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

Fritz. But the whole eight wero cy
soldiers. and one man Mt arms trn,nr
on tho European model is worth to
Of the Brazilian product The remain
Ing twenty were hillmen. good rider.
excellent shots and acquainted wit
every yard Of the wild country With
radius Of hundred miles. The
would fght anybody If we'll led. an
here 1t may be observed that whe
Philip called on them to storm Il,
ballroom he said Come ont" betwee,
which curt command and it's congene,
Go on!' these half breed warrior
drew II fine distinction. The lanruap
difficulty was surmounted partly b.
AN interpreter In the person Of one o
the Germans, who spoke English an,
had lived in Bahia, partly by sign
and largely by Philips methods AS
leader.
He never asked his men to do any
thing that he did not do himself anC
they We're never dubious as to his tao
tics, since he invariably closed will
any Nationalist detachment met dur
Ing the days operations.
About midday, then. they came upon
the advance guard Of q column sent
Off Il week earlier by the expert at
PesIueira with instructions to arrive
at Las Flores before sunset that very
day Instantly the twenty nine charg-
ed. With equal celebrity the advance
guard bolted. From the crest OF n
rocky pass Philip looked down on a
column Of fully thousand men. The
situation was critical IT called for
prompt handling. Five men held the
horses, twentythree spread themselves
among the rocks, Philip unslung his
carhine, and twenty-four rifles INDUCED
In long range practice on q narrow
mountain path crowded with men and
animals
Nothing more was needed. 1t has
been noted already that the Braziians
dis'iked long range shooting. There
WAS stampede The scouts occupied
the ridge until shutdown and were re-
turning leisurcly to report the pres
ence Of the column when they fell In
with the first batch Of fugitives from
the valley. Forthwith Philip became
n general and each scout an officer
They reasoned and whncked the run
awavs into obedience. picked no quite
a number of men who were willing
enough to fight if told what was ex.
poctcd of them, and the rest was a
matter Of simple strategy such as
Macaulay's schoolboy would exhibit In
the escnlade CT a snow fort. But IT
was near thing Five minutes later
and Hozier might have seized the pres
idency himself
And now as to the night and the
next day.
Russo and his diminished staff took
I'll had duly elected Dom Corria. as
provided by the statute. and the news
spread like wildfire. Before morning
the Liberatlouisls were 10000 strong.
Before night closed The roads again
the Pesqueru genius wrote to Dom
ed out that he served the president,
not any crank who said he was presi-
dent but the honored Individual In
whom the people of Brazil placed their
trust. Dom Corria replied in felicitous
terms. and, as the newspapers say. the
awhile. because it held TINT Russos
treatment Of the Andorhina was not
,ricket or baseball or whatsoever game
appeals most to the Brazilian sports
man. 1t was not even professional
football. u said. but an acrimonious
discussion was closed by strong hint
from the treasury that pay day might
be postponed Indefinitely II too much
were made of a regrettable accident to
he guns Of the MaceiO artillery.
Meanwhile Dom Corria, the man who
lid not forget, was puzzled by two cir
sun Renavides, never a demoustrative
over where Carmela was concerned.
was changed man. He was severely
wounded during rhe fight. aud Carmela
lursed him aSSiduOusiy. but there
'ould be no doubt that he was under
fN' eihAiD NouIt IcllIulu tucTt.
The indications We're subtle. but un-
Carmela even announced
he date of their marriage.
Dom Corria remembered, of course,
What San Benavides and his daughter
lad said when they all met in the ball.
DOM. 1t seemed to him that Salvador
vas telIfng the truth and that Carmela |
wa NhhfnO that 4,
ct well enough alone. 1t was good fol
salvador that he should obey Carnela. !
lie blessed them and remarked that O |
e"lly smart wedding would be lust |
he thing to inaugurate the new reign
[ Rio de ,Ianeiro
He was far more perplexed by the
Aumely wrath Of philip Hozer. He
bought of il for ar least five minutes
ext morning. Then he sought Dickey
who had just quilted Coke's
cdrDorl and was examining the rare
hruhs that bordercd the lawn.
What news of that brave man."
sked Dom Corria, and dis deep voice
DRAFTED with real feeling.
First rate. sir" said Dickcy THE
ullet is extracted, an the doctor SAYS
I'll soon be all right. Leastways
bats wot Iris tells me. can't talk
'ortuguese lneself. an pore old jim
hes langwidge amt fit to be repeat
d."
The president laughed
lie Is what you call a bundle OF
ontradictions, cha rough fellow with
ne heart OF bun But he saved nv
fe. and that naturally counts for
coI Taai uith ,,a Ard l,,,- 4; 1850,