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VOI* XXIX.—NO. 3.
NEAR THE END.
SpaaLli Rule no Longer Holds
Good ia Cain
CAMPOS PAS FAILED UTTERLY
To Accomplish What the Spanish Gov
ernment Expected of Him.
RUft DRS GF A FUPCE EKSAGEMEHT
At Bitnbano Between the Troops.
Indications of Another Span
ish Defeat.
|l,vnv Cul-i. January H.—{Special to
T-- < :ut : nn.>—Thcr“ Is great excite
in. ;.t h. re ov.r the r« ;>ort* which conic in
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n port . I • re of a gr> at buttle supposed to
1 sve n fought ii" <* Batabano. but no
n.'tai! are given to the public. The opin
ion is pnv; st that !!:<• affair resulted tn
a vi. : > :• t!><- >» -ui. nrs. for had it been
<therw. . • '• have been rejoicing
in pive't.m. nt ciii.-s. The village of Bb
ji; vtl w - h ••• -4 tn i ■; nts. This is re
gard- »J imp r’a-.i r - iruaal point. The
Jlalalano affair. <r ’■■■<• • r the talk of
su.-.h visa.. is absorbing public interest to
day.
One day's quiet inquiry among the peo
pis «.f Havana is • nvi.-.;h to ascertain that
th.- day of Spanish rut.- is at an end.
The fact that the province «»f '
the one in win. h Sjr.i baa r i resented
It r lest front, has been p1... ed ur.d. r mar
tini tew; that tl.soisar.ds of arm.-l nen pa
ss... city nightl:- to pro.- ’t It iron,
a sudden dash by the troopers of •lonics
or Ma. :•*■>. has broken faith in the ability
Os Spain to nrnntain her prestige. Those
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pray I r swine kind of t oonection with the
L'nit.-d Uta •s.
“Mr ’ • vrtainted a leading sugar
plant- r or Mata.ixas. who is r.ow here and
who recently saw his crop go vt> it. smoke,
» ’'Who' ire we to do” Spa:;; is p«w «■<,'«« i
to prut-- . s. -.. i r., wioiki ,
mean a eon :.t;on of barrarisnu .ml w - see
no hop- : r the f -lure. save through the
I nited Stat- s."
I- ti.an i «. ar ago tl • viard;.r i <f re
voc «-•- n 4 • *t -e city -t Santiago
- I'u’a. ir • fir east, south of the i—
land X re- tha:. live hundred mi'»-s away
front th. r.ipit ■!. with hut a war- r fol-
Inr.r. it was la-. ;hc.| at is chimerical and
the • xj» fatten was c* 'lain that within a i
f w w • e... the l id.-s wi uld fay their re- ;
f;--!' t<» th* r->• But time pa: s.'d w. i
t nd the p ■«:rtain province lev.une so hot i
that the tarrs •” four th»-mselves In a .
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H*VAN\ AND SURROUNDING tt:KKtIURY.
Thii» 'lap Saows the Section of Cuba .About the Capital, Where the In
surgents Have Recently Become Active.
F’at« -f »ir which ‘h r y could not explain;
it w.. •. S :-n. and tv their minds, un-
lit i.ee People of the Mountains.
t-■ r, I- ’*t
}. h as •:.•••» R—t. The inhabitants? cf this
* -v.it-d r> ■ n like x-*-*»t»le co avim
r'ai -1 - - v-ry port of the world, have al
w .b • ir I—n' .Os rj of fnc >m. Mesin-
• n t --«».• ar» always pour. and th’ir re- |
< ■• ■ . 11 ■ them —ls-reliant. The vices
,f r ilth hit- i--• r tainted their man- !
I od. • Its r>: • I nature born i-f moun- 1
tain 1R- e ■i i> the r-It • ffemitut-y of |
r.i ■'F* • ’•'! h r " as
I - , ta; ! • emp-.. ia--I « ■ «*n more by
er law • nit was tm personal will of the ;
«■ -plan t- •.1 for them to enjoy. There
w ; • •tit turn tn all parts of «’u!»a
nrd for such t was the part of wisdom to
retreat to the mountain fastne? ses of the ?
east as rest si.
The Rising of ISCB.
It was in t!.:s region that Cuba made h-r j
first pa tan’ tru-rle fur fr-e-fom in Jue.
The time was •snprvj.tloua, in that the ‘
w-rH was th. n q -,i. 1 in gr-at»r strug- ;
gl*s. and that a. i I support which
t' : g!»t hav trade of thi - ten y« ars’ strug- •
{.*!•• a ; .-'e.e.. was ir..po-r il-q.. The l'r.ite-i .
States was rot only bar licapped by the 1
questions growing out of h—r great interne- |
cine struggle, but she wa deeply con-
•’•.-tr.t • by th- expuk-ivn of th-- Maximil
ian regime tn Mexico. Tat doctrine. v Inch
forbade the acquisition of American terri
tory bv Kuropean powers, just as explicit
ly rc» -gnlaed the right of lite pr--s-.it pro
j-teb s to mair.ta a their sovereignty. An I
att- ;t to nrauiia.n s . M- nro- dv trine
in and to break it in Cuba would
lan- I---n extremely lt» •insistent. Put.
In as - -it.-n to do. t* Cuban people ha I
tbo ondouliod right «-I revolution.
That str . ■ ■ : ■ . > >
irg In ?•"■» the treaty >•! Znnjan. had for .
f •
then captain g* neral and Maximo Gome a. ;
who had risen to conunand of the insurgent;
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nrmy. By the t'rms of the understanding
r. ached. Martine* t'.ini|»os pledged bim
■clf to obti.in for I’tiba a Ftibstnr.fial
measure of autonomy, under which it
J would l" - posFtble for the people of Cuba
t to live and work out their own destiny.
l!r>w that contract failed of its purpiso,
1 and how the people have been goa<l< il into
I' t.nothw uprising, forms an inten-sting
chapt< r.
Crmpos Whipped on All Sides.
• The situation is today that Martino*
• Campos, «• nt cut to serve another term
as captain general of Culm, has I- n out
generaled and whipped bn<-k within the
gates of Havana In a most numtliafing
manner.
To add to the disgrace of the situation,
, ’ it is openly charg.-l that his leading officers
1 have lx tr.ived bin . an I that they pref erred
seeing Soin h • ol.». . tr.nl i: in the
dust to sc ing them upfield by a man whose
I past life has committed him to a liberal
line of policy. Taking his stand at Jovita,
in the extreme east, and at Bayamo, <«en
* cral Campos v.as tinmen ifully whipped by
'he negro insurgent Maceo. After the lat
ter engagement Carnpw ran, losing ammu
; nition and m< n, and had to submit to the
pe-sonal indignity of receiving a message
train Maceo that he would take care of his
. dead and w.->m b-d.
The Negro Leader.
! Tn tne jw rsonality of Maceo there is
■ more intert st than in that of any other
1, 'lire connected with the Cuban insurrec- (
Itiv ard as time passes, he will grow into I
such proportions ns to dwarf all others.
As a means of attract! ig strength to the
! insurgent cause in I)W<, the leaders in that
(movement guaranteed freedom to all slaves
es the island who would abandon their
Spanish masters and Join their fortunes
i with those of free Cuba. That insum •-
! tion was r, ally the work of the white )>eo
| pie of Cuba, excepting of the oflii ial class.
| The exwtions und. r which they labored
were so severe that it seemed to many of ,
the wealthy native planters that mor. w i.
to bv lio|e-d tor from the ;t»surg< nts than
• from the government. The itiiiwtus was
given by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, tty
s ion o: a family which traev-d its descent
; Irom the days of Columbus. ’!e had Im i n
edu. at. d in th.- uiuve'.-iti* s of the oid |
world and ini; -tilv.l from his assoi iatlons |
‘ there the re I cap ideas of tit revolutionary i
drv.,m<-rs of IM\ which ui fitted him for *
residence in a land of s avery. He set ■
free _•) .lav, s that they might tin’it und- r
General Agramontc, and his example was
• tollowrd by uunx-rous oih.-t-. I.iitcr dur-
! p g that war. Spain is-< i.pi.a <1 the fre
dom of these slaves and of others slili ir; j
slavery-, in a spirit of eonuscation against 1
tiieir Ciibai; owners. Tin n- w I. neti- '
• :i. sos freedom, hating Spain. v..-re w. I- ’
vomed by the insurgent*, treated a.s equate. .
and given first placets in ord. r to en- J
■ »uni.; - all of their race in jolt ing them. I
It was out <-f this . -cession of blacks that 1
Antonio Maceo and his eleven brothers
s-pra ig >to , nine of tnc number
1 .it ,ia 1-asl tie r I ye* in the cause which
l!i> • had espous •
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V in n, ihcrc-iore, bpaln ami tiie insurgents
I came together in the treaty of Zanjan in j
i IMS. b ».ii sides found themselv. s borne |
d wn with a weight of their own creation.
The mgro had won a place of r-; ;.ility in
e I. in action rind in s-„ .-t. ..f which
?’ ir urn. nis coubl ti-M d. price him. The
Spaniards, in fn-eing them ’ > punish their
i;:te Cuban owners, had lost all powr to
h dd them in subjection, and In nceforth |
th- “rejected so;. ’ was to be a source of
, trouble i» the Spanish household. The ’
i speeter was present at the tr.aty of Zan- i
• jan. for while the terms of rurrender were ;
agreed to by all the whites, it was re
served to the negro G neral M.i- --o alone
*• r- f'.’M- «i>brr-i >n, and he cuntinucd the
. tniggle some months longer in the moun
tains of Guantanamo, finally leaving the
country, and taking servi«-e in the Costa
R.- an army, and then- he was last year,
when th-- j-nt-.-nt struggle broke out. It is
?.< i that he always won- his full Cuban
ur form <ind> r his Costa Rican habilamcnts
during his service in that country, so that
ii- :i;:_- • ic-tintly ap;>--vr in response to
the call of duty.
Negro Domination Feared.
Now th- most s-t.ous question connect
•-1 with the pr-s.-nt struggle m this island
;< the one wtikh th liking tn- n already
fur-:-•••—what is to become of the white
r-.-n wh-n freedom conits, if come it does?
Can the presi-I-nt of a suptsc-ablv Cuban
republic r- fuse recognition socially to the
v< ry man of all others who has furnished
th- brawn which has fought the tiallle us
the island? The ii-grr-s alrca-ly form al
most M |"T c.-nt of th • ix-pula.lion. That
mu< h of the C-iban v.»i--, therefore, cun
be set down as p> rmatn-ntly purchasable
and corrupt, as it has t-cen found
t » la- throughout the Unltaxl Stales.
Join'd to th- tn the corrupt white vote, at
1- -i one-fourth us th r. mai:i<h-r will
; :ve a char majority «-f people r -a-ly to
r- ’ ~,-e into the wildest of l-.itl-ar- in. and
dtipli-;. - : gti e retrogression -f Hayti ai <1
The Work of the Rasistas.
This- Rars are given p-.utit by the fact
that Maceo is the head of the se< ret order
us i:» gro cou-'pirators against w hite rule
known as the Rmstas. This soviet;-,
organiz'd ia Santiago fn years ago. !s
largely spread throughout Cui-a. Ilayu.
Santo Domingo and Jamaica. The prime
qualification for membership Is that the
applicant must not !»■ In the employ of
wtiil- iii.tster, and must take -are that
t- never enters such employment. This
P< re tuation us the 'quality InxtJlid into
tl •nt during the last revolution is the
mainspring of thv.r pre?<nt vnthuj.iait.-f
in th- oin- of Cuban liberty. Tite ex
i ■ i.« • of ti..s sO'i't>, aiming at the con-
. . ■: i: ■■ \\ --t India i 1!-I into
a huge ii< gro «oiifi-ih rativh. It i- claimed
m otti-ia! < ire l ': here, is w- ll known to
the British guv-. nt-t- nt. through it ; int'r
e-1 In the island of Jamaxa. and for that
retison there is an understand-ng between
ATLANTA. GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 18UR.
the government of Great Britain and Spain j
which will call for united action if the 1
worst come« to the worst.
B hen the great value of the West Indies ;
Is taken into acebunt, Cuba selling to the |
Cured States alone ov.-r fao.OtMC.iO annual- (
ly. the qui slion becomes pertinent if these I
islands, so rieh and Inviting, should be i
abandoned of white men. and turned into '
a saturnalia of negro anarchy and bar
barism.
The People Revolutionized.
The six hundred mile gallop of the in- |
Slirgents from one end of the island to the 1
otli. r. almost unopposed, anil at no point
seriously checked, means more tiia.i the |
Spaniph authorities cam to admit. It ‘
means that the people of Cuba have be
come thoroughly revolutiontaeiT, that those
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PERTINENT QUESTION TO UNCLE SAM.
General Gomez: How many time;
the island to the other before you
in the su: :>.r end tobacco di tri.-t- who
h ,ve hith. 't.i ’ Id a.-i\' hn ■ I- n torn
f’-i-m ihe nn><>riiigs < . > lit to Spain, and
that to hold tin island will require al
■fio t as many soldi, rs as tin t, are in
habitants, insntm nt h i h rs may In-bought
or kiti.'i, tfeere may I- ■- caaional -
I • -lo'-.- O. >f . Ititi. - l.nt the hour has ,
Am.'rt',..t <-’.e.r ni , ■ ■■T' - *'
Campos Surrounds! by Guards.
Captain '-il < .nit- s shiv, ring in 1
his |.ni O e I’l ■ t>, f. -r., the approach
of friend c: i , and .-hi -■ hinis.lt from
the p. >plo b< hind a cordon of -oldii rs.
In the it,, amitnt Un gallant riders who
have <!a.-m <1 from < ap< Maysi to Cape
A: ton io '- tv- t l -- fn.-dom of the open air
at-1 the s? inpathj of the people.
GOMEZ'S VICTORIOUS CAMPAIGN
Triumphant March of Insurgents from
East to West.
Hav.ui.u Cui-.t, .1 inuary i. (Special to
The Constitution.)- I’he air is full of ru
mors of an insuri-ent d< feat at Bejucal
yesterday, but p.-op’e nere who have
vv.tti-Jietl the pro. ecdnigs Hom the begin
ning express grave doubts as to the truth
of those rumors. The manufacture ol
news .fgalnsit ttie insur etus seems to t-e
tli«‘ policy of i.te government and
very little r.-iiance :s pl.-ic-d in it. It is
the geii.-ral feetm., that the next few days
will show, if not important engagements,
some important d> velopnicnts. The story
Hi it General Campos is to relieved of his
command finds many b.vers. Spaniards
hero who talk say that General Campos
lias outl.vid Ins usefulness ana they want
a younger and more vigorous leader. Tile
in.surg*ms on the other hand profess to
Im t.-ve that a ct m < in leadership would
b<- v tillable to tin ;n and would bring to
their . -I many mlluerm.-s which are nuw
h.d l oft tlu.-ui ii the b’iiet Lout Campos
can bring autonomy.
If there an any 1 -.ul Spaniards in this
si-ctiott, ;t ..’ tiat'l to lind item.
Th. io w..s a time when Sama Clara felt
safe Alnn b.tv.-.n it and tin- troopers
of tlie mountains there stood the Invinci
ble army headed t v Captain G> t.< ial de
Campos tn i«-rson.
For miles tin- traveler can pass through
this eountrj and he will find the homes of
tiie landow n ts • lused, the owners refug
geiing tn Havana, and tin- cane fields a
sp.-i-tacle of ashy desolation. J met here
an American who lias a large sugar
plantation.
"1 ii, insurgents did not reach me,”
said he. "but tie y rod" within six mih s
of my place. But what concerns me is
that I have all my money in vested there,
that 1 cannot call upon my own govern
m« lit be protection, ami tiie government
under which I live is unable to give It
On the rituit oi tiie rai'imarmy 1 ex
pei-t il to :v. I g my w g , ami my property
will bo in the same shape as the rest."
Tin us told lute of tin- passage of
the insurgents Item cm t to west is one
.it entraining deiad, a-*d exhibit* strange
stupidity <»r simplicity on the part of the
bpanish troops.
Organizing the Insurrection.
While Maceo was organizing the ne
groes into nn nil.. r:-h>p In tiie Kasistas,
uoso * Marti, a singularly s<4f-saerilielng
Cuban living in New Ymk. undertook the
task of uniting the Cn it.t.s of tiie I nit. <>
States. He asked thim to tend him the
nt ’>ey direct, t«. it tint him implicitly,
a d tn dm- time they should hear from
him. Tin- Cuban cigar m.'.kei. of blort
<!. alone conttlbub.u over to this
fund durpig Ine j* ar i v <t.
The el.-itn-i tug of insurgent horseltoofs
around Havana we the at-syir!
It was it. l-'el.tuary of i ’> 'hat both
Ma, co ami Mat t found upon
the soil tiny loved so will. Maceo t. ok
command of the Insurgents, and shortly
afterward Marti was betrajed to death
by the .Spoilt.irds. It was tn the coming
of Gomez that the revolution began to
take shape. I’eih.-u. olhing so Well
shows tile great : i if-, eniroi of Maceo
thin the fact that though lirst on th
lit Id ami in a-fuai eotnm utd, he should
hi ve recO;. tzed tile < iaifi) of the latt
. -I'lic.: G..|e :o tm one rank which lu<
h;.d i . ~ iin < ein u he li e!<> cd ia
1 . and contented i.imseii v..th the
ond place. Il shows i v ill-power winch
is hound to . inn.v : . i.>i <me eotiliol
later on
The Story of Gomez.
General .Maximo G’>mez is a man of
checkered history. To see him seated upon
his roan horse, sitting as if the two were
one, his iron gray locks toyed by th
breezes from the east, hia sharp and
breezes from the east, hia aharp ami
o'lv- -tanned Spanish face gleaming with
determination and Intelligence, •> <o be
hold the greatest cavalry' loader of the
day. He was born in Santa Domingo
about six.y years ago, and big.tn his mili
tary life in >!'■ strvlce of his native -min
try. Si’bsi qt ently, in Im'l, when Spain,
seeking the re« stabllrhment of her power
in the new world, seiz-d upon Santa Do
mingo, Gomez accepted • f’lcc under the
invaders, and, to <ise tha expression of a
Spaniard here, "fought against kin own
countrymen then on behalf of Spal i for
a people among whom ho exists as arr- ie
adventurer." When the Spaniards were
forced out of panto Domingo, the Cuban
insurrection of lstiß v.nai about taking
must we march from one md' , ' r i
will recognize us a*. I 'ligere y \
shape. Gninez at once renalr-d T* f
var.n .-tml ought tervme : Hist Jdof”"
bars tin ollicer ill the <-i n _ v -
In tin h- w s tinsui i ■ i,l, ihu:’
\ ahi ■, wa a • * ; A- '
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Spain aw th< folly of having r> J to ! j
Ins offer ->f service. All this story of i
double purpose Is told with groat gusto
by the Spanish partisans in d*pr-?i i«lou
< f Gomez. To it the Cuban p.y« r.o at
tention, for Im is too entmtsi..-tic aIK-ut
present performance to trouble l.in self
about pa t p-ttpose. It is enougli t > know
that in one w ar Gomez fore.-I prom! Sikhn
into the signing of a treaty with an army
i- reb.-ls, mid that in the pr- .nt tm las
outwitted her most brilliant military c- ui
mander. The military art lias always
been allii’d with adventure, and hut f-w
army oflh’ers of any nation can l-e judg -d
by the rules of political r»ctitude. If Go
mez tt.as fought about on all sides, lie
has done no more titan military men of
all ages, who.-o swcids wen- ever ready to
fly from their ibbards on any provo
cation. Gomez was on his little farm in
Monte Crist >. in Santo Domingo, wlmn
Im was warrod by Mart: il it the hour
had com-. With four followers he land
ed upon the adjoining Cuban coast, where
fey-*— l —',, x.
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INSURGENTS ATTACKING A SPANISH FORT.
This Shows a Recent Attack t»nd Illustrate the Methods of Warfare
in the Cuban Provinces.
ho found the montaineers in arms with 1
Maceo at their head. In the w-organiza- |
tion he was recognized as chief in com- .
mand. and he began at onee v h actlv ■
steps that the Spanish govs-i nment paid
him the eorapliinent of dtaggteg <;■ -noial
Martine* de t’ampos fro*: roiin»niit.
and placing h’m in command jf th» is
land.
The Grand Stand Flay of Da Campos.
There w is a good d-ul of llotn isn al out
th ; arrival oi' De Campos In Crtha. In or
der to show his I'earl. s; ’lui-s aad also t<>
flatter the 1 ■ -.mle of the iT’ affr.-tixl pr >-
vim ol Santiago tie Cuba, he land <t in
the < ty .if that name, homing for a trt
iiiui.’..tat march tluiii. to IV,v-. „ vie
he . xpeeted to find laurels uwa.tf<; l»ur.
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ways be a a feeling of loyalty to Bn” *.
Which was evident'*) by hundreds of men
furnished in 18(3 to the support of St an
ish ci’tiiority. l‘> dro Perez, one of the
ricli. -t Cubans of his day, erganizn! atid
mounted at his own expense the Guan
tanamo Squadron, a superb body of
hors men, who spread terror among the
in .it genus when ’.er they swept down
upon them. When all Cubans lire de
prived of arms in IS7X, an exception was
made by the crown in favor of this st;uad-
> ron, which, as a token of reward, was
! k-pt in service and suppl: d with arms
1 ami ammunition. IU was 'he purpose of
J G neral de Campos, upon landing, to place
• j tins squadron in front as a tribute to
i Cuban loyalty, and to let them eac< rt the
I Spar i "h < lors on to Havana.
There Was Fighting Ahead of Him.
j Great was his eonsti rnuticn at the
, opening battle of Jovita to lind the Guan
. laiuinio Squadron, commanded by the i
j son of the old leader, heading the charge I
lof the insurgents against the Spanish |
center, which they broke and rut the i
< nrmy to flight. By this time De Campos
b' gan to realize that th. re was f.ghting
I ahead for him, and that Spain would have i
to rely upon her own resottr - -s. His nixt i
I stand was at J’erali.ia, whence he was
(driven by the r--doubtable Maceo, who cap- ,
tured his guns, horses ami ammunition, I
and was thus enabled to place his own
troops upon a better eomiition. Do Cam-
|p< s retired into Bit;, uno, which had been
the insurgent capital oi Cuba durijig the
last revolution. Tlrnre he received a mes
sage from Alaceo not to trouide kirns- If j
about the wounded and dying, a.s the in- 1
sutgeiiLs were aldo to take care of them
us wi II a.s to run the Spaniards out of
the country. Do Campos, with mock
gallantry of his race, acknowledged this
coast'd’ ration by setting at liberty all
the political prisoners of the d.strict of
Mussavillo.
An Aggressive War.
Thus was fteeu the nio .ataiti provinces I
of Santiago do Cuba, wi;h the exception
of the port City, of the pre. tn-o of i - an
ish troops, and at this period it may be '
said that the war was on in earnest. Go
r.:ez had joined the insurgents, and had
come to the decision that io remain in
Into more guerrilla warfare and
operati.ins, and that the true policy would
be to push On to Havana. The next pro
vince, that of Puerto Principe, being Un
broken loothills from the mountains ot
Santiago, was watered by numerous
striuri! . on the sides of which were verdant
: vall.-y: . on which roamed thou amis of • it
| th- and horses, and in whose small 1:- Ids |
' v.js grown the grain which fed the island.
I A country more resembling the blue grass
i r> ?-ion of Kentucky would be hard to find.
This provine -, th”ti, the mealshop and the
f ranary of the country, wj ; essential as a
i.-u.’-.e oi operations. Its poss- s.- ion would
nut only put the insurgents in imssession of
all ti-. supples th'-y m - n <|, but would
L.trass the Spaniards by < titling otf theirs.
‘Io aid h:*n th.- warm season was .it hand,
and th- raw recruits from Spain were un
f ul.de :o take the field. Yellow fever was
’ C* -.. ' ‘i; l I-e '■ ','t ’ '
las yet th- lull extent - | liis future plans 1
1 l.ad slud itself upon Hie mind of Gomez,
! but finding it n •< - - ary to burn tiie vil-
, 1 of Ai.a Gracia, upon his mureh
thr< >gh I’m .to Print -pe to the capital, be
cuu •- of the hostility of the inhabitants, it
became apparent to him that one way to
light was to cut off the enemy's supplies,
and render it impossible for him to raise a
The Advance to Puerto Principe.
The turning of Alta Gracia was the
starting point which warned Spanish parti
sans in the country that they must lake
care of themselveg. Gomez advanced, and f
while refusing to meet the Spaniards in i
open fight in tiie city of I’uerio Principe, |
so disposed his forces as to prevent the in- I
troduction of supplies. The city was cut
off from bu'tcr, milk and country produce
fer man and beast, reduced to a state of
siege a.s railing -ami annoying as though
cannon frown’d upon them from every
side. The insurgents also supplied them
selves with horses an-1 exercised in rivalry
tactics until thev became quite proficient.
x A
The constant admonition of their command
er was to harass the ent my, but never to
court d>ath. It was better to annoy the
flanks of a retreating foe than to get killed
la a foolhardy ex! Il itipn < f bravery.
Burn the Cane Fields.
As the winter months began to draw
near tin- Spaniards were buoyed up by the
hope that they would wipe out the ins'.ir
! nts in a few short wicks. F.very ad
v.-nee of the insurgents was spoken of as
walkin', in' ■ a deathtrap delibi'-iteiy set
for t‘ ;n. When, tl -reiore, swinging off
front the city of Pm rto I’rlti'ipo, h ating
the Spanish r arrison tb.< n- cut off from
their base, and held at bay by mail bands
of insurgents, th 1: ral Goin. si t face for
the province of Santa Clara, the begin
ning of the sugar district, whe.'e there was
Continued on the Fifth Column Second Page
f BLACK HEARTS .
c WHITE HEaRT:
A Zulu Idyll.
By H. RIDER HAGGARD.
CHAPTER HL—CONCf.VDED.
"Ton are a strange man." said the Zu- i
lu reflectively; "you heard the kings or- I
der to me; would you have mo disobey the
order of the king?"
< ertainly I would. You have no reason
to love Cetewayo, and It does not matter i
to you whether or no I return to bis kra.il '
to mend guns there. If you think that in
wdll bo angry because lamin ss ng, y ou
hail better crosr the border also; w- can go
together.”
"And leave my father and all my breth
ren to his vengeance! Bla< k Heart, you
do not understuid. How can you, being
so named? I am a soldier and the king's
won! is the king's word? I hoped to h ■ -
died fighting, b-it I am the bird in your
noose. Coni’-, shoot, or you w 11 not reach
the border before moonrise," and he open d
his aims ami smiled.
"If it must be, so let it be. Farewell.
Nahoon; at lea t you art a bt • ■ . !>ut
every one of us must cherish h.s own life,”
answered Ha .'-ien calmly.
‘ Then, w ith much d-lib. ration, he raised
his rill” and covered the Zulu's breast.
Already— while his victim stood there,
still smiling, although the twitching of his
lips betrayed the natural terrors that ao
bravery can banish—already his finger was
contracting on the trigger, when of a sud
den, as instantly indeed as though he had
been struck by lightning. Hadden went
down backward, ami behold! there stood )
upon him a great spotted beast that waved j
its taal to and fro and glared down into Ids I
eyes.
it was a leopard, a tiger, as they call It in i
Africa, which crouched upon a bough of i
tin- tree above, had bc--n unable to resist ;
tiie temptation of satisfying its savage ap- ’
petite on the man below. For a si-eond or !
two there was silence, broken only by the
purring, or rather the snoring sound made
by the leopard, and in those seconds there
sf.ruf-g up before Hadden's mental vision
a picture of the inyanaa called tiie Invo-i
or Bee, her deathlike head resting against
the thatch of the hut and her <1- athlike l:p
muttering, " Think of my word when t - I
great cat purrs above your face.”
Then the brute put out its strength. Thi I
.--rs
Haputa Rolled Over and Over Down The Slope.
claws of one raw drove deep into the mus- white man's heart, for a moment, causin,
des of his left thigh, while with anoti. -r the L-r.-ath to catch in his throat. He.
it scratched at his breast, tearing the dress was very simple. On her shouldcs
clothes from it and furrowing the tl’>li be- dangling opt n in front w; s a mantle of
neatli. The sight of the white skin seemed soft white stuff edged with blue beads,
to madden it, and in its fierce desire for , about her middle wis a deerskin mooeha,
blood it dropped its square muzzle a:.l al.-o < mbroid-re-i with blue beads, whil--
buried its fangs in its victim s should- r.
Next moment there was a sound of lush
ing feel and of a club falling heavily. I 1>
roared the leopard, with an angry snarl, up
t-iil it stood as high as the Zulu who at
tat ked iu At him it came, striking out
savagely and tearing the black man as it
had torn the white. Again the kerry I- .1
full on its jaws, and down it went back
ward. Before it could rise, again, or ratio
ns it was in the act of rising, the heavy
knotted stick struck it once more and won
fearful force, inis time as it chan- i-i, full
on the t.ape of tin- neck, paralyzing it. i.
writhed and bit and twisted, .throwing up
the earth and leaves, and blow alter i-iov
was rained upon it, till at length, with a
convulsive struggle ami a stitb 1 roar, it lay
still, the brains oozing from its shatter--.
skull.
Hadden sat up, the blood running from
bis wounds.
"You have saved my life. Nahoon, he
said, faintly, “and 1 thank you.
"Do not thank me, Black Heart. - ’ an
swer'd the Zulu, “it was the kings word
that 1 should keep you sat- b - l! ‘-
tiger has be-n hardly d'alt with, for cer
tainly he has sav.d rnj life, and lifting
the Martini rille he u: l-ail' d it.
At this j’-in- cure Hadden swooned away.
j Twenty-four i • urs had g 0..- by. w i,
! after what i:mi to lam to t>e bn. a--
, tune of troubled an i drcainiul 1-
I through winch h- could hear' it- w 1
I umier: tainting what they said, and i I
himself borne he knew not whither, Had
uen awoke to lind him; -If lyt' g upon <• >•- -
ross in a large and beautifully clean Kamr
hut with a bundle of furs tor n pillow-
There was a bowl of milk at his . and.
tortured as he was by thirst, he tried to
Stretch out his arm to lift it to his lips,
only to niid. to his astonishment, that his
hand fell Ia- k to his side like that of a
d« ad man. looking round the hut itnpa
j tiently he found that there v.i- nobody in
1 it to a-sist him, so he did the hf.ly thing
wldeh i■ inained for him to do. ai d lay still.
I He did not fall asleep, but his eyes <-los-d
j and a kind of gentle torpor crept over him.
half obscuring his recovered senses. Pres
ently be heard a soft voice sneaking; it
s- emed far away, but he could clearly dis
tinguish the words.
“Black Heart still sleeps." it said, “but
there is color in his face. I think that he
will wake soon and find his thoughts
again.”
'Have no fear. Nanea; he will surely
wake: his hurls are not dangerous.” an
swer-.1 another voice—that of Nahoon.
•'ll.- fi II heavily, with the weight oi the ti
ger on top of him, and that is why his
| senses have been shaken for so kng. He
: went near to death, but certainly he will
I not die.”
"It would have been a pity if he had
d ■ d," answered the soft voice; "he is so
| i-i-I-Ititul: never have 1 seen a white man
! who was s > bea itif'.il.
"1 did not think him beautiful when he
| stood with his rille pointed at iny heart,”
I answered Nahoon sulkily.
■ | “Well, there is this to be said." she re-
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I'li’-'I; "he wished to escape from Cetewayo,
I at, uid aha
sighed. Moreover he asked you to como
with him. and it might have lx-en well if
vo i 1 ad done so, that is, if you would
■ have taken me with you!”
llow - ould i hav<- done it, girl? he ask
ed a'ngrily. "Would you have me set at
nothing the order of the king?"
Ihe k ng?" she replied, raising her
voice; “What do you owe to this king? You
have served him faithfully ami your re
ward is that within a few day- he will
take me from you—me, who should have
1 -en your wife—and 1 must—l must—” and
she began to weep softly, adding between
in r sons, "if you loved me trulj’ you would
think more of me and of yourself, and less
of th'- Black One and his orders. Oh! let
us fly, Nahoon. let us fly to Natal liefore
this spear pierces me!”
"W i-ep t. None :." he said, “why do you
t<ar my yr-ait in two between my duty aaid
my love? )ou know that 1 a:n a soldier
m.d that must walk the path whereon tha
king las x-t my feet Soon 1 think I shall V
be dead, ror I scvli death, and then it wiii
matter n'Thing.”
"Nothii - to you, Nahoor. who are at
peace, but to me? Yet, you are right and
I know it, therefore forgive me. who am no
warrior, bet a woman ar.<l who must also—
obey the will i f the king." and she cast her
arms about his neck, sobbing her fill upon
his breast.
CHAPTER IV.
Presently muttering something that the
listener could not catch, Nahoon left Na
ri’-i. and crept out of the hut by its bee
hole entrance. Then Hadden opened his
<■ - s and looked round him. Th' sun was
sinking and a ray f its red light flowing
t' sough the little opening of the hut filled
it with a soft and crimson glow. In the
center of ' hut supporting it stood a roof
tree of thorn wood color d black by the
smoke of the fire, and against it. the rich
!‘ rht falling full upon her. leaned the girl
Nanea. a v< ry picture of gentle despair.
A.s is occasionally the case among Zulu
women, she was beautiful, so beautiful
that tiie sight of her went straight to the
round her for' head and left knee were
strips of gray fur, and on her right wrist
was a shining bangle- of copper. Her naked
breaze-hued figure was tall and perfect in
1 s proportions, while her face had little
in common with that of the ordinary native
1 girl, showing as it did strong traces of the
i ais . strai Ara’ an or Semitic ; load. It was
j oval in shap., with delicate aquiline feat-
ures, an:.- eyebrows, a fail mouth that
I dr .oped a little at the corners, tiny ears
I behind whi -ii th. wavy e ..il-i-lai k hair
' hung uown to the s!u.■:• i. rs. ana tiie v» ry
j lov'-kest pair of dark and liquid ryes that
; it is possible to imagin.
‘ For 1 minute or n. ire Nan.-a stood thus,
1 her sweet fact bathed in the sunbeam,
: w hile Had i. n f-.. t. * his eyes upon its
[ beauty. '1 hen s —.i.-.g leai, .. she turned,
! and seeing that he was awake, started,
; d:«w h. r ntanb-l over her breast and came,
! or rather glided, inward him.
“The clrt'l is aw.iK-,' : said in her soft
, Zulu accents. "Does he need aug.it?"
| "Yes, lady," he answer d. "1 need to
j drink, but alas! I am .00 weak.”
Sue ]<•:•: u . ati I. -:d- hint, and support
ing him w: :i r i arm, with her right
j held tiie gourd to a.s I ;,s.
How it e. a!<otit lia b.i' ti never knew.
, but b- . lb.it drangiit w - mnsfied a
. change pas>.d ..ver h.tn. V, aether it was
tiie -. .g > to 1 . ».r h• r .-’ ~.il, and
:uwii-;.n>- ii'. '.’if - , < r 1 ' tend'-r p.ty in
; h.r e\.-s, i.iati -.'s not, tu 1. . ie was tiie
. sam- . str:, k .--••n; <■•;..t.i <n his ti.rbu-
1. nt, uucuri u nature, and < 1 a sudden it
; was j... d 1 .11 with j .1. a. t 1 tier, a pas
sion w hicii. if not ei. > a ■ ... al least was
r ul. lie <• d not fur a moment mistake
tiie signal' anee ot the live 1 of leefing
tl.it m. ■! J rough ins veins. Hadden
n. ler stiirw.d tacts.
"By n. vVtn. he said to i.itnself. "1
h;ii, tan. a in lote v-.i’i a I’ia, n beauty at
ins. sight, more in love than I have ever
i i>. <:i r<-. It's ;tw ki,ar,i, out .lit re w.ll
jte lupin 'lions. So much the worse tor
I *x.*h on, o. 11 . Cel. wayo, or for both ot
j tn. m. After aii i cuai a.ways gel rid
j ol io r t -'o 1 <. nil's a lui „nc- .”
i.'nen it . lot .... . mgbt
, about by the 'urmoil ot .n.. he lay
v.i K upon li s p:..o>\ 01' fu: , watching
Naine. s 1.0 wh.ie u:Ui .1 iiniive salve
Os pound* 1 I iVe.s .-lie i'll a 1 li rs it uress
iiig li.e v.vuti'c '.bat t. •• e . ;>ar; aad made.
Ji alm - tcmed as t igu sun hutg of
what was ias ag ai s mind comniunicat
td itself to that ol thi girt. Al least her
hand shook a little at ne. task, and getting
dune with it as qu.ckiy as she could, she
rose from tier kn«-i -* wi; . a courteous "It
is finished, li.kuos,” and once more took
up h.rppo tion by the roof tree.
"I thunk ; vu, lady," he said, "your hand
is kind."
"You must not call me lady. Inkoos,”
; she an.-W'ied. "I am no eh:.;i a. -.s. out
only tlk*'!.i". iter ot a headman, i'mgunu."
cd Nanea, - . , , . >
j not be surpris'd. I have heard of you.
Well, Nan ... perhap you w.il soon'be
con,* a chi. name- up at ti.e king s kraal
yonder.”
“Alas! and alas!” she said, covering h>-r
fa. with her hand.
“Do not griev. . Nan a, a hedge is never
so tall and thick but that it can be climbed
or crept through."
1 She let full her hands and looked at him
