Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-10-23
CHAPTER xI.
The World Ban Backward.

then he assembled his fol
hi led them once again into
npi.
was still tenanted when
evening It's rightful owner
& house and some of It's out
Showed lights. Esteban con
Is men. Willie the horses
nd the negroes rested he fiji
md cap to his precious piece
te.
dle Esteban was thus busted,
uetO was entertaining an un.
guest. In the late afternoon
een surprised by the visit OF q
more volunteers. and mas.
his relations with their colo.
been none Of the friendlieSt
AT ill-starred expedition into
ri. he had felt a chill Of ap.
pn on seeing the redoubtablc
lself at their head.
ss,2eI had explained that he
from Il trip up the SAL
for the purpose Of round
inhabitants who had been
obeying the new orders
b. That smoke to the south.
pm fires of his kindling
q good many crops and
shed a good many poo
IS was exactly the SCR
4 he was I'm no unpleaS.
Ind demanded of Cueto
himself and his troop. an
hat a part of his command
bwhere behind and would re.
later In the night.
had welcomed his visitor IN
fifty; he put up the soldiers IT,
e of the sugar mill, and then
Cobo In his best room, after
e ransacketl the house for food
nix and tobacco.
Cobo finally took himself of
yuetQ followed In better spirits
Ind enjoyed for some time
(. thing, it w'as agreeable To look
10 a night Of undisturbed re
Ranches apprehensions had fat
upon themselves, and he haC
living OF late in a nightmare OF
: Il seemed to him that he had
closed his eyes when he was
med by a tremendous Vibration
11nd himself In the center Of tho
uadecided whether he had beer
&frosll his bed or whether he haC
hiiIier. Still In daze, he heard
from the direction of Coho's
a din Of other voices. fol
rush of feet; the next in
jor was flung back ana 10
light of lirh-held torches
roma and n ragged rtbblt
ZEN. Cueto knew that he
He lodged a blow from
dubbed rifle only to behold
( n machete. Crying out
lied &c guard himself from
ne blade, but too late; the
Is hoarse terror died in his
f horn.
Soak the bed With oil and
iSsteban directed; then he ran
the hall to investigate that
uting. lie found the chamber
issued and tried TO smash
but ut the second blow he
gunShot from within and the
inferred outward almost int
simultaneously, from some
q outside the house. arose the
a Spanish bugle-call.
yarona waited to hear NO
Nor did his men: realizing the
81 10 which they had been led,
Tilted from the house as fast as
|uld go. There was no need for
ms: from the direction Of the
EniIl came beloved orders and
ilni Of men shouting Ia their
{ Evidently those were troops
aimed troops. too. for they took
e to saddle: they were UP and
N almost before the maraudefS
ined the backs Of their own ami
nifty there began 4 blind battle
Jperately cramped quarters.
fought stirrIp 10 stirrup with
rifles and machetes: saddles
|lptied and the terrified horses
Some of them lmngci up the
Eenly TO tumble down again,
reshing limbs and sharp-shod
hrking more havoc than blows
fiTne fattle-hammers.
Erse, after the first moment of
EESteban had not beea able to
E least control over his men;
Md not make himself
SiAFS - spare the breath
Il Akf'sas o desperately en-
~. Yae " aempty, he had It's
~ - LIS i is; he dimly dis
- - - = aSa Eelding his mach
g. <''e III himself down
h. Z @anei Something .srnote
~. az Ia whether . hoof
a. &c AAld not tell-ana.
20 aii-f)As. trying TO drag
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