The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09

people OF Honduras were ripe. Tor revolution
To "ss the u GGts s !taHsr Aa e the Rt" head .dt q fn ffty.tonI
men. well armed. they landed at Truxillo
there enthusiastic crowds to welcome the de.
l@irerers with open arms, The people took
t and c H5riyHl S 1ndIeftI Dsk SSn the ins d9srs she' Th hop hi.
busters were left standing in deserted streets.
al. a loss what to do.
mouse. The boats. which had brought us,
however. had set sat- Immediately, We could
bargain as good az possible. found a Ae-
serted castle on a hill and housed the men in
It. Next morning we were summoned to sur
fins. headed bv a magniflcently caparieoned
Spanish Officer went out to tax to them and
Come to ," the ' Country Ts Tt TO prospecf for goid, 81
which W. had hear MUCH. That tale was re-
CHiyed with credulitTEi so far me as my S%mpanio gn,
speed. Ny trunks we're broken open. how
from the spanish Government and other
officers name was valdaTama and he put me
Guardiola. surnamed the Butcher. who was at
Tegucigalpa. Twas allowed to exercise in a
this court from the street a single soldier
stood guard. ] approached him too closely one
a dSy i Sea a ss e atts%pfbs St TO Sas sa ioqeed T to de ! had
myself. I took his musket from him and
stunned him with, my fist. At that moment
OI1tTS.u su III IN uIll Duyo-
tackled me. Then followed one o., the fights Of
my lie; | de ws1I Ssrass x there ira that pp won's
have, been stuck like a pig but for the fact that
I had a space in which to manGuyre. They
play. and their weapons fortunately were un-
loaded. had pinked two Of them. broken the
baSonsts Of three, and was nearly fainting from
behind me: Haiti My opponents dropped
their Weapons Turning / saw valdarama
spectator Of the bout from it's beginning, He
approached me and looked me over,
that @s' ff9 sSld he sl sa'd that ,cs a s q man tsnsR To SS So
could. He gave ms my liberty at once and In
return ! gave him INSTRUCTION.
friend OF all OF the leading citizens OF the town
a fhar making maxim o mnfh n on from ny rom pupils pns
t sHrh f G""rd 8 eHnt tSa Tf I make eef my ap a5s% rFs at
that the commands Of this strange and Zero,
Iis'" Ssius an wei! saes a,% no with f,'sH Tra.ill %
american AZ R Gonsni pu tl%s with N sfa5nsd fsm ihSm 7
was intimate. that | was to, be arrested and
shot by command OF, tho Butcher. decided to
he carried muleback, ! set out for T~egucigalpa.
wa ass a bs%aa sssr at t dSs sRra in tss ss'p palace. p pnd {
Guardiola was, a Miestizo Indian. He scowlsd
A'"""YoMu have a,G decided. have you. to grant our
SImrle re1uest2 That Ia II good thing for you.
Have some wine
duel WITH A GIANT AND A BULL.
Il drank with him and next day was made
instructor to hi. miserable unpaid and half
clad troops. In Tegucigalna ] was forced to
make my footing good by fighting, the Hon
il l ever knew It,. ! remember only that he
was an enormous fellow. d teet Il inches high.
and insisted Sa 5 upon using 2 pair q tremendpusly
The fight occurred in the plaza aud, was wit
messed by 10000 people. AS | WAS held to be a
chnn,s %, ahs town %, Sbe et BOOB she eoS Span doIlar me on
my success These dollars were worth 12ii
cents each in gold, They subsequently dropped
up by an English syndicate. which rehahili-
tated the currency and made Something ike
al $ merit as as a F., sw ,nytree Consisted ALMOST almost
wholly in, strength. | disarmed him three
times. making no attempt to injure him. From
him a storm Of appeal: Kill him! Kill him.
He Mas a giant country yokel and very naive. -,
hands fes When ns s dlsa;r 11agdi foEf t TtsA tI En'dI' ti@s.
would kill him. but he keeps knocking my
sword out OF ms nst." That caused a general
One night at a banquet we were all heated
with wine. Several q the Honduras gentle
began casting siufs upon this country. which
IN ma th9Se 81 5'% 9ibeq pc so5n a loY p to1S tI In the sb esti i
~ uhS " say Iluk5 10 lllt
nation amounted to nothing at all whatever:
that they were imitstorS OF the snanish aud
horns Of their victims. They ;" Replied that the
American did not live wh29 dared enter
valiant. | responded that ! dared, The upshot
OF It was that a bet was made that | would not
s 5nif Of FL sSe are ssies q %eek / lrUm n SafH asa IN 'hs q
next morning I was a sorry man. I could not
hnpE M hnWnrnF yrAnt 70 "a frtnt,t on
American doctor named Wells, who had found
his WAY to that far country, and told him my
and practice tho mata',or death stroke. Bulls
were 81 each. and we bought Ave. Going 70
the suburbs we tied them, and slew them
open after it fell and traced the course of the
struck by lightning. and | found that my point
had severed the %cervical vertebrR Just in front
OF the shoulder top.
II vent into the arena Six days aiterward
immense size, a dark dun in color. utterly wild.
trary. their, points had been filed to Il needle
kecnneSs. Furthermore. he was what is known
as q rgscadnr or follower: that is. he was not
straight after the object upon which he had
set his red, vision, the piradores, or, horse
barbed flags. deserted me after the first charge
ana was Obliged TO- enter the ring alone. Be
ing, a .nathNOf, ] was on loot. SIX times tho
bull chased me over the palings. and the last
time | fell in the lap Of my friend Wells. who
was by no means sober. He had a six-shooter
in each hand and swore that he would empty
every. chamber into the HOndurans il | We're
killed. In civilization Americans don't give a
damn for one another. but in the wild places
they stick together like brothers. II is very
good in those places to have a friend like Wells.
refntered the. ring for the seventh time.
determined to. die in my tracks before | would
give another inch before the enraPed animal.
] had been already called a coward twenty
thousand times. and it anCered me. As the
bull came on. with head not a foot from the
ground. ] leaned forward and lunged with all
my force. did not know enough to leap TO
one side nor to Withdraw my sword as the
matadores sometimes do. The enormous brute
stopped in his tracks. shivered and fell like
some great tree. ] still chung to my sword
handle and was pulled to my knees. did not
hear a whisper OF the wild shouts that rent the
air. but when | rose | did hear a rapid fusil-
lade. Looking to my left | saw Wells dancing
about his box on one leg. screaming at the top
Of his voice and working his six-shootersb bril-
lantly straight IN into the air. He was a good
fellow and a brave. He died Of delirium
tremens; c!MIrsinG America. the land that gave
FIGHTING IN MEXICO,
Being more Of a popular hero than ever.
Munstery made the mistake OF dancing too
often with Mrs. Guardiola. the Butchers wife.
and was sent TO the front to fight Cardenas, n
revolutiOniSt, In the hope that he would be