The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-02-04

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word for word asI could recall Hi and
described her as the beautiful girl
whom many New Workers would re.
member. not as the daughter of 4 revo-
~lutionist, but as a charming woman
just out of school.
~''The next morning | filed II, with a
private message to the managing editor
that it was to be used only on the eve
Of the outbreak.
THE day after / sent my story call
ed ON her. She was expecting me. Her
dress, her manner, betrayed it, and the
greeting / received was even more COR
dial than that of our first meeting.
"She became more and more conf
Dental each time / called, and it was
plain to me that she was beginning TO
regard me as an ally.
1T was the morning of the fourth
day after my arrival at Honduras that /
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.
l walked up TO them. Have You dis
covered a single germ of the alleged
revolutiong' I asked, with the easy feel
ing which came from my knowledge
that my story was already in the New
York office ready to be used in three
days.
"'Why, the devili You've beat the
lot of rs, said Brisban. I admire your
nerve-read thatr and he showed a yell
low slip bearing a cable message under
my 1t was from his managing edi-
tor and asked If he were dead and in
struoted him, in case he were not, to
come home. The others had similar mes
sages. "T@a
MY paper had printed my story four
days too early Not another p had a
line! s% %s
Il left them abruptly and walked out
Of the place, going anywhere. ! was
confused. / tried to estimate the proha-
BILE result of the premature publication.
l felt a sense of personal unsafety.
II hadn't walked long before I stood
in front of Miss Villiers' ga 4. I won
dered If she knew of it. / was undecid-
ed whether to see-her or not. I had
started to turn away when ] heard her
voice, and there she stood facing me.
She extended her hand in frank well
come, and I felt ~unspeakably relieved.
Evidently she had not heard the truth.
I'VE walked together to the house,
and she led me to a small parlor up
stairs. She was very calm i'm all her
but / could see that she was
disturbed.
where is your father?' I asked. lis
it possible that you have not heard?' she
answered sadly. He was arrested last
but SO were so others Of the
Here was a worse state of affairs
/ had anticipated. My cablegram
had informed the government. / felt
like a guilty coward, but she had no
word Of reproach for my action.
land what will become of your /
asked excitedly. She was very calm
then, and said simply: Il am expecting
soldiers every moment. ]. too, will
be arrested. Perhaps they have already
surrounded the house ~'s'tst
This must not be- I told her.
There is a way to save You. You can
with me for New York tonight.
You must come, I entreat you to do it.
"Her face frightened, hut the next in
slant she shook her head sadly. 'They
would get both of us, > she said. Go
You shall not be dragged into
;rouble ON my account ia. '@ts ~ Il
Then what will you do?' I asked
1er. You must not be arrested. Is there
anything I can do?' f.!S
Nothing she said d~ecisively;
nothing, but leave me. / will go with
he soldiers. | have no weapon
For a moment we looked into each
eyes. Hers did not finch. /
ooked at the floor. Both OF MS felt that
t was the last time we should ever |
meet. 80 -
"Just then she took from the folds of
her dress a letter and handed it to me.
grasped it and started to tear it open.
Not until you reach America, she
aid. | placed it in my pocket. Good
~, she repeated, 'goodby. She drew
her hand away. 1t seemed cowardIy to
cave her there alone. Once / started to |
urn back, but her looks forbade me.
AT the end of the avenue / was stop
'ed by al officer and four soldiers and
under arrest. Before / could real
re what had happened they were going
through my pockets.
They found nothing Of Importance,
kept my credentials and passport, un-
IL one man discovered the envelope
landed me by Miss Villiers. He tore it
pen, and a miniature fell to the ground.
seemed TO satisfy him, and he or
Iered my release. 4
Il followed the officers to the house
md went with them through room after
Dom, searching for her. Finally they
inferred the parlor, where / had left her
3 minutes before. She was there still.
The had not left the spot where she was
tanding when / said goodby.
She had fallen to the floor, Her
light arm lay outstretched, grasping the I
PISTOL ! had given her. A narrow Grim
on stream, yet fresh and warm, had
'oursed half across the carpet and form
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