The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-04-30

him hero. BAT We must remember t..as
no has always been most suspicious.
and he viii bu doubly SO now. For ey-
cry reason it is impossible for me to 10
into Singapore and ahduct him in MY
own proper person. so must do it in
disguise"
NO answered promptly, "you
must not ran such risk. Suppossns he
should recognize you?"
Sic has never seen me in his life. "
abe replied; then, smilina. She cont;n-
ued, And you have evidently not yet
graspcd my talent for Disgusting my
self /"
"But somebody must accompany
you, :" said Walworth, who all this timo
had beon turning my scheme over lnd
over in his mind, "and tho worst rlsrt
of it is ho knows me 50 we'll that d. o
not so.
Long before this had made up my
mind
81 think, since you have honored me
with your confidence, y l said. turning
to Allie, II have right to ask u favor
&C your bands.
She looked at me with little sur
prise.
''And what is that favor DIR. De Nor.
manyiller' she asked.
THAT in whatever you arc going to
do you will let mo help you No, cm
not making this offer without Thought,
assure you, 1t is my greatest wish to
be Of any service can to you."
! saw Walworth look at me in rather
n peculiar fashion, but whatever he
may. have thought ho kept to himself.
Allie paused before replying Then She
stretched out her little hand to me.
81 accept your oiTer in the epiSit in
which it Is made, she said Il will
ask you TO help me to get this traitor
out Of the way. Now we must oonsiosr
the modus operondi.
Many and various were tho scher,es
proposed, discussed and eventually
thrown aside, Indeed ii was not until
nearly midday that we had decided on
one to our liking. Once this wns settled,
however, we returned to the camp. Or
ders for starting were Immediately
given, and by tho time lunch was over
the packs were mado up. tho loads d g.
tributea, the ponies saddled and we
were ready to start upon our return
journey to the settlement.
1t was long and tedious ride, and it
was far into the night before we ar
rived nj our destination But late
though it was, no one thought of bed
Too much important business had to be
transacted before daylight.
On arrival we repaired instantly to
the bungalow on the hill, where hassy
supper was eaten and an Adjournment
made from the dining room to the larye
ohartrocm Mt the rear of tho house. In
this apartment were stored the latest
admiralty charts of all the seas and har.
bors in the world, and it was here, as
gathered later, that the Beautiful White
Devil concoctod the most cunning and
audaoiouH of her plans Arriving in it,
she babe us seat ourselves while she
gave us the details of the plan she hal
prepared.
Il have como to the conclusion, y She
said, that your scheme is an excellent
one, DR.. Do Normanville, and l have
arranged it all as follows: We viii pro-
coed in the yacht tomorrow morning Il
( have already sent the necessary in
structions down to the harbos) TO lava.
! In Batavia we shall meet young Eng
iiHH AStLOA AAAita LII
who will accompany me to Singapore.
shall remain with a companion in
that place for short time while do
the sights, stopping at the Mandalay
hotel, whero the man resides whom we
! want to catch. You will gradually make
his acquaintance. and, having done so,
; introduce him to me. All the rest will
be plain sailing. Do you think my
scheme will dog''
admiralty. ! should say"
at will be necessary, however. DR..
De Normanville, that you should re-
J member one thing You must not, for
your own sake, be seen about too much
with mo. You are just to be casual
! acquaintance whom / have picked up
while travelling between Singapore and
! Batavia. Do you understand? After
your great Kindness L cannot allow you
! TO be implicated in any trouble that
/ may arise from what may be compelled
! to do.ir
Pray do not fear for my safety"
answered. '.r am content to chance
that. In foe a penny. in for pound.
Believe me, am throwing my lot in
with you with my eyes open. l hope
; you understand that very thoroughly"
~ am perfectly sensible, you may BIO
sure, OF the debt we are under to you,'
she answered. "Now we must get to
business, for there is much to be dono
before daylight.
Accordingly we set to work perfect
ing all the ins and outs of our plan, and
when it was completed and my bags
were packed and dispatched to the har-
Dor the stars were paling in the eastern
heavens preparatory TO dawn.
Walworth had preceded us to the
yacht some time before, and nothing re-
manned now but for me to follow with
Allie and the bulldog.
A boat was waiting for US at the