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CHAPTER XXV.
On the Way to the Plaza De Toros.
Smithers Is secretly delighted with
'he great nerve exhibited by his patron 1 -
ron , for If there Is anything on earth
the secret agent admires , It Is pure 1
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, .i , . ; , Ilavana Is never thoroughly awake
tlt. ; . , . . . . . . . until this hour of sunset , and to , night
" the gay capital means to outdo every
previous , effort. The horrors of war
will ho forgotten In the grandeur of
n military carnival , and until the small
hours of the early morning merriment
.I . _ mist abound
Aroused from his reverie hy the
coming of a servant , Jack Is again led
- to the dining hall , where he finds the.
senorita : awaiting him.
She looks more ravishingly beautiful -
ful than before and might charm the I
most confirmed bachelor ; but Jack I
. . ; . touches the cardboard In the pocket
over his heart , and lo ! before his
eyes appears all angelic face , a. brown-
hah'c , rosj'-cheeltcd , hhlU'c 'Cll lassie ,
and ho feels sccure That Is his talis-
. man ; ho fears no fetish In oxlstonco. I
They become qulto sociable over I
tilt dlnncr
She describes sonic of ho I wonderful
sights ho will see at the grand rccop'
Lion and the ardor with which slue
enters the subject declares that ,
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has proven herself ; , leading the IHlh'l-
' otr : Into battle , Lola Is hut a. woman
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: ' scenes , where music ntlll jewels and
, lovely damsels , ns well as dashing
, . ,1 { . military gallants , held court with Tcrp
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Then Smlthors bobs up serenely
and proceeds to make hlmFolf quite
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at home at the table of this most
. : singular Cuban Henorltl1
: : , ' , , Tack Is struck by the fact , and
, I : : . ' : : ' shoot n quick glance from one face
tn the other , as a sudden suspicion
1r.1l0118 through his hraln. Can It bo
possible there Is any relation between \ \
_ these two ? It would ho remarkable ,
' , . , indeed , after ho found himself thrown
. . . . r Into time company of Lola at Santa Fo
a-- „ and Smithers In Edinburgh , to have
them turn out father and daughter ;
and yet , after all , not more singular
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They become quite sociable over the
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: . ' perlonce At least , a mysterious tie
connects them that Is more cogent
than the fact of their being both sworn
to the service of Cuba lIbra.
Half nn hour later the two men
having altered their usual street dress
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. ' - sylvan retreat In which they have
' : * found such a refuge , and with Ah Sin
( . ) . _ M a bodyguard , head In the direction
of the Plaza de Toros.
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t.upyrigbt Ibtltl , Iy Street unit Smllh.
Even Jaclt's IIhelgmatic , cold Yanl\Oe
lhiealm ; Is stirred by the picture present
l' ' t ! hy the wide square throllgell with
IOllle , as seen under the numerous
glittering electric lights , alld a varlotj'
of glowing colored lanterns hung for
effect upon ' the branches of orange
II eOH or over the booths of the street
\'cnders
It Is a grand holiday for Havana , and
1,01' citizens desire to make the most
01' it i for , In spite of time presence of
st' many soldiers , the merchants are
uneasy about time future , knowing that ,
a" of old , Cuba Is proving time graveyard .
yard for the fiowUl' of Spain's army ,
and It has become simply a test of
endurance 't'hey see new troops constantly .
stantly arriving and going to the front ,
IUultitul1es being brought back sick ,
and shllled ) home 01' hurled ; while
Gomez and 1\1aceo and Garcia still hold
their own , sometimes malting their
presence known hy a dasH Into time
very suburbs ( of the calli tal ,
In glancing around with some curl.
oslty as they malco slow progress
tc , ward the doors which have just been
opened to the crowd , TacIt Is struck
with the merry nature of the general
1semblage. ! A gathering of lIeolll
celebrating Il holiday tlu row dull care
to the wind , UlIII although In lilaees
time crush Is Intense , the little shrieks
trout senoritas and time exclamations
of time caballeros are uttered In sport.
"l.ook ! " says Smilhers , pulling his
slee"e
Turning to the right , Jack notices
a large ten or hooth that has been
raicll ! , and IIIldel' It may he seen for
a small fee the camp of time Spanish
guano , together with that mad whirl
l\l'o\11 aH the gillS Ilance Just beyond .
Ia l a small pavilion , and at the entrance
a lusty lunged orator announces the
aI'earance of the charming Senorita
Sy Iva , just over from Seville In that I
most amazing of all Anllaluslan
dances the bolero ,
'J'hough at another time Jack might
have delighted In gazing upon these
distinctly characteristic features of a
Cuban holiday , ho has too much 011
his mind just at present to award
thom anything more than an artificial
glance
Other gates are opened , and as the
people Jour } through to scatter about
the immense Inclosure , time crush wilh-
out lmlnlHhes
Finally their turn arrives ; there Is
something of a squeeze ) , and at length
n ey find themseh'eJ : beyond the hal'-
rel's. !
In all Spanish speaking countries
the one national sport Is hull.unltlng
Wherever the language of SIIIIIII prevails -
valls there will bo found the Plnzo do
rros ; , toward which the people flock
on holida 's , ns Britons 110 to time cricket -
et mind golf games and Americans time
baseball : field. That standard of
"sport" Is a sure thermometer to time
nature of time 1100ple. Spaniards have ,
II It'Ut ! ' be confessed , a J'llutatloll ) for
cruelty far In excess of their Anglo
Ssaon neighbors , though they also
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possess many admlrahlo q ) tin Ii ties
when you come to know thorn at
home One may witness a bullfight In
almost an ) ' South Amol'lcan country
although hero and there an element
hostile to such bloody sport Is gradu-
ally gaining h0l1l1\\'a ) ' .
CHAPTER XXVI.
How a Black Bull Ran the Circus.
While In Mexico , Jack has been
a spectator ] at a bullfight , and that one
sight quito satisfied " : him Ho never
wants to look upon anothor.
It Is with a keen interest however ,
U'at ho now glances around. The
place } has been gaily decorated Pillar
and post are covered with hunting :
IlIlght colors meet the eye III every
'ii.ection , Even the rIng where
such spirited ) acllOlIi occurred only
' 1 few hours before has had mull traces
of the bullfight removed , and a per } '
lion of the crowd wanders \ over the
ta.rm . bancc and wonders how It would
feel to ho chased al'ollllli the ring by
1\ snvngo beast ! with sharp horns , a
l11assl\o : neck and steaming breath ,
Already the vast all1llhlthentol' 114
lL'glnnlng I : to show quito un nnlmated
appearance as the audience scatters to
various IUllrters
Jack and Summit hers , having secured
a position that afford a good view
at the whole expanse , stand there to
commonl upon It.
Sonic parties are talking on time
right , and Jack catches time drift of
what thor say. The leading speaker (
l'i an American , but his two con1l1nn.
ions seem to bo , one a French tourist ,
time other Cuhan morchant.
The New Yorker has evidently nt.
lCndell the great ontortalnment given
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by the nH1Ilugol11ellt ; time previous after
noon , and as ho Is still filled with limo :
to him , unusual spectacle of a. hllll.
flJ.ht ; , ho describes it , In snatch , . .
v \ hue the Parisian exclaIms In won-
der , and time Cuban nods his : head all'
IJrovlngl , as though )11'01111 ) of lime fact
that his land may provide IIn amUHO'
menl unequaled for de811ol'ato valor
anti the shedding of gore since the
Ciflj'S of Roman llIdlators , !
" 'Veil , sir , " the Amorlcan Is saying ,
"the black fellow overtook time halHlor-
Ukro who had been throwing fancy
darts at him , and with one gigantic !
Sweep of his superb head ho sent time
wretch flying throllgh space , I never
saw such a sight. Jove ! ho must ha\'o
gene twenty feet high , his arms and
. legs : lying In every dlroctlon Over
the harrier ho came , struck , this 111l.
mar , and fen In n. heall. They carried
him away to time JImpltal ! San Merccll ,
've since heard ho Is "
hut dea(1.
"l\Ion Dleu ! It must have been a wonderful .
Ilorflll sight , " declares the Gaul , m ho
surveys the high fence
"Carrnmha ! what other country
COIIIII produce such n rare spectacle ? "
aa , .leH the ClIlmn proudly , as ho puffs \
away at his clgal'ro ,
"I know of nothing that can 1111-
I'foach ' it unless it ho our \ annual
'l'hanl\figlvlng college football game
0 : : Berlwler Oval " replies the man
ftrom New York with a perceptible
sncor.
sncor.Vas
\Vas that all ? " asks Paris.
"All ? Not hy n jug full. Ah ? Well
I wish you could have seen It. That
was only time heglnnlng , my clear man
The hllll seemed to ho possessed or a
devil ; like a crazy Chinaman running
amuck : , ho saw only foes around him. I :
The way ho tossed those chaps was a :
calltlon. Ion and horses foil victims : :
ho soon hllll them so badly rattled : .
that not one woulll enter time ring
They sat on time fence amid defied him ,
ulIII even then If the rascals made a
, rash every perch In that quarter was
vacated. "
"Awl the matador-tho unequaled
Pcplto ? " asks the Cuhan oagcrly. '
"Oh , he was game enough , 1 give I'
you my sv'ord He lacked dls'r tJon.
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time poor blltulorllloro who got his neck
III olwn "
"Ah , hotter , any you ? POI1UO always
ox'olll'll In nnytlming ho IIl1dol'toole , " men -
n'lIrlcH the llavalla mOl'challt , with Ill1t"
dOllahlo 111'1110
"Y l'H , " con t hlllOI' time American drily ,
"ho' went Homo six feet furlhar limn
time outer poor devil : till I , then , you
see , no pillar stopped his aerial light
and ho drollllolllltO \ lima seats , thus
BllIlI'lng his lifo "
'l'ho Gaul laughs , time Cuban scowls ,
and then joins III time mumerrlmmuemit
"Oa1'Ojol ! then If the only 1'0plto
could not master time black 0\11 , who
dId ? " ho l1emalllls
"No one. All time purses In JIavana
did nol tempt IInot hw matador to
, time H\\'OI'I1. "
pick 1111 \ \ ,
'I'hcn time hull IH still alive ? "
"Very IIIl1ch HO , I Hllollld Imaglno. I
Listen : I think I hear hllll now , " m
"Senor , you IImlw 110 IIIlstul\O 'J'hnt
is I the hllll beyond the 11001' I have
hear 'mau ' such hollow , hilt. nOllo give
tOllgllo like Ihat. Per Dies ! this place
many not contain time 11111ltlt\lIo \ of 1100' 4
pIc' who will Mock hither to see such
II ( anions hOllHt. "
"It wOllld ( be a terrible thing' , I mum
thlnldng , If , time 0111 ( . brute sllluHholi
down the 11001' of his imam curd slllhlenly j
oil teyed the arena now lend lieu mvunsI
i Glut imagine the distracting scene
that. would follow 'I'ho hand 114 j
directly In his wn ; ' , 'Vo wOlllel have I
1I11slc : In time air thou , amid no mis , ;
tulte " ,
"Sonor , It wOllld not ho lHSlhlo ) " i
1'hul. door 1I0eHn'I aPPcIlI' any too
St m ' eng , and ho huts fearful sh(1II1Ih'l'A.
II wonderful neclt. If ho 111110 against :
It full tilt I should expect to see limo
whole thing cave awn ) ' , "
"SIIcro ! let liB lope such an idea
may not enter the mind of 1\11' . 111111 , "
Hays the rC'nchlllllll l , with the 11811111
parisinmm } shrug .
.Tllclt mechanlcllliy cast his eyes In
the direction of lie IIOI ! ' hlllll'ated ,
tutml 1l111ltcH ; tip his mlllll on the spat
thaI. the American IH U keen observer ,
for ( hero IIIIlell1'3 ) to ho n frail look
about the barrier which ho 1'elllly ; docs
rot 1IIte.
Summit ! hers' thoughts alllOllr lo run In
something of the same groove
"SIIIPOHO ] the vicious / \ old chap sholllll
tlllte a. notion ; to Int1'odlleo IJlnllJelf to
the Clllltllin General , and you were
down yonder ut the time whlll wOllld
you do , SenOl' , TacIt' ! " Is what ho I1sls.
"I do not IIltu to Hit ! It would scent
like boasting , rand yet . with n wOUl1on
I know how to haudlo , arlll holll1oR8
omen In Ilanger of death down there ,
I would he n coward If I failed In my
drty. t "
Quietly said , hilt Smllhers realizes
ho means every \\(11'I1. Little dews ho
drellm that what ho HeCR now In Imagination -
agination many he n reality era time
nght : ! passes
"I notice seine one you want to
eoml11l1l1lcato with , Senor Jacle , " ho
excln lain.
"O\'er yonder you are looldng I fall
to discover her , " wlllieH the other ,
ellgerly.
"Pal'don ; you mlntalto me I meant
him l , "
"Sonor nohlado-Sllcl1cer ? "
"No , no : time Amol'lclln consul , See ,
ho kJ chatting with the ladles "
"You arc right. "
" 'J'hon give mo the letter , and I will
see that It reaches his hanlls "
" 0 , j'cI-that : Is , If I haven't made
II beastly II110tal\O IInd left It In my
outer coat. No , hero It IG. 'rhnnls ,
my dear fellow "
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Joromlnh-"Noow , ain't that jest
like wlmmln ! Wrltln' tow n fullC'r an'
aaldn' him tow 110 sure and commie tow
See her an' askin' tow answer quick ,
IIn' then forgettn' ! tow tell whll street
she lives . ' ' ' "
Ilt. It's exnsllol'lltln' .
eldol-"What town lie she livlu'
at , Jeremiah ? "
JOI'omlah-"Sho'fl tow Pit tSburg , "
EzeltItJl-"AII j'o hot to 110 is ! tew aslt
a constable eft he hcz see 11 girl with
a white face , and ho'll tell ye. She
alit been there long 'nillf tow turn
black like the nat1ve3-ClnclnnatJ
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