irn Vole. cla?" Manuel spoke swiftly: "Adolfo ae Fuentes escaped, as did most of the Spanish ofllcers, for they light behind the protection of their men. He may have gone to Valen-cia-who knows? Colonel Pini, with his cavalry, has been directed direct-ed to pursue La Torre and Morales, who, with a small body of men, are fleeing toward the safe port of tabello. Pini's orders are to the effect that If he does not overtake the Spaniards ere they reach Valencia, Va-lencia, he is to take over that city, a task that should please him very much, for the moonlight glances of the Senorita have had a devastating devas-tating effect upon his heart. He is mad, my friend, and when a man of Pint's caliber is mad about a lady, he is dangerous." "You bring Ul tidings, ManueL" 'Francisco told me many cf these things," Manuel continued. "He has approached Bolivar, and he has informed the general that the Americano, who, with so small a force, held firm against the right wing of the Spanish army, requests leave to visit Valencia, and Bolivar Boli-var has given his permission. Therefore" "Would Francisco's knowledge, my friend which seems, Indeed, to cover everything include the location lo-cation of the house where the Senorita Seno-rita may be found?" "Of a surety. It is the home of Senora Ybarra, lying three streets east of the house of the governor toward the lake. A large house of stone and adobe, tinted trown, with a border of red, and resting on a corner of two streets." "Ah, Manuel," I said fervently. "if I were less American and more French I would kiss thee." "Then your American blood has saved your life," said he; "begone 1" Eighteen miles that was all eighteen miles on this swift bay horse and I would reach Valencia, would find there the lovely Senori ta, would take her in my arms again, for she had told me that her' love for me had filled her life, , I would crush with passionate kisses the warm willing lips, I would hear her call my name again, and I would look into the purple depths of her eyes and find there a light or love. The battle we had won had opened up new vistas In my life, Because of our love the Senorita Lamartina belonged to me. I could take her back to the land of moon light that was my own, back to the fine sturdy gentleman who was my father, and to the gracious lady who was my mother, and to Felice, the slim, exquisite little sister of mine. They would love her, and she would make my country her own. 1 entered Valencia from tlys southwest, and had no difficulty In finding the mansion that had been the habitation of various governors. gover-nors. Manuel's directions proved correct, for I found the red-bordered house of brown that was the home of Senora Ybarra; In front of which I dismounted, giving the reins into the keeping of a grinning grin-ning muchacho. I touched very lightly the knocker knock-er of the carved door, for I did not known what the place might hold for me. That the Senorita was there I deemed sufficient and I was quite willing to take my chances with anyone else. A small brown woman opened the door wide enough to give me careful examination, then she loosed the chain and let me in. The sight of my uniform cleansed the fear from her dark eyes and brought a smile of welcome to her face. She spoke in a cautious whisper: "Have the men of Venezuela taken over the city," "Aye, Senora." 'I am glad." "Will the Senorita Lamartina?" Now she was looking at my hair. "You'll be the Americano, Senor Garde?" I nodded "She has spoken of you ; she has said you would come some day." "Aye, Senora." "But two officers of Spain are with her; can you not hear their voices?" I started down the wide hallway, whence had come the murmur of conversation, bnt she put a hand on my arm. "Walt I would tell you. One Is her trother, the lieu tenant" "Yes?" "And the other is he who was commandant of the Venezuela garrison. gar-rison. Is it safe for you to enter?" "Aye. It Is always safe for me to enter wherever the Senorita may be." We stood listening, in the gloomy corridor, for the voices had became be-came hisrh. belligerent I could hear, very faintly, the soft sobbing of the Senorita Lamartina. I heard a rasping oath from Adolfo, and an accusing complaint rrom rouio. "A fine soldier. Adolfo you, who leave the field before the battle Is veriest toward when the over. I saw you, i saw ju useless ua b Wcv..". - . arm I followed you, for ij fcDew you would come nere iu jtry Bome devil's trick upon my sis- try ter.' "I must protect her," said Adolfo "for we have lost." lost: and we should have lost for the Spanish officers deserted their men. ban, uihi colonel, and a De Fuentefc, shou d run in the face of an enemy. Mota er of G d," he gasped, "can my sister marry a craven, can you expect ex-pect her to look upon you with nnvthinz save loathing?" tni; sm the voice of Dulce. "ah Polito!" : TO BE COSTIXCKD.I Intel-mountain News -Briefly Told for Busy Readers PLAN POWER CENTER FIND BIBNEO AIT01ST HAND LABOR FAVORED AWAIT COUNTY CHOICE I'TAII CONVICT CAICHT IDAHO FALLS, IDA. The In-stalling In-stalling of a municipal power unit at Mesa Falls Is planned ln a cam. pulga to make Idaho Falls a power center. The present municipally owned power plant Is estimated to be worth $1,500,000.00. 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