Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-05


darkenfng during this speech. and at the
close he burst out with an oath. . fg....s
~ know no such person as the queen re.
cent cent Of , Spain; Il have heard Of certain
tina. widow Of the late King Fernando the
Seventh. And If this be indeed the lady
and her brat, we Of the true opinion owe
you Don Rotlo. a debt of gratitude which
snail not be easily repaid, for she and hers
have troubled the peace of this country
much. and long. OF which now, by San
Nicholas. there shall be an end"
AS ne spoke he ran his eyes along the line
to where Munoz rode behind his mistress
and the tall gentleman with the polish-
ed Whiskers? Who may he be-" he cried.
e YET more angry fire glittering in his eyes.
4. Ihat Gen. Cabrera" said Rollo quietly,
t'At alast,a estanco keeperr'a cried cabrera
Iidlng forward as if to strike Munoz on the
Face ramon Cabrera of Tortosa, have
waited long time for this pleasure"
ha wui,oH ulo not answer in words. but as
oefore preserved hts imperturbable de-
meanor. His half contemptuous dignity Of
pearlng, which had irritated even RoIlo
seemed to have the power of exciting "a.
brera to the point Of fury
Colonel" he cried, II relieve Won of
your charge You have done we'll / am
the equal in rank of Gen. Elo and there
IS no need that you should convoy this par
o ~ 10 70 ms camp ! will assume the full
cnarge-yes. and responsibility. By the Ho-
~ ST. vincent, promised them twenty for
one when they slew my mother In the
square OF the Parbican. But l knew from
LOVE nov eVh a vine-stock I should gather my
second vintage. A poor commandments
Wlie from a pretty Valentian fort was the
best l could do for them at the time Rut
noW-the mother of Mamon Cabrera snail
be atoned for In such a fashion as CHI
make the world sit idumbv'
me cabrera was speaking Rollo grew
slowly chill and then ice-coId with horror
Sir, he said, his voice suddenly hoarse
a .rhat p uo L. surely you do not realize
der my protection. They have COMMITTEES
themselves to my care under the n1ost Ga
cred and absolute pledges that their lives
wnI,d re ne respected The same is the case
iuteiy necessary that l should place them
under the care Of Gen Elio as the personaI
representative of the kingr'
nave already told you. SIR" cried Ca
with any clio or other general in the ar
mics OF Don Carlos. Have not / done more
than any other? Was 1t not I who carried
my command to the gates of Madrid? Ave.
and had been left to myself / should have
succeeded In cutting off that fox Mendiza-
Del. Now, however, am absolutely inde.
pendent owing authority to no man. save
TO ine king-alone: 1t is mine to give or to
withhold, to punish or to pardon. There
Iore l; Gen Ramon Cabrera, having sworn
PuDlciy 70 avenge my mother when,
where and how l can, solemnly declare
t thas as a further retaliation I will shoot
these three prisoners tomorrow at sunrise
even as Nogueras, The Representative ,of
TINS woman who Calls herself queen regent
OF Spain. shot down my Innocent mother
Tor the sole crime of giving birth to an nm.
worthy son! Take them away! I will hear
no more! Gss 9d at
Thus In moment was Rollo toppled from
that highest pinnacIe Of happiness. for snch
10 young man Is the hope Of Immediate
success. He cursed the hour that he ba5
entered the bloodthiEsty land of Spain He
cursed his visit to, the, abbey of Montblanch
a,ia Inc Gay on which he accepted COM
MISSION from men without honor or I'M
manity. He was indeed almost in case To
40 himself hurt, and both Concha and
the sergeant watched him with soIicitude
curing the remaindAr Of the. afternoon as
ne wandered discopioiately about the little
klliiecrankie at his heels with so. fierce an
air that even CabrerassJ officers, no Iagrards
on me held, Kept prudently out of his way.
me royal party had been disposed in q
s sm.uli house mere summer residence of
some OF the bourgeois folk Of Amanda. and
tneIe, py an unexpected act of grace and
at the special supplication OF the sergeans
them. Al upon
Te the secret satisfaction OF Rollo the sar-
geant dh not resume hts duties In the cainp
OF GaDrera. The troop to which he belonvpsl
mad been left behind, to watch the move
ments OF the enemy for Cabrera had barely
escaped from strong force under Esner-
zero near the walls OF Madrid itself bv
showing the cieanest of heels possible Car
oono, tnerefore, still attached himself I'M
reproved to the party of Rollo, which
camped little apart A guard of picked
men was, however. placed over the quarters
or the royal family. This Cabrera saw to
himself and then ,suilenly withdrew into his
tent for the night to drink aguardiente by
himself. In gloomy efinyernn with a haar%