DEATH OF SENORITA From the earliest days of Spanish rule in Cuba human life has been held very cheap.

Especially of late years, when thousands of men, women, and children have been wantonly murdered, has the killing of a man for any reason been lightly regarded.

So in the present instance the guerilla captain instructed those detailed to overtake the escaping prisoner to kill him and bring back all his property.

It seemed to him an easy task for his well-mounted beef-riders, familiar with every foot of that region, to overtake and overpower one who had already travelled far that day, and was evidently a stranger to the country.

When they had done so he would obtain that coveted rifle.