The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-07-05

grove swamps slip past, and the hills
rise out of their purple haze When
the salt breath Of the trades came to
his nostrils he turned into his state
room. and, taking the crate of coco
nuts with which General Antuua had
thoughtfully provided him, he bore il
to the rail and dropped il overheard.
rheumatism WIS fool disease
anyhow he muttered.
Great news Esteban Varona an
nounced one day rs he dismounted
after Il forasing trip into the Yumuri
We met some OF Lacrct's men and
they told us that Spain has recalled
Captain General Campos What do
you say To that
1 Does that mean the end of the
war;" Rosa eagerly inquired.
"Oh. no They have sent a new man
he's in Havana nova dark little
old fellow who never smiles. He has a
lon nose and biz chin; he dresses
all in blaek-a very jeW-bird' in ap-
pearance, from what | hear His name
( is VaIeriano Wcyler, marquis
of Teneriffe'
ESteban coXertfy appraised his sis
4 ter's charms, but respecting her terror
of Cobo he did not speak his thoughts.
i He was certain. however, that Rosa
knew, as we'll rs lie. what motive lay
/ behind the fellows tirelesS persecu-
j tons of the valley dWelers; for, in
! spite of their isolation. stories of Cobo
! had reached the refugees-StorieS that
had rendered both the boy and the girl
sick with apprehension. The colonel,
j it seemed. had nearly died of his
machete wound, and on recovering he
had sworn to eXterminate the WaSps
that had stung him. He had sworn
other oaths, too, oaths that robbed Es-
teban of his sleep.
ESteban idoIiZed his sister; her 10y
atty to him was the most precious thing
of his life. Therefore, the thought of
that sWarthy fufiian hunting her down
as hound hangs to the trail of a doe
awolle in him terrible anger Sec
ond only to his hatred for the guerrilla
chief was his bitterness against the
traitor Paneho Gaeto. who had capped
his villainy by setting this new peril
upon them; and since Rosa'S safety
and his own honor called for the death
of both men. he had sworn that some
/ how he would effect it. 1t was, Of
course, a difficult matter to get at the
colonel of volunteers. but Cueto still
lived in the midst of his blackened
fields, and it WAS against him that the
boy was now planning to launch his
i first blow.
The thought of the hated Cobo had
thoughts Now he collected them and
said:
wait! | am forgetting something.
See what Lacret's men handed me
they are posted from one end of the
island TO the other" He displayed a
by the new captain general, and read
as follows:
"All inhabitants of the country dis
trietS, or those who reside outside the
lines of Notifications of the towns.
shall, within period of eight days, en-
ter the towns which are occupied by
the troops. Any individual found out
side the lines in the country at the eX-
piration of this period shall be conSid-
cred rebel and shall be dealt with as
such"
1t was that inhuman order of con-
centratiOn, the result of which proved
to be without parallel in military his
tory-an order Which gave its savage
author the name of being the arch
fiend of Il nation reputed peculiarly
cruel. -Four hundred thousand Cubans
driven from their homes into shelter
less prison camps: more than two hun
dred thousand dead from hunger and
disease; Il fruitful land laid bare of all
that could serve as food. and changed
to an ash-gray desolation; gaunt fam
inc from Oriente to Pinar del Rio
that was the sequel TO those printed
words of ''Weyler the Butcher" which
Esteban read
Eight days! When is the time up?''
Rosa inquired.
BLESS you, this is already two weeks
old :" her hEother told her
why, then, 1t means that Wen be
shot if We're caught"
Exactly, But we sha'n't be caught.
eh? Let the timd ones take fright at