The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12


He hoped all was well with her,
though he was dubious. The Span
iards would not kill q woman, even IL
she was captured. Miss Dodge was
too beautiful for, that. q
About six o'clock on the afternoon
of May 80 Miss Dodge walked into
Col. Cheney's office As blithe and
fresh as lark.
Good evening, Col. Cheney.
Where's my draft for $2,50O?"
well, I am glad to see you back.
And the draft is yours as soon as the
information 1 asked for is in my pos
session. But whether you have the
information or not, am glad you are
alive, and we'll"
II told you, Colonel, the woman
would not fail. And say, Colonel, I've
had the time of my life The Spanish
officers are the easiest things l have
ever seen. Why, look at this!" She
handed him a picture of a distin-
guished looking Spanish officer. Turn
ing it, over, he read: ''To my guerrilla
amigo Senorita Teresa Ramirez. Ra-
mon Blanco, Captain Generate"
well, by all that's great! How did
you do it,"
Then she told the story. She land.
ed, as was told by the naval officer,
west of Havana. Cautiously she made
her way to the city. Arriving there
about daylight she had her breakfast
in a small cafe and then went boldly
out to store and bought sufficient
clothing to make good appearance
Then she went to the Ingleterra hotel,
and was soon at home Her black
eyes and naive manner did the rest
Before night she had dozen Spanish
officers dancing attendance upon her.
| A day or so later there was a ball at
| the palace. Senorita Ramirez went
and was introduced to Captain Gener-
| al Blanco, and he was as easy as the
rest. From now on her task was a
sinecure. She drove all over the city,
walked through the forts and with a
camera neatly concealed in her skirts
she took views of all the new works.
The road from Batabano was not
being fortified, because the Ameri.
cans were not expected that way
However, towards Matanzas there
were earthworks being erected and re-
sistance would be met there. From
the west and SOUTH however, the
American advance could be made. 1T
would be policy" said Miss Dodge, etc
make feint from Matanzas, to occu
py the Spaniards who expected then
that way, and have good sized forces
approach from the west and south"
Cheeny was astonished at the mil
itary knowledge of this young lady
She was even planning the cam
paign.
Eyes, but. Miss Dodge, how did yor
get away after securing all this in
formation?"
THAT was where the fun came in
Colonel. The day after 1 reached 7a
vana l began to look for Cuban sym
pathizers. There were plenty Of
them there, but they were keeping
mighty dark. Every day or so a mum
Der of them were apprehended ant
shot down by Spanish troops. 1t was
awful, Colonel Miss Dodge shud
dered and paused for a minute
'One of the walters in the hote
was sympathizer. I found it ou
and cautiously let him know who
was. He was game to the core, ant
was good assistance to me. After
had all the information thought nee
essary | began to plan my get away,
as l believe it "fsralled. There wa:
one young Span4sh officer named Ed
uardo Beltran who fairly haunted m,
footsteps He was very 1nsistent ant
made the most violent love I eve
saw. The American fleet was outside
the harbor mouth bloekading the city
and I knew must reach the ships il
order to get away One day at lunch
con l arranged with Jose, my wattel
friend, to be on the wharf about nine
O'Clock that night. He was to hav.
another man with him. I would wall
down there with Beltran and whe1
the time was ripe they were to bint
and gag Beltran and then row me on
to the fleet. 1t worked beautifully
Beltran came, as usual and was az
sweet as could be. I proposed the
walk and he accepted. The town was