The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16

mined to share his fortunes, whatever they might be. The party were soon captured and the lovers shut up in the old San Severino castle at Matanzas but at opposite ends of the fortress. The girl was soon released, but Coloma remained some months in durance vile, and was then transferred to the Moro in Havana. Miss Obre followed and they were married in prison.
 Before Veguitas village was garrisoned some arms belonging to 8. local compa- ny of volunteers were gathered in a certain house. The rebel chief, Esteban Tamayo, hearing of this, went with fifty followers to the residence of the captain of the Spanish volunteers and demanded that the arms be given up to him. No resistance was made, and Tamayo and his men were soon provi- ded with guns and cartridges-only to discover that they had been rendered useless! Disappointment made the rebels furious. The Spanish captain was quickly court -martialed and or dered to be shot forthwith, and the cus- tomary number of men were detailed to carry out the sentence. At the criti-
 
 looking into the muzzles of the rifles aimed at his breast, a young woman sprang between and facing the rebels cried, He will not die before you have killed a Cuban woman" This brave act of devotion so pleased the execu- tioners that they lowered their guns and left without carrying out the sen- tence.
 Among the early dramatic incidents of the war was marriage ceremony performed at dawn in the mountains of Puerto Principe. Don Robeau, a hand some, well educated young man, heir to large estate, was one of the first to enlist with Gomez as private. He has fought bravely and been advanced step by step, till he is now mayor of a regiment recruited by himself from his | own neighborhood, composed entirely | of his personal friends, who are all | finely bred young men. Robeau was in | love with a young girl who lived in a | small village near his fathers estate. | She was in humber circumstances than l he, and the rigid rules of Cuban eti- | quette kept them apart. But when the young major first marched through the | town with his splendid company of | men, their horses brides were braided | with ribbons and they were palm | wreaths tWined around their hats in l her honor. They passed the girls home | and saluted her as she stood on the bal | cony with her mother. Robeau went in | and asked the parents if he might mar 1 ry their daughter and take her with | him, as he feared some harm might be- | fall her in his absence. But the old | folks would not consent, and finally | the young lover yielded to their wishes and marched sadly away. Two days | later, when he had gone many miles the girl dashed to his side mounted on a horse. She had run away from home i to join her sweetheart. That night Robeau sent a guard of two men with an extra horse and empty saddle to the l house of the nearest priest. The terri l fled Padre, expecting to be killed de- spite the assurance. of his escort mounted and rode with them, mutter- | ing ave marias all the way They l reached the hills where the regiment was halted just before daylight; an6 | as dawn broke from the east the young yeople were married. They are now al
 Santa Clara, where Major Robeau has