The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-22


they revived her until she sat up be-
tween Vincents arms and slid from
the big table to the floor. Vincent
sent the astonished maid out by ges
ture of command.
Now what's the matter?" he de-
manded, hoarsely. IF you're in trou-
BILE tell me-"
She painted before him. at was
what I remembered" she replied.
How can forget?
After l had been five years in the
States papa sent for me to meet him
in Colon. l got off the steamer, and
he was waiting on the wharf l knew
he would do it just that way. He put
on his glasses with both hands, and
looked at me as if he were very glad,
and oh! loved it, for it was just like
| it was when | was a little girl and
ran into the big room.
But trouble came in Panama, and
papa thought we'd better come up to
San Francisco I've been so busy
down here one way and another he
spiNcy. Your mother is dead, and the
fun of life is out Of it. We will live
peaceably as BELTS an old man and his
daughter
Vincent's voice broke in on her
story. when was this?"
Five years ago. And everything
went all right till we got to Amapala.
There friend of papa's came on board
and showed me paper. 1t said papa
was not to be allowed to land in Hon
duras, as he was plotting an insurrec-
tion. He put on his glasses to read it.
When he looked up at me, he said:
We shan't see where your mother is
buried, nor the place where you were
| born He shook hands with the friend
and said nothing more.
"On the day we were in Ocos, in the
afternoon, saw the comandante come
on the steamer with some soldiers.
He said he wanted to arrest papa, but
that if he came along willingly he
would not use force.
"T am under the American flag
papa said. 4 know who has done this.
1t would mean my death If l went
with you. Suddenly l heard shot
and then another. l hurried to papa's
room. Outside there were two soldiers
aiming into it. l saw papa sitting on
his camp-stool and his two revolvers
were in his lap. He was hunting for
his glasses, but the chain had slipped
down. He could not see to shoot. One
of the soldiers, after long time, fired
his gun again, and father suddenly
picked up his revolvers, and | cried
out again. He didn't shoot, and |
know now that he was afraid of hitting
me. Then he fell. The soldiers fred
again and ran away, painting and yell
ing to each other | went into papa,
and he asked for his glasses, sitting up
on the floor very weakly. When
found them and gave them to him, the
blood was running very fast down his
breast. He put on his glasses with
both hands, wrinkling up his forehead
in the old way, and looked at me
very He looked. -. He said, 4
am glad could see you, little one . E.
before l 60 That was all"
She went to the window and stayed
there, immobile, while Vincent walked
up and down behind her. At last she
turned around. THAT was five years
ago. No one has done anything to
punish them"
Vincent, because she was suddenly to
him the woman, did what every man
once in his life will do for one woman:
he sacrificed his sense of humor. With
all seriousness he stiffened up. "It
was under my flag he was shot down.
I've served under it. Give me another
flag for Guatemala and I'll go down
there and those murderers shall die
against wall, with your flag flying
over their heads, it's shadow wavering
at their feet on the yellow sand"
Marie Rivas, because she was the
Woman in this case, understood per-
fectly. "a revolution?" she said, very
quietly. He bent over her hand grave
ly and youthfully. His manner was
confident, as if he saw very clearly
what was to be done and knew how to
do it, not as if he had promised a girl
with tear stains on her cheeks to over
turn a government because Of murder
one hot afternoon on steamer in a
foreign port.
This was the beginning of the affair.
It's continuation was in little town
on the Guatemalan coast, where Vim
cent landed with ton of munitions of
war, marked Manufactures of Metal"
and thirty ragged soldiers. A month
later he had thousand insurgents and
twenty tons Of munitions, and his
blood had drunk in the fever that
burns up the years in hours. The first
thing Vincent did under its spell was
to march on Ocos and take it. When
the town was his and the commandante
in irons, the young man took out Of his