The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-07
IA Revolution
In Chilonbia.
BY GEORGE KENNErT.
Copyright, 1907, BY ?. 6. Easement.

1
The D,Estes family was Of the
haughiest in Chilombla Papa D'Estes
was a retired dictator. not yet entered
into that permanent rest which the
cemetery affords to most Spanish.
American patriots ut or before the
end OF their official careers. His best
energies were now engrossed In ere
mating malodorOuS cigarros aud III III.
risatlng certain arid tracts of his in.
terror with aguardiemte. Alamma DIES
ties does not count in this story save
as the parent OF seven sons aud one
daughter enumerated below.
There were Brother Alfonso, who
was destined for the presidency, and
Brother Juan, for the generalship OF
the army. and Brother Leon. for the
archblshopric, and 50 on through the
list to little Brother Cristofero, who
was to fill some older brothers place
should any elect Il foreign minister
ship instead of service at home But
the flower aud darling Of the house.
hold was Sister Esmerelda. She was
to wed the highest official in the re-
public outside her own family unless
indeed some foreign potentate should
seek her hand
Two gallants wooed the rose Of the
D'Estes, both of the Chllombia arts.
tOcracy and both OF the staff from
which dictatorS and presidents are
made Senior Caballero and Senior Loeb.
lnyar. OF these two Esmerelda an.
peared to favor the latter, to his rivals
great discontinue.
Tic situation irked Caballero's soul.
True, he might pistol or knife his enc
my returning some pleasant night from
sCrenading his inamorata. But he
knew that suspicion would ut once be
directed toward him and his chances
OF winning Esmerelda forever destroy
od. He might challenge his foe to a
duel, but Lochinvar was a better shot
than he. Decidedly things could not
be worse. What was the remedy?
Like homing pigeon. he turned to the
refuge of his race-a revolution.
Caballero sat himself down to think,
a thing he did only on special occa-
sions. The lines of revolutionary
cleavage must be such that he and
Papa D'Estes should find themselves
on one side and Lochinvar on the
othcH The smoke of his cigarro fur.
nished inspiration.
Only two kinds of tobacco are snok.
cd in Chilombta-B ogota and La Paz.
Gabaltcro and Papa D'Estes were OF
the cremators of Bogota, while Loeb
invar clave to those who calclned La
pa@ There was 60 per cent duty on
Rosota only 40 on La Paz. Here was
revolutionary finder with a vengeance.
Caballero quietly kindled the fame.
Soon the populace were boiling like
superheated chocolate pot. The hot
flood Of the descendants Of the Incas
must he let.
fhen came the explosion. There
wcro bells, bullets, bayonets. brlckbats
aud bIuff al libitum. By day they
slew one another ut the barbados; by
hight they fraternlzed in the cafes over
trimming fagons of aguardiente. A
delicate mutual courtesy prevented any
smoking.
The adherents of Bogota won. Loeb
snyar fed to the mountains to remain
in retirement until the next revolution.
In a fever Of patriotic excitement the
duty on Bogota was abolished and the
importation of La Paz utterly forbid
den. Behold at last a just and stable
government. There would never be
any more revolutions. Everybody was
putting Bogota. La Paz was synony-
nous with high treason. But they still
Irrigated with aguardiente: nothing
could prevent that.
CabalIero's comet was at its zenith.
Tho dictatorship lay within his grasp.
lie called Papa D'Estes into consulta-
ton and formally requested the hand
OF &cnorita Esmerelda. He promised
his future brothers-in-law the highest
positions in the Chilombian stnte.
His daughter the wife of the dicta-
tor! His sons leading members of the
government! Papa D'Estes' feelings
overcame him. The seven young bloods
OF his house raked their sombreros
tritle lower than ever. But Esmerelda
remained tearfully true to her absent
lover and, despite parental urging,
steadfastly repealed the advances OF
Caballero.
Meanwhile Lochinvar was wasting
no time. He pawned an ancestral gold
mine and purchased 100000 La Paz
clgarros and 10000 TASKS of aguardi-
cnte. These were brought over the
passes on llamas and cached in con-
venient cave.
A month passed. ana still Esmerelda
held out against Caballero. Popular
enthusiasm for the new government
had begun to cool.
One day a messenger brought a note
to Papa D'Estes. He read It frown-
ing, but returned a reply. That night
a long black Golfer was smuggled into
the rear entrance OF his mansion. A
score Of similar boxes had been secret
iy conveyed to the abodes Of other