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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1011.
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Col. Garibaldi
Soldier of Fortune School
ing Himself for a
Definite Work
QO O
ONE starlit night. Just before the
battlo of Juarez, Colonel (iiu
seppo Oarlbuldl sat on a blun
kct In tho Insurrecto camp,
near tuo Mexican border, and talked
of flghtlDK men and campaigns ilit-i
world over, fingering ull the while tlit
pollsbod cartridges that filled monj
loops In tbo double bolt engirdling him
Nearby stood McCutallsson, bandit,
who a few days later, in a fit of Jeal
ousy, tried to kin tho Italian soldier of
fortune, and from tbo canyon came
the challenges of ragged sentries. The
grandson of tbo Italian Uborator bad
a visitor, the correspondent of the
Houston Dally Post, and to him he
confided an unnamed ambition.
"I am preparing," bo said, "for a cer
tain great and definite work to which
1 long ago dellbcratoly dedicated what
there is or may bo in me of energy and
ability."
First of all bo expressed his frank
opinion about Americans and their
country. "Tonr independence of the
other nations of th world is admira
ble," ho remarked, "but you lie pros
trate, unresisting, humble in the pres
ence of financial power. Tbo worship
of Americans for money is unfortu
nate, I thuik, and it apparently is al
most universal.
Fascination of Fighting.
"I have known so many fine Amerl
cans in my own country where each
year Increasing numbers go as tour
ists and where every year more linger
and eventually bocomo resident, have
known so many and such splendid,
able Americans at Panama, have met
such fine young fighters among the
Americans hero in the foreign legion
of the insurrecto army that I don't like
to criticise you. Let us rather talk
about tbo situation hero in Mexico. 1
have found it n most fascinating ex
perience to work among and fight
among these patriotic Mexicans."
"But why should you fight at all? Is
it for pure love of fighting?"
"I don't know that I love fighting
more than most men," he replied, "but
it seems to bo my fate to fight, and
if it is my fate to fight why, then, cer
tainly I must know how to fight What
might bo called the polished fighting
of trained armies, tboso of Italy and
Germany and Franco, the British ar
my and the Austrian that is, most ad
mirable in certain ways, but I believe
better training for a man like mo lies
In commanding forces of this kind
Nondescript my little regiment may bo.
but it is tremendously in earnest.
There is not a single uniform in it.
neither is there a coward. Even the
foreigners, most of them Americans,
are fighting for the cause and not for
money. That's pretty fine when you
come to think of it"
"And you are fighting for experl
ence?"
"The experience will be valuable, but
the cause is worthy too."
The Men He "Was Leading.
"It has been a queer experiment," he
continued in answer to a question
about the qualifications of the Mexl
cans for self government, "a republic
which has been far more a monarchy
than the assured monarchies of many
European countries. Diaz was a mon
arch from the start It is said that at
the beginning it was necessary that
the country bo controlled by some
thing of the nature of a despotism. It
is not possible for ono of Garibaldi
blood to really bollevo that this was
true, but If there ever was a time
when it was even partly true that time
has passed long, long ero this. The
.men of my commnnd here are of every
class.
"There are untutored peasants among
them who have never owned a hun
dred dollars or any sum approaching
that In all their lives, and they are of
as high an nverage intelligence as the
untutored in any land which I have
ever visited. There nro other men
who are not only prosperous, bnt real
ly very rich. Thoy ore fighting in the
ranks, some of them, and taking what
comes with the rest
"I bavo heard no more complaints
from them and there have been times
In plenty sinco tho war began when
ull of us have really been very hungry,
when we havo been worked to the
point of absolute exhaustion, and
there has been as real cause for grent
discontent as any situation could pro
ducethan I havo heard from tho poor
farmers, somo of whom undoubtedly
became insurrecto soldiers because
they could securo a livelihood in no
other way. This revolt in Mexico has
ngt been political. It haB not been
fomented by 'tho agitators. It is a
Universal and on ulmost involuntary
protest against intolerablo conditions.
gainst such conditions humanity has
always risen."
Garibaldi's visitor asked him what
work hs had dono In preparation for
his unnamed task. This was his an
swer: "I was a wild boy In on Italian col
lege, but I had already settled on my
llfework. and as soon as tbo Greek
war broke out loft my studied ot naval
construction and engineering .and bo
came a member of tbo foreign legion.
IMy father was an officer In tho samp
Campaigns and Fighters j
ooo-
Talks o
Mexican Government
Forces Good Fighters,
but in the Wrong
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army, but was much opposed to tru
ing me among his soldiers. I ser. r
throughout the war, however, tin-1
when It ended he made me u corpjiui.
"As a private I saw three ongu
incuts during this campaign, but w
not wounded. The otQcero were po.
to me and thought my father a bit no
vere In keeping mo in such inferior
position. I thought bo, too, but father
answered when tbo officers petitioned
him: 'A corporal be is and must re
.main, so far as this Greek service la
concerned. A Garibaldi must bo ei
ther in full command or be a oorporal.
In South America.
''After the Greek war I went bourn
to Home and proceeded with my
studies for six months. I could not
see that they wero helping mo toward
what I had in mind and still hnve on
my mind, so I abandoned thorn and
went to Buenoa Aires. First of all, I
fancy, I wished to soe tbo world, but
I also wished to see what use all the
things which I bad learned in collegx
wero nnd find out if I could got on
alone. I became a draftsman on the
Buenos Aires and Belgrano Electric
railway, then a civil engineer on the
Nicnraguan railway. It was Hue
ground for mo to visit, for my grand
father fought nine years in TJruguay
from 1838 to 1847. Presontly I began
to organize tho young men of the Par
tida Colorado, tho samo party be bad
fought for. Beforo I left theso young
men gave mo a dinner in Montovldpo.
at which they made mo swear that If
a revolution overtook tho country I
would answer tho call."
"And did tho call come?"
"It may some day. It was from the-p
I went to South Africa. At first mv
sympathies wero with tho Boers, but
later, acting under dlroct orders from
my father, I was made an official at
tache with Kitchener. It was a jireit
experience, and as I learned more
about the situation I was glad I hart
been forced to change tho sldo of my
allegiance. Thus I served more tlinti
a year and was fortunate, for I saw
eleven fierco engagements. Tho Boer
wero good fighters, but were wronf
They lost Tho government soldiers
hero In Mexico are good fighters, but
are wrong, and they must lose.
"It is merely ono moro manifestation
of the worldwide movement toward
real freedom. That republic which
like Mexico, becomes monorchia! Is ns
certain of Its downfall as that mon
archy which in tho face of tbo modern
democratic tendency does not go half
way to meet it Thero have been and
there are kingdoms which are so ad
ministered that to a largo extent thev
meet the modern yearning after free
dom. nere was tho case of a repub
11c which did not Really, the Mexi
can republic has been a despotism nmt
ono in which tho despot and his follow
ers took full advantago of every op
portunity their power gavo them t
preserve the system by whoso favor
l hey existed.
"Education means destruction t
monarchical institutions; education
means invariably the spread of repub
llcan ideas. Tho strongest possible in
dlctment of tho Diaz system in Mexl o
lies in its deflnito opposition to tb--education
of the peoplo,"
A Patriotic Struggle.
"Has it been a really patriotic strug
gle?" his visitor inquired. "Are these
men really patriots?"
"It has been an absolutely patriotic
struggle, and those men aro true pa
triots," said Garibaldi. "A few of
them and by no means those least ad
mlrablo for the government down
hero In Mexico has outlawed many a
good citizen are officially outlaws, but
nearly all of them are farmers, trades
men and the like, who, finding it lm
possible to llvo in peaco and average
security through earnest industry be
neath the Diaz government decided to
Join hands with the more radical who
had begun the movement and enforce
a change.
"Thero has been a tendency, I think
in somo American minds to belittle
tho advance of tho various South
American nations. It is unjust They
havo been folk of high ideals these
Latins to tho southward of you
and they hnve. with their extraordl
nary revolutions, worked out many
problems much in need of working
out This Mexican revolt Is von
worthy. You of the United State
should bo tho first to recognize this."
Agnln tho talk drifted to Garibaldi
himself, to the man who chooses to
spend his time In armed camps or in
the wilderness.
"Like all men," ho remarked, "I have
an aim in life, nnd that aim involves
a training not to bo found in schools
It can be found in part in working
through real wildernesses after what
is left of tho big game, but such train
ing for it is but. a poor substitute for
work upon tho firing lino in any Just
and worthy cause No schools make
soldiers as the field does. With diffi
culty I havo managed to socuro about
twenty-four months of actual fighting
life In which I hnve through great
endeavor actually participated in thir
ty really biff battles with almost st
ory kind of army. It has been a fin
exnorience lllomlnatlnff, splendid."
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Br C. ARNOLD COLE
Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation. 1C11.
Formerly riilir:i(l cars pausing
through tunnels weie not lighted ns
they are now. A number of episodes
havo beon recorded of affectionate
action In these dark holes in the
ground, and kisses have been surrep
titiously taken Lonaid Starkweather,
a young man ot some twenty-ono jears
and proportionately Inexperienced,
took one of these kisses, and It led to
no end of worry on his part. le
finally paid the penalty
He was traveling with Miss Gwen
dolln Stewart, u young lady two years
his Junior. Miss Stewart had one of
those complexions which can only be
compared to a ripe peach of a tight
Bhado, a pale roso on ivory. Her lips
were of that samo shado of pink and
quite tempting enough to cause any
man to wreck himself to touch them
with bis own. Starkweather bad
been introduced to bar by a mutual
friend before the train started, and she
had been put under his care. This ren
dered bis act all the more dishonor
able. Th better to cover his tracks the
kiss was stolen with malice afore
thought He told the young lady Just
before the train entered the long tun
nel, the location of which ho well
know, that be was going into tho
smoking car for a whirr at a cigar. In
stead of doing so be went Into the next
car back, wher be remained till the
train shot under tbo bill. The young
lady sat on the right of the car, the
eighth seat from tho rear. This he had
carefully noted. Putting his band on
the back of every seat till be reached
tho eighth, hs felt carefully till he had
noted Miss Stewart's position, then
quietly bent down and took the kiss.
A muffled cry was heard above tbe
rattle of tbe tram, but when tbo car
shot out Into the light there was no
evidence of anything wrong. Stark
weather had made good his escape,
and Miss Stewart was apparently en
deavoring to rogain her equanimity by
fumbling with her handkerchief, which
she was examining as though she had
bought it at a bargain counter and
doubted if she bad not been sold as
well ub tbe linen.
Half an hour passed quite enough
to enable her to qnlet down after the
episode when Mr. Starkweather re
turned to his seat bosldo ber, bringing
with blm tbe odor of tobacco smoke
He was a trifle nervous, but felt re
lieved to find Miss Stewart qulto com
posed. He expected that she would
tell blm of tbe outrage that bad been
inflicted upon her and ask blm to take
measures to discover the perpetrator
Ho was surprised that she didn't men
tlon tbo matter and considered her re
fraining from doing so due to maid
enly modesty.
But Mlsa Stownrt's treatment of her
escort was somewhat different from
what it had been. An Innocent free
dom was replaced by a slight reserve.
Tbo Ingenuousness, the confidence
call It what you will of girlhood
seemed to hnve departed from tier.
Occasionally Starkweather caught her
looking up at him sldewlse with an
expression that he could not fathom.
He began to be troubled lest she had
known or at least divined that he
was tbe man who bad insulted ber.
But bow could she bave got any ink
ling of this? When he kissed ber not
a ray of light had penetrated the car
He hod felt no touch. His face was
smoothly shaven, so that no pointer
could have been obtained from tbe
character of a beard. No; it was sim
ply impossible that she should have
any ovidenco of having been kissed by
him. ThlB being the case, why should
sho havo withdrawn thnt outspoken
confidence with which she had treated
him? And yet it waB not a turning
against him; It was rather like that
condition which comes between friends
of different sexes when the man lets go
friendship to grasp at love.
Starkweather looked upon a young
girl as something too holy to be pro
faned. This is a characteristic of
youth, and another is n great sensl
Uveness to woman's treatment. His
theft was to him like that of the
Spartan boy who stole the wolf not
criminal eo long as not found out The
boy had tbo wolf under his coat and let
it gnaw tbe flesh away rather then
that It should bo discovered. Stark
woathot began to believe that Miss
Stewart knew he had kissed her. Per
haps if bo bad been sure of this it
would havo boon more tolerable than
tbo uncertainty under which he suffer
ed. Horrible sltuatlonl An Innocent
girl bad been put under his care, and
be bad kissed her In a tunnel. Should
sho really know that he had so betray
ed a trust possibly before they parted
sho might resent tho outrage as it
deeerred. Tho thought was madden
ing. Thoy arrived at their destination
after dark. Starkweather saw tbe
young lady to ber home, leaving her at
ber door. In the light of a street lamp
ho stood, half expecting that sho would
glrs evidence of ber scorn. Instead
sho turned up to blm those lips that
had tempted him. What did it mean?
He didn't stop to ask. He kissed
them.
you know T kissed yon in the
tunncrr' bo asked.
In reply sho gave him his handker
chief with his initials on it, which she
had pulled out of his pocket when the
Idas was taken.
"Are we engaged?" she asked.
"Of ronine."
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Duke of Kent
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Edward VII.
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The culmination of what has been
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