The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-03

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deed. The next night he came again |
and found the house still shut up. He
waited, but got no sign of hope, and
SO he shook his head several times
slowly and walked away, looking back
every now and then. / never set eyes
on him again. A week later the young
lady's aunt had recovered from her
sickness and the house was once more
thrown open. Once more the young
lady sat behind the lace curtains,
peeping out of the parlor window.
She was dressed in her finest attire
and she waited long and anxiOusly for
her cavalier to come, but he did not
appear. Night after night she patient
ly waited sitting in her best dress,
looking out through the bars, but he
never came. She would rise to her
feet and look out through the bars of
her cage, for the girl is Gagged in
Havana. Up the street and down the
street she would look, but he never
came. She had seen him for the last
time.
Senor-Oh, those reports in the
American papers about brigandage are
very much exaggerated. Cuba is
heavily wooded and contains only
l 800, 900 people, and there are robbers
there, the same as in this country.
The brigands are very nice gentlemen;
almost all of them are ex-sOldiers from
the rebel army which tried to drive
the Spaniards out of Cuba. They do
no harm, but treat their prisoners well.
OF course if a prisoner is ugly and tries
to resist and fight them he gets in
trouble Well, they kiln him. But they do
not interfere with poor men and they
don't ask any man for money unless
they know he has got it. They not
only know that their prisoner has
money, but they also know much he
has got and where it is banked. They
have their secretaries all over the
island. The first time l came in con-
tact with the brigands of Cuba was in
| the year 1881, in the district of Vuelta
Arriba, in the Province of Santa Clara.
was looking over the plantations
there, buying the newly-harvested leaf
tobacco. AS l was riding along quiet
road through a wood one day four men
came out from among the trees and
called on me to halt. They were
| gOOd-lOOking, well-dressed, sun-burned
| fellows, of military appearance, They
| informed me that as | was a stranger l
would have to put up money in order
to secure me in peace while transact
| ing my business. | looked them over
and seeing that they were intelligent
mon began to talk to them. "See
here I said, II am buyer, and il
! you rob the buyers they will come to
! your province no more. The farmers
| will not be able to sell their crops il
the buyers do not come here, and il
the farmers don't sell their crops anG
| the buyers don't come you viii be in g
nice box. There will be no one fol
you to rob" Well, they saw what
said was true, and instead of rObbine
me they took me to their camp
in the woods, where they Toasted
me and opened wine, Oh. they live
in grand style. Their food is luxu
| rious, the finest beef and pork and NUT
ton and chickens and all other kinds
of fowls and all kinds of shell fish and
canned goods and preserves and the
finest wines and cigars. Their arms
are very superior and costly and theil
tents are fine and well fin ished. They
have plenty of horses, and excellen
horses they are. They have no house,
or permanent places of residence
but live all the time in tents and OF
horseback. After they had Toasted m,
and we had enjoyed some of tn,
finest wine l ever encountered, / wa
led to a very comfortable couch 0
skins. In the morning l was break
tasted and sent away in peace. Sine
then l have been a great deal among
the brigands and have spent many an
many a night with them. have ha,
to pay assessments, but never any thin
bigger than 800. l could travel any
where among them in safety tn
island is divided by them into district
over which chief rules. Over all c
} them is a great chief and lieutenant
/ Leugue Romero is the great chief an
/ Garcia is his lieutenant. Romero is
very popular man in Cuba. He doe
not kill anybody, and he only rObs tn
rich. 1t was Romero who caught tn
[ Spanish Colonel, Galinda, in the prov
ince of Matanza. Galinda was tn
commander of volunteers. He was GU
walking with his boOk-keeper and wit
= his nephew and Romero picked up tn
whole party. $50 back to your work,
he said to the nephew and the bOOl
l keeper, land see that you are indus
) trious, for have now an interest in tn
! plantation" He and his men took Ga
1 linda to the woods with them an
1 wrote letter demanding $4,000
1 gold. After much bargaining the
7 agreed to take $40, 600 in paper, wort
! about $25, 900 in gold. They demand
ed and received this in bills of 81, OC
each. Then they sent him home. h
= was elegantly treated while with then
They did every thing to make hi
> happy and keep him amused. Oh, the
r are very nice gentlemen.
Senora-Indeed, they are very nic
= gentlemen. Don't you remember tn,
brigand chief who stayed at our hous
Z in Havana for month? What
& handsome man he was-nOt a
g fierce. Big black beard and jet blaC
o rolling eyes and white teeth and thiC
Q black hair and fine features. A mo
o romantic looking gentleman, and or
l. of the mildest l ever-saw while he wa
, awake. But when he was asleep, o.
u myl No one else in the house cOu
Q sleep then, for he had all his fgh
X over again, and yelled and swore ar
e growled and made unearthly nOis,
z like five or six cats fighting at one
@ He could not help that, of course, poe
g fellow. When he was awake he was
70 very nice gentleman.