Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-06
CHAPTER II.
4 ShreEd Move.

\ shreEd Move.
u VIII be Necessary. in order that the
reader. who is interested, may undeg-
stand the mystifyias eYeat which unset
all the calculations of General Sal
SaEes. and allied Arthur MeiEoTth With
dismay. TO tnEn our aiIsaIion 10 the
men who Nera eoRspiEiag against the
peace and liberty OF Ssnezueia. aud fol-
low them in one Of the shIe1dss,
moves tho sEaia o. plotsg ever de-
yissd.
u had seemed 10 Salyarsz. who re-
called the words in the message Of
President cTcsp0. that the consul a,
Mes York had been too hasty IN jump
Ing TO \ conclusion.
Hut the sailing Of the AsOs,aEa laden
with arms for the r0yallkt cause vas
fact, The consul at SSE York, in
cabling his information TO President
CFeSpo II Caracas. had stated aolhlns
but the truth. Where. thea. the mys-
'eFy7 shFewd as MsIWoTth rad been.
shF.wd aS the consul had been. they
woFs but children compared TO the
shrcwdness Of Ferdinand Gomez.
The nTst thing was to discover king.
IL may be wondered At that Gomez
did not aim to the cFuzn himself. Bu;
the asiute Spanlari EaS experienced
enough to know that II he. as father OF
the scheme. admitted that he wished
to be king. re would drive from his
sid. his strongest supporters. for IL
would stand bare as the selfish. grasp
ins plo, OF an Adysa;aTcf. lie discover
cd the man he wanted. and supported
by the glory Of the house Of ATason.
they began operations.
They found plenty Of Hympa;hircrH
In Spain. but mostly among men who
were ready to Join the expedition with
visions OF oid-tImc Spanish eonqucA;s
before them. But there were two great
difficulties that confronted Gomez. The
Monroe Doctrine. so positively en-
forced and maiiaIncd by tho United
States government. made II impossible
for the royaiist movement 10 omanRtc
from Spain. The impulse mus; come In
the way OF a revolution In Venezuela.
and for this there was no money avail
able But Gomez was not the man to
sit down and acknowledge himself de-
tcatcd.
He went to Venezuela. He felt the
political pulse. He appointed agents to
all the states and provinces. Then he
went TO New York.
The reports of his agents were favor
able. Men were ready TO take up arms
for the royalist cause. But the arms
were lacking
Now Gomez showed himself mas
ter. He carefully studied all sources
from which assistance might safely be
derived.
One after another he cast aside as
undesirable or impossible.
In splendid house in New York
lived n proud old Spaniard. Don Juan
CARA, Don Juan had. in his own way
and time. been something OF an ad-
yenturer. Born in CASTLE. OF n very
proud. very aristocratic and very poor
family, he inherited all the love OF
pomp and royalty and nobility without
the means to crafty It. For n time
he served in the army. but at the age
of tventy-two he left Spain and went
to Venezuela. That country had, atter
n thirty years war. enjoyed ten years
of liberty from Spanish rule. The coun-
trv was unsettled and dangerous
and Don Juan had his fill OF exciting
adventure. but did little to fill his de-
nIe,ed Golfers. He remained In Nene-
yue,o long enough to bring down upon
bIs beod the anger of the government
for intrigue and political treachery'
and was forced to leave. From there ne
wont to New York city, where he met
and won the beautiful daughter OF n
wealthy merchant. His married life
nroved happy enough to keep him out
~ noIitical miscief. but his mind often
turned longingly to the pomp and glory
OF courts. ~. b..
Tho merchant died. leaving his for
,uno 90 arranged that. at the death OF
Don Juan's wife, 1t should descend 10
the daughter. then pretty little thing
of six. - ,ro
when Lola was fifteen years OF age
ber mother died, and the old Spaniaru )
VIVID turned with greater longing TO
political fields.
Thus It was, when Ferdinand Gomez
was looking for some one to assist Ill
his great enterprise, Don Juan Garza
was looking for an enterprise to as
sist. ,,.rod
They met. these tT!o. and conferred.
Don Juan was sixty years old, ana was
sbrewd. He desired to know the eN"c'
nosition of the new movement in Vehe-
rroIo Gomez therefore, sent for MS
agents, and for Philip of Aragon, .. W9liG sa,1
waiting for them to arrive Gomez , lslI
violently in love with Lola Cara ,yaS Mno
was herself in love with Arthur Neu-
worth, against whom the father hau Is
sued his decree. n,,od A
philip and the agents arrived.
meeting was held at Don Juan $ housr' R,i
and II was made apparent to the Wv, olu
man that one hundred thousand pee peo-
pie in Venezuela stood sworn 1.,Io ~ Sup aud
hort philip of Aragon. The pride any anu
ambition of Don Juan was tolOnuu' a,,,
s.,ood to furnish the arms anu an