Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-06-15


was retired dictator. not yet entered
into that permanent rest which the
cemetery affords to most Spanish.
American patriots ut or before the
end of their official careers His hest
cncr-ies were now cngroSSed in ere
mating malodorous Ci arroS and in ir-
ri-atinT certain arid tracts of his in
terror with agUard.elte. Mamma ID Is
ties does not count i'll this story save
as the parent of seven sons and one
daughter enumerated below.
There We're Bro,her Alfonso, who
was destined for the pre-. iIcncy, and
Brother Juan, for the gcacralShip of
the army, and Brother Leon. for the
archbiShopric. and so on through the
list to little Brother CriSt)fcro, who
was to ill some Older brothers place
should any EJECT foreign minister
ship instead of service mt home. But
the flower and darling of the house
hold was Sister ESmcrelda She was
to wed the highest official in the re
public outside her own family unless
indeed some foreign potcn,ate should
seek her hand.
Two Sallants Wooed the rose of the
u LStcS' BOTH OF the thiiomba ariS-
toCraCy and both of The stat from
Which dlttAtorS nnl p cSi.clt5 are
hlade-Sehor taballero an Senor Loeb
llNar. VI th'Se TO l. .4.cIelda an-
pcarcl TO favor the latter. to his rivals
great discontinue
he, SjtI,Dfitn 4 'nI ,.,,nI
lrCt, he might pistol or knife his enc
my returning some peasant night from
ScfehadlnG ms lnam"rAia. But he
knew tlat suSllclrn Would at once be
tlrectei toward HIN an his chances
of winning ESmerelGa forever destroy
cd. lie h.i-ht chai.cn e his foe to II
duel, but lochnvar WAS Il better shot
imam he. Decidedly tAln%S could not
be worse. What was the remedy?
Like hominS pi-eon, he turned TO the
refuge or his ra'r-a revolution.
'aballero sat himself down to think.
Il thing he did only on $lI, ill octa-
SlolS. lie hAeS OF revolutionary
cleavage must he such lA.t he and
Papa DE%tes should find themselves
on one side and Lochinvar on the
other. 1he smoke of his cigarro fur
hlNhcd II. pl:ation.
Only t." kinds of tohacC" are smok-
Ell III thlIombia BogOta and La P1Z.
CabalIero and Papa D'ESte' We're of
the creAlat"rs of Bogota. while Loeb
invar cl!Ve to those who ca.cincd Lii
faz There was GO per cent duty on
EoEota, only 40 on La laZ. Here WAS
revolutionary finder with a vengeance
Caballero quietly kindlel the flame.
Soon the populnce were boiling like IL
SuperheAted chocolate pot. The hot
blood or the descendants of the IncAS
must be let.
Then came the explosion. There
were bells. bullets. bayonctS. brickbats
and bluff al libitum. BY day they
slew one another at the barricades: by
night they fratcrnized in the cafes over
brimming tlagons of aGuardiente \
delicate mutual courtesy prevented any
smoking.
The adherents of Bogota won Loeb
invar fled to the mountains to remain
in retirement until the next revolution
III IL ltNtT VI plIflOtlc excitement the
duty on Bogota was abolished and the
importation of La Taz utterly forbid
den. Behold at last n Just and stable
government. lnere would never be
any more revolutions. Everybody was
putting Bocota. In paz was synony.
nous with high treason. But they still
irrigated with aguardiente: nothing
could prevent that.
CabaIlero's comet was ot its zenitb
The dictatorship Law within his prosp
He called Papa D'EStes into consulta
ton and formally requested the hand
OF Scnorita EsmereIdn. He promised
his future brothers-in-law the highest
positions In the Chilombian state.
His daughter the wife of the dicta
tor, His sons leading members of the
government, Popa D'Estes' feelings
overcame him. The seven youpp hloods
of his house raked their sombreros n
tritle lower than ever, Rut Esmerelda
remained tearfullv true TO her absent
lover and. despite parental urging
steadfastly repelled the advances OF
Caballero.
Meanwhile Lochinyar wns wasting
no time lie pawned an ancestral gold
mine and purchased 100 600 La Paz
cigarros and 10000 TASKS OF oruordi-
ente. These were brought over the
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