The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-25
COLONEL HuTcHINsows STORY OF FLAD.

then everybody had something to say dashng
caIsdian-Ishnnan who flashed ike meteor across the
border armament years Colonel Hutchin-
son. who was the dean the party and had seen bloody
service in two threw lot Of unexpected light
upon the personality the vanished bravo. and
finale 10 the evenings talk told this story:
His father Of the fast riding race Of Irish
gentlemen who chose a profession and found
netner sorrow disappointment IN the scattered and
cruel rewards life Roger F1ad. the
fatke was every uprising promise OF hard
When he couldn't find work for his sword in the
cause OF his suffering island he bought commission
il the British army afterward wandered round the
world like knight of Old seeking chances OF
chIvalrous advancement I think he married Castl-
ian girl but ata events Gerald the only child and
he reared him gentiehlooded sen rowing soldier
OF fortune. You know the boy spoke French. Italian
Spanish and German well he spoke English. and he
a devil broadsHord, cutlass rapier before
he of He had been expelled from Heidelberg
when he Is and when he first showed up at the
headquarters of Coppinges California expedition ne had
his bcysh than hall Of
veterans.
think the old mamie only lieutenant when
the Bru1e Sioux got hirn-was sorry the
ing son. the youngsters carly life fierce
exaggeration OF all the fathers passion and
adventure OF all kinds. Well everybody liked hiu-Ive
hearl Phil Sheridan that the
turkey shot that the countrybut
Re Couldn't things not enough him He secuted
for months in the sierras that California expedi
ton, disappeared and the distin-
gushing himself in the Matabele
and guerilla 1 Old Mexico when Ochoa
starting things-never what was there for
and who should I day. drilling troop of
rascally outlaws that crossed Rio
Gerald. himself brown as an and as jaunty
the rowdest rurale that spurs didn't
get in right with these revolutonsts, but was in FL
Paso-they called it Paso del Norte then-when
Gerald thin and yellow parchment sauntering
in the Plaza. hailed him and found all about
failure Of his ambitious plans He have been
governor something if the rebellion had succeeded
He had been hit the Arroyo fight, crawed
the river and recuperating Hotel
Dieu, a skeleton himself OF devilment as
He said frankly that he in a terrible
frame of mind about young of Chihuahua
high caste Mexican of Cordoyan deseentwhom he
marry, though he had carry Sin
gular isn't it, how the fathers predictions reappeared
in the boy?
The trouble is Gerald sitting on stone bench
in the shade 'the girl is in with bull-fghting
rapscallion from Madrid who been down through
the republic. strutting and killing till the women
all wild ahcu him. The worst of it he's coming up
here 1 suppose the whole of Mexico will send its
best people to cheer and lionize him.
Their to kill him toreador myself and challenge
him. He'll lie here next month. and I've got get
well Colonel. I've got TO lower his colors somehow
We'll Gerald every day after that and he nended
SO rapidly that in week he began ride with CAT
ferty's was thinking of joining the rangers
again. The girl lived the American side and though
/ got Int few glmpses of her. gay that she
a beauty I never cut up over a
At that time I think he'd fought a whole
regiment 10 win her but wasn't at all ready for the
desperate thing he did had in the
section rather shack for there only
and frying my bacon night about when
disagreeable looking Spaniard
Colonel" he laughed this is Ramon Jesus Felipe
Agar. the famous bull-hghter He's pretty drunk
but he a drink
Then he put the my army cot and gave him
bottle of mesca, which the victim gulped like a
ished hound
got to keep him here till the fighting is over"
whispered Flad. land you're my friend Colonel. you'll
help me-
I asked him what he meant to do with Del Agar but
the rascal said: SHOW him good time That's all"
made that violence intended, and
the Spanard apsng into state of qui-
essence asked Gerald promised to take
care OF his guest. To show what cunning
gist he he told word about his ultimate
scheme but I suspected that by preventing Del Agar
from appearing in the bull ring in the morning he
hoped to make good his suit with the enora He stayed
all night with but sunrise when L
gone, and the sleeping stranger surrounded by
empty bottles deep in dreamland At 10 o'clock that
morning 1 the after locking up my
shack and I got into my tier 1 saw
caferty and some of his waiting the second
onset The first bull had been killed by
swordsmen and tho whole amphitheatre alive with
gossip about the disappearance of Ramon del Agar
What do you think. Hutchinson roared Caferty.
coming me, the Spanish champion vanished
and that fool Flad place that girl
there-that mantla and the red how-
ers-thats the ALL Flad's mashed on her
that he stand up against whole AndaIusans
for smile OF hers
Then the trumpet the procession Of mata-
dores pcadores and banderflercs marched in saw
Gerald at He arrayed ght-ftting bolero,
breeches hose and slippers Of the Spaniards but he
wore neither queue headpiece. yellow curs
looked singuarly out Of place his swarthy
rades When the fighters advanced salute the gov
arnor Flad did very thing. He stepped Up to
the barrier in front OF the smiling senorita Ignoring
the evident disapprova OF the crowd traed his
IS he bowed low before her later the buIi
particularly ferocous young monster. boundng
into the Flad had retired the custom 10
give place for the batting By bandereros plea
iores but the crowd oddly impatient
60 star 70 have his chance. and before the play
half completed and while the bun very climax
u his lighting the bugie sounded
men.
think the yielded the popular mpatience
n the hope Of satisfying his grudge against the
nercan who had ignored him. but any
rs had hardly sounded when F1ad bsreheaded and
aughng Ike boy. bounded through the gates MS
scarlet mantle his left and his Italian rspier
iashing Again ignored dignisaries
nd smiled the Then he faced the astonishcd
pull and aaunted the crimson yards from his blazing
yes
Bravo Toror screamed The mob. which already hated
he intruder.
Bravo MIC Geradt' piped girls voice. and then
here quick. stifed gasp fascinated
Is the beast lowered his and charged
Z the judges spectators expected equal pro
snsed Gshe between American and the bun th4y
disappointed. u missing half-shrsfirE
hUll-fghtsrs FIad Hurted his weapon
@ between u shoulders