The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-06
CHAPTER III-Continued

He pulled at his pipe, his broad
shoulders shaking with laughter. 81
am Monahan," he said at length,
Captain in the British legion Under
Gen. Simon Bolivar The Liberator
will be deeply interested when l tell
him about the American Senior Garde,
who loves the intended of Colonel de
FuenteS and who rides the wings of
the storm alone when his ship comes
to grief. Bolivar can use such men,
my friend"
There was frank friendlineSS
about this transplanted patriot, some
thing that called for confidence, so l
began with the CabildO and completed
my account with Tucayan, skipping
only those portions which dealt with
the Senorita Lamartina, and failing
utterly in my deletions, for. when l
had done, he said: $50 the blond
Loren will HE himself to Caracas,
whittier the dark beauty, his lady
love, is bound. and he will find there
all the power of Spain in Venezuela
against him."
1T is worth a try. at least" l said.
"Of course, but you go, not to
love tryst, but to fight a battle with
DEATH
II have fought such battles before,
as you have also, no doubt; have
been too close to death in the past to
fear it now"
He chpckled. THAT yellow thatch
Of will cipl- c,.:nc
your identity to all and sundry."
/ touched my chin, which bore about
a weeks growth of cOrn-colored whis-
ker. 81 fear you are right: if you
might suggest-?"
He picked up stone and hurled
fl into the foliage of nearby tree.
and half dozen objects resembling
our huge green walnuts thudded to
the ground. He crushed one under
the heavy sole of a grenadier boot.
1.-THE juice of this pulp is an excellent
dye" he explained; lit will make your
hair and beard very dark brown.
and ii will give to your too fair skin
the deep bronze of man who has
spent his life with ships. AS the pig
ment will last some weeks, you need
have no fear of it fading before the
Spaniards are prepared to hang you"
So, using broad fiat rock as a
mortar, we crushed from the thick
Dulpy covering of a number of the
half-ripe nuts quantity of pale liquid,
which, on drying, left my skin a red
dish brown and my hair and beard
nearly black.
"You have funds?" he questioned.
None: the leathern wallet contain
ing a small quantity of money and a
few papers of purely personal value
was taken from the pocket of my
jacket while | lay unconscious on
board the Santa Lucrecia. The good
Francisco probably did it."
Then" said Monahan, laughing, las
a friend of Francisco | would proffer
such financial aid as you may require"
He placed ten silver pieces the size
of our American dollar into my hand.
This will buy you =. hat and clothes
that shall be less identifying. and pay
for food md quarters in Caracas for
at least fortnight" He sighed Il
think your need of food and quarters
will hardly last so long" Then alb
ruptly: I'll cannot dissUade you from
this mad mission?
shook my head, and he went on:
IF Caracas is your goal / might tell
you that, in the humble homo of Senior
Tomas Carrasco, which lies less than
two hundred meters south of San
Jacinto plaza, you will find safe lodg-
ment, and in the Cantina Merida. pre-
sided over by the faithful Carrizal,
few patriots sometimes gather. | am
sure that when you have had further
opportunity to study the methods of
Spain in Venezuela you will come to
us. though you will need vast
amount of luck to get into Cara
cas- and safely out again"
"And these few patriots who some
times gather in the menage of Car
rizal-how shall / know them?'
He extended his right hand, third
finger folded into the palm. "That,
in shaking hands. is the sign used by
members of the Sociedad Patriotico,
an organization founded by Simon
Bolivar and Miranda nearly ten years
ago.
He pressed my hanu in a warm firm
grip. Il think l shall not see you