The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-13
THE NEWS SHORT STORY

the Madero government. Uis g.,
Cusio was surprised at this bur Coro,
convinced him that he was simn,r -
ing his duty, ms It was the duty ~ on
good men To support the existing con
eminent. Mexico was i'm n trans,tia.
state, and her more influential cl,,,aaa
must do what they could TO prevon,
anarchy.
In stating the causes for this chance
to his wife Manuel Cuslo added. o.
rique always decides right. For mo
cannot go with the Maderists. cac
not take that comprehensive view a,
the situation that Enrique is canoh,o
or taking. | am too narrow. | conno,
see the good of the people as Enrioua
sees it,"
Pepita said nothing. She was think.
ing that Enrique was now man q,
influence In the dominant party and
If IL became his interest 10 sacrifice
her husband he had the power 10 40
so. Not that she foresaw any such sac
rifice Indeed, she realized only tho
desire OF Coral's younger days 10 DOS.
sess his friends wife, and doubtless
that had died out long ago.
One day body of troopers rode into
Cusio's hacienda and arrested him. As.
tonished, he asked by what authority
they acted, but the officer in command
only shrugged his shoulders and said
lnf h. h.
government. Pepita saw her husband
taken away from her with sinking
heart.
"Do not worry, sweetheart" he said.
81 shall notify Enrique Coral. who
will surely have the power to beat of
this enemy, whoever he may be. who
has doubtless taken this means Of be-
ing revenged upon me for some fan
cied injury"
She did not care TO discourage him.
but she failed To share his confidence
i'm 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
that her husband and his friend had
been shot the night before while try
ing to escape from his guards. Coral
had applied to the president for Man
uers 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
could tighten her afiliction TO let 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-
ality nor coldness. 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 incumbency of Madero
Coral ventured to show to Pepita that
the love he had borne her still lived.
He met with simple turning away.
He was n man who did not consider
anything impossible. He spoke his love
and asked the widow to be his wife.
He met with q 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 or
her visits were made secretly, and no
one who knew her was aware of her
presence there. She met several gov
eminent officials and gained access (by
bribery tn certain documents Among
others there was letter from one IN
authority TO a military officer, stating
that, on the information OF Enrique
Coral. Manuel Cusio was known to De
plotting against the government. Ine
officer was ordered to arrest the salu
Cusio and contine him in the city
prison.
When Enrique Coral called again on
his old love he was received in a man
ner that seemed to warrant another
proposal. He asked her to RECONSIDER
her former decision, and she conseilteu'
But he was to have no lovers PRIV
ileges. not even n kiss. till the reVoiu'
ton that had been started 10 deposo
Madero had come to a head.
Coral was bound TO Madero In INFER
est and had nothing to hope from VIC
other side. He therefore stuck 10 MS
chief and. after the latter's fall, inSu-
gated by his fancee. began TO plot io'
the downfall of the Huerta govern
ment. This plotting was undertaken
in the provinces, Coral keeping away
from the capital. One day he rccelVeu
n letter from Sonora Cusio saying 'has
she was in the city and If he Wou"
come there she would marry him.
1t was n risky step for him to take
but love triumphed. He arrived Oh 'u'
day set for the nuptials and had scarce
~ entered the city before he was III
rested by order Of the Huerta govern
ment and lodged i'm Jail. Soon a',el
his arrest he was visited by his prluo
elect. She had with her documents
proving conclusively that 1t was throus"
him that her husband had been arrest
cd and murdered under the MeNl,'"