Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-09

mot inst yet. We will speak o. ,vrithea
matter.S The Governor Genera eraI,,nnosinc
Sare1r aae[ snene.ine. .ne were the famous OUTLAW
himself. would not peace with SUI go, Govern
cessions prove Triumph TO the IaGom ;ons could
ment2-providing those concesssi"r,1b ".,,1b1ic hen
| efit?' .,ou would
"Come straight at the bargain YOU yoGsnerai
make" almost pleaded the Governor Saitiona
'1t is" said the stranger co0liyI the fishing
| privileges of Havana while hve!" ,rtmen,
The Goyernor-G General paced the aparr r;noII,
| for a time nervous and distraugn. =, saiS
turning to the mysterious stranger, ,ssnre an ms
And if this is granted, how can you aGito hiS HI
| of YOUR power to execute such trust Creu-
| to my government and to the public! ,afora 7
II win satisfy you on that score O'-''
Chen ee P Punreservedly grant all you ask!
General Tacon" said the stranger AZ vn,,
"on your knightly word of honor Wv wv
| promise this?' ,,,a of the
II do solemnly. And now. IN the hahi =
| Virgin, who are your
| II am" ... ,u ,,;tl
"Martip' exclaimed Tacon trembling Win
fear. span.
cho,' your exceIlency. and no other"
Tacou was overwhelmed with the consoiou55
| ness of the tremendous concessions gran'SSo ~
| and the sudden realization that he stoou NC s.
| fenseless and powerless before the mus
-.
alarm Marti said, as he gave his weapons W 'no
| astonshed official:
preserve these as memenroes of an easy
conquest. Your EXcellency will aecepG tne
$780, in gold as first token of Martis 1rlero- ~
ship and loyalty. Much more shall be at Ia
cons command. that he may make his adni,ii- , +
istration greater than that of any other VINO
With this the famous pirate strobe out OF the
palace. TacOn saw that the guards WhoiI
Marti had passed were shot in the plaza =.
Moro Castle within an hour; after when ne
enjoyed the first nights sleep he haa oveI
known since he had become Governor-General
of Cuba.
On this night motley crew of Gipsy mus.
clans from the canyons of Lluyano, led by an
enormous Gipsy of shaggy beard and breas1i
appeared at Ell Dique. Among them was 2 g
slight, ,frail Gypsy girl who often seemed Ill anu
fainting beneath the bold gaze and the heart
less sallies of the habitues. But altogetner
they enlivened the luxurious place with tnelr
gay melodies, one awkward fellow playing VIII
melody upon the violin. They were well PAID
well fed. given liberty under escort to strou
among the ripping fountains and dazzling
corridors musical with birds, and, somes,mst nat
after midnight, after performing sweeI
Andalusian air, the picturesque folk passed
reluctantly out of the huge portal, having:
after much diplomacy, secured the privilege of
f against the epa massive sNe walls % Of Ei Diaue %
Neither Don Enrique nor the Count had been
seen. The one had lost heavily. and, stagger-
ing blindly to his apartment had flung himself
upon his bed, unkempt, unstrung. distraught
The other, satisfied with his own splendid
gains and progress, had also retired. But this
night Don Enrique could not sleep. HIS mind
was in that super-acute state that Is sonetlmes,
even when drowned in drink, super1u TO all
conditions, and is marvelously sensitile to in
huences infinitely remote from its own imme-
diate surroundings. He had heard stains of
music that night WHICH to an extent siook off
the awful influence then upon him, aI swept
in upon his soul Unreasonable remqse and
love- and with them consciousness of is ruin
Gus and fatal surroundings, like flaming
tempest of fire.
At intervals that music again fioatedin upon
him from out of the night In it at & hes was
a tender madrigal, la Piedad," only ole living
being sung and played. That one wa Donna
Froila.
He staggered to the balcony. N-there
were only dozen wandering Gipsies huddled
together beneath him against the was of Ell
Dique. He again tried to sleep. III fought
the demons of drink and remorse andboignant
love until, exhausted he sank upon fs couch.
Then in fitful dreams, that one who hid made
the little madrigal was in every Imaginable
human form lowering above, about i'm. He
saw her in her sweet home ways; yes. IS wan
dering Gipsy minstrel. skulking in tie noun
tains and canons. even playing beforelim and
the devilish lascivias who held him eThralled,
The maddened man even heard his nahe called
by her, whispered by her. moaned by Ter:
Don EnriqueI ''Oh, Don Enriquef
He leaped to his feet in an agony fright
and remorse. The frail Gipsy harpit was in
his alcoba. She few to him; clung to- i'm even
in his loathesomeness.
Don Enriquel Oh. Don Enrique 1t is l,
thy Donna Froila! Come with heri &mer'
Then the Gipsy girl, sobbing, moanig, plead
ing dragged him to the balcony.
Bewldered, yet clinging to the lalf-wild
thing who held him as in dream hi suffered
her to force him down cumbrouS Sstair her
bold
He found himself surrounded by a Wild Gipsy
band, and cIuug to madly by this kne slight
maiden who still sobbed and pleaded Hteously.
Don EnriqueiaDon Enrique! It isNy own
Froilal Fly, oh, fly with her from this wtetched
placer
Suddenly a light shone from the alcdba
above. A form appeared at the balcohy.
With curse the man, divining the rescte,
swiftly descended the stair. He was confroned
by giant Gipsy with shaggy face and breast,
and with vengeance cleaning from his awful
eyes. A slender shaft of light quiyered a no.
ment from. a stiletto blade Basil de OreBe
fell dead. without an cutlery, back upon he
massive walls of Ell Dique; while one calId
Marti spurned him with his foot and mutterd:
"sleep, Ell croupier!-Tentador asesino pr
mea Griseldar' ga
They got Don Enrique back to Havanaas
swiftly as their fleet horses would 60. He vas
nursed again to reason and right by this brave
and devoted woman of Cuba; and a few weeks
later found them. man and wife, upon he
broad Atlantic. bound for dear old Castle,
from whence they returned from Arragonto
their own lovely quinta in Havana.
"And of their future, Don Miguel2"
The stars were shining through the palms
above the murmurous fountain as the BID
Spaniard replied with a backward gracious
wave of his hand: You have left them within
the hourp'
"And of Pancho-and MARTYR
'They were one-afterward, His Excellenty
Chevalier de Francisco Marti, the richest. lie
wiliest and the most benefcent man who eter
lived in Cuba, whose wife, the negress Tomaka
was decorated with La Bunda de Marie
Louise the highest honor comfortable by Span
ish royalty upon womanr'
And what of the American statesman who
as the dumb Gipsy fiddlerr'
He was none other than your own immortal
Henry ClayP'