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MAY 5, 1922.
rHE HURON RIPOsIT'QR
Soldiers Of Fortllllo
by.
Richard Harding Davis
Charles Scribner's Sens, New York.
(Oontinned from last week.)
It proved to be one of moment.
Even before Mendoza 'had ridden to-
ward :them with his sword at salute,
Clay gave an exclamation of en-
lightenment and concern. He saw
that the men who were believed to
be devoted to Rojas, had been halted
and left standing at the farthest cor-
ner of the plaza, nearly two hundred
yards from where the President had
taken his place, that ' Mendoza's in-
fantry surrounded them on every
aide and that Mendoza's cowboys,
who had been walking their horses,
bad wheeled and were coming up
with an increasing momentum, a
flying maali of alorsee and men direct-
ed straight at the President himself.
Mendoza galloped up to Alvarez
with his sword still in salute. His
eyes were burning with excitement
and with the light of success. No
one but Stuart and Rojas heard his
words; to the spectators and to the
army he appeared as though he was,
in his capacity of Commander -in -
Chief, delivering some -brief report, or
asking for instrucytone.
"Dr. Alvarez," he said, "as the
head of the army 1 arrest you for
high 'treason; you have pletted to
den, and then by way of the wharves
That part of the city is atilt emtpy.'
"Where are your servants; why are
they not here?" 'Rape demanded
without heeding her. The palace was
strangely" empty; no footsteps came
running to greet them, no doors open-
ed or shut as they hurried to Ma-
dame Alvarez's apartments. The
servants of the household had fled at
the first sound of the uproar in the
city, and the dresses and -ornaments
scattered on the floor .told that they
h d not gone empty-handed. The
woman who had accompanied Madame
Alvarez to the review sank weeping
on the bed, and then, as the shouts
grew suddenly louder and snore near,
ran to hide herself in the upper
stories of the house. Hope crossed
to the window and saw a great mob
of soldiers nd citizens sweep around
the earner and throw themselves
against the iron fence of bhe palace.
"You will have to hurry," she said.
"Remember, you are risking .the lives
of those boys by your delay."
There was a large bed in the room,
and Madame Alvarez had pulled it
forward and w'ae bending over a safe
that had opened 'in the wall, and
which .had been hidden .by the head-
board of the bed. 'She held up a bun -
place yourself in office without pope- dle of papers in her hand, wrapped
lar election. You are also accused of .ia a leather portfolio. "Do you see
large thefts of public funds. 1 must these?,• she cried, "they are drafts
ask you to ride with me to the mill- , for five millions of dollars." She
tary prison. General Rojas, I regret tossed them back into the safe and
that as an accomplice of the Presi- I swung the door shut.
dent's, you must come with ns also. i ay,„ are a witness. I do not take
I will explain my action to the peo- I them;' she said.
ple when you are safe in prison, and I "I donut understand," Hope answer -
I will proclaim martial law. If your 1 ed, "but hurry. Have you everything
troops attempt to interfere, my men you want—have you your jewels?"
have orders to fire on ,them and you." i eyes," the woman answered, as
Stuart did not wait for his sentence.. she rose to her feet, "they are mine."
He had heard the heavy beat of the' A yell more loud and terrible than
cavalry coning up on them at a trot. i any that had gone before rose from
He sad, the ranks open and two men ' the garden below, and there was the
catch at each bridle rein of both sound of iron beating against iron,
Alvarez and Rojas and drag them on and cries of rage and execration from
with them, buried in the crush of a great multitude.
horses about them, and swept for- I will not go!" the Spanish wo-
ward by the weight and impetus of man cried, suddenly. "I will not
the moving mass behind. Stuart leave Alvarez to •that mob. If they
dashed off to the State carriage and want to kill me, let them kill me."
seized the nearest of the horses by She threw the bag that held her
the bridle. "To the Palace,." he jewels on the bed, and pushing open
shouted to his men. "Shoot any one the window stepped out upon the
who tries to stop you. Forward, at balcony. She was conspicuous in her
a gallop," he commanded. a black dress against the yellow stucco
The populace had not discovered of te wall,. and in an instant the
what had occurred until it was finish- mob law her and a mad shout of ex -
ed. 'Phe coop d'etat had been long ultation• and anger rose from the
considered and the manner in which ,mass that beat and crushed itself
it was to be carried out carefully against rite high iron railings of the
planned. The cavalry had swept a- ' garden. Hope caught the woman by
cross the parade ground and up the the skirt and dragged her back. You
street before the people saw that are mad," she said. "What good can
they oarried Rojas and Alvarez with i you do your husband here? Save
theist. The regiment commanded by yourself and he will came to you
Rojas found ..itself'hemmed in before ; when be can. There is nothing you
and behind by Mendoza's two regi- i can do for }rim now; you cannot give
meats. They were greatly outnum- J your life for him. You are wasting it
bered, but they fired a scattering shot i and you are risking the lives at the
and following ,their captured leader, 1 men who are waiting for us below.
broke through the line around thein . Carne, I tell you."
and pursued the cavalry toward the MacWilliams eft Clay waiting be -
military uprisen. side the diligence and ran fru.m the
It was impossible to tell in the stable through bhe empty house and
uproar which followed how many or
Trow few 'had been parties to the plat.'
The mob, shrieking and shouting and
dean .the marble stairs to the garden
without meeting any one on his way.
He saw'Sbuart helping and directing
leaping in the air, swarmed across
his men to barricade the gates with
the parade ground, and from a dozen iron urns and garden benches and
different points men rose above the
heads of the people and harangued
them in violent speeches. And while
some of the soldiers and the citizens
gathered anxiously about these ora-
tors, others ran through the city call-
ing for the rescue of the President,
for an attack on the palace, and
shrieking "Long Live the Govern-
ment!" and "Long Live the Revolu-
tion!" The State carriage raced sent him back to the Palms with a
through the narrow streets with its message to King. We told hint ;to
body -guard galloping around it, run the yacht to Los Bocos and lie
sweeping down in its rush eti+ay ped -
sentry -boxes. Outside the mob were
firing at him with their revolvers, and
calling him foul names, but Stuart
did not seem to hear them. He greet-
ed MacWilliams with a cheerful lit-
tle laugh. "Well," 'he asked, "is she
ready?"
"No, but we are. Clay and I've
been waiting there for five minutes.
We found Miss Hope's groom and
estriana, and scattering the chairs and
tables in front of the cafes. As it
dashed up the long avenue of the
palace, .Stuart called his men back
and ordered them to shut and Barri,
Cade the great iron gates and to
guard them against the coming of
the mob, while MacWilliams and
young Langham pulled open the car-
riage door and assisted the 'Presi-
dent's wife and her terrified coin -
off shore until we came. He is to
take her on ddwn the coast to Trux-
illo, where our man-of-war is lying,
and they will give her shelter as a
political refugee."
"Why don't you drive her to the
Palms at once?" demanded Stuart.
anxiously, "and take her on board the
yacht there? It is ten ,miles to
Boom and the roads- are very bad."
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But the head en his shoulder only
tank the closer and the body stilfea-
ed in his armra . Cloy raised his eye
and saw the aoldters still standing,
irresolute and appalled at what they
had done, and awe-struck at the eight
of the grief before them.
Clay gave t cry as terrible w the
cry of a 'w07l.an who has seen her
Child mangled before her eyes, and
lowering 'the body quickly to the steps
Mendoza gets here before Madasne he ran at the eesttering auras below
Alvarez leaves, it will be too late." him. As he carne they fled down
MacWilliams sprang up the steps the corridor, shrieking and calling to
of the palace, and 'Stuart, calling to their friends tothrow open the gates
the men nearest him to follow, start-
ed after 'him on a run.
As Stuart entered the palace with
his men at his ,heels, Clay was hurr
ing from its rear entrance along the
upper hall, and 'Hrope and Madame
Alvarez were leaving the apartments
of the latter at its front. They met
at the top of she main stairway just
as Stuart put his foot on its lower
step. The young Englishman heard
the clatter' of his when following close
behind him and leaped eagerly for-
ward. half way to the top the noise
behind him ceased, and turning his
Stead quickly he looked back over his
shoulder and saw that the sten had
halted at the foot of the stairs and
stood huddled together in disorder
locking up at hint. 'Stuart glanced
over their heads and down the hall-
way to the garden beyond to see if
they were followed, but the snob still
fought from the outer side of the
barricade. He waved •h$s aword im-
patiently and started forward again.
"Come on!" he shouted. But the
men below him did not move. Stu-
art halted once more and this tine
turned about and looked down upon
theist with surprise and anger. There
was not one of them he could not
have called by name. Ile knew all
their little troubles, their Jove -affairs,
even. They carte to him for com-
fort and advice, and to beg for money.
He had regarded them as his children
and he was proud of them as soldiers
because they were the work of his
hands. a
So, instead of a sharp command,
he asked "What is it?" in surprise,
and started at them wondering. He
could not or would not comprehend,
even though he saw that those in
the front rank were pushing back and
those behind were urging them for-.
ward. • The ,nuzzles of their carbines
were directed at every 'point, and on
their faces fear and hate and cow-
ardice were written in varying like-
nesses.
"What does this mean," Stuart de-
manded, sharply. "What are you
waiting for?"•
Clay had just reached the top of
the stair.;. He saw Madame Alvarez
and Hope corning toward him, and at
the sight of Hope he gave an ex-
clamation of relief.
Then his eyes turned and fell on
the tableau below, on Stuarts back,
as he shod confronting the men, and
on their scowling upturned faces and
half -lifted carbines. Clay had lived
for a longer time among Spanish-
Americans than had the English sub-
altern, or else he was the quicker of
the two to believe in evil and in-
gratitude, for he gave a cry of warn-
ing, and motioned the women away.
panion to alight. Madame Alvarez answered. "We should have to fight
was trembling with excitement as all the way.. But the city to the
she leaned on Langham's arm, but south is deserted, and by going out.
she showed no signs of fear in heti by the back roads, we can make Bo -
1 ace or in her manner. cos by ten o'clock be -night. The
"Mr. Olay has gone to bring your yacht should reach there by seven.
travelling carriage to the rear door," ,'you are right; go back. I will
Langham said. 'Stuart tells us rt Is can off some of my 'men. The rest
(harnessed and ,Cady. You'i - must hold this mob back until you
hurry, please, and: get whatever you
reed to carry with you. We will see
you safely to the coast."
As they entered the 'hall, and were
ascending the great marble stairway,
Hope and her groom, who had fol-
lowed in terse rear of the cavalry,
came running to ,meet them. "I got
in by the back way," Hope explain-
ed. "The streets there are all de-
serted. How can I help you?" .she
asked, eagerly.
"By leaving me," cried the older
woman. "Good God, child, have 11
not enough to answer for without
dragging you into this? Go- ,home
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"We don't know. Clay is frantic.
Tiler groom says she is somewhere in
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and begging them to admit the snob.
When they reached the outer porch
they turned, encp,raged by the touch
of numbers, sof halted to fire at the
Man who etiil'fellowed them.
Clay ato?ped,with It look in his
eyes 'which no one who knew them
had ever seen there, and smiled with
pleasure in -'knowing himself a master
in what 'he''had to do. And at each
report of his revolver one of Stuart's
assassins stnrtibled and pitched heavr
ily forward on his face. Then he
turned and walked slowly, back up
tilt hall to' the stairway like a man
moving in Ibis sleep. He neither saw
nor heard the bullets that bit •spite-
fully at, the walls Shalt him and
rattled among the glass pendants of
the great chandeliers above his head.
When he came to the step on which
the body lay.'he stooped and picked
it up gently, and holding it across
his breast, atrdde on up the stairs.
MacWilliams and Lan gham were
coming toward him, and saw the
'helpless figure in his arms.
"What is it?" they cried; "is he
wounded, is he hurt?"
"He is dead," Clay answered, pass-
ing on with his burden. "Get Hope
away."
Madame Alvarez stood with the
girl's arms about her, her eyes closed
ane'. her figure trembling.
"Let me be!" she moaned. "Don't
touch me; let me die. My God, what
have I to live for now?" She shook
off Hope's supporting arm, and stood
before them, •all her former courage
gone, trembling and shivering in
agony. "I do not care what they do
to me:" sine cried. She tore her ;ace
mantilla Ertl her shoulders and threw
it on the floor "I shall not leave
this place. • He is deal. Why should
I go? He is dead. They have mur-
dered hint; he is dead."
"She is fainting," said ,Dope. Her
vo:'•e we, strained and hard. To her
brother she seemed to have gr.twa 1
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suddenly much cider, and he' looked to
he- to tell him what to de.
"Take hold of her," she said. "She
will fall." The woman sank back
into the arms of the men, trembling
and moaning feebly. "Now oarry '
her to the carriage," sad !tope. "She
Chas fainted; it is bet:sr; she does
not know what has happened."
Clay, still bearing the body in his
arms, pushed open the lirst door that
stood ajar before 'him edit his foot.
11 opened into the great banqueting
hall of the palace, but he could not
choose. He had to con-ider now the
safety of the living, winos lives were
still in jeopardy.
The long table in the centre of the
hall was laid with pietas for many
people, for it had been prepared for
"Stuart!" he cried. "Came away; the President and 'the President's
for God's sake, what are you doing? guests, who were to have joined with
Come back!" .him in celebrating the successful
The Englishman started at the conclusion of the res . •w. Front out -
sound of his friend's voice, but he side the light of the sun, which was
did not turn his head. Ile began to just sinking behind the mountains,
descend the stairs slowly, a step at shone dimly upon :he silver on the
a time, staring at the .mob so fiercely
that they shrank back before the
look of wounded pride and anger
in his eyes. Those in the rear rais-
ed and levelled their rifles. Without
taking his eyes from theirs, Stuart
drew his revolver, and with his sword
swinging from its wrist -strap, 'point-
ed his weapon at the mass below
hint.
"What does this mean?" he de-
manded. "Is this mutiny?"
A voice from the rear of the crowd
of men shrieked: "Death to the Span-
ish woman. Death to all traitors.
Long live Mendoza," and the others
echoed the cry in chorus.
Clay sprang down the broad stairs
calling, "Come to me;" but before
he could (reach Stuart, a woman's
voice rang out, in a long terrible cry
of terror, a cry that was neither a
prayer nor an imprecation, but which
held the agony of bath. Stuart
started, and looked up to where Ma-
dame Alvarez had thrown herself to-
ward him across the broad :balustrade
of the stairway. She was silent with
fear, and her hand clutched at the
air, as she beckoned wildly to hint.
Stuart stared 'at her with a troubled
smile and waved his empty hand to
reassure her. The movement was
final, for the men below, freed from
the reproach of his eyes, flung up
their carbines and fired, some wildly,
without placing their guns at rest,
and others steadily and aiming
straight at his heart.
As the volley rang out and the
smoke drifted up the great stair-
case, the subaltern's ,hands tossed
high shove his head, his body sank in-
to itself and toppled backward, and,
like a tircri child falling to sleep, 'the
defeated soldier of fortune dropped
hack into the outstretched arms of
his friend.
Clay lifted hint upon his knee, and
crushed ben closer against .his breast
withone arm, while he tore with his
free hand at the strata' about bhe
throat and pushed his fingers in be-
tween -the buttons of the tunic. They
came forth again wet and colored
crimson.
"Stuart!" Clay gasped. "Stuart,
speak to .me, look at me!" He shook
the body in his arms with fierce
roughness, peering into the face that
rested on his shoulder, as though he
rnuld command the eyes back again
lo light and life. "Don't leave mel"
he said. "For God's sake, old man,
don't leave rte!"
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board, on the glass and napery, and
the massive gilt r entre-pieces filled
with great clusters „f fresh flowers.
It looked a, though the servants had
but just left the r'om. Evert the
candles .had been lit in •readiness, and
as their flames wavered and smoked
in the evening breeze they cast un-
certain shadows on the walls and
showed the stern fares of the readier •
presidents frowning down on the
crowded table from their gilded
frames.
There was a great leather loin-T.--
stretching
oungestretching along one side' of the hall
and Clay moved toward this quickly
and laid his burden down. He was
conscious that Hope teas still following-
him.
ollowinghim. He straightened the limbs of
the body and fold the arms across
the breast and pressed his hand for
an instant on the cold hands of his
friend, and then whispering something
between his lips, tinned and walked
hurriedly away.
Hope confronted ;im in the door-
way. She was s •bbing silently. '
"Must we leave hi•,," she pleaded,
"must we leave hire -like this?"
From the garden there came the
sound of .hammers ringing on the
iron hinges, and a great crash of
noises as the gate Tit back from its
fastenings, and the mob rushed over
the obstacles upon n high it had fal-
len. It seemed ss if their yells of
exultation and anger must reach even
the ears of the dear' man.
"They are callint: Mendoza," Clay
Whispered, "he must be with them.
Oome, we will hay, to run for our
lives now."
Bet before he , • old guess what
Hope was about to .lo, or could pre-
vent her, she bad ;'ipped past shim
and picked up Stn:n•t's sword that
had fallen from his wFist to the floor,
and laid it on the <,,:dier's body, and
closed his hands u• .11 its hilt. She
glanced quickly ab. „ her as though
looking for something, and then with
a sob of relief ran to the table, and
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