Evening star., 1897-01-02

to get up a revolution against him in less
than a fortnight.
1T wasn't till after he had jumped at
my offer and called me his preserver and
his dearest friend that 1t occurred to me
that what l had really undertaken to do
was to help him steal all the money in
the treasury. However, 1 remembered
that he was Central American. and that
bis morals. being of the Central American
kind, weren't Ike those of you and me-
''Of course. if 1 had been president of
Zarsuela / should have considered it steal
ing to run off with the treasury, espe-
cially as could have collared the money
honestly by issuing a regular shipshape
decree that my salary should always be
equal to the entire amount in the treas
ury. However, 1 had promised Don Vilar
Villar to raise a revolution for him, and
calculated to keep my word, no matter
what it might cost my conscience.
Now. l was acquainted with Captain
lntfmidad, VINO commanded the presidents
guard of honor, and was responsible for
the safety of the palace. l knew him
great deal better than the president knew
him. although the president saw him near
ly every day. You see that there couldn't
be any intimate social intercourse between
president and mere captain: whereas
l. being an Independent American citizen.
could associate with any man who suited
me, no matter what his rank might be-
This Capt. Intimidad was romantic
sort of young chap, who believed that the
president was the greatest and best man
that ever lived. He often said to me that
ne loved Don Nillar Villar devotedly
that he would die for him at any moment.
/ felt pretty sure that If l went to work in
the right way l could persuade Intimidad to
head a revolution, and, as the result proved,
/ was right.
Il called on Capt. Intimidad the next
orning, and after little preliminary con-
ycrsation about the wea ther, and bull fight
irg and constitutional law, and such like
things. l came to the point. / told him
thta Queen Victoria had asked the pres-
GENT to come to England to consult with
her on an affair of tremendous Importance
but that it was absolutely necessary that
no one should know anything about the
matter except that Don Fillar Y Villar had
left Zarguela for parts unknown.
Now continued /, according to your
constitution the president cannot leave the
country for single day unless he Is regu-
larly and coastitutionally turned out by a
revolution. In these circumstances the
president wants you to rebel and drive
him out of the country next Monday night
He expects you to hold to the pres-
dency for. say. six months, when he will
return and head revolution that will put
him back in office again. 1t stands to rea-
sen that he can't speak Of this matter to
you directly. so he has asked me to arrange
it with you. He said to me as l left the
palace last night:
Captain Intimdad is the only man in
Larguela VINO loves me enough to do me
this little favor. Tell him that there must
be no unnecessary bloodshed, and that If
he will send his bill for the expenses of the
revolution to NE / will pay 1t at once'
The young captain was at first knocked
all In heap by what l said to him, but
little by little he got to understand that the
president was really anxious for a revolu-
tion. and consequently Intimidad agreed to
do whatever his beloved president might
desire.
II told him that the president had left
all the details of the revolution to me. and
that / should rely on the devotion of the
brave Captain Intimidad to carry out my
Instructions YOlI 7 had already agreed
to help the president to steal the treasury,
but l drew the line at stealing, but didn't
propose that anybody should be killed in
any revolution of which L had the man.
agement.
II spent the rest of the day thinking out
plan of action and in making the neces-
rifles brought secretly to the palace, and
planted them at the second-story windows.
as II they were SO many cannon. though
took good care that they should not be vs-
ible from the outside of the palace.
when these were loaded and In their
places l connected them with an electric
battery that had been given TO the presi-
dent by Yankee who wanted the job of
lighting the palace by electricity, but didn't
get 1t.
My Idea was that when Capt. Intimdad
should attack the palace, the fifty rifles
could be fired oy electricity, and the con-
seuuent noise would convince all the in
habitants Of the town that a tremendous
fight was in progress.
lhtlnldad agreed to attack the front
door of the palace with thirty men at pre-
cisely 1 O'Clock in the morning His men
were 10 be provided with nothing but blank
cartridges. and they were to fire away until
the front door could be broken down. after
which they were to rush into the palace
and md that the president had fed.
"1ntimidad said that he could rely per-
fectly on his thirty men TO obey his orders,
and that they were ignorant Indians, who
would never suspect that the storming of
the palace was put-up job.
I had arranged that the president was
| to leave the palace soon after dusk on the
| night or the revolution. accompanied by a
single trusty servant to carry the treasury,
and l calculated that he would be well on
| his way to the coast before the revolution
could break out.
The thing that gave me the most trouble
was to provide for the proper firing Of the
rifles In the second-story windows OF the
| palace. 1 could not fire them myself, for 1t
| would Aave been breach Of diplomatic