Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-05

"You will come 10 see me and Ell
Ricard:to? But shall in Seville be-"
Exactly; so VIII Dick as Soc. as he
can get there"
..rioei mi te,nera cio' PM s,.npoee
suppose do permit him not"
Hell come all the same; / think
know Dick" (Here she placed the
nalm 81 her hand over my mouth. as
IL to keep me from saying more. but
her bright eyes we're swimming with
delight.)
"'sh. Fl padre may you hear. It
was to speak Of him did wish when we
on deck did come He has been Of you
speaking to Ell cura. Enrique. asking
the questions all about you-whe Their
you really I'm comerciante were in
Manila and HongKong-why this
voyage you were making. In some way
he seems you TO doubt. and he remarks
upon the long talks in SD camara you
do have with 81 captain. He nothing
knows of la senorita's vestida. or your
destination he would have suspected
much sooner than did | and. surely.
Your object You must so very careful
be what you do say. no matter where.
Everything the padres do know, and
in Madrid much influence has q Sc
bastino. You viii remember. will you
not, Enrique? and you must let him
see not that of him YOU are suspicious.
as last night you did; do not you see
how quickly did he notice. and did Won
make to him like in spite of yourself?
Now take below me. and TO ell Captain
Dix explain"
The more / thought over what she
had told me. the more | felt that my
oleaginous clerical friend was likely
TO make trouble for us sooner or later;
and when we were alone ] repeated
the conversation for Halstead's ben
Gift lie and Mcpherson, counting
upon the padres good offices. had been
inclined TO doubt his mischief -making
ability, though their experience in the
east had taught them better; but after
digesting the senorita's warning and
recalling several remarks OF Scbast-
amos, he began to look thoughtful.
There's going TO be enough diff
Guilty as matters are he said, with
tend with. II begins to look as if
there might be some connection he
tween Parde .Julian's absence and Sc
bastiano's trip out here If what the
senorita told you IS true. about his
being influential at Madrid, 1t seems
mighty queer that so big a gun should
waste his time in the Eadrones You
see, there aren't enough of the heather
20 convert nor are there any oppor-
tauities to WELD influence in the Phil
ippines from such base of operations
The cura now might easily be com
ing ont to practice ON the natives; bur
neither the pickings nor the political
pull are big enough to interest man
of any standing"
II would be an odd coincidence
wouldn't it. if old Julian and this chap
had figured The thing out and were
actually upon the same errand as our
selves?"
"EImpf. Ttwould seem heap queer
or to them If, after the time they must
have spent in studying the matter. two
casual travellers like ourselves should
happen to hit on the same idea, yes,
and by sheer fool luck to reach the
islands better equipped for such job
than they can possibly be. But, by
the great green turtle. I'm with you
On getting that cash. / didn't take
much stock IN the idea at first, and
when | agreed to go in l was thinking
more Of you than of myself; but I've
been seeing a good deal Of Don Sill
vestre's daughter during the last 4s
hours, and that makes heap of diff