Show The VALE of d A A f k By FRED r I UJ I MCLAUGHLIN i Author of The liThe Blade of by Bobbs a Service J WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED L In New Orleans In the year yea 1821 Loren Garde recently an OC of- of r ulcer fleer General Genera Jackson i Is by the appearance of ot 1 three ures jg-ures In ancient Spanish costume two men and a woman ti Ii- Ii whose beauty enchants him Ro- Ro the arro arrogance of the el elder elder eld- eld er of or the two men Garde n lights lighta a duel with him and wounds him I lie He learns his opponent I Is Adolfo ti de Fuentes colonel In the army In Venezuela Garde overhears overhears over over- he hears hers rs a plot to overthrow Spanish d rule In Venezuela Discovered he i. i fights but Is overpowered Gardo finds himself a prisoner on the t. t Santa Lucrecia bearing arms an and ammunition for tor the Venezuelans under Bolivar On board are arc the conspirators he had overheard the lady of or his love lovo her brother Polito Po- Po lito and Dc De Fuentes From th the Garde learns her Is W girl Irl name Dulcet Dulce Lamartina Ho lie loves her herand and feels eels she Is not Indifferent to tol l him hini The rhe vessel wrecked Gaido Garde GardeL L reaches the tho Venezuelan shore bhore al alone ne He lie meets captain In the British legion under Boll Boll- var nr and sees secs Dulce Duke with De Do Fu- Fu enUs enU's and Polito lolito Monahan directs him to friends In Caracas There Garde is as s welcomed at revolution revolution- t kL ary headquarters He Hc goes to the t wedding wedding- of Dulce nn and Do Fuentes Dulce Duke recognizes him and leaves y De Do Fuentes at the altar She Is torn from Gardes Garde's arms but he escapes Dulce makes males hor her way to toI I Garde She tells him her wedding to Do De Fuentes was to have been i the tho price of Gardes Garde's life liCe They rove reveal J their mutual love Garde la Js seize 1 l by Spanish soldiers and learns Dulce has disappeared lIe IIo Is s rescued by Manuel a revolutionist 1 and with Polito sets out ff c for tor Bolivar's camp camo They are arc Wi- Wi b by Venezuelan soldiers Garle discovers his companion of ot the nr night ht has been Dulce She es escapes escapes es- es capes canes but Garde Is seized His J captor Is Is' Colonel Pin Pini Garde tells teUs his story to to Bolivar l CHAPTER VII Continued VII Continued 8 The red haired Irish soldier turned nt at the two stone posts posts' that had once onre been a n gate and ap ap- ap It was vas good to see that freckled smiling face again He saluted General Bolivar then he tool took my hand handin In an iron grip The Viking I he cried I knew you would come to us some time Where S stile the girl The girl Sure the Senorita Lamartina Didn't you tell me that you'd bring her hel I laughed So I did Monahan Monahan- and amI nd sent her back n again aln Monahan 1 turned to Bolivar whose knowledge knowledg-e of English was limited and limited and went vent back to Spanish I again I 1 met this man on the i Maracay l road roud General and showed showell him a n way say to enter Caracas because be he- cause as rival rhal of Colonel Fuentes I he lie could help us I even gave him money He lie promised with t typical American merican that he would not only disarrange the wedding of T TIe Dc e Fuentes but that when he left the city he lie would bring the lady with him He HI tells us that thaI he lie did said salt Bolivar grimly yet et the tale that he be brings brIngs- sNow s- s Now Monahan looked at me with wonder onder In his e eyes es Garde Gaide he be gasped can such a thing thing- I l did disarrange the wedding said I and the Senorita disguised as her brother accompanied me Wh Why iy Manuel lanuel should have sent her herIs herIs Is a thing I cannot fathom yet I know she desired to leave lea Caracas If I cannot fin find belief belief- belief If I shrug shrugged ed my shoulders hopelessly A silence fell upon us us a deep significant silence that was brol broken suddenly by byth bythe the swift drumming of ofa ofa ofa a horses horse's hoofs upon the hard hart road The speeding mount came to a slidIng sliding slid slid- ing lag halt and a swarthy figure dropped to the ground Manuel l rules rides a n horse as ns well as ashe ashe he does a ship shill said Francisco relIef relief re re- re- re lief ilef In his dark eyes A Aye e friend of mine I 1 whispered whispered whis whis- pored he lie Is most opportune For ForI I felt that Manuel me tue The sailor pushed through h the crowd of curious Indians who had hind gathered to look upon the great general am and Bolivar Bolhar striding forward forward forward for for- ward to meet him threw his arms around the broad shoulders My l ugly angel he cried deep affection affection tion In his voice olce I have not seen thee for months What brings thee In tn such haste from Caracas Manuel Manue grinned at the rest of us Caracas General is boiling hollIng His dancing e eyes es considered me Where Is the Senorita 1 Aye said Monahan laughing did dill hu lie not boast boast- The ne next nest t man who asks me meI I about the Senorita Manuel shall shaH feel the Ule weight of my fist list The sailors sailor's keen insight read the menace In the air This man general general general gen gen- eral belongs to us he is one of ofu u us Yet he comes In the garb of or r Spain A garb that I 1 myself procured You should have ha seen me He Heb b laughed I 1 am ani perched like e a u rooster on em the comb of a roof In Inthe inthe the moonlight a n piece of heavy tiling In m my hand waiting for a atall tall tail Spanish officer to pass ass beneath k me I was amazed zell to discover that Caracas is filled with short fat off of- of f lIe He stopped to laugh again Finally one a captain ap ap- Pt preached Upon his head I deposIted depos depos- z Hed the piece of tiling and und upon t his flattened body I deposited my my- self In two minutes he lie was minus the uniform the Americano now wears ears which in truth Is grievously grievous grievous- ly Iy Inadequate Bolivar BoUvar laughed a rich ringing b.- b. laugh that meant life to me And An ti the city h he lie said is boiling because because be- be cause of that What more There Is little more General k The rhe beautiful Sen Senorita rIta Lamartina te Is lost and all the forces of Caracas Carat Cara- Cara t cas have failed tailed to find her My part of the escapade of the Americano Ameri Amen cano who cane who has aided us tremendously tremendously treman- treman and who cornea comei to offer otTer service vIce to our caise was cae was e-was was too evi evl- 1 dent so further stay In the city I was Impossible Lastly L La Torre plans a move mo against the armies armies armies' of Your Excellency i It Is good news Manuel for we weI I shall shull be lie lead ready teady Bolivar Doli considered a long moment What of the SpanIsh Spanish Span Span- ish Ishi officer who rode last night with this Americano There lher was no Spanish officer General who rode rolle with him The Theres res resemblance between th the Senorita anti and her brother Lieutenant Polito Is a er very striking thing You mean to tell us Manuel that she A Aye e G General The swart swarthy by sailor laughed She used Polito's broken head alit und and his cold and the enveloping all cloak to hide her I Identity ant and she rides a n horse as asell aswell aswell well ell as un anyone one Bolivar Bolhar smiled Yet the tale I that he lie brought t us was so slide sible I turned to the Liberator If His ills Excellency having forgiven I me cares cures to make use of a stupid clod I would otTer offer service ser to him I can at least furnish a mans man's portion of brawn bravn Now ow Bolivar took tool me b by the hand and smiled into my eyes I Francisco has told me much of I you If Andrew Jackson has looked upon you ou with favor or I Francisco Interrupted I 1 have havethe havethe havethe the proof Excellency here In my pocket He drew out the thin leathern n wallet that had been in iii my possession when I had played so poorly the part of San Sau Isidro In that wallet I had carried since I Ia a few days s 's after the battle of I Chalmette a n piece of paper torn from the leaf fly of my French I grammar upon which Gen Andrew I Jackson had written a statement the night he had sta stayed ed at fit my fathers father's fathers fa- fa faI athers ather's a- a I ther's house a statement which worthless In Itself has been my I dearest possession May I read Excellency what I have found In Inthe inthe In Inthe the wallet of young Garde Bolivar turned to me A Aye e E Excellency Excellency Ex Ex- If It will make of me a soldier under your banner So Francisco bearing in mind the generals general's limited knowledge of English read rend It very slowly Major Loren Garde has offered valiant service to his country he lie has fought fough t with conspicuous gallantry gal gal- lantry at Talladega at Horseshoe Bend at Pensacola and at Chalmette Chal Chal- mette flette A wort worthy h son of a n worthy S soldier father It Is S signed Il I cd Excellency FranI Francisc Francisco Fran Fran- I cisco said Andrew Jacl Jackson i One could not have come t to tome me said Bolivar more highly recommended If General Jacl Jackson lackson son has seen fit to commission you ou a major surely I can do no less less- But Excellency I cried It is too much It much It Is more than titan I I de de- serve I cannot hope hope hope- It shall be done Major Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco has hns said you will make mal a good soldier and Francisco's judgment judgment judg judg- ment is never at fault Such was my first meeting with the Liberator to whom half of South America owes its Independence independence dence and all nil of the western world offers homage I Colonel Pini the sophist extended ex ex- tended his hand I congratulate Ii you ou Major Intuition told me that PInI would I never ne be m my friend a n contingency which worried me inc not at all S C 0 S s S The weeks that followed my first meeting with General Bolivar were busy weeks indeed for La Lo Torre was massing mussing the forces of Spain to break the ever eyer tightening rep republican can lines and the Liberator moved to meet him My days tilled with feverish fe activity ac ac- ac- ac went vent b by and quiet quIet nights under the stars were given gi over to worship at the shrine of Love for forthe forthe forthe the face of Dulce was ever before me ma She seemed to be ca calling ling callIng call call- lug Ing and 1 I have a awakened crying awakened cr crying out her name name from from dreams that were so real I could almost have touched her And because of the desperation of my love hove I became a bett better r soldier knowing that this nightmare of murder murder murder-as as she called it it would would be over only when Bolivar had won for he was as not a aman aman aman man to stop short of victory Then I could seek seel her out I met during those days Gen Daniel OLeary O'Leary Irish soldier an an l outstanding figure of the British legion to whom Venezuela today renders homage Moore Bolivar's doctor a vivacious J English gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man Marino his chief of staff staIT Gen Belford Wilson veteran and anti andson andson son of Sir Robert Wilson of PenInsular PenInsular Pen Pen- Insular fame Paez chief of the llaneros and later President Pi of Venezuela more than tItan once and Cedeno Bermudez Plaza and Or- Or The rue sounding high rank and titles that they carried took the place of pay they didn't receive re re- re- re Under us were English Irish Portuguese negroes half breeds Indians lean lla llaneros leros the mixed riffraff of cities and u a u few American Ameri MacrI- can adventurers from the States A motley crowd crowll Indeed and hardly one that a man nian might pick to wInan win winan winan an empire yet the genius of Bolivar Boll Boli var varon won von them o over touched them with the divine spark sparl of patriotism and arid made of this composite crew an army that finally crushed the power ver of Spain In Venezuela One mild May 1 morning as the sun stood an art hour above the heights of San Casimiro we ve broke through ilie Carabobo hills and descended upon the little city of Cum Corn Having ng no garrison it fell readily into our then we dePloYed deployed de de- de- de east and west vest and north to Invest the town to of Maracay for that was our goal that the tue first long stride In the race for Puerto Cabello I remembered well ell thelast the last lust words of ot Bolivar to him who lio commanded the center of ot our attacking attacking at at- I at-I tacking lines He had hud embraced our colonel and had hind said Remember ber Pini we ve take tale the town of I Maracay and Maracay-and and hol hold It IL And Colonel Clotiel Colo Clo- l nel tiel Pin Pini had hud saluted proud prou of this glorious mission for Pint PIn I however i much lie he mn may have ha failed had hud no I lack of courage On Ott the broad fertile valley that lies lles to the east enst of Lake Valencia we met the enemy Paez east of ofus ofus ofus us and Plaza to the west attacking attack ing lag at 11 the same time The history I of Venezuela calls this battle only a skirmish sl for it failed of Its goil goal I because the body cannot go forI forward for for- ward If the wings Ings are dragging In I our unit were two hundred of the British Bi legion and over four hundred hundred bundred hun bun dred Indians and despite the dragging drag drag- ging wings we pushed onward untIl until until un un- un- un til we wc touched the town which after an hour of fiercely contested figh fighting fell Our Indian soldiers soldiers- out of hand with jo joy over this tills won hard victory victory vic vie tory ran yelling and shooting through the narrow os' str streets ets In rn an on hour they had found wine and rum I and other drinks drinks' to satisfy them and ancI so became at ut last more tracI tractable tractable trac trac- table under the comma commands ds of their I officers I had given strict orders to my battalion that no captives wounded 1 or well should be murdered which had lint been up to this time the general gen gen- eral procedure in the frightful war of death that Morales had hod Inaugurated and that both sides silles were waging so so squads were roamIng roamIng roaming roam- roam Ing over o the city carrying to the nearest available houses wounded men for treatment At one of these houses 1 found Captain Monahan He was leaning against an adobe wall his hands in the pockets of his tan and gray ray jacl Jacket et nolson e pipe tilted at a rakish angle and Idle e eyes upon a western sun un Why tb do you ou stand there I laughed will the poor walls fall If you remove your support 1 I 1 am waiting said he disregarding disregarding garding my levity for Colonel PInIto Pinito PInI to come to Ills his senses Then you have a long wait walt my captain for Piul PIni will never arrive The Lamartina boy bor Is Inside He pointed o over oer er his lila shoulder with with- an Indifferent thumb He lie wants to see you Is he be wounded rounded M Monahan Not much Did Old he say say sayan an anything about his his his- To me the The Irishman grinned again Im not chasing moon moonbeams moonbeams moon moon- beams Garde Garlic Im I'm no sighing sighting Romeo Romeo Ro Ro- meo Im I'm a sold soldier er And a ui r good I one my friend said I 1 stooping to pass the portal Polito very ver very pale very frail lay all lay upon a n crude bed of straw His eyes lighted up when he saw me and as he lie raised a n left hand I assumed assumed as as- slImed that his right was useless The The the moon wraith moon raith he said I opened his hlis jacket thrust the shirt aside and found a bullet wound below the collar Not so bad I assured Polito It missed the lung I nm am certain Yo You should be out In a month Vho Who was was in command of this sector Polito Adolfo He le tried to smile a very sorry effect Why did dId dId- did you ou not keep her Senor or when you ou |