The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-08
lieutenant TIFFANY.


queer sort of place in our good Anglo
Saxon sense of "quecr." There are
those little officers all about, ANA now
and thcn big man, bat not very o.
ten, and then the lttle\ soldiers OF an
earnest gesticulating rsee\are not SeS-
ticulating quite SO much as ldc li'tle
chaps we see in France, Alfpng these
you would see in the wartimeNlt sah
Fernandez a tall, dark, earnest lqced
man, very well kept now, though ne
had come there shabby in mind an>l
health ana dress
When the food supply began u get
bit reduced, as ii did, and The towns
folk went around begging of the OIL
cials in some way TO secure more beef,
more oatmeal, more anything, it was
this man whose quiet, calm dcmeanor
was Of extreme assistance to General
Gonzales in quoting popuace that
so easily might he turned into mob,
Although for the most they did hate
The Yankees when their stomachs We're
empty, the craving desire for food was
more than racial prejudice.
This officer, the renegade American,
if you will had, as has been told, a
very keen knowledge of-nrojecties and
no mean information about engineer
ing, for since his dismissal from the
United States navy, being a man of
means. lie devoted bimself to The care
ful study of engineering topics, both
in France, where that science IS so
well advanced, and in Germany. lie
brought to san Fernando a mind well
equipped ana the judgment which
made his knowledge extremely useful.
So it followed very naturally he hay
ing reached the point Of being com
pleteIy trusted. that he knew every
mine for he had located most Of them,
as well as every gun Of the shore
works.
To return TO the woman in the case,
for one must always return 70 her
sooner or later IN every case TIFFANY
had long been aware Of Lady Grohin's
ana her daughters presence in san
Fernandez. Although he at one slime
had put them quite out of mind or
supposed he had, he found himself
rather troubled about the British con
sui having his family in So dangerous
spot. aud then he remembered that
nobody could withstand Lady Grohn's
Will Her nature craved excitement
and variety, and she doubtless saw
that she was laying mp many good fn-
tre dinner stories from the experience
to be gathered at san Fernando.
About this time TIFFANY had the note,
whichran:
u am writing this not because | care
about YOU at all and. although I know
that once / treated YOU very badly, il
1t may not appear vain Of me 70 say SD
but am writing it because in those
days you certainly were a gentleman
at least You seemed 50 to me-and !
can't understand the degradation So
/ far beyond the former, to which you
have sunken. The only charitable sup
position | can have is that you are
mad. | don't know why | am writing
this. but the whole case seems so fear
fui that man who has once been IN
officer in his couutry's service should
20 completely over to her enemy and
sell himself out of petty pique for att
er all It's petty, and lis only concoit
That leads rs to eXaggerate our person
nj affairs to SO much importance as You
have put yours.
you viii understand from this how
thoroughly l despise you, and perhaps
l have taken the pains 10 tell YOU he
cause | do desplse you, although, OF
course, You may not care about my
opinion"
Days passed-days Of excitement that
was not suppressed, days when people
paid extraordinary sums TO get away
and could not get away even with
more extraordinary ones, days when
every break in the line of the horizon
outside Of the harbor was watched
with apprehenslon-not only with mp.
prchnuslon. but with fearsJmcness-
and when again there were lines of the
hlocaad.uc fleet or plue5y gnbo1ts
getting In range VI thc fire Of the ports,
when brisk caununa0ug added 10 The
imnrc-siycHc. OF IL an The British
consul. TIFFANY hoard, had sent bis
wife and stcpdaugh'er back into the
country somewhere go % safe place
we'll garrsUnoI. although he was fore
ed TO remain at his post
s misty morning came, haze and
doWupour of the rainy season, when
ever. thing Is moist, WHOM our Of the
moisture comes that lasSItudc that
scizcs your muscles and nerves aud
leaves YOU quayoring the lassitude
which perhaps is a warning that the
+ fever has taken Won. ON such a morn
/ ing aI15ou5t auc If ships. despite the
mines. appeared in RE narrow entrance
OF san Fernandez aul then o DOWN
pour of shot aa5 "a rise Of smoke and a
/ hail of Noise lcI o.cr that community
Z Tbe forts replied atubbornly. persist
entity. General Gonzales was every
where. for hr was brave man. No
I man had more physical bravery. sud
dcuIy an officer came flying 10 him.
/ Half hr guns are spiked We can't
answer back"
! Whrt rage thcrc was thon, What
Intellectual anger,