Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-08-23

NlllltIa uNulou III III III n very
way. Igavo what she had told me as near
word for word as l could recall it and
described her as tho beautiful girl
whom many New Workers. would re-
member, not as the daughter Of a rovo-
lutionist, but as a charming woman
just out Of school.
THE next morning l flod 10, with a
private message to tho managing editor
that it was to DO used only ON the v
Of the outbreak.
The day after / sent my story I call
ed Oh her. She was expecting me. Her
dress, her manner, betrayed il, and tho
greeting | received was even more cor
dial than that Of our first meeting.
''Sho became more and more conf
Dental each time l called, and it was
plain to me that she was beginning to
regard me rs IN ally.
1T was the morning Of the fourth
day after my arrival at Honduras that l
found my fellow correspondents grouped
together gravely discussing some ques-
ton, seriousness marked on every face.
There's Harding now exclaimed
Newton, who represented two papers.
1 walked up to them. Have you dis
covered a single germ of the alleged
revolution l asked, with the easy feol-
ing which came from my knowledge
that my story was already in the New
York Office ready to DO used in three
days.
"'Why, the DEVIL You've beat the
lot of us, snid Prisbau. Il admire your
nerve-read thatI and no showed a yell
low slip bearing a cable message under
my nose. 1t was from his managing edi-
tor and asked if he were dead and in
structed him. in case he were not, to
come home. The others had similar mes
sages.
my paper had printed my story four
days too carly Not another paper had a
Incl
II left them abruptly and walked out
Of the place, going anywhere. l was
confused. l tried to estimate the proba-
BILE result of the premature publication.
/ felt a sense of personal unsafety.
81 hadn't walked long before 1 stood
in front of Miss Villiers' gate. l Won
dered if she knew Of it. l was undecid-
ed whether to see her or not. l had
started to turn away when l heard her
voice, and there she stood facing mo.
She extended her hand in frank well
come, and l felt u~nspeakably relieved.
Evidently she had not heard the truth.
1--WE walked together to the house,
and she led me to a small parlor up
stairs. She was very calm in all her
movements, but l could sec that she was
disturbed.
Where is your father / asked. rs
it possible that you have not heard?' she
answered sadly. He was arrested last
night, but so were 90 others Of tho
leaders.
Here was n worse state of affairs
than l had anticipated. My cablegram
had informed the government. l felt
like a guilty coward, but she had no
word of reproach for my action.
"'And what will become Of your /
asked excitedly. She was very calm
then, and said simply: i am expecting
the soldiers every moment !, too, will
DO arrested. Perhaps they have already
surrounded tho house
"'This must not be- 1 told her.
There is a way to a v you. You can
leave with me for New York tonight.
You must come, 1 entreat you to do it. ,
Her face frightened, but the next in
slant she shook her head sadly. They
would get both Of us, she said. GO
alone. You shall not be dragged into
trouble OF my account
- fUflar, vrhnN mill 1lgf ,c1-o1
her. You must not be arrested. Is there
anything l can dor
Nothing she said decisively;
nothing, but leave me. 1 will go with
the soldiers. l have no weapon
For a moment we looked into each
others eyes. Hers did not finch. I
looked at the floor. Both of us felt that
it was the last time we should ever
meet.
Just then she took from the folds of
her dress a letter and handed it to me.
l grasped it and started to tear it open.
mot until you reach America, she
said. | placed it in my pocket. Good
by, sho repeated, 'goodby.' She drew
her hand away. 1t seemed cowardly to
leave her there alone. Once / started to
turn back, but her looks forbade me.
SAT the end of the avenue l was stop
ped by an officer and four soldiers and
placed under arrest. Before l could real
ize what had happened they wero going
through my pockets.
"They found nothing Of importance,
except my credentials and passport, I'M
til one man discovered the envelope
handed me by Miss Villiers. He tore it
open, and a miniature fell to the ground.
This seemed TO satisfy him, and no or
dered my release.
Il followed the officers to the house
and went with them through room after
room, searching for her. Finally they
entered the parlor, where / had left her
10 minutes before. She was there still.
She had not left the spot where she was
standing when | said goodby.
''She had fallen TO the floor. Her
right arm lay outstretohed, grasping the
pistol l had given her. A narrow Grim
son stream, yet fresh and warm, had
coursed half across tho carpet and form
ed a pool just whore the light fell full
upon IL. Atlanta Constitution.