Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-10-24
be had been secretly fostering and he


ing his duty. as it was the duty of all
good men to support the existing gov
eminent. Mexico was in II transition
state. and her more influential citizens
must do what they could to prevent
anarchy.
In stating the causes for this change
to his wife Manuel Cusio added: En-
rique always decides right. For me, l
cannot go with the Maderists. can
not take that comprehensive view of
the situation that Enrique is capable
of taking am too narrow. cannot
see the good of the people rs Enrique
sees it."
Pepita said nothing. She was think
ing that Enrique was now man of
influence in the dominant party. and
If II became his interest to sacrifice
her husband he had the power to do
so. Not that she foresaw any such sac
riticc Indeed, she realized only the
desire of Coral's younger days to pos
sess his friends wife, and doubtless
that had died out long ago.
One day IL body of troopers rode into
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tonished. he asked by what authority
they acted, but the officer In command
only shrugged his shoulders and said
that the arrest was by order Of the
government Peplta saw her husband
taken away from her with sinking
heart
"Do not worry, sweetheart" he said
ptp Tnrol vrhn
will surely have the power to beat OFF
this enemy. whoever he may be, who
hns doubtless taken this means Of be
ing revenged upon me for some fan
clcd injury"
She did not care to discourage him.
but she failed TO share his confidence
In his friend. If Enrique could help
him without too much sacrifice to him
self she believed he would do so. But
Enrique was not the president. nor the
vice president. nor a general, nor one
Of the cabinet when her husband had
passed out Of sight she turned away
and gave vent to her fears.
The next day the blow fell. A mes
senger came from Enrique Coral to say
lIul hCI anu lilo hhh
been shot the night before while try
Ing to escape from his guards. Coral
had applied to the president for Man
uel's release, and the application had
been granted. He was going himself
to the Jail with the order when he
heard the sad news. He begged Pepi-
Ia If there was any way by which he
lfnbtnt, ha amiotfnVa 20 lnt him
know
The young widow did not leave the
hacienda after her husbands murder
Coral came occasionally to see her
She received him with neither cordi-
allty nor GOODNESS. What she felt to-
ward him he was unable to divine;
what she showed was not different
from her bearing toward him when her
husband lived.
During the lncumbency of Madero
Coral venturcd TO show to Pepita that
the love he had borne her still lived
He met with simple turning away.
He was u man who did not consider
anything impossible. lie spoke his love
and asked the widow to be his wife
He met with a refusal, as he had ex-
pected, but believed that he would at
last succeed.
Not long before the revolution that
deposed Madero Sonora Cusio left her
hacienda to make several visits to the
City of Mexico What she was doing
there no one knew. Indeed, some Of
her visits were made secretly. and no
ona xVhO knny har Vaa q wara of hpr
presence there. She met several gov
eminent officials ana gained access (by
bribery to certain documents Among
others there was letter from one In
authority to military officer, stating
that, on the Information OF Enrique
Coral, Manuel Cusio was known to be
plotting against the government. The
officer was ordered to arrest the said
Cuslo and confine him In the City
prison.
When Enrique Coral called again on
his old love he was received In man
ner that seemed to warrant another
proposal He asked her to reconsider
her former decision, and she consented
But he was to have no lovers priv
itbtHB NV NNNi u hipog AAii AhO
ton that had been started to depOse
Madero had come to head.
Coral was bound to Madero In inter
est and had nothing to hope from the
other side. He therefore stuck to his
chief and, after the latter's fall, insti-
gated by his fancee, began to plot for
the downfall Of the Huerta govern
ment. This plotting was undertaken
in the provinces, Coral keeping away
from the capital One day he received
n letter from Sonora Cusio saying that
she was In the city and II he would
come there she would marry him.
II was Il risky step for him to take,
but love trlumphed. He arrived on the
Iy entered the CITY before he was ar