New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-21

son. and whose praises sne sung WIN Inf 10
energy Of conviction with which she was womu 10
sing her own But to Felipe it had all appeaiI1 w
so vague and far-on 1t was not M now ,1'" and
seemed to realize what IT actually meai'' dii,,
that Teresa would disappear from NJ .,,aS
life MS completely and utterly as II she h'u "'''
entered IL. - ,,-s ,al,es
The priest does not love me. lie always tahe >
to fight when ! appeal said ho lena We'll YOU
have chosen a drOl cOnidant my lercs"'' 1ittio
dear little fool Has thy cousin thrh ad sT "a
sympathy that thou must give tiny commune
was only telling him what every one K M" 80
unkind TO that poor young fellow? LooN W"
he ALWAYS is so lonely and seems 30 sau. $500, ,oo.-
Bah that is his business to be Lonely anu ~,
sadly. Priests have no right to be gay III III
thou want him TO dance and sing? FOR ~, e''"'
cannot see why he should 1--WE ni having that
death s-head ever before one. Well, never ni nu
Don Feline. Tell me again-what was 'n'' Sou
heard from Luiz?' ,,oro
But told you sil about that yesterday tngr ln
i rnthinG more Stav-you shall see his Own
letter for yourself. III cre-you may r'" o, mus,
TO the bottom of that page but mnnm1{oa little
not look at the other iere i',le she held out
brown hand over one sheet while she MI Tier"
The other for her cousins inspection n l',i;,-
you see that he only says that a chsnc, " iii not
promotion has come al last, ana Una, )" r,ranv
bc his fault if he does not command d 'o' =,
hororc 81 moutb is mast I wish j knew "ii VIII =
This chance he is 80 mysterious ABOUT !, IL ~ tb -
wonder Mo- no! Elena thou shalt no. from from her
side~-and she wrcsted the letter away run ,iher
consin who was meanly attempting 10 III IS, nm.
The words which the widespread hhgers i''V
protected. T,,Ie, Oh greedy
one! | only wanted to see what ,h"V "'''0
oT blots was pleaded Elena humnR. ,I,o,, ore
Never mind the row of little blo's., oT much
NOT meant for Won With an assumption Vi i.," q,
di'ei,r Tcres1 folded ND her letter and puV ~
away bciorc the others hungry eyes ,. ,ood Il
Ab! hia :" She cried fervently, ho~ 80 roo
must be TO have lover WISH eo m'b hing late
Pnt come. or we shall be scoided lor o''"s
at dinner =. Ia tho last
Terosa.s letter seemed destined TO be 'he iaS'
70 he received at the estancia Tor sOhlc .Io'
Neither that night nor me neAJ can" II was known
munication from the outside world II wa" 1"a nat
That the reyoutioniss were gathering III iorcTj mou
far from them. upon the banks oil w., IN for a
Uruguay, and that they were Ohly vain ,n1pteerS
ron forcempnt of certain refugees ana Noiuu.'' -
from their neighbor. the Argentine l'ePup.iiu' no
march al once upon the capital. E"Iu I5 'Doee
news from Government headquarters coulu l puoS
their lines 10 the cstanCla, ana the w " 80
wore dppepdcnt on the wild rnn0rs tidt w" W.
fving about the country for all the Ihlol ia
they could get. II was known that tl' lI,
Government was greatly III favor OF the ~ i
fionarv party; and, though IL was lihposs,Dlo
Them TO take an open part in such an eheI ,
il was expected that they were sccletl{ a"ou. -.
furnish both money and men 10 ald III us Su',to'
Evervtbinr depended on the temper oil the oru-
,unvon army To Don Geronimo the Time "aH Il
very anxious one; he had the lveleSt y 'lPa'InS
for the movement that was taking Piacc, pu' h
dared not identify himself with II. Succcss nc
knew WAS welnigh impossible 50 long rs me
army remained faithful 10 the eAis'Ihs W. o1
ment and rs yet only single regiment, ~ i ouv
living one had deS arted their allegiance anu INV"
in their lot with the rebels. Owing 10 tlie lso-
lated situation Of his estate. he was sun an. ~
keep in the background, but al any moment CIV, ~,
might be called upon 10 take DECISIVE a'lioi lo
one side or the other. If only ne c0uid get
authentic news i'm time 10 declare Tor the Wihhihs
side. He had generally managed to 40 50 pc
fore, and this was the eIghlh feNou'o" "'' -"
had passed through. ...a
A. last news came. one of his men managed
10 get away from the nelghborlng town. tle4 III
the hands of the rebels, bringing letters Iof Don
Geronimo, batch OF newspapers anu "0'' "
Teresa. ,
IL appeared that the Argentine contingent had
at length crossed the river, but only III nan the
force that had been expected some Jew olceis
of the Argentine army had joined Sccrely dS
volunteers but for the most part the Iet les from
that country were almost as raw ana undlScipHhtu
the lcvies raised IN Uruguay AlTe"uS qH"nIe -
had arisen a. TO the CHIEF command Huch as IL
was however. the force had been hastily Or
eanized and was already III full march To meet the
I,oVeruncnt troops dispatched against them from
Monte Nideo Don Geronimo stOrmed up ana
down. almost beside himself with Jury ana dls-
may: never had he expected sGch compete
certainty Of disaster Look at your rev w
tom he shouted at poor Dona Aponarla as
though She had been responsible Tor getting III up
10 disappoint him. " Call you that revolution
/ cali il a." But words failed him, and he
incohercntly in white heat OF rage
1t is not 80 hopeless cried his wife DIES.
peratcly-still anXiouNly scanning the sheets OIL
the newspapers. Remember what your agent.
Pedro Moreno wrote To you about the regiments
in Monte NideO--
Pedro Moreno lies interrupted Usabarrena
with sudden fcrOCltY.
" But FL Dia~ says that the soldiers dis
affected too Have you read il ?" urged Dona
ApolInaria. who for once in her life seemed thor
oighly cowcd do listen 10 what the paper says
IL airu tain al
of the regiments will join our CAUSE
Our cause. 1t IS no cause oi ours. Are YOU
mad 10 talk like tEt? What do care what the
paper says? Ii Is much more likely that every
one of your friends viii bolt before they come IN
sight Of the troops. As for those Argentine vol
untecrS well, am sorry for them, but they were
fools 10 be caught in such trap Not one Of
them will return TO tell the tale They, at
least, viii get no quarter
stibcd cry from the other end of the room
startled them Teresa was standing there clutch
inc - letter i'm her hands with look Of frantic
terror upon her white face. As If turned To
stone, She stared NJ her uncle aud made no sign
Her aunt and cousin ran 10 her and caught her
hands.
Teresa my darling.'
Teresa my poor child what is it ? what has
happened?7
My letter-my letter See he writes TO me
Don Luiz Valdez lac Joined the Argentine br-
gade. They have given him a regiment, ana he
marched two days ago-oh. my uncle, IT Is not
truc-what yod said-say II Is hot true On,
Luiz, Luiz!' she walled out, throwing herself
face downward on the floor, Oh, LUZ, Luiz.
Slowly the days dragged on at the estanca, as
in house OF mourning. The one thought iiat
tiled every mind was the danger of LUZ Valdez
even Don Geronimo forgot his own selfish pre-
occupation al the sight of his nicce's despair
lie had hardly exaggerated the risk that the iuck-
lesS young man Iunning II was literally a
kind Of iorlorn hope. in which the only chance OF
safety victory. South americans are beyond
measure moved 10 wrath by any foreign inter-
ference IN the domestic pleasures OF revolution
that the citizens of State should consplre, re-
volt and fight against their own Government y
perfectly natural, JuSliiabIe and emnently pdtfi-
otto thing 10 do: but that citizens Of another
State should interfere To aid them is not only Il
piece OF unwarranlable interference, but the worst
of crimes To an Argentine soldier, an alien 10
the soil no mercy would be shown II the reOes
were defeated If taken prisoner, he would be hs
relcntcssly shot as any other spy. Every dal
that passed brought fresh news Of the failure OF
the revolution and the desperate condition OF us