The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

led to the Palms. they saw the sleeping
capital like a city Of the dead below them
its white buildings Redeemed with the light
of the rising sun. From three places in diff.
ferent parts Of the city thick columns OF
smoke rose lazily to the sky.
II had forgotten said Clay; they have
been having a revolution here. 1t seems SC
long ago"
By 8 O'clock they had reached the gate of
the Palms. and their appearance star
tied the sentry on post into a
state of undisciplined joy A riderless
! pony, the one upon which Jose had
made his escape when the firing began, had
crept into the stable an hour previous, stiff
and bruised and weary. and had led the
people at the Palms to fear the worst.
Mr.. Lansham and his daughter were
standing on the veranda as the horses
came galloping up the avenue. They had
been awake all night. and the face of each
was white and drawn with anxiety and loss
of sleep. Mr.. Langham caught Hope in his
arms and held her face close to his in 81
lence.
Where have you been?" he said at last.
Why did you treat me like this? You
knew how l would suffe.."
II could not help it," Hope cried; II had
to go with Madame Alvarez
Her sister had suffered as acutely as had
Mr.. Langham himself. as long as she was
in ignorance of Hopes whereabouts. But
now that she saw Hope in the flesh again
she felt a reaction against her for the
, anxiety and distress she had caused them.
MY dear Hope" she said, rs every one
to be sacrificed for Madame Alvarez? What
possible use could you be to her at such
a time? 1t was not the time nor the place
for a young girl. You were only another
responsibility for the men,"
Clay seemed willing to accept the re-
sponsibility.' said Langham, without a
smile. And, BESIDES" he added, IF Hope
had not been with us We might never have
reached homo alive"
But 1t was only after much earnest pro-
test and many explanations that Mr.. Lang
ham was pacified. and felt assured that his
sons wound was not dangerous and that
his daughter was quite safe.
Miss Langham and himself, he said. had
passed a trying night. There had been
much firing in the city and continued up
roar. The houses of several of the friends
of Alvarez had been burned and sacked.
Alvarez himself had been shot as soon as
he had entered the yard of the military
prison. 1t was then given out that he had
committed suicide. Mendoza had not dared
to kill Rojas, because of the feeling of the
people toward him. and had even shown him
to the mob from behind the bars of one of
the windows in order to satisfy them that
he was still living. The British Minister
had sent to the palace for the body of Cap
tain Stuart, and had had it escorted to the
Legation, whence 1t would be sent to Eng
land. This. as far as Mr.. Langham had
heard, was the news of the night just over.
Two native officers called here for
you about midnight, Clay" he continued,
land they are still waiting for you below at
your office. They came from Rotas's troops,
who are encamped on the hills at the other
side of the city. They wanted you to join
them with the men from the mines. / told
them / did not know when you would re-
turn. and they said they would wait. If
you could have been here last night, 1t is
possible that we might have done some
thing. but, now that 1t is all over, 1 am
glad that you saved that woman instead.
1 should have liked, though. to have struck
one blow at them. But We canont hope to
win against assassins. The death of young
Stuart has hurt me terribly. and the muir
der of Alvarez, coming on top OF it. has
made me wish l had never heard of nor
seen blanche. l have decided to go away at
once, on the next steamer, and 1 will take
my daughters with me. and Ted, too. The
State Department at Washington can fight
with Mendoza for the mines. You made a
good stand. but they made n better one. and
they have beaten US. Mendoza's coup
d'etat has passed into history, and the rev.
oiution is at an end"
On his arrival Clay had at once asked for
a cigar, and while Mr.. Langham was speak
ing he had been biting it between his teeth,
with the serious satisfaction OF a man who
had been twelve hours without one. He
knocked the ashes from 1t and considered
the burning end thoughtfully. Then he
glanced at Hope as she stood among the
group on the veranda. She was waiting for
his reply, and watching him intently. He
seemed to be confident that she would ap-
prove of the only course he saw open
to him.
1.-THE revolution Is not at an end by any
means. Mr.. Langham," he said at last,
simply. 1T has just begun" He turned abb
ruptly and walked away in the direction of
the Office, and MacWilliams and Langham
stepped off the veranda and followed him
as a matter of course.
The soldiers in the army who were known
to be faithful to General Rojas belonged to
the Third and Fourth regiments, and num-
bered 1900 on paper. and 1000 by count of
heads. When they had seen their leader