The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-14

With Nifty followers, to tie residence al
the captain OF the{ Spanish volunteers
and demanded that the arfDst bo given
UP 10 blm. No Resistance was made,
and Tonnage and hls5men wore soon,
provided with guns and cartridges-on-
~ 10 discover that they had been rem
defed useless! disappointment nude
tile rebels furious. The captain was
quickly court-martlaled, ordered to be
shot forthwlth,an the. customary num-.
Der OF men were detailed "a. carry out
the sentence. AT Sthe critical moment
wien the victim stood looking Into the
muzales OF the rifles aimed ut his
breast young woman sprnng between
n facing the rebels. cried. HE will.
not die before you have Killed a Cuban
woman" This brave net OF ldevotion's 60
pleased the executionera TINT they low
cred thelr guns and left without carry
Ing out tho sentence.
Among the early dramatic incidents
OF The war was a marriage ceremony
performed at dawn In the mountains OF
Puerto Principe. Don Robeau, a hand
some, well educated young man, heir to
a large estate, was one OF the first to
enlist with Gomez. as a private. He has
fought bravely and been advanced step
by step. until he is now major OF a
regiment recruited by himself from his
own ncighborhood, composed entirely or
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 he,
and the rigid rules OF Cuban etiquette
Kept them apart. But when the young
major first marched through the town
with his splendid company lot men,
their horses brides were braided with
ribbons and they wore palm wreaths
twlned around their hats In her honor.
They passed the girls home and salut-
cd her as she stood on the balcony with
her mother. Robeau went In and ask
ed the parents IL he might marry their
daughter. and take her with him, MS he
feared some harm might befall her In,
his absence. But the old folks would
not consent, ,nnd 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 q horse. ~ She
had run away from home to Join her
sweet-heart. That night Robeau sent a
guard Of two men, with an extra horse
and empty saddle, to the house of the
nearest priest. The terrified Padre, x
pecting to be Killed despite the assur-
ance of his escort, mounted and rode
with them, muttering ave marias all
the way. They reached the hills where
the regiment was hnlted Just before
daylight; and as dawn broke from the
east the young people were married.
They are now at Santa Clara, where
Major Robeau has command of 400, men,
operating with Seraphine Sanchez and
his band OF 1000.
When Damian Hernandez was sent,
q political exile. to the Isle OF Pines, his
wife accompanied him. that she might
liberate him, at the first opportunity
One day, when he was working with
the other prisoners cutting wood, she
engaged the guard. with whom she had
previously made herself familiar, in.
friendly conversation. Taking his gun,
on pretense OF examining It, she sud-
denly leaped backwards, and pointing It
at his head, threatened him with In
slant death II. he moved. Then her hus-
band and his comrades tied the untor-
tunate man and fled to the coast. There
they compelled the captain OF the
schooner Margrita to sail fos zapata,
which they reached in safety and later
they made their way to the revolution
airy forces. where Mrs. Hernandez acts
as nurse.