The sun., 1897-01-03

IL wasn't Till after lie nnu jumped nj my
offer, and called me his preserves. and his dear;
est friend. that IL occurred to me that what |
had really undertaken To do was to help him
steal all the money In the treasury. However.
/ remembered that he was Central American.
and that his morals. being Central American.
"of course. u had been President Of Inr-
Ruela should have considered 1t stealing 20
have collared the money honestly by issuing q
regular shipshRpe decree that my salary should
treasury. @ 0 Sweysr s % had r pr6msed % Don 7 Vl"r liar
yilar to raise revolution for hitn, and cnl.
culated to keep my word. no matter what 1t
might cost my conscience
Now, was acquainted with Capt. Intimidad,
who commanded the Presidents Guard OF
Honor. and was responsible for the safety OF the
palace. knew him great deal better than the
President knew him. although the President
couldn't lie any intimate social in'crconrse bo.
tween President and a mere captain; whcrea;
i. being an Independent American citizen, could
| associate with any man who suited me. no
matter what his RINK might hc.
| young char. who believed that the President
was the greatest and best man that ever lived.
| He often said to me that he loved bon yIllary
Nillar so devotcdly that he would die for him
| at any moment. | felt pretty sure that II |
went to work in the right way conld rersuad.
| 1ntimidad TO head revolution, and. ms tho rc.
"Icnled on capt Intnidad the next morn.
ing. and after n little preliminary conversation
about the weather. and bull hshtins. and con-
stitutional law. and such Ike things. came TO
the pnint / told him that Qn"cn Victoria had
asked the President TO come to England 10 con-
| suit with her on an afair Of tremendous Inn
por,amrc; nui tMHt was WIS %MtGu,"y p"SssssrH ,r
matter except that Don Nillnr Nillar had left
Iarguela for pnrts unknown.
stItution the President cannot leave the country
| for single day unless he Is regularly aud con-
| these circumstances the President wants you to
rebel and drive him out Of the country next
The Prs.dency for. say. six months hen he e
| will return and head n revolution that will put
nm nm hack pa ~ ose agar" M 1t Ssaas TT to p"a,an an
rcctly. so he has asked mo tonrrange II. lie said
tome as lett the palace last night;
| "'CRptnin lntirnidad Il the only man In I0r.
| gucia who loves mo enough to do fne this little
favor, Toll him that therr must be no unnecc.;
sary bloodshcd. and that II he will send his b.ll
| for the exnenses OF the revolution to me will
| pay u at once.
| In a heap by what said to him. but little by
little he got to nnderstand that the President
quently Intlmdad agreed 20 do whatever his
| beloved President might desire.
II told him that tho President had left all tho
details Of the revolution 10 me, and that
should rely on the devotion OF the brave Capt.
| 1ntimidad 20 carry out my Instructions. You
| to steal the treasury. but drew tho line At
stealing, hut ] didn't propose that, ANYBODY
should be KILLED In amy revolution OF which
| had the management.
u spent tho rest Of the day thinking out
preparations for war. | had nfiy rifles hroueh,
secretly TO the pa lace, and planted them at tho
second story Windows. as u 5ney we're SO many
should not be visible from the outside.
When these were loaded and in their places
] connected them with an electric battery that
had been given TO the President by n Yankee
who wanted the joh Of lighting the palace by
| electricity but didn't ret II.
MY idea was that when Capt. Intimidad
| should attack the palace, the f.ty rifles could
be fired by electricity. and the consequent noise
would convince all the Inhabitants Of the town
thai tremendous fight was IN progress.
IN tmidad agreed to attack the front door of
n nFeriEely clock
| In the morning. His men were TO he provided
with nothing but blank cartridge and were to
| fire away until the front door could be broken
down. after which they were to rush into the
palace and md thai the President had fed.
on his thirty men To obey his orders and tha,
they were ignorant Indians who would never
suspect that the storming OF the palace was a
Il had arranged tina; the President was to
| leave the palace soon after dusk on the night Of
the revolution, accompanied bya single trnsty
servant to cnrry the treasury, and ] calculated
| before the revolution could break out.
was to provide Tor the proper firing of the rife.
been a breach of etiquette for a foreign minister
u puzzled over this problem till my head
acheh and finally | went TO Capt. lntim,hn
1t at once by telling me that no would send his
| particular friend. Lieut. Partacas. 10 do the
that Pnrtagas was n man who could be implc
~ did not particularly like the plan. but a. I
| could not suggest anything better agreed. hop
| ing that PartacRs would have sense enough not
| 10 shoot any o: tho attacking force IN earnest.
There was one more thing to be settled. In
| timdad Insisted that two men must be killed in
,he attack and thu; their cornses must be left
every one could see them the morning after the
| revolution.
Central American revolution. aud that ne
| donhted II revolution in which nobody should
"us hH saud bS
MANAGED as Don Nillar villar himself
| but ! wasn't willing than nny human lives
should I've sacrificed. and unfortunately there
were no Cinnamon in the country who could be
passed on as soldiers slain f. glorious revolu;
| ton. | suggested that two dummies he dressed
in the uniform Of the Guard of Honor and
| Tins OF the revolution. but lntin!ldad said that
| dummies would not be Of the slightest use. At
last had TO leave the matter in his hands, the
| agreement being that none OF his soldiers houid
Monday evening I said good-by to Don VII
| lar Nillar and had a Anal interview with
Intimidnd. He told mo that he had two corpscs
all ready, and that he would put them on the
when ! insisted upon knowing how he had
| obtained his oorpses lie exclaimed that there
were two men In gaoi aws,tlns. execution for
murder. and that the governor or the gnol. be-
ing an intimate friend OF his, had kindly shot
the men; and placed the corpses at his disposal.
men would have been Carrotrd in another week
II they had lived. their premature death wasn't
| matter OF any great consequence.
| - sat up that night till o'clock. when the
| revolution punctualiv began. There was n
tremendous lot OF firing. and could hear people
all over the town slamming their shutters, Rs
was their habit when n revolution broke out.
Early the next morning put on my uniform
| and started for the palace TO congratulate the
new President. When entered the palace gates
| was astonished aud Mortified To discover about
ado2en corpses lying on the grass and on the
steps. and saw Rt once that Partagas must have
made II terrible mistake.
4" The sentinel at the door admitted me as
| soon as had convinced him that was a men,
Der OF the diplomatic corps, and cent up my
| card 10 the President, begging the favor OF An
| Immediate interview.
| ~ was shown into tho reception room. and
presently n man wearing II Generals uniform
| came In. and expressed his thanks that | had
| been so prompt In calling to congratulate him.
As didn't know the man didn't Mt first un.
| derstnnd what he meant. and ] replied that
| had called to see President lntimidnd.
| There is no such person replied the Gen
eral. i nm President Pnrtagas, and ! trus,
| that your Government will mako no dihlculty
| In recornizinC me Rs the only legitimate Presi'
dent OF Xargucla.
| "'But where Ia Intimidnd - I asked.
| thought he was to bc the new President
| "'Capt. lntimdRd recently in command oi
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