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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Cuban Revolution Collapsing After Bloody Battle at Gibara Oil Wells of East Texas Are Closed Down. ft By EDWARD W. PICKARD WnEN Mario O en. Gen. Menocal. ocal and Col. Carlos Mendieta were captured cap-tured by the Cuban government troopa and locked tip In Cabanas fortress, It appeared to observers observ-ers on the Inland that the revolution had collapsed. Indeed, In-deed, President Ma-chado Ma-chado started off the week with the announcement that the revolt was over, that the rebels were surrendering everywhere and that there would be peace throughout Cuba within a few days. The most Important of the remaining remain-ing leaders were said to be In Santa Clara province with rather small bands of followers, Aviators were sent out to fly over rebel territory dropping leaflets announcing that Machado would grant amnesty to all who surrendered Immediately. But the revolutionists had not yet reached the end of their resources. A filibustering expedition lauded men from half a dozen countries and quantities of arms and ammunition t Glbara, near the eastern end of the island, and that port was captured cap-tured and fortified. The government govern-ment Immediately move against this force, and there followed one of the bloodiest battles ever fought In Cuba. The gunboat Patria destroyed de-stroyed the Glbara fortress and a land army inflicted a crushing defeat de-feat of the rebel troops and the filibusters. fili-busters. Meanwhile planes dropped bombs on the town, which was badly bad-ly shattered. It was reported that about BOO revolutionists were killed and that the federal casualties were heavy. Lifting of the censorship revealed re-vealed that the rebels also had suffered suf-fered severely in the fierce engagements engage-ments in Santa Clara province. Despite these defeats the revolutionary revolu-tionary leaders still at large were Insistent that their cause was not lost General Menocal managed to smuggle out of his cell a proclamation proclama-tion urging his followers to continue con-tinue tbe struggle, and there) were Indications that Machado's troubles were not over by any means. In Washington, though the State department de-partment would make no comment on the situation, it was the general opinion of ofllclals that the only way that Machado can prevent renewed re-newed uprisings Is to enact speedily speed-ily the reforms along democratic lines that his administration promised. prom-ised. Certainly the American government gov-ernment hopes he will adopt this course, for it has no desire to la-tervene la-tervene in the affairs of the island republic and will not do so unless developments de-velopments bring on a state of virtual vir-tual anarchy. TEXAS has taken Its stand be-side be-side Oklahoma In the fight against ruinous low prices for crude oil, and it was expected that Kansas Kan-sas also would adopt measures for curtailment of production. The net result, It was believed, would be higher prices for mldeontlnent crude oil and possibly the stabilization of the American oil Industry. Following action by the legislature, legisla-ture, Gov. Ross?S. Sterling ordered the complete shutdown of the 1.G00 producing oil and gas wells of the great east Texas area, and then sent about a thousand National Guardsmen Guards-men Into four counties to enforce the order, martial law being proclaimed. pro-claimed. No resistance was met, the larger companies closing their wells before the soldiers arrived. Governor Sterling, himself an oil man, predicted higher crude rrtces and estimated the Texas and Oklahoma Ok-lahoma shutdowns would take about one million barrels a day off the market, lie said martial law In east Texas will not be lifted until the Btate railroad commission has Issued Is-sued proration orders. Governor Murray of Oklahoma, who originated the Idea of dealing .with overproduction by declaring martial law, sent a message of congratulation con-gratulation to the Texas executive. Most of the operators In the oil regions planned to care for employees em-ployees during the shut down period. pe-riod. Drilling was conttnued as .usual, for there was no ban on bringing In new wells provided they were shut down Immediately. POLITICAL servers In nob saw. in ch ill! the .a test episode of the g Frank L. Smith case. Indications that the man who j wss elected to the s United State sen- f ate from Illinois I and was twice de- 't filed a seat In the -L upper liou?e Lo-ran Lo-ran at K.tmupl huull't contributions to his campaign cam-paign funl. odgbt seek again to represent rep-resent lit state la the senate. What F. L. Smith. has happened Is that Mr. Smith has made public the fact that Julius Ito-senwald, Ito-senwald, Chicago financier, between the primary and the election of 1920, offered blm stock In Sears, Roebuck & Co., then worth $5T5,000, to withdraw with-draw from the Republican nomination. nomina-tion. Mr. Roscnwald Is too 111 to be interviewed, but his Intimate friends admit the truth of the story and uphold the purity of the financier's finan-cier's motives In thus seeking harmony har-mony within the Republican party. Mr. Smith, at his residence In Dwlght said : "I did not issue the statement for political purposes. If I had Intended Intend-ed to use It for such, I would have used It In my two campaigns for the senate and again last year. I Issued It because others saw fit to write a book about the case and because be-cause they did not give the people all the facts. "As to my future action politically, polit-ically, I shall be governed by conditions." condi-tions." If Smith should file for the sen-atorshlp sen-atorshlp nomination, he will have Senator Glenn as his opponent In the Republican primaries. He was defeated for renomlnation in 1927 by Glenn In the upheaval which also retired Governor Small HplIERE cannot be any general re-vlval re-vlval of prosperity until the nations na-tions of Europe settle their political disputes and the German reparations repara-tions have been revised. Such la the opinion of the Wlggln committee commit-tee of International bankers at Basel, which was appointed to study Germany's financial needs and capabilities. capa-bilities. The German government was greatly encouraged by the report, re-port, and one of its officials said that a new conference on finances, politics and reparations must be called Immediately and that all Europe Eu-rope hoped It would be called by President Hoover. DrcCURRINQ reports that Prest- dent Hoover would call a special spe-cial session of congress to deal with the unemployment situation were declared at the White House to be without foundation. The President feels, too, that It is unnecessary to call congress earlier than December to organize In time to consider the reparations-war debt plan. lie believes be-lieves this can be handled In the regular session. , The President appointed Walter S. Glfford, president of the American Ameri-can Telegraph and Telephone company, com-pany, head of a national organization organiza-tion which will be charged with the task of mobilizing national, state and local relief agencies of every kind In meeting the unemployment crisis during the coming winter. Jouett Shouse, executive chairman chair-man of the Democratic national committee, came out with a statement state-ment demanding of President Hoover Hoo-ver more positive action and less theoretical Investlgalon." He asserted as-serted that the Presdent is spending more time ascertaining how many persons will be out of work next winter than he Is In taking measures meas-ures for their relief. . 1 I ' f . '1?.. . T" R. I1ENRI Trlchett, pres- R. T. O'NelL Ident emeritus of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of of Teaching, In the annual report of the foundation makes the bold assertion that the leaders of the American Legion Le-gion "Intend to raid the treasury of the United States." And he questions the patriotism of war veterans who ask pensions or bonuses when uninjured. un-injured. Under the subheading "Patriotism, Tensions and Politics," Doctor Prlchett Bays: "There has come about In our country a complex patriotism, bonus seeking, and politic the like of which can be found In no other nation na-tion on earth. Organizations that started in pure patriotism have lent themselves to pension lobbying on such a form as to demoralize both veterans and congress." "Erroneous and unfair is what Ralph T. O'Xell, national commander command-er of the American Legion, says of the Trlchett statement, adding: "The American Legion never has in the past or, in my opinion, never will la the future, ask anything that Is unfair or that will place an unjust un-just financial burden on the country." coun-try." lie says the real objective of the veterans organization has been to get disability compensation, but that It never has asked a pension for able-bodied men. CROM a preliminary treasury statement Is derived the unpleasant unpleas-ant Information that the government govern-ment sneered a drop of more than $ixn000,u00 In Internal revenue collections col-lections during the fiscal year 133L the first full year during which taxes were affected by the economic econom-ic depression and the fulling stock market. Total collections for that year were $2,428,228,700. Income taxes yielded $1,800,010,400, a decline de-cline of $550,000,000, while miscellaneous miscel-laneous Internal revenue accounted for collection of $508,18800, ft drop of $Cl.C9S.24a Corporation Income taxes netted the government $1,020,292,699, a decline de-cline of $237,021,700 and Individual taxes $333,647,700, a decrease of $313,196,900, reflecting the depressed conditions in the business world and the wide variations of collections collec-tions In time of prosperity and in times of depression. While both corporations and Individual In-dividual Income taxes were cutting a deep swath In government revenues, rev-enues, miscellaneous taxes showed only a small loss despite the business busi-ness slump. rUITB recently r'-",,"1! Rafael Largo y Herrera, noted Peruvian political leader and former ? minister of foreign f9u wv jffalrs, arrived from f 't " ( Lima by airplane. He has now been nominated for the presidency of Peru by the Economist party, and It is said stands an excellent chance of being elected. So Senor Largo started buck home the other day to participate In the elections, and again he traveled by the air route. He thus was the first passenger pas-senger to make a round trip by plane between Peru and New York. During his brief visit to this country coun-try he spent a day or so in Washington, Wash-ington, where he has many friends and admirers. 1 ffl8 Walll JU.iirfflTO "op 1 77 Rafael Largo. JOHN E. BAKER, American re-llpf re-llpf emer find ndvlspr ta fh Chinese railway ministry, sends word that the flood in the Yangtse valley is China's most terrible disaster dis-aster In the present century, About thirty million people have lost their homes and a third of them are destitute. des-titute. The loss of life, already terrific, ter-rific, was increased when a great dike protecting part of Hankow gave way and several hundred persons per-sons were drowned. Typhoid, cholera and dysentery are epidemic, and Industry la paralyzed. All foreigners for-eigners were reported safe. The Chinese government has made an offer to the federal farm board for part of its surplus wheat to help ieed the refugees, and the Idea Is favorably considered by officials offi-cials at Washington. 1 r 7" NCR mighty but " now fallen like many another. Prof. Augustinns Waldemaras,former dictator of Lithuania, Lithu-ania, was put on trial before a eourt martial at Kaunas on charges of plotting plot-ting a revolt a year ago to overthrow M.Waldemaras the Prcsen ,nt - dictatorship of President Anthony Smetona and Premier Jonas Tubelius. Twenty-four Twenty-four of his followers were his fellow fel-low defendants. The plot was betrayed be-trayed to the authorities by several of Waldemaras' adherents, all members mem-bers of the Iron Wolf organization, and It was expected that their testimony testi-mony would result In severe sentences sen-tences for those accused. Professor Profes-sor Waldemaras, who returned to Kaunas from his place of exile near Memel to attend the trial, said the charges were exaggerated, which sounds like a weak defense. There won't be any sympathy for him In Poland, for when he was in power he was the bitter foe of that country coun-try and of Its dictator, Marshal Pil-sudskt T EVELOPMENTS In the New York legislative Investigation of the administration of New York city may bring about a political feud between Governor Roosevelt and Tammany Hall that would have a decided effect on the governor' chances for the Democratic Presidential Presi-dential nomination. Some of his friends believe a break with Tammany Tam-many might help rather than hinder hi cause In that matter and would bring him support from other states where tho leading Democrats have been holding aloof from the Roosevelt Roose-velt boom because of fear that he wa too closely allied with Tammany. Tam-many. These friends think that even if Tammany should turn hostile, hos-tile, Roosevelt could carry New York state against Mr. Hoover unless un-less there should be a great Improvement Im-provement In the economic situation situa-tion within a year. Leading members f Tammany would not discuss for publication their attitude toward Roosevelt because be-cause the Tammany policy apparently apparent-ly 1 to avoid an open break with the governor so long as he has the state patronage at his disposal and remains a decided Presidential nos-slbility. nos-slbility. fl OINQ back to nitnols for a tno VJ ment: Newton Jenkins of Chicago Chi-cago has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States senator on a platform of opposition to th renomlnation of President Hoover. Mr. Jenkins, who Is forty-four years old. an . service man and a lawyer, has twice before been a candidate for senator. & Hit WMtcra Njpp CbIm By FRED MCLAUGHLIN Author of "The Blade of Picordy" CopTTlrt Bobbi-MerrtH C WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED In the old city of New Orleans, In the yer 1821. Lo G"j recently an officer under General Jackson. U surprised by the appearance ap-pearance of three figures, in ancient an-cient Spanish costume, two men and a woman whose beauty enchants en-chants him. Resenting the arro-aance arro-aance of the elder of the two men, Garde fights a duel with him and wounds him. He learns his opponent Is Adolfo da Fuentes, colonel in the Spanish army In Venezuela. Garde overheara a plot to overthrow Spanish rule In Venezuela. Discovered he fights, but Is overpowered. Garde finds hlmselef a prisoner on the Banta Lucrecia, ship bearing arms and ammunition for the Venexuelans under Bolivar. On board are the conspirators he had overheard, the lady of hia love, her brother Pollto, and De Fuentes. Fu-entes. From the girl, Garde learns her name is Dulce Lamartina. He does not tell her of his love, but feels she is not Indifferent to him. The vessel Is wrecked and Garde reaches the Venezuelan shore, alone. Making bis way inland he meets a man who Introduces himself as Monahan, captain in the British legion under Bolivar. He sees Dulce, with De Fuentes and Polito. Monahan urges him to Join the Venezuelans, but his mind Is set on seeing Dulce. Monahan Mon-ahan directs him to friends in Caracas. There Garde, supplied by Monahan with the secret sign of the patriots, is welcomed at revolutionary headquarters. CHAPTER IV Continued 5 My heart suddenly warmed to this earnest patriot "I met an Irish soldier on the road," I said, "Captain Monahan, one of the British Brit-ish legion, who offered me his trust He helped me change the complexion complex-ion of my face and hair, and he referred re-ferred me to Tomas Carrasco and the Cantlna Mprlda." "And the sign of the Sociedad Patrlotico ?" "lie gave me that as well." "Your life in this city, Senor, will not be worth a silver real when Fuentes finds you out He has little cause to love one who, in the space of an hour, vanquishes him with the sword and steals the heart of his lady." "How can you know that, Manuel?" Man-uel?" I cried hopefully. "A mere matter of logic, a simple thing Indeed. New Orleans was filial, one brilliant moonlit night with the hue and cry of the chase, and the quarry was a tall, hatless, fair-haired man who had stabbed the nolle Colonel Fuentes during the course of a duel In the Place d'Armes. We found, hiding In the apse reserved for San Isidro, such a man, who afterward refused to leave the Santa Lucrecia at the safe port of Coatzacoalos. Besides, the lady came to see him in his prison, sought him out again in the fury of the storm. The lady Journeys Jour-neys to Caracas and the Viking dyes his hair and beard and face and follows her, only to put his foolish head into a noose," "Until the noose tightens, then, Manuel," I said, "my foolish head is safe. It is a long way from Spain to the cathedral, and I intend" The sailor gave himself over to boisterous laughter. "But the cathedral ca-thedral has been readied, Senor, the journey ended, for the Senorita Dulce Lamartina will be married today at high noon which Is within with-in the hour to Colonel Adolfo de Fuentes, military aide of La Torre " "Name of G dl" "The truth," said Manuel; "It catches you - no?" lie grinned. "How will your efficient fists take care of such a situation; will you push over the big cathedral, or?" "We can, at least Manuel, go to the wedding." "Madness. Senor! Surely you would not do so wild a thing I" "Why not? Is not the wedding a public affair? I have taken care of myself for many years, Manuel, and expect to do so many more. If yon hesitate to accompany me or fear that evil might befall" "Not at all," he cried, In high good humor now. "I wouldn't miss It for the finest ship in the Indies!" As we entered the soft gloom of the cathedral my heart was beating a swift tattoo against my ribs, my breathing was the labored breath of the spent runner, and my body shook In the palsy of arrant fear I had begun to cherish a faint hope' that a portion of the Senorlta's luve had been bestwed upon me She had come to my prison, had tried to save me; she had Boueht me out In the fury of the storm, and the light of her eyes when she had found me ... ah l But who was Adolfo. what had he done to win her? Why should she marry this drunken Spaniard whose loves were legion I When I had saved her, and brought her to those ia the ,ifeboaU Adoltowh tried to kill me. A wild rage post sessedme. De Fuentes would nevt marry her; I would throw mvseif Bpon , him at the altar, I would pnt hn fl"sers rocnl his throat and hold them there until he died, and all the powers in the great eathe- iz r. . ,top A quieting hand was laid unon tn, arm and Manners warning K per came to me: -Do you shafct be roof from the buIldiS. ffi One u watched here . . As we moved slowly "down the ile aisle I could see that the W c!ons chamber was filled. An r,t wated us less thanlwetri from the altar; we thanked h "d. settled at lasr. IiiSSo tS l.b suppressed murmur that went up from tne waiuug nunu. "Yonder." said Manuel, pointing " 'xt. u Ml. Mnrnloa Who a pruueni muuiu, v. acts for La Torre." I studied the cold dignified man who tore with evident pride the gaudy trappings of his rank. Had I never seen the city of Tucayan I should have disliked this cynical Spaniard whose face was set in a mask of cruelty and whose eyes were veiled by heavy lids ha f closed as though to conceal his crafty thoughts. This man, then, with the power of Spain at his call, had laid his hand upon a city, and had destroyed de-stroyed all the life it held. It hadn t been a gesture of war, I remembered, remem-bered, for not a man in Tucayan was armed. A deed of senseless brutality no less this destruction of a helpless town and the slaughter slaugh-ter of its people. If Morales rep-resented rep-resented Spanish methods in Venezuela Vene-zuela the cause of Bolivar, I reasoned, reas-oned, was just Hot anger burned within me, the racing blood pounded at my temples and, falling to trembling again, I gripped my fingers and ground my teeth in a fury of impotence. The glorious Lamartina was marrying the aide of this monster, and the colonel's emulation of the Butcher had earned for him already a reputation repu-tation as Infamous as that of his chief. Nnw Manuel tnnched mv arm. "Careful, my friend," he whispered ; "such malignant looks ill become a wedding. If you would conserve your life you must control your face." I had come to realize at last that, behind the unfavored face of the swarthy and clever Manuel lay thoughts most beautiful and profound pro-found ' nnrt T wnndprpd vnfmelv what manner of man might be this TtnllvAr thp. fnthpr nf tho rpvnln- tlon; wherein lay his hold upon uis peopie, .Frnnplann haA cnirt tn mo" "Tf Venezuela had a thousand men like you, senor, sne would win her independence in-dependence out of hand." Well, of the world, and her eyes came up with it I searched her face eagerly now, drinking in her loveliness. I would live this lore of mine during the minute or two that she might still remain the Senorita Lamartina, and then free of Caracas I would seek forgetfulness In arms under the banner of Bolivar, for I could never go back again to the peace and quiet of the great plantations. "Dios," said Manuel in an anxious anx-ious whisper, "she has seen thee!" Now I realized that the Senorita Dulce had found my eyes.- She was looking past the colonel's shoulder; shoul-der; her lips were parted, her eyes wide, color came and went In her face, and a deep sigh escaped her. With outstretched hand pointing In my direction she pushed past the prospective bridegroom and started down the carpeted aisle toward me. She seemed like one who moves In a trance, her eyes unseeing, her arms extended as though In supplication, sup-plication, v Before she had taken two steps I was on my feet and, In three strides, stood before her, catching the swaying figure as It fell. With a childlike sigh she snuggled Into the protection of my arms. "Senor Moon-wraith," she whispered In a tiny voice that was drowned in the swelling lamentations that filled the cathedral. She raised a hand, wonderingly, and touched my darkened hair. "Is It the Senor? I would" "None other ... what have I done, Senorita?" ; "Hasten," said a rasping voice at my elbow; "you must escape." "Save thyself, Manuel, good friend," I said; "nothing they may do to me " - Now the crowd was upon us In an overwhelming flood. Polito his face as black as a thunder-cloud tore the precious burden from my arms, soldiers barked orders, women wom-en screamed and children cried shrilly. Thrusting bodies propelled me swiftly toward the wide doorway, door-way, out of which we tumbled in a scrambling heap. 3S 5 I'M 8 "Senor Moon-wraith." why not; could this game we call life offer to me any more fascinating fascinat-ing sport? And if Bolivar were half the man that his amazing power over the people of Venezuela seemed to indicate, then service under him would be a glorious thing. The swelling murmur of the throng was stilled with startling suddenness and a silver thread of music filled the air. It deepened into the slow harmony of a march and, in time with It, came a muffled sound of footfalls. I bowed my head, for I dared not look. They were coming down the aisle beside After an Interminable wait the priest's deep voice filled the cathedral cathe-dral with toneless sound. I heard nothing of what he said; I could ml ,eiien K?lse my ees- Sll was marrying him, marrying that craven &a,rd, Wnerein had 1 iled; had I followed her for this-to sit Wly whUe she gave herself in marriage mar-riage to Adolfo, to wait in muted Impotence while another man . . . ? iJi5tLmy head at last 'and !M,at them- Jhey stood before aLu1,' bIac-robed priest; Adolfo n the brilliant uniform of his rank, with his arm free now and 8he In white, as fair, .ndS pale, as a lily. Polito, garbed as a i'2tenpant,,n the servlce W m j herVT VU- 8t00d "eside and another around his throat aiy mad worship drew my eves to her downcast face and held them f' h"ch. anl tne meetly point-chin, point-chin, which trembled, else mv eyes were playing me false; tg black curls touched an ear and S rested her neck and her bosom role StS n ttn,emotion beyond hS ; The tlncongnious thought came to me that she seemed Just "te a little girl about to cry. I looked and looked filling , soul with her beauty ; I gripped thp earved bench in front 5? me III ejery faculty Into the intensity of fj regard. Polito offered sLe-to sLe-to the colonei-a ring. f Pea The calm father sPOke to lS10"" Bh "tended one gender hand, it raised slowly , though it were lifting the height CHAPTER V Adios. EVEN as I entered the spacious home of Tomas Carrasco a file of soldiers deployed and surrounded. sur-rounded. It. Verily, Morales moved swiftly and I knew I would never win free of Caracas. Yet, I had held her in my arms again, had lost myself In the sweet depths of her eyes, had heard her call my name, had felt the touch of her fingers. fin-gers. To my starved soul that was very much indeed, so I laughed gaily as the good Tomas, all of a tremble, hurried Into my comfortable comfort-able quarters. "Do they seek thee, Senor these soldiers?" "Aye, Tomas ; I am very valuable to them, for I have Just disarranged a wedding, and I have put a lasting hurt into the heart of Colonel Fuentes." "Ah, misfortune, Senor; it will bring death to all of us!" - "Not so, Tomas; this will bring death only to a poor French sailor who would feast his soul npon the beauty of a lady. This inn of yours Is open to any traveler who has money to pay for accommodations, xou know nothing of me; I shall assure them." As a sergeant and five soldiers and Lieutenant Polito marched In from the patio I chose the side of the room farthest from the window, that I might stand as much as possible pos-sible in the gloom. The sergeant turned to Polito, who shook his head and touched his bandaged throat with earessins? fingers, then the sub-officer addressed ad-dressed me: "Are you the devil, Senor, who has put a spell upon the Senorita Lamartina?" "There is too much flattery In your words, sergeant" I said. "You assign too much power to me, and I think it is the Senorita who has cast a spell upon all of. us." Polito started and stared. "What are you called, Senor?" Timoleon Sourdez,"' said L choosing at random the first name that came into my mind, "a sailor raised m the Indies, who will work for anybody, on any ship, at any time. I am a floater that's all" "How came you, Senor, In the cathedral?" "I sat alone, this morning, In the Plaza San Jacinto, while people Passed Into the great church. A swarthy salior, doubtless having sympathy for my loneliness, led me In so that I might view the wedding of the beautiful lady of Spain and the wise Colonel Fuentes. If evil has been wrought In the cathedral, Sergeant it is no work of mine." "Yet you" ' "The Frenchman, Senor, Is ever a lover; and if I stared at her Is it anything a thousand others were not doing?" "Yet she" "Ah, must I let her fall, fainting, to the carpeted aisle; would that have been the act of a Frenchman? We are a chivalrous race, Senor, and we offer our arms and our hearts at all times. May one do less?" Polito swung his legs, a half-smile half-smile on his handsome face. The sergeant shrugged his shoulders helplessly and turned toward his superior. "The lieutenant desires to question him?" "Not at all," said Polito. His voice was a hoarse, rasping whisper, whis-per, yet so puny an effort sem, him oS Into a paroxysm of coughing. roclous coli. V-U "icuuuest man,:" "I am ""t "13 tonTiSM came ta contain ) studied myCa . A philosophic v,- "ana one in share, for surround m, pJN DumeiHiir. i 4. ment, ithtof really offered on worsmp to beauty, A wild surge 4 fc, , me. Polito knew ft friend, he was t& wouia De tree! fe; """"" nyarmsaronju: der of Colonel fml removed, therefore der. I shall within the how." Hk "I pray, Senor Llentast-fervently, Llentast-fervently, "that I .lUBUW,, m have been the cause of 1 my guards have k. J chnll. .1 M "me iue Taj to U where some sWn Now, watchinghisfaii; Polito did notbristaut', pect, and I was glaitel as the Senorito Doles ai Venezuela, there mmi J "Adios. then." nUh'l I heard, in less to J the crisp bark of ordeisj tsuuiius 01 siioa iect 01 & of the patio; sounds ttit swiftly, told me that fc had gone, and that I n asrain. Yet free. I leave Caracas, evening muted. If I were tree itj 1 I eo. why should I law rita, who Was still tie tea not yet the Senora de he could not hope to disarm other wedding, and H D11! willing to marry Adolfo to should she be unwilling to Yet she did not love big; I felt very sure. Why, ttet she marry him at alii While I pondered thus. nhshine nothlnz. 1 mi ranee filled the room. I belie v& my senses. The It could not be. Dulce wrf come to see me here. I ret Ing; my insane worsfci touched my brain, and I t l her, doubtless, all the reS life. I had heard of rock or read of it and had ta?i A slim figure stood In fe way, a figure all ui lacj with a heavy veil that ftf concealed the features. 0 iiui nave fcuuu "- dark or light but I net. "Again, Senorita," I said, over a slim hand, "you W prison. The visit of an ? not have been" She touched my hair tc bling fingers. "It was IP T have drer your hair as being Iffi that just a dream-anuw ing now?" "I hardly know what l real, and what" riM T nnr Ree vou Br moonlight, Senor, hatless, art a strange light in jwyi you not come to mj called, and did not yoa f the storm? Did not yoh me away from the alta ' 4 now only the spirit of ttf was lost in a raging J I tried to laugb. if : sort of shadow, W H which will follow yra;. Wherever you : go Jj f for you are the star 01 . your voice'' J "You are mad, Sen came to thecatbed "I went to the cathedra the wedding." p "Mother Mary! "And I went to the ajag fo to save you. J " 4 left the city ere thj Wj to sell me yurJ"ha'1 Why did you not go rho onDortunityr Mv life end W "T ' You si" Iter 1 tne I for ,Iin In' fchon J e was I tr the l just n e start jcond i ttseli 1 of th I from f his cl frown, j accidei ers : )iej the llie tl 4 the jwntry I corps i SUCCf at lay fwith t f-ard t (ia de I ttie jjuraily I nitre tu J g-e. It ilpenln polling iter f sd ma1 id to I the frepai klions, Ibarras irnrp iond 1 Mj 1 ihe ferd I he k ThOU! I fres the I noo: iht p b ma Iter jiit it .id fcwlt .y eft 1 town flookii f? oec id ea capti lad 0 t resi i-Bol itljb I dl pel ie si :ie 0! I in f artlj Sat a ithe y th No . the (out itra am tie jot- to ffti I ah i 1 si In ta F fa n lb h 'My life longed to me. I k .mL vnnr Majesty. . j Now her blue eyl fear in their depths j face. v.-wisinl i "Oh, I am ashamed, , "ashamed. I J because you have oF f They told me youJ8 in the dungeon, anflw f ; execution, and W 1 , -Your Majesty. J before her, "lour feel very, very WW J humble." . (s i -It was little emfl) j do, or you had savej- - too much not arrangeu rr &l bp ested. Oorparenft. a"0. In the Wree J Tr: Intl Fuentes has ,a vast changes - ..1 him. and pernv " en I do not feel so . I did some tun ' jtirJ lides our mora U, deference for L6i J annpri-Sterne. |