The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09
The Unhappy santo, Plans Way for His
Daughters Relief.

| The Unhappy santos rams u way ior ~"
daughters Relief.
Nothing was heard from the dying
prisoner In the fortress at Valencia I'M
I'll March, Then one day the mail
brought letter to the store Of the ma
ker OF seals, In the same sort of envel-
ope, bearing the foreign postmark. one
can readily imagine the eagerness with
which Mr.. Baumgarten opened the en-
yelope and perused the twisted English
sentences. II was letter from Mateo
Santos. and was again dated the Castle
Fort of Valencia.
VERY agreeable has been to me the
prisoner wTote) just in these sad ana
trying moments, your esteemed letter.
Thanks to the goodness and soft heart
OF you, / shall die satisfied, relying up
on the future OF my daughter, who VIII
have a strong and kind protector with
YOU to make her lead happy life, Poor
daughter OF mine! For Gods sake, be-
seech YOU not to abandon the poor or
phan, and this may be the worthiest ac-
ton you may do In this world"
The unhappy Santos, writing In MS
dungeon cell, with the assistance OF his
friend, the chaplain, then proceeded 70
relate the progress OF events. lie felt his
strenuth fail when most In want OF IT,
An on account OF his daughter. He
feared death would take from her him
who loved her so dearly and was OF so
little value to her. He would be sorry
10 leave this life for fear the enemies
he has will prosecute her. All he asked
was 10 be able TO rescue her fortune and
to be able to reward the fayors he ex-
pected from him and his family, In
the hope OF doing this he would, through
his protector, the chaplain, Guame NJ
Antonio Hueso Barroso, call on no.
tary and make his last will In such a
way as TO use 1t in the exceptional stu
alton he then found himself.
He pointed out how Mr.. Baumgarten
already knew his secret which he en-
Joined him scrupulously to guard. In
side the smallest OF the portmanteaus
kent by the Tribunal of Cartagena, Sc
uucstered there, is secret impossible to
be found by any one unacquainied win
II. Inside Of this is the bank document
which the bank handed me as n guar
antee, payable 90 the bearer, for the
amount Of R3S,0O0 Once you are In
possession Of this document 1t will be
easy for you to realize the money. VIII
dispose OF 1t in the will, but without
mentioning where 1t Is deposited, or the
amount, as It is enough you should
know IT,"
Above all things Mr.. Baumgarten was
not to let himself be known In Spain.
Nor was he to engage anybody on MS
side to take steps in the Tribunal at
Cartagena to raise the embargo on the
luggage. The future retirement OF En-
lly must be unknown, both for Mr..
Baumgarten's tranquility and her own.
Only one thing was needed, the practic-
al support Of sending over the necessary
amount TO the chaplain, Mr.. Antonio
Hueso, to pay the Tribunal, so that the
luggage containing the secret, now helu
for costs, could be released,
"As soon as the mentioned portman-
teaus will be in your power" continued
Santos, "you will proceed 10 break care
fully the bottom Of the smallest one,and
from a capacity the bank document you
will pick up and some papers of no I'M
portance. Already l feel myself with
out strength when am most in want OF
II TO Insist upon beseechlng you 20 take
nv daughter away from my powerful
enemies, who will have revenge upon
her after my death. should they find out
the existence of the money leave to
her"
All that was necessary, Mr.. Santos in
sisted, was for Mr. Baumgarten to send
the necessary money TO pay the costs.
This was what the law enacted, But
wha. did tlie costs amount to-a mere
nothing compared with e3S,O0o The
Rev Mr.. Antonio Hueso was poor.
Therefore, send him the money he might
write for.
The reply to this letter was to be sent
as usual TO Ramon Soriano, the con-
hdentlal man OF Chaplain Hueso.
Mr.. Baumgarten now had something
more to ponder over. Here was an inti-
nation that money was to be needed.
What did that mean?