St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-02-25

WM n VIZ coast town of Cibolo.
WMaS4W mat he had reached
WA" thus far in fight from
w the inconvenience of
and ~ an imminent revolution,
.os. eHae a quarter of a million pesos,
w,.h ent funds. which he carried
,,so nim In an American leather va
as 90 as a souvenir of his tempestuous
found. 7i "i'et :" aiu
real, muchacho will show
.oo Ills grave. 1t is back of the town.
near little bridge that spans a man.
.. swamp. A plain slab of undressed
pine stands at its head.
some one has burned upon the head
p,ecs' with a hot iron, this Inscription:
o@aMoN ANGEL DE LAS CRUZES
Y MIRAFLORES,
FhESlDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA
DE ANCHURIA.
QUE SEA SU JUEZ, dos.
AN Old half-breed Indian tends this
grave with fidelity, and the dawdlins
mlnuteness of inherited sloth.
10 the guests, the people of Cibolo
VIII relate the story of the tragic
oeatn OF their old president; how he
stroVe to fly with the public funds and
Iona Julia Gordon, the young Amer
lean opera singer, and how, before ap-
pretended by members of the reyolu.
uonary party in this coast town, he
snot himself through the head rather
IMAM give up the funds, and, as fol-
lows, the Senorita Gordon. They will
relate, further, that Dona Julia, her ad-
venturous bark of fortune shoaled by
the simultaneous loss Of her distin-
gu1shed admirer and the souvenir quar-
ter million, dropped anchor on the
stagnant coast, awaiting a rising tide
The tide was ready, in the form of
q wealthy American resident-a ba-
mana king, rubber prince, a sarsapa.
rilla, indigo and mahogany baron. The
senorita married this American one
month after the Inflated President was
buried with military dishonors, and
while the ''Vivas" of the new admins
tration were saluting Liberty and pros
pective spoils.
1t would seem that the story Is end
ed; but to the more curious reader it
shall be some slight instruction to
learn why the old Indian, Balvez, is Sc
cretly paid to keep green the grave of
President Mirafores. Also, why Don
Emilio Villanueva, minister Of finance
during the Mirafores administration,
should, after dining at Mackenzie's
house during short visit to the coast,
make the following remark to friend:
"Ff-f-f-t! I say 1t to you. Twenty
times, in the capital, have taken wine
in the company of Dona Julia Gordon.
As many times I have heard her sing
like the ruisenor that she was. Por Ell
cuerpo de Cristo this Nine. Mackenzie
-aunque una Sonora muy agrandable
lis no more Dona Julia Gordon than l,
myself, am. Fguraselo!"
The threads Of the events reach far,
stretching across the sea. Following
them out, it will also be made clear
why Shorty Flynn Of the Columbia
detective bureau. New York, lost his
job. Also why DR.. Angel, middle
aged, dark-featured poseur of the bou-
levards of Paris, smokes two-franc
cigars.
Cibolo lay In it's usual stupor. The
Caribbean swished upon the sand
beach, the parrots screamed in the
range and ceiba trees, the palms were
waving their timber fronds foolishly,
like an awkward chorus at the prtma
donnas cue to enter.
5& Suddenly the town was full OF ex-
element. A boy dashed down the
grass-grown street, shrieking: "Busca
ell Sonora Mackenzie. Un TELEGRAPH
nor ell" The words spread swiftly.
The commandante, who was loyal to
the ms, and suspected Mackenzie's de-
yotion to the outs, Kissed: "Aha!" and
wrote in his secret memorandum book:
"Junio ell 10-Vino un TELEGRAPH por
Senior NJ"
The dispatch was from Bob Engel-
hardt, "Gringo" in the capital city,
an ice manufacturer, sworn revolu-
ZIONIST, and good people" The willy
Rob seemed to have circumvented sue
cessfully the impossibflity of sending
n confidential message In either Span
ish or English. The result was the
following literary gem:
..r4,s nibs skedaddled yesterday per Jack
~ahhit line with all the spondultcks
&, the not, and the bunch of calico he's
rnoons on. She's peach, easy Our
crowd in good shape, but the poodle Is
six figures short. We must have the
s-ao the main guy scooped. You collar
a. He's headed for the briny. You know
This remarkable screed conveyed
the information to Mackenzie that the
president had decamped for the coast
With the public money, accompanied
nv the opera singer, Julia Gordon, his
1nfatuation for whom was the gossip
of the republic.
Mackenzie pocketed his message
.nd went to talk it over with his friend
and co-conspirator, DR.. Zavalla, a ma
I've nolitician of much ingenuity. Mac
renzie had taken up political intrigue
40 q matter of business. HIS support
uaa considered so far useful to the
party that. If the wheel
.ono,vad he stood to win 2o-year
eaoassion of 10000 manzanas OF the
Ssast timber land along the coast
Dc reference to the "jack rabbit
una, in Bob's message, 1t was unoer'
I.aod that the head of the government
- .war and Julia had taken the
M, hock route to the coast. indeed
NUE. 80 route was there. A weeks
NO :. uas-oyer fearful mountains
UP :. creams: a jiggety-ioggety jour,
ney; hot and ice-coid' anu "' AN
'fs A. coralio was harbor, and strict
AT o and clearing regulations.