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however, can combine the two claims.
and some of the fair countryvomen OF
General Gomez would not be afraid to
emulate the Maid Of Saragossa, or even
the Cherokee squaw who liberated her
lover by climbing the stockade OF q
Georgia mountain fort under cover OF
darkness. Juana Rivas. "Garcia's
weasel" as the insurgents called her,
entered the Notifications Of Holguin In
broad daylight in a cart load OF fodder
that had been hating at the roadside
while the foragers were indulging In q
noontime nap. "But how did You get
out again?" an American trader asked
her.
"oh, there's no dificulty about thai"
said she. because You can watch the
sentries; crawled into o patch OF
weeds when the moon rose, and waited
TIL the soldier on guard was at the
further end Of his beat. Then / used
my short handsaw, and cut down lit
tie tree just long enough to make q
good climbing stan. knew about the
depth Of the bitches from what had
seen In daylight. and the next time the
sentry had strolled out OF sight / jump
ed down in the trenches, and was up on
the other side before he could get half
way back. He did not hear me, I'm
sure, and I suppose they never knew
what had happened TIL they found the
pole the next morning" She had been
wandering about the town all day In
the guise Of begging reconcentrado,
storing her memory with data on the
location of the main forts, the number
Of guns and the probable strength OF
the garrison. besides sounding the SEN
timents Of the civilians and the hag-
gard-looking conscripts that had been
dragged from their homes In the Span
lsh Sierras. Her employer, Gen. Her
nan Garcia. often assigned her to pio-
neer duty as a guide OF his vanguard.
and. Just laughed at the report Of an
orderly who brought him word that
Miss Riyas had warned his scouts to
fail back and then deserted % the enc
my. "she's gone ahead on some ef-
rand that cannot be deputed to every
lubber," said he, and took II as mat
ter Of course when his weasel" did slip
back the next night with a bit Of news
that changed the main plan Of his cam
paign.
Mrs. Susa Tor Jesusa) velasco took
even greater risks in crossing the tro-
chas to warn her husband against q
projected surprise Of his camp. The
Spaniards had sequestered her In Man
zanillo, with some 200 other suspects,
one OF whom had found a Job in the
kitchen Of the post quartermaster and
ascertained the objective point of the
next mountain raid. In order to ae-
complish her purpose Mrs. Velasco
had to cross the dead line Of the close
ly-guarded town and then make her
way across rivers and mountains to
the highlands Of Maguayras, where her
husband commanded the forage COM
pany Of an intrenehed rebel camp. It
was at the end OF summer, when ber-
ries are scarce; but the Spaniards had
trained her In an effective school Of
abstinence, and excitement made her
fatigue-proof till she reached the up
lands, where she could venture to APP
proaeh a herder's cabin now and then
to ask for a mouthful Of food Her
shoes were in shreds when she reached
the camp, the fifteenth day after her
fight from Manzanillo. and her chief
anxiety was removed when she learned
that her husband had just finished
successful foray and was expected to