New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-14
11ANITA'S REVOLUTION.

Pennytarthing and Lazarus Va cor a ioan of One
20 receive subscr ptlons lor a 90 works
ii;:NN, Ponnds sterling in aid OF the pHId Pc
hont m he carried out In the extehs ~ hnn1s will
auouV " A,ri and NOneXistente. me po1uo ,nr
vince OF AI' ot the rate of Twelve Per Cent per
snnnm and the loan VIII he guatFth Ponnblic AZ
mortgage all the VIVA Du ~ The Port of Saw
oil &c on the customs revenues ~ .no ~ DroSert
wen a. War for twenty years IRON lne plssein'
a. ;nclnsive' Nothing could reau noio au AIM
I'll. and II is really no WONDER lnat ''I iint,u t,
ANY ."o &c Moor officers widows and country
mrates should rush at once TO receive tWc!no p.i
cont from snch n safe and prohtaOe IhNes.ilon't;
VIII Lands of the Republic, customs revenues Oh
~ cbief trading town. well-known frin OF linhl-
- in Credit COurt-cOuld anything sOunu more
busness-like or mere en.1T nnr hon ;se Herrera
Mendez onght alone TO be sufficient security IoI al
the money! -, rroro f,o+ rot y
Esn5czl he was stable boy and general hanger-on
~ q little inn which called itself a hotel IN the
main street of savannah Mar. the captal Oh .ie
Tnriiheon Republic. Jose was a half breed lnulan,
a,her Handsome ana decidedly dare-dcvll IN MS
ioots with revolver buckled oStentatlousIy 10 ms
belt and n knife stuck casually IN niue scaoparu
on his hin He was always riding DafeIoa Oh
oMevican PONY about the country ana inc pony
US often a fresh one, especially When theie nap
LIVED to he horse or two lately missing from some
I - nm countrv catte-pen among the noun
ta,ns However, he was not worse than most other
halfbreeds of his sort; ana oiIen gano H hn
dollar for taking care of my buggy when nap
,onoJ IN come IN from my lOgwOOd estate i'll the
hmoIta valley to see about shipping matters III the
feverish little seaport and capital III iater GAYS
ms EAcei5n bc steadily befrienaed me as lar as
he was able, and never coh1scaeu my oNpo,hb S ~
fnstic There were some redeemihg points "oou'
In time. however. Jose came to be considered as
the rising man in the powerful poHucal parry ~. oI
Eeoaneradores When the fiery Young spirits ol inc
Pcnuhlic met TO drink rumand- water, anu 10 ais
cuss the future of Carbbca, mt the Dar OF tne niue
orog. shon lose was usually the chlef speaker WHO
harangued against the wicked ard oppressive gov
eminent of President Gonzalez. Inc man was
sheer aristOcrat, he declared, no DetIer Juan
regular Pcninsular; his father had peeh puIe-
bIooded white man and well-tOdO shOpkeepeG IN
Savanna which alone suiiced TO render MN IN
eligible as the chef magistrate OF democIaIl9
government. Besides, not only could lie ieau anu
write but he knew as much Latin as spanish
nriest and a great deal more than Central Amerl-
can bishop. What needed for the CaIlDDean
Pon,hiic was n man of the people here Jose used
10 beat his own breast in bis rhetorical excitement
"a man who knew what the people wanted ana
felt as the people felt. This wretched Gonzalez
positively derived revenue from direct taxation;
he did not mean on the merchandising was ex'
cusable enOugh--but on the beverage OF the people
the wine of the country. the nectar OF the Oarlo-
bean Republic-rum Why thus drain the purses OF
the citizens instead of taking advantage OF modern
eXpansiveness in the financial movement Every
other American State had national debt; why
NOT Caribbeal There was gold in England, he had
heard say, and it could be had for the borrowing
but a craven, lily-vered unpatriotlc arlstocrat
like Gonzalez preferred TO rob poor man OF his
rum rather than to take the wealth that England
ready to invest, or uneXceptlohaDle security,
without a single question asked, in the Golfers Of
the Commonwealth Above all, there had not now
been a revolution in Caribbea tor nearly three
wears. Things getting lntolerably Slow, and
Unless the RegeneradOres cOuld raise revolt some
time shortly, il would he all over with the Re
public. Men would soon forget the noble traditions
OF their beloved county. Savanna, a-Mar would
sink into its dotage. and grow ere long as tame a
ctv TO live in as Paris. or Constantnople, or any
lose didn't know quite all these fine things him
self for his personal attainments lay almost eXcIu-
svely in the direction OF the points OF a "o,year-
old; but he was put up to them IN part by Alfonso
Nunez his brother consplrator, VINO had ninseIl
received so undemOcratic an education that he
could positively read aud write ID q tOleraOIe
fashion and even spell with some approach to Cas-
lillian correctness. Alfonso was an astute ielIOw,
by trade monte gambler, much cleVerer imam jose,
but not nearly so good hoTseman ana therefore
of course far from being popular with Spanish
American public; for among these horse,loVing
people good rider and good man are hela 10 De'
on the whole, fairly synonymous terms. Accord
jnglv Senior NuDez had a revolutionary plan OF his
own. which was simply this to put forward ms
popular friend Herrera as President OF the re
bubble to become Prime Minister and chief wire
puller himself. To raise magnificent loan IN Lon
don divide the proceeds, and then to marry Juanlta
Ottoman: after which, OF course, they could snap
their fingers merry at those idiots OF bondhOldeTs,
and all live happily ever atterward.
Now, Senorita OGorman. was the belle OF saw
anna-la-Niar and the chief assistant at the same
hotel where Jose Herrera was groom and stableDoy.
Her respected papa. Senior Den Patricio OOorman,
had originally served with distinction IN her
Britannia Maiesty's navy; in fact, he had once
famlarly been known as A. Is. Paddy - Gorm2n.
But having got tired OF the position ne neld on
desert while engaged in buying vans and PLAIN
tains in Savanna market; and be then Joined the
Caribbean army AT first he used TO give out that
he had been a small ward-room 0thcer IN the
British navy; but time went on, his rank grew
imperceptby through the grades OF Lieutenant
and Captain, until ii was now pretty generally be-
]ieved that Don Patricio had once been actually
Admiral OF the Fleet, but that owing to the mach
nations OF Prince of the Blood, to whom ne had
proved dangerous rival for the hand of an Italian
Princess he had been forced to flee from his native
country, and finally to take refuge on the hospit
able shores of CarIbbea. Here he had succeeded
pretty well at first, for he shifty, versatile
lrishman; but the wine of the country proved 200
much for him in the end, and he was now dragging
out a miserable existence in no better position than
that Of Quartermaster General TO the Republic.
lie had married a half-breed girl shortly after his
arrival in the country; and he had issue lss
Debrett would put III one daughter, Donna Jnanita
OGorman, who eked out her fathers salary pay
able in deprecated and mostly unacceptable paper
currency by her earnings as waitress and general
manager at the little inn. If You have never been
in Central America. you will scarcely enter fully
into the spirit OF these arrangements; but II you
have, or even If you happen TO be considerable
shareholder in Caribbean Twelve Per Cents, you
will probably appreciate to the utmost the true
humor osthe situation.
One morning in January trightfullv hot sultry
day when the Savanna fever seemed to he Heating
vslbly around one like n pale yellow haze IN the
air CHANGED to ride into town from my logwood
plantation. and 10 stop for glass OF nalnsheet las
we call weak Ium-a water at Juanitas bar.
ms belle of Savanna was obviously looking very
important. Il want 10 speak a word 10 YOU senior
blaneO,' she sad-Iny name Is White on very
serious subject
Speak on. fairest Of CASTELAR, l said for
nothlDg fatters Hberno- HspanO- IeIican half
breed more than 10 address him or her as descend
ant CT the detested PeninsuaIes Il am all attcn-
tion'
VIII you lend me a hundred poundsr
Name OF ST. lago! that is "a lot of money an
swered.
But my dear Senor' said Juanita in her most
security, you see.'
Your illustrious and deeply respected father'sf
] asked, somewhat incredulousv ~
No, answered Juanta drawiny borse,t ,.,a,
mp TO height of about five feet two inrbas
President of the Republic's' ''' 'io
What old Gonzalez exclaimed .Yon,ra NOT