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Another plane dronped a bomb. At intervals there was a loud explosion which we rightly ruessed were morter shells, some inside the cuartel and some close by outside.
Around six Luise had fixed us some coffee, and about seven Francisso made more and joined us inder the stairs. Daroberto and Carmen stayed in the servants murrters, which were fairly well protected and low. XXEY As soon as it was light neeked out the windows from time to time on all sides of the house, but could see very little except flying dust when a bullet hit the cuartel. At seven. thirty the firing, which hed been going on without let up since four, suddenly ceased. looked out the front door and saw a white flag flying from the flagnole on the cuartel. Soldiers and swarms of armed civilians appeared at once and into the cuartel, some even climbing over the walls.
For some time we watched goings on in the cuartel from our balcony with field plasses. We saw the prisoners lined up, their arms collected and put in truck, and finally the arrival of Ulate followed shortly by Figueres. We then took stock of the house. It had been hit about a hundren times, including nty four holes in the roof (which had just been renaired and painted last week. boat 25. bullets nenetreted the house through doors and windows, breaking and doing some damage to the woodwork and knocking holes in the polls. One of the largest, with the bollet still embedded, was pbout two feet directly above the head of Louise bed. One of her coats hanging in a closet had bullet holes throul front and back and the lining badly torn. There WAS good nerl of broken class and plaster scattered about, but no serious damage, We nici ed un a handfull. of bullets from the floors.
Andy and Miss Penny came by. She had as lively a night as we as there was constant firing from her building at the cuartel although fortunately very little return fire in that direction, We had one telephone line working, but no electricity, so no water upstairs. The streets on all sides were littered with broken wires, After breakfast went to the office to nrepare a full report for the Department, then came home to lunch and a nap. In the afternoon we took a drive around tonn. Shortly after the firing stonped a dachshund dragging a broken lead chain came running into our garage and flopped down panting, scared and tired. We have asked one of the radio stations to advertise her, but sofer have had no calls. She mis obviously a fine dog end hed enoted Louise who has fed in petted her. OMILED ALVIES OE VWEBICY OL LHE This is our third revolutian iruzurteen months in neaceful Pogosta Rica. What a life