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*rii» Pttfi Presses.' Legai, Mm antilo ‘SM rais- [ —:—cellaneou*— Job Printing Kx«cnt<Hl pfofnjitljr ami in thf best styles on tlio t’lsoi'LE l*rcss m. voL.xiV. Ik lite Coloacl. By ALFBJEP BALOE mrfnmjtoi irwwTc SBr;Aaa»^BiwK i arjrjagotirH«w»u>.iMB»WAj ^Copyrijht hy AmeHoan Press Association.] -'CIIAPTEH L ro, in fact, tbia, raarria^o was the’most (it anil proper marriage that Pope could imagine, he becameeomewhat impatient \yitli his friend. IIo offered, as Rafael had no male aviations in that part of the country, to not as his representative and to demand in his name the consent of i -Scnofr Hanchez. He could not understand- ^fho father and the mother tsmiled at each other, and for a moment her hand rested in his. The daughter with A voir-# as sweet as the note of the Ipiiui- eal’s sunset song s;iid, “In'all things 1 will be obeilieut to my father’s will.” Duly was Rafael informed of the re sult and his lover’s fours cet at rest. Duly, too, did Pope make,the appointr his friend^s hesitation and timidity,- and found .himself profoundly puzzled by i ment for that evening when the ac- them. Rafael, as a rule, was hot wont | r-epted suitor was to be presented to h ! to act in this way. Rut when Pepes|K)ke j. the family. • The family were assem- to his father that wise old man advised i bled in the sain, etrdrawing room, and f moan vros heard. Suddenly it seemed under a Vow. Dnt ho whs ft thorough to him that eoujething "gripp 'd biin by | soldier, there e mld bo no doubt of that, the heayt and the beats sounded loud in ] not only in his drill, but in his car? f.vf his ear. Ho felt faint and sick, his i the vvelfaro of his men, ift his knowledge throat waa dry; mechanically h?.tried to of what w«s needed for their Ueabh, in moisten Ids lips, jtlis k.e vs f . ; '..u d to las .n, ohy \vith them m d his v. •‘.iing- beitd under him; he stopped short, and ness Kts;.-nd any amount of Pme look- involunt^irily fitritek his chest with his. i ing after ih m. And in rel^u hblmh clmched' fist His men were alongside ; worshiped him. They would follow him of him,one had passed him a little when anywhere, coi tident that he would le he sprang up in the air and fell 4u a crumpled heap. Rafael was conscious who the man ’•Certainly. In tlie mean time may I not offer yon a cigarY” Senor darcia took the cigar, but when I U any canso fin- imraediato ho attempted to strike a light with fho. bht J mrt fjoing to semi tS»] fint and steel hi* companion extended Dolores to you. Gt>od nurning to him his hambs shook badly, and Col. much, yrcu know.” Sanchez was forced to offer hi* lighted | An the eveMng wot*© U^on.'tere cigar to him. The two men then saluted, [ ttimwl and the White Irevcak-d the and Benor OarciA walked away. . . X? Col Sanchez walked up and down, them to victory. Twic6 during the war ; uneasily conscious of something, he, the desphratr charges of his raiment knew not what, hut the yiaron which j him to let Rinttora take their own course. Peptf formally presented his friend to was, and before his eyes he saw the hut v—“1 om told, my sou,” he remarked Senor Sanchez,- the-sendraand the genor- j wheife the dead had lived. H?could see * quizzically, “that I enjoyed gazing at the‘pita:’"Then Rafael sat at one cud of the the gntiding stone by the door. * Oidiers | balcony on which thy mother sat, and I j long room talking to hi ; guardian, while pa.-^*d as her toad therein shameful treui- conclude that folly is as sweet to Rafael j Elodia took her place, by her mother at I bling, and then they stopped. He knew -catazein^n.theotilerend. they stopped because die had done so, Ih; was acutely, Iv^rriblv cOnsfiom that iTieieddk^rii?rr still the ghast ly f.*ar mounted him, ddm- . \ pCon girl, full of stip- ; the world, would be mOre acceptalde^'j ' we. Dnt let them have their pleasure , served cigars and fire to the gentlemen. While they ma.v, and do-pot thou inter- j arTdhrfer on wine. , fere. ‘The young ass drinketh milk, j It not living etiquette for Ratael to which the old a- s caret!* not for.’ To stay very long during this first vir.it> and tint, my son, will the t.iuie of the bear | the senora and her s6*u being conservg- come in due season, and 1 know not that tive folk, loving the old traditions, it j him, and his eye fell on n breach in tlTb thou \vilt wiser than thy father."' So j'was not long before the lov,>v found biiii-j bridge wall. Ho seemed to seo Pope turned ti e tide tof-battle, duaiaz, the ha^ filled his mind did not coMc back, greatest loader in Mexican history, On the tiontrary. h^ felt irritable wlth- Icarnod to h ;;n on tho white 1..,’red, silent oft knowing why, and finally lie, too, man as a sure Support; but t K \ the war d sought h!s quarter?. The next morning was over ; ud Maximilian was d ad, the - at daybreak he found Honor Garcia wait- White Colonel refused all the brilliant inland before an hour hnd packed had oilers made to hint, declined t .e wealth^] installed him at the head of his new the rank, the honors widen .•JuafeO. company. To their charge was given ¥.e lu apcd on limviuid disap* 1 l Haired. inating his brain and body, shaking him | like an inpen leaf. Mote men r.hricftt'd sought to free Cuba from tlie rule of and fell, the bullets whistled around Spam had no more skillful volunteer The men who banded together and .1 the great cannon, the “Cabo Junin, - ’ ~ ' tot*. gena, and CM. Sanchez found himselr admiring tho skill with which Capt in hii mind. It wt.Tilred tnau. o’clock when a womair' away tho of,charity, entered th* »dl tistenmg to tho Rurgeon’; by tho l>eib The path sleep and rho began to He stirred uneasily and at Cl eyes she bent over him to ^ -drink. * ; “Elodia, my lore,” he »~. •‘am 1 dead and in heaven them. Tho sister started back, pressed hand tightly against her heart as _ djaadli. and then—CaV Hii'cTirz enten^d tftc How is he’/” he asked. I m Court Inf *n Crvtral America. Senor Dr. Mnnnel Cordoba, judge of the First district of the h-tate of Cauca, in New Grenada, prominent among the men who followed m the lead of Bolivar nnd after years of suffering and heroic Endeavor tfiially thnev off tho yoke of Spain, gispedont his life blood on tk.e iimiiiSM i ill ,Q“ • nurilicri 1 ! vldft ffr 1 w?"i! m o*iu Tt"» Vb of the MsHats in tlie city of !Utk de Dogota. As one <*f th*. Fepe was jierfarce content. The pretty-comedy went- on between this man and this'maid, and the tragedy of th<* civil war deepened. IVjw was anxious to join the government forces, but witliout Rafael h * never tiionght to « leave. His fathgr, too, searo iy approved of hi* going then. Senor Sanchez hod not s *eu only son for four years, and he m!!y Vie pardoned for thinking that others might U*ar tlie burden for a time at lea. 5 1. So Rafael lived in that land of rr.ebantmenb, a Kivers’ paradise. v*i< re the Howitstake on more* brilliant fines, the very air intoxicate:! and every one is «b Avond» rfully pleasant, while Pepe listened eagerly to the rumors of battles and thought dt«*ply over \vb;tt should lie 11ami’s duty. Tho two were more apart tlian ever beforo in their lives. Ai;d Llu.ha. Self in the street with Fdodiu on 'the low coming up behind him on.a run, and he balcony above him; but now he Good where be coul 1 touch her hand and the wluspers could go try and frd .in tho pr*r- fumed stillnecs of the night The next day Senora Cordoba called cn' Senora uiichez, and the day following tho call was returned. Then the engagement was ann amci 1 and Rafael w.is at IS > erty to call on Senor Sanchez every even ing, and weoke in thewila while HlmUft heftrd him cjy.^Art wounded. Rafael/' He kuew'Pdjn would drag him nearer that horribio wall which vomited death, and with a cry like a wounded animal Rafael Cordoba sprang to the ^ide of the bridge nnd leaped to tho water ladow, while IVpe rallied the men a.id with black rage in his heart carried tho ene my’s ixjsitiou than the hhiu, \vifite haired nan with the sorrowful ej es who appeared ro en l- donly among them, 'fo hi.'vstrat • :y aiid 'ability a g.xidly proportion^tlmir to keep up the long Rtrug;’* \.'v, dua, Garcia superintended t ho work of placing ! “IVpe,” eho whispered, trembling# and he r»ked his life a.s fr: ] y youngest patriot there. Ilii na ti e ihduitjl semied to be a channe l life; death or irely bv r motaers s.'i* »iemur< listemd as she worked nn leT r ;:»br«iid- ery. 1 fancy that’ tlie later half hour, when the benevolent balcony played iU jvirt. was the swinder to both. CUAHTL 11L »f who wen* cn]Tt un *a un 1 r«i Lr * % •r by Ii r ir fashion —in tlu* b W |L : Vy •1* ord **r of ti fk* vi « 4 » rente r [tvniMl Murillo h ie 1 lit 1 ■ VTSCV. f st P Ti*!"? «*»• Sy* ii^ to hin children fl ml cond to his c iifl J* lim Lirii tnnnen. a devot it »f i 1 t< > idle itv. His on ly b* v Lais nty. suth wm Rafael wa^' 9 111 tl«A ^ >ld ft 11 he t itu in :reta >*e with v bht then* wo* n lit tl v th nt the . Is IV j Wi in a r.*lej» i* should not learn i th i* 1 1 of that d th in a C-'n* •*i i i‘R(l ra Cor lived ■er 111 I'i new in nr lent a r : ‘ tri • XL: 1 r LrV *.! VI >! Is*vV’l'lt and WT-hiping 1 ’j i ui M i] ry n . n n • si ri n to ithir t;Ha revere 1 that e t a ►..iu t* ft 1 ' lie ta ng ’it th if •*£» ,te Tiler lUf.e-l to fully re ?tH re hi i» r.i * * i* r n sac- t Ut tlie kiss Hrtce, nnd t»* re p«»b that he. t «o. w Id h. *r *\ L J tliat u imt l<e absent «i d ut y to \ tM || 1HN attired in calU*)! the n*ll. A * ;ie boy was singa f ^ Dal •ttrartive. At %d n 1 a IKl 11 * I 4 *f* } rd , in aepora. when at <»41i*ge in Pa iri.H l . % owed H i» il- » n*st, , * K* CiliH'u a Itv of the btglM* y» n)< T *IC*< olupli v ** nl K! i liutid for t.vks with r.»q ,n i it ea.s* i 3\'vr wbu! Ii t ho ... caafioabl slower ir.t* IKct of 1 > Lost m fi ritnu. J«. ine j Ol d.vst t smi# Man.i 8anch«*z —<*J| d P. epO 1 Uy Sjn Ill* *}| fn I U*i Ui !( u-I m unci custom—IftlsHt** 1 it 1 V . The low of U D i for Pvl Jifas or Of th ictn. In forma David for Jona tflfl ;u4iu 1 ii self ii i tl lie j iphil in liafa -1 a | which •i i ecu the , and iu < t wo. Heni >r D >h u ifacl S.u H*hes ii. .id di <1 ii S l • *•1* * h ^n; 1m n tbs fnen l of t). 0 .1** i d it riot. Ill »d to K). V » tliC ftfW*r the epeen! ion 1 \v -aa tt in 4 hi to »th< It his little jkatmsN ike ; ft' * w.*!! us 1 [1h» tri ret Sl! w; Wi> the iitac \v!m> managiMl d ret at** of J he wi do' \X III en * •lOii’l; •JUux-'e stalked by and tone’..oil him not When tho Cuban struggle (ailed, once more he disappeared, but c uue to the front rcriiiii in the war lietween- Pent and Chili, lighting then on tlie suIe bT i the Peruviana when thefr country * ) iuvadeil. Tint uar ended he was loit ! sight of until the Gaitan roxolufien in it in position on tho bastion. Ho found other things to admire beforo long in the care which “The White Colonel”— for the old name was revived almost a*, enco—showed for tW- comfort of his men. W.hen the gun was mouiited the shots told well-on the camp liehind the fringe of trees bordering thy island scross tho yver. » CHAPTER IV. Citlomhia in 1'iyi and 1885. Iti: probahlc i part in some o pint In* tool i d nstM llmus ng linut Pi:;! main, but 1 have no tufiimn kind. No one knows nor in a leaf as she clung to her broj yen know who hois?” 4 ‘Elodia, my own, I will returv^/i murmured the ity will any one ever know where G.-mki lived between the wars iu or wliat la> did Azuudy a’j:'.* for him umtTiizipptmiew •r n* let MV 44 of a to _ 1 d t! ut w; R. re P ICC V his fa it Uafa *1* re- har i*i di maud id. Ordinarily *n nil.ri by the > suitor, but as d d That Rafael 1 Cm ndt*bi nnl Jtr <* >1 »rii 7vlfu ! Ti i, TrVr mid 'pisy Inn it imt 4M ihu a. should togi* ther ri<le when t! K» cat*U 'vere braodc d. or Sail on the s UjH* shij to complete their e Incuti«»n ih France Wan natural er longh; but tl utt enc* t.h< mid love th© other ns his. >ther fell its r ; the •r wi in »>t f*v whit'h iti*r\ k*w. nliiBMat t ally and fashion Fonnal. ud wine ratal i f IV t* * 11* •mi tin yt »nn, nora ! *r» d wil Ml? IIU ■ J*.- u tl depended on • co;u|iamoi something mu p P'-Jx* w u than this, s, like his father, somewhat slow in thought and _ action, cautions nnd careful. Idfc In Paris with all its joys lieing over fho't wlf young men crirm- back to New Gren id i. or Colombia, as It was ^rrrTl by lids Ira *, I !l i. in the political lifo of tlie Coin fry. All aJ-o l card nnd r< Rafatl Cord elude in tfir Iw ifa* I .■* r* i*r re; Maria Su:n*h bant. u.<.: >v i his sou fn>wi ju..;:av- ,.iJa _r TTT? :t f-.r Hu jard a s-ntalive. u Thea# P d .citui 1 : • I n*} *n »r am t rsonal re- ?nor l>ou i d 4o in- js- t I>r»n Dot! Jose lit f »0 4' !!#•»! l it ,nT i l?* i < .. rr 4 *4\ i It no t !»< ivd that ! should attempt isfl'l u. tie mj»i I ] ll i t vv ill ll pIm wits l/JS fKf !n*i r*- hi unr:i ivel 1 tb i* poi iUcalaiar tri tmt of liU *11 Vifl a t# \ ,rl I * 1 ' Vvl -- p / t. 111 U gic VV tie * ic volution le i by fH*iu Ii] um «*f In >* wn i r ir t* of 1 he ft 4 - - 1 f mk * **' t :■ JM G. 1 j». kit it an. it when < U i**?! MU t. M lUriei nt for t •• marrh ay S .> ed down Wt 1 KMr.ie? he: ly j h • a of all : j tie valley ut tire Mr. gdalsnu to Ut-ft and It s all no Ral \ho i i name. li*»ti flit ' % \ Lr ^ t •— — - y V A 1 d \ %i*L' 1 (n re; Reye* fn f •* t*m Kr,« tba ft! O oouat oi •oca," w no of the ns n j lit* Hi 4 s * 1 lit me. *'V*^ - t it< 1* c •omttinii 1 , rc< d. Jr m* Maria Himbci. AJitr U %v r 1 l,; i* MBm »• **j*UICIN* nri t ’rtz.-UsI i •etcrau— I i *« i, an 1 * >ct* r iiv nr rxsm s 4 -c_ : — w* won.Vt ful ly s 1 f 1 rypa, A since th© days M*fV ar In ft TUI a f f| f J f volun | fi m q. .- r c* ... I n ire n wi ll ifarl C«miob a pinwuu s 1 he vo *4i f'i TM r. Cn ilii .nar oti 9 kft WHV 1 fiem#* fn nn ParU. Li 'S» r "H'S bad hb a >9*Vf net Him ir<K Aj uA yet us! 1»fS ' wnt 1 that flr*i t evening way inti h;;i i , i * tt* 1 >ri ve d « *f the | ii 11 th l(% t r ti-.l wli ..i’ll was hr ll, • g the ts ink * In*! hind t'M> line of santb acci 1 »L 4i r 19 in her Ht«l 1 * ».t 9 .» * |«>ill ft 11 ; tl » di i n f tl*! \ it » th? :i ice of t lit* l>a »** i pretrcl tin; r th to tr Eiopj wh' toll GIImI >'• 1 A J. ll M 1 * !s*tr , ►* l;p il aiottr * fan’ 1.1 9 n*I Cai r IoIki w '*|ji |*| i irsleiua Ml el lilt!© to vm fr »m t! re Lnllre t* of tire fori flL*- % r!y ihi IV if 1 *M ||*^ l > \ mi d ra.lt si frr »n hts r.in! c nn 1 sti of 1 Gr lit unenn on i t! !re U ibwd sc row* tire left W hiii t 1- phi r.*ell them 1 j f, t!i S f.S*" < f *i, ie qpvm l V. | Hi /, and Ii iste Werl 1 to t ire bu^l©i in* they do i: || JulD^W t 1 if! t ( l 1 a Sd think | Ji •ret ID 9 I * noeuxi tvi pp ilLiut in ra :out tl soft 1, s wi ret tnud ic cf lire it t< T < [ > ] il W hen Ra m ear ih tlu IU th © Coloi os. nnd It j i *1 bv pod nig Ut"—call fad lr» a tin* l u •)4*i i.ii mi 1 blV 1 kov w .in • wi ftti < DOttf >t siek.'ii .9 {ft <•# feeling of hi: $ i 1. . '«*iV4 lyy.. k f ir o' rcr forty lie r lev er ki:vt iV t ih p th « f a r< ntej nft tba t.ll fM?IJ i who b ad k uovvn hi . i. i i ^ * L tic utri le*. with the: ir steady vi ol n’a love » # v 1 iiia Wltl it to her U rv! i r. ith Cf vote! will !i tear* a -h r.p R t) i d owa tadr i KnU; the n *r md km .’€* I i £ I ay • in iDtil far into J in# i Fill it! t I 1 r that fat! her’* sr •n i guns. not t ye t tn | msitioo. bu*. Ij-tug t h© AiL r \ t r I Um wh o lovnl Ii tm , # |, IW V er • 1 the seilteiK 1 nN y f«»r ti il* C 'ftrr H tire tic. > of hand II if pi N*Ve 1 t* %*t| 1 )t* f] * \ <1 t wi in In »r.*r nn<l' . 1- ii* Ri jUk »r .j , ! j. i was i lot e een sgai li.. >; the • ft ^ fires of tire rmn; tbs hi ji u t| f V • 1 ivt ti n*itr the l.ffpftid A [er ‘ |. a j ; [« k of rth the 1 l-t ; ve ry bora^ 1, 'hit* Ii nif ^1 gh-K t lik© nn Wold 1 fe r tin und pn4vct 1 A pi 111 r»f t fo 1 lowing you ir. tin* Ii ist » r i the pail of tho 1 fail it light. vunfeUcd birr • 1 frayed « wi }i*i rrr mig lit C.r.ie •i t!.© w ar. 4 * ( .1 SalUCUt' % i%* turned to *1V 9P, to It •*r, , to hm in it u 0 ), river i every l ! 9 I# Hi *» f; it!i 10? met hi im s ont© mi! U l* f OIV in nu' morv * on the bark l*v j # *||*v - f w u. I! : *nu id Ui ic agony n Wi ay. Jj rao i ;u serni s torv Icil p; £& J fn Tt* . idfn Xbt i t]' • ctn d figsirci > . •! 1 miUimmm -- iAi hi _mi -ft * 1 V* • iftl <q 1 ’ i IU i ,i i lie lien r ti, i il Senr j tig met; t 1% uik mg i ri*l© by siilu, the It vv ItH IU v 8 ’. «1+ . 1, T TT TTrrf "ry 1 1 wt* * ■drit rf if »L4LsmI ^ Lriik un nr m of om* thi t#Wl tl R(?( retionat*' ly arorud yen: 2iH4i Tk •tl t; JO name 1 at. u fia t s«f 11 > P*^»© to ' l!ie i { TTJ ::ie n rTrr—» P’ WS'jiii d ... . tu .> nut 1 C U«*4 w as & A n conjure n IIV its !if, nnd s iron to b ear ii g; fn*. •h yr mug voif e. a*. J he wit! li when I \n‘l l i ( ..41* U. in rmn ei 1 c * 1 I VI. ilH* 114*35 W, le ullilo .4 1 ind tpi! tsk nl d hLih iiin tiii’.p iish tli© words of S'!J( or It i. th t)1 ter of war. a fti t*r i f'l ^ lift, \V1 n n nt Last he m« !*. of COI i'fic o in u hriliiaut future and !ut4?, w 1 wd Im ow ? i ui; id Lterel t: n d Is *r 1 oonor oU IH IA Z U*U of 1. jvo for 1)01 lie t and ( •onutry A/’ The •tetcr Bank on her knees beside the ! • bed. , Tl;e time st Oilnm.nr was s weary time. The Uaitafteme lay sullenly in their intrenchincnU, and the goveru- ment truojm hati no steamers .with which to attack them, so there was little tight' | Ing except at long range. Gen. Mateo* was sick with the fever, and tin# com mand pratk-nllv devolved on Gen. Reyes, his cRief of staff. Reyes was tireless In his work, nnd lie had the troops well in hand; but for tho timo there was noth ing to do bat wait until boat* could be secured. Kicknaas broke out and the nt Crtceno died. Some sisters of charity came from Carthefena to nurse tho sick who were sent to Santa Lucia, the little village on the Dique. and so to thee I man. “No,” said Col. .Sanchez tone. “Who is be?” “Rafael, Rafael, I tell come back after all these “Rafael! Imposriblcrsaidz^ ing forward. “Who calls Rafael’/" asked the man. “I tell thee. Ivpe, ’tia on the Jean Jacques—on the oh, most uktinate of men “There! dost hear that?” wh: the sister wildly. Col. Hanchce bent over and the tuan's face, great drop* of persptra» tion standing out on his forehead. Itf)4 * tie he looked the eyes were opened. “Pepe with spectacles; how Don fael will laugh,” he said. “Didst them from the concierge, Pepe—they of his pattern?" “My Uodr ers;l>ime4 CoL 5*a® drawing back and paaghig ‘■i scroas his forehead. The sMer h« r knees U >ide the bed and Id ! hnud lying there, weeping “My sister," began the patient ‘where has Elodia gone? If my were here she would dry thy There can bo nothing but where she ia." # ‘ ^ Col. Rancbe* leaneil over the bed. “Dost know me. Kafaelito?” be “Certainly 1 know tboe; not know thee? But thou art older different, aomebow. Art for ( ipn ra*le to-night?” Pepe drew back and walked twice or rues the room. “Elodia, dost thou know who man is?” “Rafael,” shd sobbed, without up. « * . . ‘•Tliat la the White Colonelr “1 knew itt” ah# almost screamed. knew it, oh, thank God, l knew itif never doubted thee, Rafael of my whv should tho routine of lifo in camp went on, 1 knew it was not true;” and once iJc g a sfUM* of htrtne 1 r.i ill i! 1 .?! 1 t.i fm in was turmoil. Jos« Ignacio M.injnrz hatl been elected president two yearo before —ISilt—and tlse suppression t»f tin* con vents in Paste- a month before the ar rival of R if.x'l and Pepo was the signal revolution of for the outbreak of “dfii . the governors.'" Tninll ,*if first, k rapid ly spread under the energetic leadership of Samper until the whole country ^ as convulsed. As might In* support'd from hia character, R if.tel Cordoba was en thusiastic over thq war, ami loudly de clared his intention of easting in his let With his father’s old friends in the gov ernment bo soon as ho should have seen hiSTftOther. ^ He journeyed to the slate of Cauca, found his mother 'on '4iP , . r hacienda, near the city of Cali, and— staid where he was! The Senorita Elodia Sanclv'z, Hon Rafael’s daughter and Pope’s sister, was then 17 years old, of medium height and exquisitely graceful, with a wealth of hair and glorious black eyes, shaded un der their long lashes, with just that touch of color in her cheeks which makes the,pure brnnettofltTv^ry beautiful; with 1 hands and feet like those of a child, with a trick of glancing up and revealing the depth of her great eyes, and then de murely roiling them from view; with a «> that w^ica so wise and rim At any r ,t *, the amba.-s>n i r was a to inform the imxions 1 »vi r that the af fair was “in progress,” ?;iid then hurried back to the bouse to take part in the family council at which the oifor was to be considered ia due and ancient man ner. Present were his mother, a band- soine old lady in wliose face tic . ome- wliat stern features cf the son were re- theted in i-oftoned fashion, his lather and himself. It should not have taken them two minutes, to come to that con clusion which was foregone, but the senora and her con debated as gravely 1 vs;on. and captalash found for l»otli wi iuiaT" With the dn l--vb4te44ko w ar«’f extermu a imr at P nation !i ha } stoixl Moi awful liench—El Banqnillo—smelled of him Las be stooped ;*nd kissi-d it. There his father had died for liberty, nnd he, too, was there to give his life if need be for bis country. The work, with their companies and. Ms t on a rrm^’iag and took frruii bis Blirhel a g«»ld ; •1,” with which be lighted i remembered, r.s l;e looked I VillowcftM for the tape i day ttatnei had te»ugi,t it fW him j n. Jhey were m Paris, when ho had j SMH1SM lllMlitf.il I*. L«,ill hl r _ life. IU r< uiembefvd. too, how ho had } lin ked it away with bitfer thoughts in j with a skirmish or two to, break the monotony. Col. SnncbMi hoard his sis ter was at Santa Lucia with others of the blessed order, nnd ho was away for two days, Tliey had not met tlu-il for. over twenty years. 11 wan in Aug Il^t* &•)» tliat one of tbeve skirmishes, a little more vigorous than thoae which had nc before, took place. Tb.> VI • •' ! mrivvk- * fli-Tau don under his cliurge, mid the gun waa s{s\-vkiug loudly and to tho purpose. J u; t as the Lust riiots were fire?! a Imllct struck him iu tho shoulder, breaking the bone badly. When it hit him ho started, but did not fall, and it was Capt. Rodri guez—be of tho laughing bugje—who noticed tlie wound lin t. At hia solicita tion the wounded man consented- to leave tho ‘gnu ami to walk to bia owu quarters, and it war. a short time before Ifffy. 1 ."!, . WM ill i iMsiy^AsafcJdatMto at work with him. At first all went •art, an; then twenty years iifter- in fact, with themsidves, left ITafael and Pepe bui liitle time for anything but the preparation.* for the battle which was exjiect>•*! rhui, while the military talk and Hie excitement of the camp liad a strange effect on Rafael. Alwavs nerv- over Rafael as they would had he Ix'en ou , um i enthusiastic, he seemed like a iin^*\.ntio<juonb. Senor Sanchez himsell (lid not Siiy ::K:cll,-bUt Xrqm the kindly twinkle in hisreye one'would have siip- jxised he Was much amused at some- like a e never got up, and vve buried her. Eh Klin stormed about the house, declaring it was a conspiracy. She wont to Senora Cordoba and never left her while she lived. Since ihen f'io has l»et*n quiet but, oh! P( [>c, slie in fo white and thin It will make you crytORCO her evea,’ and the fond old man sobbed as he lient ward, when time bad mercifully softened the grief and shame, hud found it nnd once more put it in Ida pocket. He ro- membored how his father, before he died, had broken the silence and sent Ins love to Rafael if Pepe ever met him. lie tbou 0 ^t of tin t good old m in'u sorrow ainTof hia sweet siaterV broki a lifu. tie j thought, tiH>. of his v friend, for Col thing Voice like soft music—was it any won der that Rafael Mst his heart and began r to jilay the bear in front of Senor San chez’s house? - For be it Imown that c'ourtship in Colombia consists chiefly of silent ad miration, and while the girl sits in the balcony the man stands below iu the fctreet, gazing respectfully and ardently At her. Between them there is always from thirty to fifty feet of space, across Vvliich tliey rarely care to talk, as the. “whispering of love” becomes ridicu lous under such circumstances. Who tvould desire to make a! .tender declara tion in tlie voice of a Stentor? This method of showing passion is called “playing the bear, ” but why 1 do not know. It must not be imagined that Rafael eonld fall so desperately in love with Elodia without telling Pepe all about it somewhat grave Joso Maria found forced to listen to rhapsodies it his own sister until in truth he tire of. them. No doubt Elpdia ff 'good little thing and Pepe was enough of her, bat that she was an he somewhat c^rioosly doubted. >. ns tuere w&« vj earudy rea- M afeonM nut man. Ur, crazy man at lime's, and Pepe. accus tomed as he was to his moods, looked at h;>r ruva'Hin.-s in amoz nnent. His one desire was to fight, and M talked nearly ?ill the time. At hist <Ue day came find with it the battle of Puento Grande, which praeti- wke^? What ?i pitiful story it all was! He had long ago made up iit^ miud that fully ended thy “h volution of the gov- i-,. r by a look. Elodia busied herself ernors." Under Henan tht* govcnimeut with caring for bis comfort, going about troops marched out of D got,a to tho with a face that wrung the brother’s bridge, and there after a hard fight dt* heart. Neither then nor aftbtward did feated the enemy. This was on the £eih Mi 0 ever speak of Rafael, but when, of October, lfl-lt.fi 1 so!*mj "♦ime in the spring nf ‘42, she’de- At bis own request, preferred to Gen. j elared herintention of becoming n sister his hen 1 and murmur ad a prayer for Ins ! Sanchez was now able to think of him os little girl. I a friend, and Uo wondered what bad 1*? Pep> ’.s .stem face grew sterner as they ' co:io( him. Was lie still •alive, and rode along in eilcncc. \\ hen they reached tho house he went in, and his sister met him at tho head of fho stairs Ife saw her. and a great wave of pity ; some ovemiaderiug panic which os vic- :>hi .4 him a:* betook her in his ! tim bad been utterly unable to conquer; arms and kisse.! h “• gently. Hiifmcflht'r i hut even then, tho pity of it. the pity would have spoken, but f'epo checked of it! well enough, and to the many viritors I who came to ask after the distinguished soldier word was given that he was get- I ting along nil right. Col. Sanchez came back, but, rtirred 1 by ho ecarcely knew what feeling, in sisted on going with the White Colonel when the patient was ordered to Sauta Lucia. They carried him there on h stretcher, making the trip on one of the two small steamers which plying up ami down the Diquo maintained communi cation between Calamar find Rs base of supplies, Carthagena. The run to tho Httlo village, now u hospital, was sufll- RafaePa desertion had been tlie result of i ciehtly phiasant, nor did the wounded man, as bo lay on bis cot placed on the A fignm of an old man with white hair, wearing an officer’d sword, stepped out of the shadow and halted. “Cui. Sanchez?” The colonel looked up and responded briefly. “Pardon me, colonel,” Bald Hie stran- forward deck, seem to fee‘l much pain. Col. Sanchez sat near him, but neither cared to talk, and tho Well man read while the t ick mat! looked oTit on the low, wide stretching country or glanced at hid companion. Across Col. Sanchez’s node there rested a pe.ir of spectacles, and she convtilsivoly pressed tier lips to hand. “Knew whatT azked Pepe In ment , “Knew he WaA not What they safiV she answered, rtehtg to her feet White Colowel, the hero, the brave, man, the tfau whease brave deeds I tl.rUhd o*ir licaits these twenty jn SaiiTts . I {Tisnk yer Rafael, Colonel —oh, never tlid 1 hop© for glory for thee, tny love! But I knew l knew it. thunks bo to thee, oh, bleseod virgin; 1 knew it, 1 knew ttT and, throwing herself again by the besK side and stretching out her arms the sufferer she prayed. All tfcat night Pepe and Elodia—or the sister DMorea—watched. At tiauti. Rafael's talk ran on the ©M days, but the memory of -them setItRST strangely teith other gcencs of which hi* hearers knewnotlnn^ui^ ing, when tho fever left him, he sank hi to a quiet rieep. It was Elodia who thought that perhaps it he saw them wlen he became conscious it might startle him, and fo Pepe left while bhe took her place outside the deer. When ho woke he was perfectly conscious, and after the surgeon’s visit he asked that CoL Sanchez be sent for. When Pepe entered the room, trembling as he had rarely trembled beforo, Rafael looked up with a glad smile. ■'.* “It will not be very long,” be said,tak ing Ids visitor’s hand In his, “before end cornea. And now, Pepe, dost thod know me?" Rafael, my brother,” broke from Pope’s lips as the tears dropped from hi* ‘Oh, Rafael, and thou eyes, die!” “If 1 bad tny choice, Pepe, It would have be^aras it is. In arms for my ©1 land and under thy command. God tiefin very good. A captain, too, Pepe; Capt. Garcia smiled in somewhat molau- j forget not that.” Her rail, Rafael had been promised a of charity. chance to lead fit least quo charge if ! any should bo mad3. enemy had taken up 'position behind a j low wall, to the left as you go westward from the bridge, ftnd from this, cover wi%e annoying the government, troops with agalling fire. Gen. ilerran decided that fit all cost they must be dislodged. In their portion they could not be flanked, and there was but one thing to her, she looked at him and said with A company of tho , trembling lips; “Dost Hunk, ray brother, there is any conflobitiott for me except from God?” And Pepo was silent. ' x . * # # * # So fur as may be known, duping the wnt in Mexico between Maximilian nnd Juarez, “ElCoconel lilauco”—The White Colonel—first made his apiiearance. ind Pepo .tried to dissuade ! ger quietly; “but 1 am anxious to servo fin fad's first visit.. ^ Rafael having been declared eligible, Senor Sanchez sent for his daughter, and do—charge on (hem over the wall.- Mind fid of his promise, tho general sent an | tho various resolutions in the Central and aid, and ordered CaptyCordolu to un- South American eoiurtrien prior to this** dertako the work, supported by Capt. time; but there is nothing certain about Sanchez. Wh-ei^the order .was given To them that I have ever been .able to learn. with your regiment as a volunteer. 1 have applied to Gen. Reyes and 1 have ids permission, provided 1 can obtain yours. My name is Joso Garcia.” “Jose Garcii;'. ,, ‘ repeated CoL Sanchez slowly. “Yes. Possibly von may have heard of the name bv which i am called, ‘The White Colonel?’” ‘.The White Colonel." ” related Col. There Ure rupiprr. concerning lum during Saitghez, springing to his Cuet, “Ar© yon” Senor Garcia twwcd. * - “But, scLpr, 1 cannot allow one so dis- tinguished^so well known, to seYvo ua- the two yov.ng men Rafael - flushed with Sure it is that he joined the forces nn- oxcitcraent, and wringing Pope's hand ordered his men cut in front, while his anuouuet'd * to ber'thVt" the &.uo!'Do« { lew nerv<nt (riea.t took u,. a support ii« Ralael CorJoba l,*i honored tbeir fan.- i f 0 *""™ Iu the rear. » UTiBg hu eword lly by a wirii to conclude an alliance Rufat 1 sprang forward. with herself. •Thy mother and brother h:»ve decid- The bridge he* was forced to cross was incumbered with dead and dying men, dor Juarez, and that bewared for nyirtier rankpftpr p U y. His 6no request whs to lx; permitted to take part In th« fight- dyr me. It is 1 that should bo glad to obey you.” “No, colonel, pardon mo.- Gen. Ma teos and Gen. Reyes have been most ing and to b© placed where there was i kind, and each has offered mo a staff the greatest danger, lie wife a man of position. . But 1 would prefer greatly to averago height, thin ami worn, with serve with your regiment ifl may.” deep sunken eyes, m which was an ex- “Of course.' The fionor you do me is predion of intense sorrow. j tbo great fpr me to refuse, although 1 lie called hnnself Jose Garcia, but) cannot think to what I am indebted for , choly fashion when he noticed thenv “Colonel,” he said once, “ietjafi iiave I your Hint and steel. , i likojtoieel it in my hand,” and Pepe, mfttveling greate ly, handed it to hiimvTjauding at Santa Lucia, the wounded man was carried up ! to one of the houses, where ho soon Wont toslfiep. In the early morning, bowovfir, he had a slight chill, and when the surgeon heard of it he looked grave. This was followed by a high fever, bat toward evening the patient became much better, lie questioned Col. San chez sharply about tlie symptoms, and when ho found out what they were ho tent for tho surgeon, and being alone with him asked him plainly whether blood poisoning had not set ia. Tho medical man hesitated. “Do not be alarmed to tell me. I have seen many men die from wounds. It Is over forty years that I went to my first war,” he said with a quiet tiunlo. “Well, colonel, should there be a re ed that we are safe in giving thee to Dun a,u l (hero iu front of him wao tae hno Rafael,'’ he coryanued, “and it only re- j of wall over wkkh th- whit* cloud* of in-Iks for tho« to itiv what thou wish- smoke floated us the sharp cracks of tlie was much more often addrcbsed ns^enor it. Tho captain of one of ray companies l0r ’ long rifles soun h d. T.-;. re Lim and ! Blanco,” the name given to him by Hie * is sick, and if you will condescend to “Tliv father’s decision has been made, lx*yon(i t?Mj bridgo (hero wero other men [ goldjr+K, wlto.werj ztmckjbytbe tmowy f acc( Elodia.” put in the ccanializNl senora dead or tossing in thoir egbay. Aa ha wfiateEu hastily, “and thou wilt regard Don liar i fast to; wrru he trod cmc.Uiittkinff boft, ^ wasiul * and Lc Laaiu a Laoaa-* L~* tho nuteo tT*»t 1 tlim Im4 M T ;n • liiiO ** Vk 1 -ly re "df. 11- w T!ra ojL-*I1 olhtrs l would t bnntuw ti VriUi h?ir and l n.,.4. krad Bsisy ep tM^srijr. d breath s&i of a man i ‘Ma> 11court in tho luaiinngy' turn of the chill, ver”— D-gsn the “W ith dcliria ftry—yes, I know, have my* seneee to-m -Undoubtedly, if ly attacked you, Wo yet.” r-My friend. Tho two sat there gazing into eac«t other s eyes, and the dying man was tho quieter. After a short patuw ho again. “Thy father, Pepo; he is dead.” "He sent his love to thee, Rafael.’* i “j knew hb would; I loved firm And my mother and thy mother-—I 'sc© them, Pepe, and they all know tho truth of my repentance now. And hast kept tho flint and steel all 1 years, good old Pepe. I liked to look it on the boat* but thou didst not And—and, Elodia?” “Elodia is here, Rafael.” “Then why do they keep her-] She would bo here if she eonld.* “She was afraid it might make ( in But I will ©all her." In ir moment Elodia was id tho and on her knees by the bed, head resting on his nnwounded! hio arm around hfir neck. “My own lover .he j lluwod by the fe- her lips moved, tmt what t