The Washington times., 1906-05-13
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an ice manufactures, = sworn revolt
ZIONIST. and good people" The willy
Bob seemed TO have circumvented sue
ccssfulIy the impossibility of sending
a confidential message in either Span
ish or English. The result was the
following literary gem:
His nibs skedaddled yesterday per
jack rabbit line with all the spondu-
llcks I'm the pot. and the bunch Of
calico he's spoons on. She's a peach.
easy. Our crowd in good shape. but
the Doodle Is six figures short We
must have the swag the main guy
scooped. You collar il. He's headed
for the briny. You know what 10 do
This remarkable screed conveyed the
Information to Mackenzie that the
president had decamped for the east
With the public money. accompanied
by tho opera singer, Julia Gordon. his
infatua ton for whom was the gossip
OF the r,public
Mackenzie pocketed his messa &c and
went to talk It over with his friend
and co-conspirstor. Dr. Zavalls, ma
I've politician of much ingenuity. Mac
kenzie had taken mp political intrigue
as a matter of business. lie was
acute enough 10 WELD "A certain infiu-
ehce among leading schemers, and
prosperous enough TO purchase the re-
spect Of Tie petty officeholders. His
support was considered so far useful
10 the revolutionary party that, II the
wheel revOlved. he stood 10 win
twenty-year concession TO 10000 man
zanss OF the finest timber land along
the coast
al 1.T.
line" in Rob's message, II was under
stood that the head OF the government.
the swag. and Julia had taken the
mule-back route to the coast Indeed.
no other route was there. A week :
trip it was-over fearful mountains
and streams; a jiggerty-joggerty jour
ney: hot and ice cold. and wet and
dry
The trail. after descending the
mountains. turned 70 a trident. the
central prong ending at Cibolo. An
other branched off TO Coralio; the third
penetrated Alazan.
At Coralio was a harbor. and stSict
quarantine and clearing regulations.
The fugitives would never attempt TO
escape there. At Cibolo or Alazsr. they
might hope 10 board a tramp freighter
o. fruit steamer by the aid OF
rowboat or sloop. as the vessels an
chored half mile from shore
But Mackenzie and ZavalIa sent
horse back messengers up and down
the coast with warning 10 the local
leaders Of the Liberal movement-to
Benavidez at Coralio. and to Narras
at Alszan -insUructing them to patrol
the water line. and 10 arrest the flying
president at all hazards II be should
show himself in their territory After
these precautions there was nothing 10
do but cover the Cibolo district With
lOokouts and await results. The fugl-
tives would, beyond a doubt, move
as secretly as possible. and endeavor
10 board vessel by stealth from some
hiding place on shore.
On the eighth day after the receipt
Of Engelhsrdt's message, the Karlse-
I'm. Norwegian steamer. chartered by
the New Orleans fruit trade. anchored
off Cibolo. with three hoarse tonts or
her siren. Mackenzie stood on the
beach with the crowd OF idlers, watch
ing everything without ostentatiou. He
and Zavalla had stationed men faith
ful TO the cause at intervals along
the shore for a mile each way from
the town, on the lookout for PreSi-
dent Mirafores. OF whom nothing had
been seen or heard. The customs off,
cers. in their red trousers and Panama
hats. rowed out 10 the vessel and re-
turned The ships gig landed her
pnrser with his papers. and then took
oct the quarantine doctor with his
umbrella and clinical thermometer.
Next. A swarm of half-naked Caribs
began TO load the piles Of bananas
upon lighters. and row them out to
the steamer
About 4 o'clock I'm the afternoon a
marine monster. unfamiliar in those
waters. hove in sight-a graceful steam
yacht. painted white, clesn-cut as A
steel engraving. see-sawinE the waves
Ike A duck in a Tain-barrel. A white
boat. manned by a white-uuiformed
crew. came ashore. and n stucky-bu
man Ieaped upon the sands He made
his way toward Mackenzie. who was
obviously the. most Conspicuously An
glo-Saxon figure present. ard seemed
10 turn a diss Dproving eve on the
rather motley congregation OF native
Anchurians. Mackenzie greeted him
AS men sprung from the islands greet
one Snother IN alien lands.
Conversation developed that the
rewly-landed one was named Smith.
and that he had come in n yacht; 4
meagcr biograph truly. for the yacht
was most apparent. and the Smith not
beyond a reasonable guess before the
revelation Yet 10 the eye Of Macken-
zie. who had seen several things. there
was \ discrepancy between Smith and
his Yacht. 4 bullet-headed man Smith
Was. with an Oblique. dead eve and the
mUstache OF = cocktail mixer. Unless
he had shifted costumes before leaving
for shore. he had affronted the deck
Of mis- correct vessei m a peari-gray
derby. a checked suit, fancy vest and
vaudeville neckwear. Men owning
Iieasure yachts generally harmonic
with them better.
Smith looked business. but he was no
advertiser. He commented upon the
scenery. remarking upon its fidelity TO
the pictures IN the geography. and
then inquired for the L. s. consul.
They pointed out to him the starred
and striped bunting hanging on a role
above the door OF A squat adobe house.
and Smith piowed his way through
the sand thither. his haberdashery
Grating a discOrd against a back