The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-15

E DurirA the Cuban revolution all my
 fatners famuy except ~ni9seH vera
 pgesupporters the spanIsb gov
 ernment. Indeed, NpE father, senof
 Emilio Cardcnas, was so open in bis
 advocacy of the Spanish cause that the tr6vofuti6RlsEsayowed in case they ever
 came into possession of his hacienda taey would burn the buildings. It was | farsad day when INGadsl gsOdby 5t9 nS I mother to Join the~ Cuban rabble'that called themselves an army. The sad test parting of all was with Senorita ' ArurgarttA d1eharte.s5t 5tlla 1NeEpess Of my little brothers and sisters. Mar garita had descended from an excellent
 Spanish famllyybut they had become ilAp61erh edA and she syasltheIefere 6hgea5 5t5 earn her own llying,5 She was a girl of strong character and the same time of an amiable dlspOsi- u6nn Evg7had long been secret lovers, but our relation hadH0RIg 2beenldiscov- .ered thr-ttay- before-my-d epaEtnre.-In= deed, my going was all that saved Mar garlta from being tuVnedaout upon the world. for my parents had 10 thought of my marrying a penniless girl.
 A great clfafse came. over the cHIse of free Cuba when the American troops rame to help us, or, rather, totake the burden from our shoulders, { At the time of their arrival was in western Sguba and was glad when we started to join them near Santiago, for it was in that province that my fathers hacienda lay, and was anxious, to get glimpse of Margarita. ANe9 were marching one morning southeastward within a few miles of my. home. By -ery-tllrn in- the road, every wood, every house, was familiar to me, and I counted the miles till l should~come-to to, the dear old place. S@S A's-s - On reaching a point half a mile dis. Atant I deScrled a camp which from m5ttsL .-slaRl4l Rl4lltarE-appearance l knew to be occupied by my comrades. We drew nearer to my old home. At hesyates way left the ranks and went up to the house. which I was pleased to see was still standing. AS mounted the steps. -wtru u-should-eome--eut-of--the- door but Margarlta, but what gastOnlsh- ed me was that she was handsomely dressed in my sisters clothes md moved as If she were mistress of the hacienda. .'~ M "Nfargurttat t,-f-eNelaime
 She put her finger to her lip to Im- pose silence. Then she looked 7sbouGN and, seeing no one within Rearing dis tanCe, she said in low voice:
 The Cubans and Americans came near- -toggrher eabans-R -Rrst.-.-Ns feared only the former and had no con fdence in the Americans keeping them from awreaklAg7 vengeance upope usr, Four father fled, aud the rest of tho family are concealed In the gaTet"a
 Not a safe place." l remarked, "if they had burned the house."
 B eve had no time to lconcoct piansi When the Cuban troops came In below the family rushed upstairs and locked E 'themselves in,5 I fingered and when aD officer Ahe prbved Et9 be the com mander-came up and asked for the people belonging to the place thought lit best to put on bold front. I am -Senorita Cardenas,' said, with all the dignity I, could assume. The others3of the family are away. What means this lntrusionT .--..------ - ] l,,' Pardon me- senorita. If this is the Cardenas-property my orders are to burn It. r..r. -s.........r ..... ,...,
 ,h. Whose orders? ...r..-,, ........ .
 He .winced at this and, being aSharn- ed of playing the vandal, told me tha:. he would do all in his power to save the property. Since then have been playing part, To carry out my char acter as your sister l am wearing her dresses and conducting myself as mis- treSs of the house., ..--.
 v At that moment a young Cuban of Acer came. up the steps; and, seeing me taking with Sfargarita. glared at meyaE l. l.isColouelt Ferrarez, . 2 said Margarita, +ittthis IsrCaptain CardenRs."
 ,Carlenas ? Your brother2" p course" stammered Margarita, coloring.
 P '7Captaih,o ,oI am delighted to see you" said the colonel, turning from frownss snifes.--GII-h desired to meet some sof yVurIfamily for ap important puFPose.-I- humbly ask your sisters rhand."s rfa-y ro,p a4r lt
 a MaFgarita turned red as rose.-rI- turned scarlet from anger Then upon, second thought it occurred tome that she might have been encouraging the fnan-to-PFoteet-the-fa -family-and -the- property.
 Colonel" I said, "the lady has been obliged to prevaricate, no doubt to save these premises, She Is not my sister. She Is my hetr6thed T, howeyer Ehe. prefers you to ne, wi 5reslgn her to you. It Is for. her to choose"
 Ithashed oyer him that be had been deceived. and his vindtctive Feelings g9t the better of him@ "
 s 4I shail carry out my orders" he hIssed ~ e9 G EsB5You yili{earry out no orders to the iIiurv of5fhis family. My regiment has