_ THE MISSOURIAN, known in every fight as the Storm Centre. His real name is John D. Driscoll, familiarly shortened to Din Driscoll. At the close of the Civil War he finds himself a lieutenant-colonel in General Joe Shelby's brigade of Confederate daredevils, sent by his comrades as emissary to the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.
JACQUELINE, who is the Marquise Jeanne d'Aumerle, on a mission of high politics from Napoleon III. to the Court of Mexico.
BERTHE, her maid.
MAXIMILIAN, archduke of Austria, occupant of the New World throne created for him.
CHARLOTTE OF ORLEANS, the Empress.
ANASTASIO MURGUIA, a Mexican hacendado, who acquires riches by running Federal blockades into Southern ports. He is both a coward and a miser.
MARIA DE LA LUZ, his daughter.
RODRIGO GALAN, brigand and guerrilla.
TIBURCIO, blackmailer of the highway, scout, and "loyal Imperialist."
AUGUSTIN FISCHER, "the Fat Padre," a renegade priest of subtle parts.
MICHEL NEY, grandson of the "Bravest of the Brave."
THE MARSHAL BAZAINE, commander-in-chief of the French Army of Occupation in Mexico.
MADAME LA MARECHALE, his bride.
COLONEL DUPIN, the "Tiger of the Tropics," chief of the Contra Guerrillas.
MIGUEL LOPEZ, colonel of Dragoons, a favorite of the Emperor.
MONSIEUR ELOIN, the Emperor's secretary.
MARQUEZ, MIRAMON, MEJIA, MENDEZ, Imperialist officers.
REGULES, ESCOBEDO, Republican officers.
DANIEL BOONE, first scout among the Missourians, one-time editor and editor yet to be.
"OLD BROTHERS AND SISTERS," "TALL MOSE" BLEDSOE, OF THE COUNTY OF PIKE, and yet more of the Missouri colonels.
BENITO JUAREZ, president of the Mexican Republic. _