New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-14
Names. If You please, and no nonsense


Senior Nunez. second; ,,, WINS,
a very pretty iunta indeed! And what do you
want with me now
We'll. Senior Blanco. said Juanita, coming to bust
moss confdontialy, the fact of the matter IS this
NV father Don Patrico, can answer Tor the devo-
ton of the army. u,
No doubt said, : if he can only stand them all
That's exactly it, Senor.' cried Juanita with adj
miration. You are man of intelligence. You m
Geps sacnre ' the army but we require capital
A hundred ponndsT asked. ~
A hundred pounds, Senor,' said Juanita. It's
very little to finance a revolution.
Now. look here, Juanita' said seriously.
You re q good sort of gill, believe. don't think
you'd behave badly or dishonesty. This is an
place for a man to have his money locked up IN.
I've got mine locked up here and can't get 1t IN
locked. | should like to make myself friends OF the
mammon of unrighteousness in the shape OF Pres,
dent. Jose is horse stealer of course-we all
know that but so is everybody else hereabonts; so
that if we were to wait for President until we
could get an honest half-breed, we might wait TIL
Doomsday. II you are one of the IrIumvirate |
shall trust to you to keep him straight. Old
Paddy--l beg your pardon. mean Don Patrclo
lis drunken old reprobate; but otherwise he is a
decent fellow enough, and he is at least an Irish
man. not a BLACKBOARD OF Spaniard hali-caste.
Alfonso is rogue; but If you and Jose Will guar
antee that he gets into no mischief, ii lend you
the money OF three conditions
What are those, SenorP
injury to life or limb That l must get Paddy TO
PROMISE ,,
could be easier. With the money we can gam the
entire affections of the army. 1t Will allow dis
trihuton of two dollars head to every man al
round, whereas Gonzalez hasn't paid them real
for the last three months. We can simply turn him
ont of the Executive Mansion and put him on
board the steamer for Jamaica. Nothing SIMMER.
And there the revolution is accomplished. what
.Secondly. there must be no foreign loan. If |
advance Won the money for a revolution, shall
have no fobbing of foreigners. no sham financing.
That is imperative, and l mast got 1t in writing
Jose and i can't WRITE said Juauta. but
Alfonso can; and We'll get him TO draw mp an
agreement. | don't understand finance. but l. We no
Doubt they'll agree to it all. And the third con-
ditiOn ,,
The third said, is that the money shall be
repaid me from the revenue within twelve months,
without interest. don't want any bonds, or any
rubbish OF that sort if finance for you at all |
shall expect Just to run this revolution and TINS
government There must be no nonsense OF any
kind You must all behave yourselves decentlY,
and 90 on better than GONZALEZ has done; and then
I'll treat you properly. If you don't, III call IN
British Cunb0at, and knock the place down about
your ears in rather less than no time.
There are only two things OF which any spanish
American is afraid in heaven, or on eart or IN Ihe
waters that are under the earth and those two
things are the devil and a British gunbOat or
course could no more call III the ala OF the latter
than | could invoke the former to my assistance.
But the Spansh-AmeriCan has very vague views on
these subjects especially when he can't read or
write All he knows is shat at some time or other,
in his own and half dozen nelghDorng kepu9llcs.
a few stray Engshmen have now ana then been
treated III way that would he considered quite
ordinary with any native cltlZen, ana nave therc-
upon called in a gunboat; after when, they nave
either received exemplary damages, or got the
town bOmbarded with admirable promptltudc.
Even Jose and Juanita knew that much; and they
would probably quite have believed in my power
to call in the Admiral commanding the West India
station at a moments notice. So l thought the
threat a fairly safe one. 90 80,
VERY good said Juanta, cOnidentially. All
shall be done as you wish, Senior. will ask Jose
and Alfonso to meet you here this afternoon, and
Won shall have all the guarantees Senior. all the
guarantees. The revolution shall be accomplished
That's a good girl, Juanita,' said L think
can trust you. And now please TO mix Inc brandy
cocktail
I was very Young in those days: and must con-
fess | didn't at all realize the responsibility was
taking upon myself i'll helping TO get up CarlD-
bean revolution. / looked upon the thing mt tho
time much in the same light as suppose most other
vounp Englishmen with little money at stake IN
tne country would nave looked at lt-mainly In so
far as il concerned my own interests III WOuiu 10
an advantage to me 10 have somebody at the head
Of the thing they called a government VINO womb
regard me as a friend instead of treating me ike
an alien and an interloper as Gonzalez ana ana
that was the chief point that weighed with me.
They must have somebody or other Tor PRESIDENT.
| and one petty despot was on the whole about as
GOOD as another. All alike were Ignorant dishonest
| and extortionate; and thought might keep some
kind of influence these people that could not
| keep over others. Besides, | had seen so many
| revolutions in that and neighboring States that
| had learned not to think as much of them as you
| i'm Turo1e would think. took them much a. people
country town take inc nnhlcipai , fo -
| particular reason and that interested nobody on
| earth except the party that got IN and the party
that was got ont Above all Juanlta was T pl
n very pretty girl and If she wanted n new Presi-
! dent why shouldn't she have one SO went TO
| the English bankers in the course OF the morning.
| coolly enough; drew out hundred pounds in gold
| with as noDchalant an air as If | had not been
medtating treason against the established govern
ment and strolled back TO SJuanitas for the sesta
hour as quietly II NO revolution at all was III the
air Indeed fever and revolution were two small
accidents that had learnt to dcsplse since settled
| in Carbbea.
The conspirators were ready and waiting for me.
lose 1ooB the chair in the room behind the bar and
carefully closed the jalousies TO keep out the sun
| and give greater sOemnity to the deberaton:
| They quite prepared &c accede to any terms
table all IN good English sOVerclgns, AlfOnsOs eyes
| rIstened gaily | felt pang of misgying rs |
looked at his cold, cunning face; but swallowed
| my computations, and determined TO GO on with
| the business now | had begun, for fear he should
turn State evidence and betray me to Gonzalez.
| little thought then that was making myself in
| directly responsible for that abominable swinde,
| the Caribbean Twelve Per Cents.
| In half an hour 1t was all arranged. The popu-
lace, Jose said, were with hm TO man; that IS TO
saw all the public who took an interest in politics
in other words, the rum-shop lOungers. They had
squared the RegeneradOres and dished the Con-
servatives. Alfonso Lad settled that the money
should be paid over to old Paddy and the company
of regulars who were TO surround Gonzalez in the
Executive Mansions low white house with a
squalid patio and some broken green blinds-to
escort him the steamer and TO watch that he did
not attempt to land again. Meanwhile, Jose was
to proclaim himself in the Plaza, and the rum
drinking Regeneradores were to rally round HIM
with revolvers and rifles. lie was TO be installed
forthwith, and was to name Alfonso to form a
Cabinet All this was to take. place on Wednesday
next And in anticipation of the day, we drew M
and signed a grand patriotic declaration, setting
forth the crimes of Gonzalez (which were bad
enough in all consciencel and the magnificent. lib
eral and progressive programme of the new Regen-
erador Government. -
What must 1 put down for your name, Jose
asked.