Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14
They are what we revolt against"

They are what We revolt against"
said Virgilio quietly.
the insults, the cruelties. the men
taken out and shot before their wives
the mothers hunted I'm caves. the homes
burned in the making of those deserts
they call peace. the men bound TO a
stake and hacked to pieces with knives!
She threw her hands up wildly her voice
almost a Shrek. oh the sting of it ALL
she cried. the malignity. the helplessness'
the misery the grief
And what amaZes one IS the indiher-
ence of the American" said Nine. DAT
co, speaking for the first time, but IN
French. Three American boys are shot
down in Havana because they wear
blue ribbon at their throats."
In twenty years" cried Gloria, the
American will not have avenged them.
And the outrage of the Nirginius-you
endure IT,"
Mr.. Bertinck felt as If he not only had
endured IT, but had committed It.
But, then. if the Americans endure it,
there are others who resent it. Look at
Piers Petersen here. said Nirsilio.
But. to be sure. General Piers Peter
sen has spent his life avenging the wrongs
OF others!" cried Gloria again. There
has not been a rebellion, not to say riot
since he came Of age that he has not
medd.ed with"
Il seem to be growing old now some
what tired" said the deep voice of the
general. with the lisp of one who more
frequently spoke soft southern tones
than ours. 4 am sixty years old to-
night"
we will have cafe brule, then. to
drink your health and many a birth night
10 come, said Gloria. And while she was
ordering the coffee and The bowl and tray
the men began TO speak more tircum-
stantally concerning the chief matter OF
interest. each experimenting the other
with statement and proof with one story
after the other. told half I'm whispers, OF
ravage and piuage and persecution. OF
savage treachery and merci.ess wrong, III
Bentinck felt his blood boil. II myseh
saw it," said Vrglio. The Spaniard
learns nothing. Three hundred years ago
the Aztecs suffered at their hands as we
suffer In cuba now. And we. if they take
us-Piers Petersen and 1 and others-We
shall De lucky If we are simply shot Ike
the boys the other day on their ffolic.
But do you nos see superior duty
here?' asked The listener. DO you forget
what your death would be to your sis
ter?'
Every drop Of blood spilled cries to
heaven exclaimed VrgiHo But If i
I have a sister ne has a wife. And. then
who lnows?-it may not be spilled. II
once We command funds for an armed
ship. for men. for artillery, why, then it
Will be our turn"
Come" cried Gloria and She had filed
/ the silver bowl upon the tray with the
. cafe nolr. empyiug into IL the contents
of the sugar basin. and was flourishing
+ her alumette. the fame catching and run
/ ming over the bowl while she stood shining
/ into something wcrdly and darSly beau
uful. ladlmg up and down what looked
/ I'm the dimness of the room like liquid fire
| When il had all burned out. she filled the
! little cups with the intensely sweet and
strong result Of her brewing. and they
( drank Ions life 10 the general
"And as many revolutions as there arc
kingdoms Of the GARTH" said Gloria as
b tltN sun HNHJu sthAl lItH thDi'. ! HN
must know. Mr.. Bentnck. that Genera
/ Piers Petersen would be uudore If there
were no wrongs to right no tyraunies tC
overthrow. I'm this world. There is not ;
Republic I'm South America born I'm this
/ day that he has not assisted in the max
/ ing. He was with Walker I'm Nicaragua
! with Fremont i'm California. lie was witt
/ Don Carlos i'm Spain when they huns
! countesses TO lampposts. the Spar lard
whether in revolt or revo.tcd against
always revolving, lie was with Kos
suth. and he SVEN down the Danube OF
! bladdcrs. naked. with dispatches i'm hi,
mouth As she spoke am electric glow
seemed to kindic behind the eyes OF thu
general that burned bluer than blue d.a
monds are. He has the Cuban color in
his eyes ard his bood-it is the blu
blood she cried She filled ;he cup
again and they went back and gathere'
around the hearth. Virgi!io talking. Low
voiced and eager Gloria every little Will
. emphasizing what he said. the genera
adding now and ten a. s,rdent word
ooh, you sympathize. You feel for us
you are one Of U.S. she cried. her cheeI
| flushed i'm the freight. the tear spark
ling in her eve and she laid her hand oil