Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-11-22
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| SomPieteiy DeyOnu tne Will OF the man
whom they have profted.
The general returned to his house at
about q In the evening, despairing, and
already seeing his plans annihilated. The
report of his capataz added to his dis
couragement, for it was the drop of
wormwood which makes the brimful cup
run over. He withdrew to his apart
ments in state Of dull fury, and in his
impotent rage accused himself for having
ventured into this frightful situation, for
he felt himself rapidly gliding down a
fatal slope, where It would be impossi-
BILE for him to stop.
What added to his secret agony was
that he must incessantly send off couriers,
receive reports, talk with his confidants,
and feign in their presence not merely
calmness and gaiety, but also encourage
them, and impart to them an ardor and
hope which he no longer possessed.
The whole night was spent thus. A
terrible night, during which the general
endured all the tortures that assail an
ambitious man on the eve of scandal
Gus plot against a government which he
has sworn to defend.
Sunrise surprised the general giving
his final orders. Worn out by the fatigue
of long watch, with pallid brow, and
eyes infamed by fever, he tried to take
a few moments Of restorative rest, which
he so greatly needed but his efforts were
fruitless, for he was suffering from an
excitement too intense, at the decisive
hour, for sleep to come and close his
eyes.
Already the bells of the churches were
pealing out, and filling the air with their
joyous notes. In all the streets and In
all the squares, boys and leperos were
letting on crackers, and uttering deafen-
ing cries, which more resembled bursts
of fury than demonstrations of Joy. The
people, dressed in their holiday clothes,
were leaving their houses in masses, and
spreading like torrent over the city.
The review was arranged for seven
o'clock a. m 30 that the troops might
be spared the great heat of the day.
They were massed on the Pase de Buca-
relli and the road connecting that prone
made with the Alameda.
We have already stated that the Mexi-
can army, 10000 strong, has 2,4OO Off
GERS. Hence, in the enormous crowd as
sembled to witness the review uniforms
were in majority, for all the officers liv-
Ing on half pay In Mexico, for some rea-
son or another, considered themselves
bound to attend the review as amateurs.
At a quarter to 8 o'clock the drums
beat the troops presented arms a deaf
ening shout was raised by the crowd and
the President of the Republic arrived,
followed by large staff, glistening with
gold and lace, and with a cloud of feath-
ers waving In their cooked hats.
General Guerrero had Joined the Presi-
dents staff in his full dress uniform. as
Colonel Lupo and other conspirators had
also done; the rest, dispersed among the
| crowd
In the meanwhile the review went on
without any hitch. 1t Is true that the
President restricted himself to riding
along the front, and then ordering the
troops to march past, for he did not
dare, owing to the notorious ignorance of
the officers and soldiers, risk the execu-
ton of any man9uvers, for 1t would not
have been understood, and would have
broken the charm under which the spec
tators were fascinated. Then the Presi-
dent, still followed by his staff, proceed
ed to the cathedral. We will not say
anything about the official reception, etc,
which occupied all the morning.
The hour for the bull fight arrived.
Since the review no one troubled him
self about the troops, who seemed to
have suddenly disappeared a soldier
was visible in the streets; but the people
did not think of them, for they were let
ting off fireworks, laughing and shouting,
which was quite sufficient to amuse them.
1t was only noticed that these soldiers.
| though invisible about the city, had ap-
parently passed the word to each other
to be present at the bull fight. Nearly
the whole of the palcos de sol In the cir
Gus, that Is to say, the parts exposed to
the sun, were thronged with. soldiers,
grouped pell-mell with the leperos, and
Offering the most pleasant contrast with
| these ragged scamps, who were yelliA
and whistling.
The President arrived, and the circus
was In a second invaded by the mob.
Since an early hour the jamaica had be-
gun, that Is to say, the framework of
verdure raised in the center of the arena.
forming refreshment rooms, had since
daybreak been filled with countless num-
bers of leperos, who ate with cries Of
ferocious delight.
Suddenly, at given signal, the gate
of the torril was opened and a bull
rushed into the arena. Then began an
extraordinarily indescribable scene, resem-
bling one Of those diabolcal meetings 80
admirably designed by Callot.
The leperos, surprised by the arrival
Of the BULL darted, shouting pushing
and upsetting each other, over the frame
work, which they threw down and tram
pied under foot In their terror, while
seeking to escape the pursuit of the en-
bollado, who, also excited by the turmoil.
hunted them vigorously. In second the