Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-02-18

hand. and she struck Cesnola a blind
ing blow across the face. From the
sheer shock he went down as though
| hit by an AK. But he sprang to his
| feet on the instant, his face livid with
| rage. his hand upon long hunting
knife.
In another second Holton would
have been at the girls side; but be-
| fore he could move. half-dozen re-
volvers flashed in the hands of Gu
! ban officers, and the deep voice OF
the elderly captain broke the still
ness.
Stop, Senior Cesnola. Remember
who you are-and remember 1t well.
We have listened to you. and now we
| will listen to the beautiful and spir-
tied senorita"
Miss La Tossa smiled radiantly.
Thank you" she replied. Il have
no burst Of eloquence to give you,
men OF Cuba. l say merely that you
have been badly advised, misled, by
those whose interest II is to mislead
you. And. further. do nothing more
than this
She flashed aloft President McKin.
| Il
the Cuban captain, who read IL and
then In silence passed II around the
circle. At length. as 1t was about to
go into Cesnola's hands, Miss La
Tossa intercepted the paper and eI.
tended II to an officer whom she knew
Il do not wish this to pass into that
mans hands," she said. will you
read 1t to him, major?"
The officer complied, and then re-
turned the dispatch to the girl with
! bow.
Gentlemen" cried the young WON
an, can you ask more than that?"
A cheer-not a general cheer-but
still fairly satisfactory in its strength,
greeted her words. AS It died out
Cesnola stood forth, raising his hand.
He regarded the girl Indignantly.
Let us know one thing" he snarled.
Where did you get that message?
Are you"
Miss La Tossa stamped her foot
"Silence!" she cried. ITO you /
shall not speak another word. If any
gentleman"-she emphasized the term
IF any true Cuban"-this word she
also wishes to question
me. will gladly respond"
Well" replied an officer, I'VE ask
you, then, to answer the statement
just made by Senior Cesnola."
1t is easily answered." she returned
quickly. 81 am not in General Sraft-
er's confidence. He does not give to
me his private messages"
And you received this, then"
queried the officer.
From an officer who possesses the
confidence OF General Shafter not
only. but of President Mckinley"
He is a Cuban ofHcer?" suggested
the questioner.
He"
"Ah!" Cesnola sprang forward.
ALLOW me to tell you who he Is"
Then, without needing the girls re-
monstrating voice. he ran on like a
wild man:
He is an American naval officer
who has been spying among US
throughout this campaign and before.
You know | was in Washington and
in Tampa before the Americans de-
clared war, and you know much that
saw and heard there has proved of
value to US.
Il declare to you that this man
Holton was sent among us to disor-
ganize us. and to prevent any effort
on our part to throw off the American
yoke once We saw 1t settling upon our
necks. He was in Garcias camp two
days before the Americans landed.
| and he was there in the guise Of
writer for an English newspaper II
he had not designs against us, why
did he not appear in his true colors?
Would not Garcia have received him?
After the battle OF July LIST he was
in Santiago. He was in this girls
house. unknown to her father and he
was assailing this girl with caresses-
which she accepted until interrupted
by her fathers friends-then he
leaped through window, followed by
a bullet from her fathers pistol"
you liel" The voice fairly
drowned out Cesnola's wild TRADE;
and as he recoiled from the unex.
pected interruption, Holton appeared
from out OF the darkness and stood
in the freight, pointing his finger at
the spurious Cuban.
you lie, you hound You were the
one who was in the house of this girl,
and with you"-he turned and faced
The officers-"were General Toral and
Admiral Cervera. You have been tell.
ing these men who / am. Well. III
tell them who I am.
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