Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-31
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/ tonic. she Il an exile from the ISLAND
/ u Puerto Rico, ana nov that the
American army Ia rapidly taking pos,
session Of the country this benutllul
young lady Il unable 10 express her
] her home. mo doubt" she says.
everything viii be grcatly changed.
| but there IL no oihfr spot ON earth 20
lovely AZ our island. and u viii not be
long under the reign ~ peace before
the fields viii yield rich harvchta. ana
We will all be happy again"
Miss Munlca'a father " an ofhcsr IN
the cuban army. and IN his last letter
I 10 his daughter h. expressed NJ. IN.
tcution of accompanying Gen, Mics
army. She has hac one brother slaln ~
/ battle. ana N has anothr who u Win
| Den. Gomez. Her father owned hne
sugar plantation IN Cuba. but the FAM
I ny residence was on the island 81
Puerto Rico. not far from the CITY Of
I Han Juan.
Ailrs Monica IL the heroine Of most
remarkable cncapo from tho hands OF
the mercllcaa spsniards. About year
ago she was In cuba. and. In company
with a family OF rcCouCentfadocn, she
attempted 10 make the journey actusa
the country from tho little Interior
plantation of Palma 10 Santiago IN the
hope ~ finding tofne opportunity at
the latter place TO escape TO the Unit
An oficcr with = spark or humanity
IN his bosom. touched BY the miserable
condition % the unfortunates. furnlahsd
/ them with. pass and assured the
young lady that no soldiers would harm
/ Them. They had an old cart In which
they had ioad'd a few articles 81 cloth
I Ing and a sent supply 81 proviHiong.
/ Miss Monica rode an Ola donkey. which
had been given 90 her by one Of the
, faithful nCRroea on her fathers Cuban
plantation. They met several columns
~ soldiers. wha did not modest them.
and they were beginning to conrfatu-
iats themselves over their good fortune
whyn one evening" Just na they were
preparing Ia camp, dozen or more
spanish s'teflllaa Ealiopcd w TO the
cart aud overturned ID. The young
lady showed her pnfa 10 the brute who
appeared to be In command. and made
a pitcoun appeal 10 him to leave them
undlrturbcd. She might hs we'll have
| talked 10 the stones In the hlllt. Tho
man could not read. and. 10 the terror
! he had already excited. Miss Monica
discovered that the rucrillaa were all
very drunk. 1'hry helped themselves
TO the provisions found IN the cart.
The leader Of the gang after Offering
| the young lady drink from his bottle,
STAGGERED against her and made an at
tempt 10 take Der face IN his hands
Now, thoroughly alarmed, and prefer
ring death TO dlahonor. the little Cuban
quickly drew rllctto from her bosom
and aprang 40 the monsters throat.
barely grazing his beard with tho keen
blade. His comrades laughed and
hurfahcd and made all kinds Of sport
OF their leader. The young lhdy'a
knowledge 81 the character and spirit
Of the cuban guerilla led her 10 be-
leave that she had aroused spark OF
chivalry la the men. and she appealed
D -. "A
the monster 20 let the pretty little
tiRrcns." M they called her. alone, and.
after some moments. thry went Into
camp. or, rather stretched themselves
out under the trees short distance
away from the cart.
Valencia now wanted 10 resume the
march, but the man and his family who
We're making the Journey with her wcre
90 terrified that she could not Kct one
OF them 20 move while Ina tina situation
, another band 90 Furrlllnn came np, and
very soon demonstrated by their buiat.
cfoua conduct that TINY were an BEAST.
~ drunk and eager 10 commit tho most
inhmnan acts Of devlltry.
y cannot tell you what happened, q
az least rupcgt onc-haif ~ the horrufi
. ct that torrblc niEht. said Alias Monica
l cannot recall II witho II Hhudder
while drinking and caruuHing thrJ
I butoherod the man who was with VI
, NTH their mnchetcn and laughed az hi
dying uTonlon. one threw lnrint uvci
, my neck and, after they had dlaarme,
me, they bound my hands TO tree"
! a very slight circumstance doubtless
! saved the young lady from fate worH,
/, than death. though II subjected her Z,
/ one ~ the most frlghtful ofdenla ovei
4 endured BY mortal tlcah.
r one u the gucrillas came into CAM
q leading very wild looking black stnl
. lion which he In his drunken reckless
q ness declared was the devii'a own sad
q lie horse II appeared that they ha,
Q lust stolen the fne animal and that hi
= had thrown every one who had mount
n cd him.
4 10 you think you cnn ride him. m,
o little oigrcaaf" said one u the guerilinr
approaching Miss Monica aud malslni
. an attempt 60 become familiar. llr
. answer. which was. n would like moth
a ing better than to Try" seemed q
h tickle the desperate character Immense
I ly Miss Monica says that she hnrdll
knows why she made such answer. gh
: realized that she had no chance OF 80
E cnping from the drunken set and wouli
i Willingly have exchanged her position
b Tor the back ~ the widest horse la th
g, world IAN right" shouted the Ruer
! MA chief. "thc little tiger came nea
E cutting my throat, aud I viii just son,
3 her To the dcvil ON horseback"
The biz guerrilla seized the young rf
In hs arms. and. running 60 the vii,
horse with fve or HlN bowling devii
were at the moment lashing 10 tree
p he threw her across tho anlmnla hncl
ana shouting Ia his comrades To fotol
ropes, LET ua have some fun" M
roarcd. Lash the little rebel 10 tn
Wild doviia back ana turn him loose
i and We VIII chase nor OF the islam,
\ and save somebody the trouble OF Stay
/. ing her"
. This remarkable language was ~
, cclycd with shouts anA laughter an,
I the noNi moment dozen or more %
! those nends were hurrahlng and bind
INK the terrified rlrl tofhe ntiio lea
. tfsrinod horse. Before Miss Monte.
, realized what her tormentnrs were do
lnE one OF The wretches cut the rnp
ID that was about the horses neck an,
q tred pistol, The frightened ami
D.. mai sprang into the air and siriirl
/ the earth n-runnIng Pistol ball
y rainod about him. but. unframed, h
seemed 10 sail above tho earth with tn
. Wind, and was soon beyond the react
4 or the Euerllas. For the first few mo
o. mcntH Miss Monica says that she hal
Z hut little hope ~ escaping with hc
y life. but when she had recovered brcatl
q and saw that the horse had a Wide cN
\ panse Of ireeless territory In front %
l him she began TO hope that some for
q tunate circumstances might interpos