The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-08-15

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the American people.
A ROMANTIC LIFE.
A Tale of Love, War and Revenge
hat Reads Like Fiction.
Herbert l.. Drummer, a Russian by
birth, but an American citizen by
adoption, left his desk in the office of a
New York merchant about three years
ago to try his luck I'm Central America.
He was u master Of the Spanish langu-
age and Don after reaching Nicaragua
he drifted into the army.
His first commission was that of
Lieutenant and he held that position
for about q year, when he resigned and
took up q plantation. He raised coffee
and ~pineapples until the revolution
broke out a few months ago, when he
again entered the army.
This time he entered as q colonel In
forces OF the insurgents under General
Savablas, who was n OF Brummer's
best friends. The dashing young col
nel soon won considerable fame as q
warrior and he also attracted the at
tention of General Santague, who in
vited him to his house and introduced
him to his daughter. The young lady
was the belle Of the country and had
hosts of admirers, who naturally look
ed upon Drummer as an intruder.
Among the young lady's admirers
was the colonel of q cavalry regiment,
who swore to kill Drummer the first
chance he got. Colonel Perlotte open
ly boasted of his intention Of putting
his rival out of the way, and Drummer
only laughed and said he could take
care of himself.
The first trouble came when the pair
met at dinner In q hotel and were Civ
en- seats opposite each other. Brum-
mer, who had been drinking rather
heavily, made some remark that the
h~ot-headed Nicaraguan construed as
an insult and struck Drummer on the
face with his open hand. The next in
slant Drummer sprang to his feet and
before the ~astOnished guests could real
ize what was up he seized Perlotte,
dragged him from the room and beat
him until he was almost dead.
1t took the N~icaraguan some time to
recover sufficiently to resume his
duties in the saddle, and he swore to
have his revenge.
One night, soon after the attack on
Rivas, where Drummer had won high
praise for his daring and bravery, he
was on his way back to his quarters,
"'cSh AppSitoihS VIZ SNOIihS "1vh
friends. Suddenly he was surrounded
by armed troopers, thrown on q horse
and hurried off into the mountains.
He was closely guarded for two days,
when Colonel Perlotte appeared, and
he informed Drummer that the time
had come when he would have his re-
venge for the terrible beating he had
received, and he wanted Drummer to
know that a slow, lingering death was
I fN he htc fnf1 n,l xL~. It'll - Ii
victims face and ordered him placed
in u small cave, where he was laid on
the floor with his hands and feet Sc
curely bound. Rocks we're then piled
in front of the entrance and Drummer
left to his fate.
Perlotte feigrod to be much surpris-
ed as anybody over his rivals disap-
pearance and spread the report that
he had been killed. Drummer would
never have been heard of again had
not one of the troopers, who hated Per-
Marques to send q squad of men to the
cave, when on rolling back the stones
they found Drummer more dead than
alive. =
pEvery one expected that Drummer
would shoot Perlotte on sight, but he
did nothing of the kind, and Perlotte's
friends began to hint at a faint heart
and lost courage. But Drummer was
only waiting to clear the road for his
escape from the country after his ven
geance should be completed.
One night while going his rounds of
the sentinels Perlotte was suddenly
seized, bound, gagged and thrown into
q cart driven by Drummer, and by
daylight the following morning was q
dozen miles from his quarters and in a
very sparsely settled part of the coun-
try.
Drummer dragged his victim out of
the cart n set him against the wheel
until the party had eaten breakfast,
when he informed Perlotte of the tate
he had in store for him.
This section of the country is infest-
ed with q species of tiny black ants,
which build large mounds and are
about as vindictive an insect as can be
found anywhere in the world.
Il am going to stake you down and
let the ants eat you,' said Drummer as
he cut the cords on his victims legs.
Four stout stakes were taken from the
wagon and driven in the ground
around one OF the largest ant hills, and
then the victim was stripped to the
skin.
Perlotte screamed, cursed and pray
ed, but he had shown no mercy when
he had left Drummer to die in the
cave, and he received none now. Ten
poems dragged him to the stakes, tied
his feet securely to two of them, kick
ed the ant hill to pieces and then
threw Perlotte on his back and quick
ly bound his wrists to the other two
stakes.
In an instant the writhing victim
was covered with the terrible ants and
was being literally eaten alive.
Drummer remained long enough to
make sure that his enemy was dead,
and then, leaping on a horse, he made
his way to the coast and escaped to
New York on a sailing vessel.
Three days after Perlotte had disap-
peared his skeleton was discovered,
but every particle of flesh had disap-
peared and the bones looked as II
they had been bleached.
PECAN CULTURE.-Every plantation
should have q grove of these mag
nificent nut bearing trees. They have
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