The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-03

Caballero quietly kindled the flame. Soon the populace were boiling lke superheated chocolate pot. The hot blood of the descendants of the lncas must be let. bells bullets. bayonets, brickbats and bluff ad libitum. By day they slew one another at the barrieades. By night they fraternized In the cafes over brim- ming 1agons or aguardiente. A deli- cate mutual courtesy prevented any smoking.
 The adherents of Bogota won. Loch- invar fled 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 Just and stable government! There would never be any more revolutions. Everybody was puffing Bogota. La Pa2 was synony- nous with high treason. But they still irrigated with aguardiente; nothing could prevent that.
 Caballero's comet was at its zenith. The dictatorship lay within his grasp. He called Papa D'Estes into consulta- tion, and formally requested the hand of Senorita Esmerelda; he promised his future brothers s-in-law the highest po- sitions in the Chilombian State. His daughter the wife of the dicta-
 
 government Papa D'Estes's feelings overcame him. The seven young bloods of his house raked their som breros A trife lower than ever, But Esmerelda remained tearfully true to her absent lover. and despite parental urging steadfastly repeIled the adVan- ces of Caballero.
 Meanwhile Lochinvar was wasting no time. He pawned an ancestral gold mine, and purchased a hundred thou sand La Paz cigarros and ten thousand hasks of aguardiente. These were brought over the passes on llamas' and cached in a convenient cave. A month passed, and still Esmerelda held out against Caballero. Popular en- thusiasm for the new government had begun to cool
 One day a messenger brought note to Papa D'Estes; he read 1t frowning, but returned reply. That night long, black coffer was smuggled into the rear entrance of his mansion. A score of similar boxes had been secret ly conveyed to the abodes of other prominent families.
 At midnight in a double barred and bnlted chamber tie black coffcr was placed on trestles, Papa D'Estes stood at its head. and little Brother Christo- fero at it's foot, while the six other brethren were ranged three on either side. The box was opened. It was filled to the brim with clgarros or La Paz; among them nestled a goodly number of peculiarly shaped bottles.
 At last a date was set for the we'd ding of Caballero and the unwilling EsJnerelda. But, as the dictator's ar dor inc reased, that of Papa D Estes and the seven brothers perceptibly cooled. For six weeks not roll of La Paz had been openly smoked in Chilombia. But new the people began to tire of Bogota. The daily Journals voiced hints of tyranny. Stealthily whiffs, elusive scents of La Paz permeated the Chi lombian atmosphere.
 The wedding day arrived. Caballero and his best man set out for the cath edral. As they turned a corner, the rerfume of an invisible cigarro drifted to the dictators nOstrils. He paled. and became silent. It was La Paz! The tide was turning. The revolution ary pendulum had begun it's counter swing.
 But he determined at any rate to make sure of Esmerelda. He waited at the church for half an hour. Then came a messenger post haste from the D'Estes household to say that the wedding must be indefinitely postpon- ed Esmerelda had fled that morning to the mountains with Lochinvar. Caballero was furious. He urged immediate pursuit. Papa D'Estes and his sons procrastinated. They spoke casually of Lochinvar's well-known skill with pistol and rife. Finally the dictator started on the trail of the lovers; the father and the seven breth- ren followed, but without enthusiasm. In the middle of the afternoon they