The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-05-19

slowly around and listen; the attack
Will come just before dawn: then
shortly thereafter we can scurrv out
to the steamer and be welcomed
aboard for the sake of the news we
bring"
She did not answer, and Webster
knew her thoughts were out where the
arc lights on the outskirts of Buena-
ventura met the open country-out
where the brother she could scarcely
remember and whom, until month
previous, she had believed dead, would
shortly muster his not too numerous
followers.
In the darkness Webster could hear
the click of her beads as she prayed
on the turtle deck forward Don Juan
Cafetero sprawlPd, thinking perchance
ot ms uniOveiy past dmd wondering
what effect the events shortly TO tran
spire ashore would have on his future.
He wished Webster would relent and
offer him drink some time within the
next twenty-four hours In times of
excitement like the present a man
needs drop to brace him up.
Five times the launch slipped la2i-
ly down the harbor along the strng.
CLING two mile water front; five times
1t loafed back. The moon, which was
In the first quarter, sank. Then 70
Webster's alert ear there fioated
acrosr tie still waters the sound of a
gentle pnrring--the music of an auto
truck. He set the launch In toward
Lehers lli,le dock. and presently they
saw the door of Leber'S warehouse
open. Men with lanterns streamed
forth. lighting the way for others who
bore between them heavy burdens.
'"Theyre emplacng the machine
guns I'm the motor-truck," he whis-
pered to Dolores. "We will not have
to wait long now. It's nearly 4
O'clock"
Again they backed out into the bay
until they could see far out over the
sleeping city to the hills beyond in
the west. Presently along the side of
those hills the headlight OF lOcomo-
tive crcpt, dropping swiftly down
grade until ii disappeared in the low
lands
A half hour passed. then to the
south of The city rocket hared sky
ward almost instantly another nared
from the west, followed presently by
murmur. scarcely audible. as of
mutfled snare drum, punctuated pres
emily by louder. sharper. inSiStent
-puck-puCk that. had Webster but
known It, was the bark of q Maxim
Vlckers rapid-frc gun throwing
stream of shells into the cantOnments
OF the government troops on the fringe
Of the city
WebSters pulse quickcncd. There
goes the 'tillery to the south, sor,"
Don Juan called, and even as he
spoke. shell burst gloriouSly over
the government palace, the white
walls of which were already looming
over the remainder of the city, now
family visible in the approaching
dawn.
THAT was to awaken our friend,
Sarros," Webster cried. "Pll bet a
buffalo nickcI that woke the old horse
thief up. There's another-and an
other"
The uproar sweiled, the noise grad
ually drifting around the city from
west to SOUTH forming, seemingly,
semicircle of sound. THE govern
ment troops are up and doing now."
Webster observed, and speeded up his
motor. 81 think ii high time we played
the part of frightened refugees. Maui
ser bullets kill at three miles. Some
strays may drop out here In the bay"
He speeded the launch toward La
Estrellita. and as the craft scraped
In alongside the great steamer's COM
panion landing, her skipper ran down