New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-14

than most of their neighbors Jose soemnly declared
that lie had no intention of raising loan, anu as
| Juanita also assured Inc that the statemenb was
| true, | fool enough TO believe thenl. Tauuy
| had now become commander-n- chief and Jose was
properly installed in the Executive Mansion, which
| had received coat of paint for the occasion
| so ventured to ask Juanita. when called upon
| her at Paddy's rooms in the Plaza, what posi-
| ton she going TO assume under the new gov
eminent. " ,.,,,
! the fact is Pm engaged to jose; put we u9h
| want Alfonso, to know it, because m engaged 10
Alfonso too; so Jose Is gong 10 scnu nIonso Oh
| 1t would have been useless to point ont to the
descendant of all the OGormans that this coarse
appeared OH the face of it slightly dishonorabe, so
| / held nv peace. If | had thought for a moment
might have known that the only, mission Alfonso
could 90 on, must be to raise loan; but was
foolish enough o overlook II. 49,
| For the next two months we were very busy with
| The spnng logwood-cutting up at the plantation, so
that it was time before found leisure To rlde
down again to Savanna-la-Mar. When did so, 1t
| struck Inc that Jose seemed little uneasy at my
presence. i dld't try, however, to get ANYTHING
out of him direct, for knew he was too great liar
| to tell me the truth about the subject that was
troubling him; but ] rode on Mt once to the Plaza,
| and asked to see Senorta OGorman.
| We'll. Senorita,' said, how have things been
'oh. admirably. Senor,' Juanita answered
| brIskly. Alfonso has gone to England.
| TO where ! cried in alarm.
TO England Juanita repeated. But don't be
alarmed it's not to raise q loan -,
Nonsense Jnanita! ! exclaimed l on Dad girl
| how dare yoT do such thing! How dare you
send him without telling meP
| oh Senor indeed it isn't to raise a loan. Jose
told me so over and again himself, and so did
Alfonso. IL is to issue bonds IL really is they sald
so ever so many times to one another, and know
| they mean it,
TO issue bondsy I shreked; why, You igno-
rant. stupid. silly creature DO you mean TO say you
don't know that's the very same thing
| wiz do Juanta the justice to say that she was
| really greved she mad been n party to breaking the
| bargain Poor girl. she didn't understand finance,
she said: and she thought the bonds all right.
| Jd.-r -orll loVp fOl IN [
| known about il for though he was a dcserer and
| n drunkard. he was not "A thlel-l beg pardon
| had been 30 continuously fuddled ever since the
revolution, that he didn't know what was gong
on about him, no more SUIT nor T blessed ss2e,
for il but to face the difficulty manfully, and to
see what could be done toward defeating Afohsos
| designs. E. g.,
How long has this villain been gone, JuanitaF l
asked dCsparlDglv.
Just seven weeks, Senor,' said Juanita through
~ Seven even weeks Good hcavens then he has been
three weeks in England already. cried helpiessly.
Exactly. jose expects dispatches by the next
what does he call himself, Iuanita l-,Ambassa,,
dor Minister Pcnipotentaryi Charge dAlIalres
what kind of mummery, eli, glrlF
Financial Agent to the Caribbean Republic,
Nv heart sank within me. How many widows
and orphans would that lghi-hcarted wretch rum
| bv his abomiuable machnatIOnsl How much
| hard-earred money would he swallow mp In his
! desoate forever And had been instrumental IN
dong 1t ALL through my foolish notion that could
act as wre-paiier OF the rascaIS VINO naPpcheu TO
| Republic. Though ! hot and tired. and the
sun was in mid.heaven put on my Panama, and
literally ran through the streets of Sayanna-a-Nar
| till reached the Executive Mansion.
| Jose, you horsc-stealing, rum-swllhng villain,
cried as soon as was admitted to iS EXceaencys
| mean by sending that thief Alfonso to England to
raise loanF
| Come | SAID drawing and pointing my own
sharply for | had learnt that art at least during
nv soourn in the Republcl, this sort of thing
won't do If you shoot me. you have the Commo-
dore and the West Indian Squadron down about
your ears in less than no time; If shoot you, no
body will trouble about your miserable earcaSe III
any way. W hat do you mean by this conduct
| why Senior said His Excellency, relapsing at
once into the obsequious stable-boy, | didn't
mean il myself. 1t Alfonso who persuaded
me. He said We had promised the boys loan, and
we must raise money to keep ourselves iloatng
We've put lot Of kegeneradoreSs INTO ocG pt ~
| loafng about the rum-shops'-Jose said tins with
great dignity and talking politics; ana thcy nave
| formed themselves INTO new party OF lhtIansi-
| renfes Alfonso says that IL we don't buy mem on,
| they'll get up another revolution, and make Iedro
Aware President So yor see. Senior, was obliged
most reluctantly for reasons OF State to consent 10
sending Senior Nunez as financial agent TO England
Look here. jose said sternly, will have no
shillv-shallNIng or prevarlcatiOn. lhe loan snall
not be raised, else shoot yOu. There's no time
to be lost. | won't wait for the mail, or send let
a telegraph cable. and III wire to England at once.
denouncing Alfonso and exposing the whole con
spracy. You shall charter and pay for Mackln-
toslls tug'--our only steamer about the porto
take me over 10 Kingston. And If you don't agree
to it at once, III shoot you like dog. Now, Tx
celency, take your choice
| pll send you to Jamaica. SAID Jose doggedly.
Good | answered. not a moment shall be
wasted Come down to Mackintosh's Immediately
| by my side, and rcquisitiOn the tug
| When told the Scotch merchant what wanted
his boat tor, he very ready to let me have 1t !;
and within three hours we were ready to start: ana
leaving the palms and sand splts OF That detestaOlc
| bav well behind us. | did not even wait TO get
| ANYTHING ready: / merely sent message up TO the
| hills 10 nv old black hOuseheeper 10 explain my
| absence. and bought few bits of linen for
| change at Savanna We had a fairly good run
without any hurricanes, and eight days ai'cr leav
| ing Savanna we the Blue Mountains rSing
| slowly on our eastward horizon. and rounded Port
| ROYAL Point before evening. But to my intense
disgust the Port Of Savanna-a-Sar was declared
10 do ten DAYS quarantine at the Apostles Battery
Oh how | chafed my heart out during those ten
| weary days, unable 10 communicate with the shore,
| in sipbt of the telegraph Office and knowing that
that wretch Alfonso was doing his utmost az the
time in London to push the loan forward with with al
! expedition, and to get III inc money Deloie III
| alarm raised.
The moment we were allowed to land. went
straight up TO Government House and lald my case
| before the Governor. Sir Henry Trayers was
| kindly and sympathetic and fully agreed with me
| that the loan was most scandalons one but dlu
not his way to official Intervention 80 Mens
fn an account as could TO my brother, barrlster
in the Temple, and TO a leading City nrn OF my
| ocouaintance ] begged them to warn the BRUSH
| neople that the Caribbean Republic was swlndle
that his Excelency the President Senior Don Jose
| Herrera Mendez was an adventurous staDlo-ooy
| that the financial agent was q cheating gamDler
that the taxes of the Republic were next to nii and
that its credit wasn't worth pewter haliPenny: IL
| begged them to publish these facts as plainly as
| possihle in The Times and to do all that in them
iav to counterfeit this villains plans. Though am
| far from being n rich man, spent a hundred ana
| thirty hounds on those two kilograms ana only
rngrctted that I hadn't moro to spend to make
them stronger. And then after waiting few days
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