The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-02
So saying, and before anyone cosld


move. her riding.whip flashed in he
hand. and she struck Cesnola a blind
ing blow across the face. From thu
sheer shock he went down as though
hit by an ak. But he sprang to hii
feet on the instant, his face livid with
rage, his hand upon a long hunting
knife.
In another second Holton would
have been at the girls side; but be
fore he could move. a half-dozen re
yolvers flashed in the hands OF Gu
ban officers, and the deep voice oi
the elderly captain broke the still
ness.
stop, Senor Cesnola. Remember
who you are-and remember IL 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. II have
no burst of eloquence to give you,
men OF Cuba. say merely that you
have been badly advised, misled, by
those whose interest II is to misleac
you. And. further. do nothing more
than this"
She flashed aloft President McKin.
| ley's dispatch, and then hCnded II to
| the Cuban captain. who read IL and
then In silence passed II around the
circle. At length, as II was about to
go into Cesnola's hands, Miss La
Tossa intercepted the paper and ex.
tended II to an officer whom she knew
81 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 wom-
an. "can you ask more than that?"
cheer-not a general cheer-but
still fairly satisfactory in its strength.
greeted her words. AS 1t 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 message7
Are you"
Miss La Tossa stamped her foot.
"Silence!" she cried. ITO you
shall not speak another word. IL any
gentleman"-she emphasized the term
-"if any true Cuban"-this word she
also wishes to question
me, l will gladly respond"
Well" replied an officer, I'VE ask
you, then, to answer the statement
inat tnaHa hu Canon
1T Is easily answered" she returned
quickly. Il 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 |
of General Shafter not |
only, but of President Mckinley"
He is a Cuban otIicer?" suggested |
the questioner
He"
"Ah!" Cesnola sprang\ forward. |
ALLOW me to tell you who he is"
Then, without needing the girls re-
voice. he ran on like a
wild man:
He is an American naval officer |
who has been spying among US
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.
81 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 it settling upon our
necks. He was in Garcia's camp two
days before the Americans landed.
and he was there in the guise OF |
writer for an English newspaper IL
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 1st he was
in Santiago. He was In this girls 4
house, unknown 10 her father. and he \
was assailing this girl with caresses-
which she accepted until interrupted /
by her fathers friends-then he \
eaped through a window, followed by |
4 bullet from her fathers pistol"
You lie!" The voice fairly
drowned out Cesnola's wild TRADE;
and as he recoiled from the unex-
Dected interruption. Holton appeared
rom out of the darkness and stood
N the freight. pointing his finger at
he spurious Cuban.
you lie, you hound! You we're the
,ne who was in the house of this girl.
and with you"-he turned and faced
he oflicers-"were General Toral and /
Admiral Cervera You have been tell
ng these men who | am. Well. I'll 1
ell them who | am.
(TO BE CONTINUEDO