Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-02-13

| 61rsL tuer6 was n Ure, anu arOuuu
1t were gathered, he Judged, about
fifty Cuban officers and soldiers. Their
faces were somber and their manner
portentous. Near the fire stood Miss
La Tossa talking animatedly to sew
eral officers, who were listening to
her with barred heads and other marks
OF Difference.
AS she spoke, however, man In
the uniform of q captain rose and
clapped his hands. The men to whom
the girl was speaking withdrew their
attention from her, and as matter
OF fact she, herself, appeared to make
no effort to hold them.
On the contrary, as soon as the Of
ficer clapped his hands, evidently pre-
paratory to speaking, she walked
away from the group and gave her
entire attention to this man.
"Countrymen." he said, Il think
we all recognize that in the event
of the success Of the Americans. Cuba
| will receive no benefit whatever. It
will be case merely of changing
masters. And as for me, between the
Spaniards, from whose stock we
sprang, and the Americans, the Yam
| KEGS, who are utterly alien, give me
| the Spaniards. We have already felt
| their heel; we know what their scOrn
| is, and their contemplate man was
flashing himself to fury-'T, myself.
was shouldered out Of the trail by a
MI rf NH7an- Aun do
| ago, and when drew my sword, pig
Of Yankee private knocked me down
| with his hand. Is this friendship?
ask you, brothers-is this what we
were led to expect from our friends
Of the north, our saviors, our deliv-
erers?"
But. Juan" interrupted an elderly
captain, that is all personal. / my
self have felt the contempt which the
Americans feel for US, but / should be
willing to suffer more than contempt
for my country's freedom. / have al
ready suffered, as you know, at the
hands of our oppressors. Contempt Is
very mild and easily to be borne when
| our liberty Is the reward for 1t. II
you have nothing more than nara
tives of personal affronts to give US.
for one shall not be very much i'm
pressed"
"Bah!" The voice of the first
speaker rose almost to q shrek. "1-
I put my personal feelings above my
patriotism! SO you say! That-that
was merely my beginning. Wait un-
til have finished and then let mo
hear your gneers, IL sneers you have
left"
"Well, we'll, go on, I am waiting
answered the older man.
$780," resumed the speaker, 1--WE all
Yankees, this nation SO given to es-
tablishing freedom throughout the
world, intends to do with the Phil
ippine Islands. Their newspapers
leave us no doubt as to that. Impe
rialism! That is the cry in the Unit
ed States. They have received their
taste of aggrandizement-and the
taste is good. Have you been deaf to
the talk about the American camp?
What is the word you hear oftenest
among their officers? I'll tell you:
'World-poweri' That Is what they
say: 'World-power!'
A sort Of low cry went the rounds
of his hearers. and Holton could see
that the speaker was bringing them
one and all beneath his spell.
He sat down, looking gloomily at
the ground, paying no attention to the
round of hand-clapping that attended
his peroration.
For a moment no one stirred. 1t
appeared rs though all were thinking,
digesting the eloQuence that had been
poured into their ears. Then another
man arose. Holton leaned forward
with gasp.
1t was the spy. the waiter of the
New Willard, come tonight to place
the capstone upon the spell he had
been weaving among the officers Of
the Cuban army.
Brothers," he began, ST came here
tonight TO counsel prudence, and. In
fact, do SO counsel you now"
Holton's face filled with amaze
ment What was he getting at? In
g. few moments he found out.
IL do most earnestly counsel pru.
dence," he continued. There are
things that must be borne. The sol
diers Of the United States have come
here. Well, good. We brought them
| here, At least, so 1t would appear
| "Of course, we believe that these
men were sent here because of the
great yearning of the United States
to see us free. unshackled country
And so they have come down here to
set us free, and then, having done so.
to retire with blessing, and to con
template with pride the growth OF
the republic. free and untrammeled
$50 much we know. The Spaniards
will be driven from the island, and
then VIII these Americans turn to us
and say, Behold, here is your coun-
! try; take it and develop 1t, and make
1t great, and may God be with you
So | say prudence
But, on the other hama, there arc
aolne OF HI WHO may possess we'll