Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-30

TO nave been fatigued, put was not
After about miles of uphill work we
began to descend The road was mas
terpiece OF engineering, and well ~
might be, for it was one OF hye mil.
tary roads the great Napoleon ordered
to be constructed across the Pyrenees,
and it was done in thoroughly work
manlike manner. II wound in and out
and along doflles of stern beauty.
We halted for rest and refreshment at
noon and again at o'clock for an hour.
At the last place we found some Carlist
officers, one n young Englishman, who
was a good fellow and most attentive.
He was an aid-de-camp on Don Car
los staff. He told mo there was no
cnance or mis- sac winning, nut ne was
in 1t for the fun Of the thing and in
hope to see some fighting. He had taken
part In a number Of skirrnishes and was
by no means satisfied yet. He volun-
teered to escort us through the lines
and was evidently more than pleased to
meet an English lady in the person OF
my wife.
It was beautiful to see him order
about my muleteers and bully them up
hill and down dale, not hesitating TO
use his whip on them. About O'Clock
we started off in great shape, having
some 20 miles to go to the little town
on the railway south of the Pyrenees.
We had two lanterns and a number of
torches. IL was u picturesque caravan
in tho darkness, The young officer rode
beside the first cart, conyersing with my
wife, while walked in the rear We
had reason to congratulate ourselves
over our escort, he being brave and
brilliant fellow and evidently person
of importance. He little thought whom
he was escorting. was pleased on my
wife's account, as he was company for
her, and altogether she thoroughly en-
joyod the novelty of the whole situa-
ton.
Another mile and our escort had to
leave us, but the town, standing dark
against the snow, was in plain view.
By his advice went ahead on foot with
two men in case any of "the enemy"
were providing around, but found none
until we arrived in the town. Then q
scene of great excitement to the towns.
people arose
We were examined and cross exam
ined and our statements taken down in
writing and sworn to by all hands. In
the meantime | had made beds for our
sick man and the ladies in the waiting
room of the station, and about o'clock
went to sleep. The station was forti-
fed and full of soldiers, but did not
care, being told the Madrid train would
start ut daylight; if SO, 1 would be in
timo for Ell Rey Felipe, nnd would DO
sailing out Of Cadiz harbor on Monday
over the blue water, westward ho
After two hours nap was up,
paid of my lucky IS, giving them "a
present in addition to their due, with
written paper certifying that they were
honest and brave and had delivered me
and mine in safety.
Tho weather continued very cold, and
when the train, consisting Of two pas
senger and one baggage cars, arrived we
found there We're no heating arrange
ments, and we shiyered at the thought
of an all days ride without fire or heat
across that windy plain. l determined
to have compartment to ourselves, for
my wife and had not had n moments
privacy since the smashup of the train.
So we fixed up bed ON the floor of a
compartment for our sick man and then
l put his family in to look out for him.
When the train left we found ourselves.
very much to our satisfaction, alone. I
had telegraphed ahead to Burgos to have
hot water cases, then the only mode of
heating cars in Europe, ready on our
arrival.
The engineer Of our train was an
Englishman. As it was so important
that l should not be delayed | gave him
u sovereign and his stoker another and
asked him as a favor to make time. He
said he would and kept his word. But,
arriving at Burgos, we found that the
train from Santander going south was
two hours late, so my wife and start
ed out to SEQ the famous town.
At Burgos 1 tried to get an English
paper, but none was to 10 had, and no
one there had ever seen one.
But here some startling news came
flashing over the wires, nothing less
than that there had been a revolution Mt
Madrid, the capital Amadeus, the late.
ly elected king, had suddenly resigned.
and u republic had been proclaimed
with CASTELAR, at the head,
CTo lie Cotlnucd