The National tribune., 1899-05-25
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By THOMAS c. FISHERMAN.
Copvrght 1885, by the Pu Ills lcr 0. THE NATIONAL Tnl

are rarely on hand when they are most
wanted.
! Nearly all the spectators had come IN
armed. Fun, Keep him in signt! Here
comes the dog" yelled the Lieutenant,
wnen Cabrona'S ilowling bark at last an
swered t;le summons from the other side
! of the glen; hut the dcSertcr was almost
within leap. of tie tnc':ctS by that time,
! and might actually nave effected his es-
cape, if it had not been for tne Bernal
| Sergeant and one of our scouts, n grizzly
! OIL SlarDSho0ter with a scar across ms
laft cheek that had not spoiled his rifle
eye. II the crisis of the general excite
mcnt tAosc two had reserved t:eir ire
and daSiled 10 the top OF Il E.le knoll,
whe-r they stood, rife 10 shoulder, for a
few seconds, when t,!eir shots went off
togatier and the Provost Marshall $
yellS for his canine assist ant suddenly
ceased
"liursaii, They've got him ne whoop
ed; and, dropping his mHsket, whipped
out a revolver and rushed ahead to be i'll
at the deat.l.
El C.lato, by actual measurement, had
cleared 200 yards almost unscathed, for
the first t2it proved 10 have been mere
sc-ape SHOT; but at the very brink OF the
saving jungle ne had TO cross Il treeleSS
rlmbla of a few rods, and as ne scrambled
up the opposite slope tAe fatal bullet
broke his spine, and sent nim sprawllng
Dlck llliO Tile DDtlDli vi liit Su!lN. Nv
tired TO drag himself toward Il briar patch.
but his time was ur; before he had
crlxled a ward towards the edge of the
tangle Serg't Galvez put Il pistol to ms
ear and fired.
All this while Sers't Mariel had kept a
tight clutch on the arm of Juan Salgada.
"Sh-S;.all | send Il man to tell the
Colonel" he stammered, when the last
sh3ut announced the success OF the man
hunt.
"TelI-whatS"
about this youngster, maybe he
would"--
Curse the luck, no; it's no use" NUT
tered Lieut.. Sllinez; don't let's keer
this poor devil in torture. stand back;
Fall in, detail" he commanded. "Eeady-
Aim Then Il pause, tae-drop oi Il waved
nat, {, CT tsh, and the spirit OF poor Juan
Silgada had started on it's fiight-per-
maps To its cradle in the hills OF the Ara
gon highlands.
An appeal for mercy would, indeed,
have been worse tnan useless. Col. Par
rls felt tilat ne had no right to ignore gen
II orders altogether, and soon after tor
warled a report. stating: sentence ol
death passed, Feb II, upon" (long listl
"and executed Feb. 10 upon 1t would
positively not do TO have mentioned less
t.ian two names; and, besides, the com
mutation Of Salgada'S decree would have
resulted in riot; so poor Juan was
double doomed before the court martial
met.
On the evening of Feb. IA we saw the
horizon of the S ,banilla Mountains lit up
by the glare of !. conrlagratiOn, and for !
eSt-f-es" will not explain away such |
phenomena in the West Indies; the ever
green iunglewoods of the tropics are
flame proof. There was a town burning,
and we Sooa learned that the garrlsons
of Santiago, Catalina, and Nucvitls had |
broken loose and were nov ravaSing the
districts 10 avcnge alleged con
spiracies with the rebel chiefsains. The |
syu,Dati1y of tne southeastern ruraliSts
was undoubtedly with the insurgents,
and exchanges of messages and creature
C 1sflfO-tS had never ceased; but the main
motives Of the present raid were the de
sire to signalize the zeal of the post com
and the necessity To find pre-
text for provision fOrtys. The Spanish
garrison towns were III daily communica-
ion with their western headquarters, for