Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-21

Np'IiNfIH- tI EtlNiPfS. all OlS'
| mounted cavalry or gunners, a few
! AishevcIcd oli"'r' had accompanied
! DE sylvia in hi, flight with reckless
! bravery he and Russo haG tried to
rally the troops camped at headquar-
/ tiers. 1t was hopeless effort Half
/ breeds can never produce military
caste. They may fight valiantly in
! the Lire OF battle-thcy will not face
the unknown. the terrible the harpics
that come at night, borne on the hur-
rlcnnc wings of panic. Unhappily
Dc sylvia aud his bodyerard were the
messengers of their own disaster. Tho b..
coyvardly genius at pcsqucira had
planned n surprise. He would not lead
It. of course. but in Dom Miguel Bar
raca he found an eager substitute. II
was a coup of the Napoleonic order.
An infantry attack along the nVrs
front of the Iiberationist position
cloaked the launching against the CEN
ter OF formidable body OF cavalry.
The project was to thrust this lance
into the rebel position, probe 1t thor
oushly, as n surgeon explores gum
shot wound, and extract the offender
In the ctisc of Dom Corria
The scheme had proved eminenly
successful. The I.lberationlsts Ocro
crumped up, and here was Dom Cor
ria making his last stand.
He deserved better luck, for he was
magnificent In failure. Calm as ever,
he tried to be shot or captured when
the reserves in camp failed him. Rus
so and the rest dragged him onward
b.c main force.
They want me only" he urged,
"NIv oeatn will end a useless struggle
shaK die n little later, when MANY
moro Of my friends are killed. VIII,
not die row?'
They would not listen.
at is night" they cried. THE en-
emv's horses are spent. A determined
stand may give US another chance"
But 1t was foylorn hope. AS san
Eenavtdes lurcGed into the patto the
horses of the nrSt pursuing detach'
ment scanned W the slope between
, the house and ehcampmcnt.
Carmela, all her fire gone, the paild
ghost of the vengeful woman who
would have sh3ttere her lovers skull
: were the revolver loaded. was the first
to see him She actually crouched IL
terror. Her tongue was parched. Il
she uttered some low cry Do-e heard
= her,
Dom Corrta, striving to dispose his
meaCer garrison as best he could, ll"t
his trusted lieutenant. His face 1t
. with joy.
"Ah. my poor Salvador he cried.
81 thought we had lost sou at The
ford
NO" said San Benavides. ~ ran
= away
: Even in his dire extremity De sylvia
Z smiled
Would that Others had run like you
l. my Salvador" he said. Then We
should have been in pcrnambuco to.
morrow
The Brazilian looked around. His
eye dwet heedlcssly on the covering
= Carmela. He was searching for IRIS
{ who had been compelled by Coke and
Bulmer and her uncle to take shelter
behind the score OF sailors who stu
= remained at Las Flores.
l. 1T is trus ne, ertheless.' he said Ia
conically Il Ecew the gamo vas lost
so came here To try 10 save a lady"
"Ah--our Carmela? yCu thought Of
her."
NO"
Then the spell passed from Carn1o'a,
she literally threw herself on hsr
lover.
Yes. it is true she shrieled. 10
came 20 save me, but | preferred to
die herewith you. father. and with
him
Dom Corria did not understand these
fireworks hvt he had no time for
thoueht BulctS were crashing through
the closed venetiurs Light they must
have or tho defense would become an
Orgy of self destruction, yet light WAS
their most dangerous foe when mon
were shooting from the somJer depths
OF the trees.
The assailarts were steadily closing
around the house. Their rifles covered
every door and window Each minute
brought up fresh bands in tens uuI
tvcutes. At last Barraca himself ar
rived. Some members of his STAFF
made a hasty survey Of the situation.
There were some $50 men available.
and in all probability DoA Corria conll
MT muster one-siIth Of that number.
1t was crisis that called for vicor.
rle cavalry lance WAS twenty miles
he '-ar. It's base, ana there was no know
FL ing what accident might reunite the
ID scattered Iihe"atiunists. One column
ed at least Of the NationalistS had failed
NJ to keep it's rendezvous or this last DIES.
re perate stand at La FLORES would have