The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-19

already seeing his plans annihilated. The
/ report of his capataz added to his dis
enlargement, for il was the drop OF
NORWOOD which makes the brimful cup
run over. He withdrew to his apart
ments in a state of dull fury, and IN his
| impotent rage accused himself for having
ventureG into this frightful situation, for
he felt himself rapidly gliding down
fatal slope, where it would be impossi-
! BILE FOR him to stop.
What added to his secret agony was
that he must necessarily send off couriers,
receive reports, talk with his conhdants,
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 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
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 of crackers, aud 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 Il torrent over the city.
The review was arranged for seven
o'clock a. m, so that the troops might
be spared the great heat of the day
They We're massed on the Pase de Buca-
relli and the road connecting that prone
made with the Alameda.
We have already stated that the Next
can army, 10000 strong, has 2,40O eli
GERS. Hence, in the enormous crowd as
sembled to witness the review uniforms
were in a 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 quarter to s o'clock the drums
beat the troops presented arms, deaf
ening Ilout was raised by the crowd and
the President of the Republic arrived,
followed by large staff, glistening with
gold and lace, and with cloud of feath-
Al \
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 manGuvers, for it 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 paleos de sol in the cir
Gus, that is to say, the parts exposed to
the sun, were thronged with. soldiers,
grouped peli-mell with the lcperos, and
offering the most pleasant contrast with
these ragged scamps, who were yelling
and whistling.
The President arrived, and the circus
was in 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 filed with countless num-
bers of lcperos. who ate with cries of
ferociors delight.
Suddenly. at 8 given signal the gate
OF the torril was opened and bull
rushed into the arena. Then began an
extraordinarily indescribable scene. resem-
bling one of those diabolical meetings so
admirably designed by Cabot.
The lepercs, 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-
lbollado, who, also excited by the turmoil,
hunted them vigorously. In a second the
arena was deserted, the refreshment
rooms swept clean. and the performers in
the jamaica sought any shelter they could