Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20

she can remain in safety. As an Ameri
can citizen he believes 1t his duty to take
no part in the conflict. Cafferty. after
being in the thick of 1t, returns to the
ship to tell Webster of the progress OIL
the revolution which presages an early
victory for the forces of Ricardo Ruey
CHAPTER XIV.
Throughout the forenoon Webster
and Dolores, from the deck Of the
steamer, watched the city. BY ten
o'clock the sounds of battle had swell
ed to a deeper, steadier roar, and
refugees arriving brought various and
fragmentary stories Of the fighting.
From this hodge-podge of misinforma-
ton, however, Webster decided that
RicardOs troops were forcing the is
sue with vim and determination, and
since the most furious fighting was
now we'll in toward the heart of the
city, it seemed reasonable to presume
the struggle was for possession of the
arsenal and palace
At noon the deep diapasOn of con-
flict began to slacken; by one o'clock
it had dwindled considerably, and at
two o'clock Webster, gazing anxiOusly
cityward, observed Leber's launch
coming rapidly out from shore. At
the wheel stood Don Juan CafeterO;
as the launch shot in under the YES
sells side he looked up, searching for
Webster's face among the curious
thrOng that lined the rail.
"WhO has won?" voice called, and
another, evidently a humOrist and a
shrewd Judge of human nature, re-
piled: "Why ask foolish questions?
The rebels, of course. That fellows
Irish and the Irish are born rebels.
Look at the scoundrel. He's black
with gun grease and burned powder
where he isn't red with blood. The
butcherv"
"Faugh-a- ballagh I" he shrieked.
"Weve got the divils cornered now.
Twill be over two hours HINGE"
Don Juan tied up the launch at
the gangway and leaped up the lad
der, three steps at a time. "GlOry be
to Cod" he painted and hurled him
self into Webster's arms 81 was in
It'll | was. got back in time to catch
up wifi the lads at the warehouse an
they were the fine, fghtin' devils, I'll
gamble you. Och, twas a grand bit
av a fight-whilst it lasted. They put
me in the mOtor-thruck. lOadn' the
belts wit cartridges as fast as the
gunners emptied thin, but faith they
couldn't keep me there. got into the
heart av the scrimmage in the yard
av the arsenal an faith twas well for
that little DOcthor PachecO | did
Twas wurrk to me likin'. I'd ma
chete-"
"You bloodthirsty scoundrel!' Web
ster shook the war-mad son Of Erin.
81 told you not to mix in it, but to
hang around on the fringe Of the fight
and bring us early news. Suppose
you'd been killed? Who would have
come for us then? Didn't tell you
we had a dinner engagement in the
palace?"
me on the fringes av fght?"
sputtered Don Juan, amazed and out
ragged. take shame for yerself, sor
There was niver the likes av me hung
around the fringes av a fight, an we'll
We know It,"
"Pm amazed that you even remem-
bered your instructions" Webster
rasped at him.
"Sure, our division had cl'aned up
nicely an l had nOthin' else to do,
God bless We. They were besiegin'
the palace whin left an small
chance av takin' it for a couple av
hours; what fightin' there was on the
outside was street shootin'-an' not
to me likin'."
as 1t quite safe to bring Miss Ruey
ashore. john"
"Tis safe enough at the Hotel Ma
teo. We have the city for half a
mile beyant, in the rear av them-an'
they're not fightin' to get to the bay.
The guards an some av the Fifteenth
regimint are in the palace
an the Quartet close by. an thin
that we failed to get in the arsenal
have fined thin. But the bulk av the
SarrOs army Is thryin' to break
trough to the south an west to get
to the hills. Dye mind the spur
thrack that runs in a semi-circle
around the city? Well, thin, the reb-
els are behint the embankmint, takin'
it aiSy. Have no worry, sor. Whin
we've took the palace Wen move on
an dhrive the vagabOnes from behint
up to that railroad embankmint, where
Gneral Ruey can bid them the time
av day"
Webster turned to Dolores. do you
wish to go ashore?"
She nodded, her flashing eyes bent
in admiration upon the CORY, grlmy
Don Juan Cafetero, for she was half
Irish, and in that amazing meeting
She knew the outcast for one Of her