Show SAN JUANS HEROINE when the bombardment of admiral sampsons Samp sons fleet began senorita pauline macias the governor generals General 8 daughter was in the governors palace she made her way to tc the batteries and from there to the forts she saw the spanish gunners panic stricken fleeing from that hell bell of exploding snails shells seizing a sword she raised her voice so that it could be heard above the din of the battle she called upon the soldiers to return to their guns her face glowed as one inspired she waved her sword a above her head and cried to them in the name of their country to rally about her and fight until no life was left to fire a gun no aram with blood in his veins could stand such an appeal the soldiers ran back as swiftly as they ran away aay they turned their guns and fought with more coolness and greater desperation pe ration than ohp n before and pauline macias clayed atey etl among them like a battle tle fury only when the guns were disabled a as she led away and the men c cheered her as they should have done and had bad the men on the ships known of her daring and courage they would have cheered her more heartily than I 1 I 1 P PAULINE E macias did her own people history will call pauline madas the joan darc of porto rico |