It looks as if one great effort would win for Cuba the freedom for which she has worked so faithfully.
The widow of the Dr. Ruiz who was reported to have been murdered in the Cuban prison has arrived in this country.
She has gone to Washington, and has laid her sad story before the government, and asked for help.
It seems that Mrs. Ruiz has some evidence which proves that the Spaniards were ill-using Dr. Ruiz. The evidence came to her in a most curious way.
As we have mentioned before, the Spaniards do not put either beds or benches in their prisons. Their captives must either stand, or lie down on the filthy floors, among dirt and vermin.
Mrs. Ruiz went to the authorities when her husband was arrested, and asked permission to send him a bed and some chairs.
She was refused. But she still persisted. After many prayers and entreaties, she was finally allowed to send him a chair.
When it was returned to her after his death, she found scratched in the varnish under the seat a message from her lost husband.