Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-10-27
The Woman at
the BOttOmaOf It
= By GEO. II. TAYLOR =
Continued From Last Week.

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fications, and his handsome face and |
his physical build and bearing were
all that the soldierly and mental quail
ihcations of his high position called
for. The woman and he made a
splendid looking pair under the bril-
liant lights OF the drawing room.
Madeline Sanford was the only
child of Colonel Sanford, fair OF form
and full OF sentiment OF the whole
some and lofty, not the sickly sort.
She was well along in womanhood
and might have been suspected OF
casting about for beau on occasions
like this, but for the fact that she had
received quite noticeable attentions
from Lieutenant Castro for some time
past.
Captain Nogales was a kinsman OF
General Weyler and had been his
Aide-de- Champ up to the time OF the
Generals recent recall to Spain. 1t
was given out that he was shortly to
follow that worthy, and this social
junction was being given in his honor
previous to his departure. He was
m all soldierly respects a good sec
1nd to Lieutenant Castro.
The successor of General Weyler.
.he new Commando, General Blanco,
was also an honorcd guest of the eve
ming. afor Colonel Sanford was one
who could see the wisdom always OF
welcoming the coming as well as
speeding the parting guest.
The function was not running alto
Eether smoothly. This was not, how
ever, owing to the fact that it Is not
Easy to make merry at court in land
through which rebellion, famine and
| disease is rampant. General Blanco
| Al Ca,,a1 tar, tiaf.,- 1af
tonight, and this it was that put the
lat in the fire However, this was
only an under current. Upon the
| surface, as was proper among we'll
| lred people, the function went
through to the end with a charmingly
| 1ypocritical smoothness.
| PART IL.
Eve" Camel sat in the drawing
| room of Hotel Ingleterre, in the C::y
/ of Havana, waiting the coming OF
somebody with evident uneasiness.
| The mother of the race could never
1ave enjoyed leading anybody into
| mischief so much as this woman did.
/ And there was mischief brewing now.
| She had made an engagement with
| lieut.. Castro OF the Electrical Engi-
| leers. and was perturbed lest some
| hing should prevent him from keep
/ lllH IL Iul llG NsilA4N III NAN hAAiAN' anu
| lrawing him aside into the shelter OF
/ cluster OF the broad leafed exoitics
| hat adorned the spacious room, she
| .ntered into a subdued but animated
| conversation.
| Il leave Havana tonight for Gal
| seston," she said; Il have something
| 0 impart to you before / go. When
ve met at the eX-Consuls reception
| you asked me some questions which
evaded. am prepared to answer
| them now"
Without pausing for the young
| Lieutenant - assent the woman rapid
| y, but in a still more subdued tone,
| vent on with a recital that certainly
| Ield her hearers close attention.
Then she paused as abruptly, and
miled significantly.
| Well" said the handsome Lieuten-
mt OF Engineers. drawing himself up
| 10 his full height, II don't see that
| -hese answers help me any more than
| those you gave me that evening. But
| I must confess you have happy fac
| llty for finding out other peoples
| business. And why, tell me, have the
nswers to these questions seemed
II more Importance TO me now than
;hey were at the time | asked them?"
They were important then as they
| ire now, only | was not disposed to
answer them uncquivocally last week
| It "Vinekraal." ListenI' And she
continued:
The Commando has gone back TO
| spain greatly chagrined at his recall,
nut undaunted in his ambitions. He
| is to ge elected to the Cortes by his
| lis policy here. He will influence
egislation in regard to Cuba, will be
-einstated and come back as the i'm
| perial dictator of the Island. With
III that you may be very little CON
| ,erned, except as we are all concern
I'd about living under the rule of a
heartless tyrant with vaulting ambi-
| ton. But you are concerned with
little side game he is playing. OF
which the reception to his nephew
that we attended was a part. The ex-
Consul is the owner OF several thou
hands OF acres of plantation lands,
which are worthless so long as the
revolution continues. Secretly the ex-
Consul cannot but wish that the
Americans would interfere and bring
the island under American control
He is Cuban but in name. Only his
daughter is one by birth. But when
man dare not be an American he
had better be well under the patron
age of the imperials. 1t is especially
wise to have the Comamndos for
friends So he gives receptions at
their suggestion and invites whom the
Commands will. And our late Com
mando wills to have his nephew the
heir to the ex-Consul's estates. Do
you see? Senor Sanford could not
well have ignored you in his invita-
tions, but he could greatly wish that
you had declined. You were given a
commission to execute at Santiago
about that time, weren't you? But
you hurried your work and got back