Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-07
A Revolution In Chilombia.
 By GEORGE BENNETT. l,
By GEORGE KENNETT
Copyright, 1907, by r. C. Enstmcnt

The D'Estes family was of the haughiast in Chilomba. Papa D'EstcS was a retired dictator not yet entered into that permanent rest which the cemetery affords to most spanish American patriots at or before the end of their official careers. His best energies were now cngrossed ill ere mating malodorous cigarros and in ir- rigating certain arid tracts of his in terior with aguardiente. Mamma D, Es= tes does not count in this story save as the parent of seven sons and 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 archbishopric, and so on through the list to little Brother Cristofcro, who was to fill some older brothers place should any elect foreign minister ship instead of service at home. But the flower and 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'Estcs. both of the Chilombia ars tocracy and both of the staff from which uictators and presidents are made-Senor Caballcro and Senor Loch invar. Of these two Esmerelda ap peared to favor the latter, to his rivals great discontinue.
 The situation irked Caballero's soul. True. he might pistol or knife his enc my returning some pleasant night from serenading his inamorata. But he knew that suspicion would at once be directed toward him and his chances of winning Esmerelda forever destroy ed. He might challenge his foe to q 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 other. The smoke of his cigarro fur nished inspiration.
 Only two kinds of tobacco are smok- ed In Chilombia- and La Paz. Caballero and Papa D'Estes were of the cremators of Bogota, while Loch. Sx,,, alnx %f> yko loi I 1 Paz There was 60 per cent duty on Bogota, only 40 on La PaZ. Here was revolutionary finder with a vengeance.
 Caballero quietly kindled the flame. Soon the populace were boiling like a superheated chocolate pot. The hot blood of the descendants of the lncas must be let.
 Then came the explosion. There were bells, bullets. bayonets, brickbats and bluff ad libitum. By day they slew one another at the barricades; by night they fraternized in the cafes over brimming hagons of aguardiente. A delicate 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 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 Paz was synOny- nous with high treason. But they still irrigated with aguardiente; nothing could prevent that.
 ~ Caballero's comet was at it's zenith. The dictatorship lay within his grasp. He called Papa D'Estes into consulta- ton and formally requested the hand of Senorita Esmerelda. He promised his future brothers -in-law the highest positions in the Chilomblan state.
 His daughter the wife of the dlcta- tor! Ills sons leading members of the overcame him. The seven young bloods of his house raked their sombreros q trihe lower than ever. But Esmerelda remained tearfully true to her absent lover and, despite parental urging, steadfsstly repelled the advances of Caballero.
 Meanwhile Lochinvar was wasting no time. He pawned an ancestral gold mine and purchased 100000 La Paz ciearros and 10000 dasks of aguardi- ente. These were brought over the passes on llamas and cached in con- venient cave.
 A month passed. and still Esmerelda held out against Caballero. Popular enthusiasm for the new government had begun to cool.
 One day messenger brought note to Papa D'Estes He read 1t, frown ing, but returned reply. That nigh long black coffer was smuggled into the rear entrance of his mansion. 4 score of similar boxes had been secret ly conveyed to the abodes of othe prominent families.
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