Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-08-10

B'lt nave you no Tear tnat your uoc-
smeuis may some day be stolen. under
the impression that The chest contains
saluables? These islands were named,
as yoa know. with some reason"
VERY true. senior; but he would be
rash man who would brave the ven
geance of Holy Mother church by such
sacrilege. There ar. none in the
archipelago who would attempt such
a thing: besides, the records would be
of nj value to un heretico; they are
but our secret history.
And that, I presume, your orders
would forbid your showing TO even so
profound n student and churchman as
the Padre Sebastiano, unless you were
so directed by the bishop"
We'll, one would scarcely say so
much as that. To a layman, or I'M
hereiieo. no-under no circumstances.
Rui a Padre Sebastiano-that. you
see, is different. II is la gran honra
that he does visit us"
IL see, see. had forgotten for the
moment how nenr he stood 10 the
bishop" This was a chance shot, but
] could see by the padres deferential
manner that il had gone home.
We presently retraced our steps 10
the upper world. and when we saun-
tered out into the sunlight had plenty
Of food for thought. A document, for
instance, which would be utterly be-
yond my reach for consultation.
seemed to be at Sebastiano's disposal
whenever he chose 10 call for IL. That
there had been no time for him TO do
so while the steamer WAS in port, felt
sure; but that he might return from
Saipan at any moment was something
more than possibility.
The sight of that box lying across
ih~ dead trays lap would keep running
through my mind. and ] thought of it,
Vulnerable excuses which might in
duce Padre Bartolomeo to give me a
peep at its contents, especially IL a suf-
ficieni quantity Of good wine were IN
der his skin. But one and all seemed
too risky to attempt. The finding and
recovering Of the treasure were but
minor difficulties; the secreting OF aud
the getting away with il. afterward .
constituted the most serious details of
the undertaking. Sauntering along
toward the plaza. I became more and
more convinced that ! must search
that box without either the knowledge
or the permission of my fat ecclesias-
teal friend: and the dangers involved
IN surh an attempt so filed my mind
thai scarcely heard the senorita call
Eng me from the portico. She must
have been embarrassed by the effort
20 make me hear. for her face was
sca.'lei when | approa' hsd the house.
as il because el padre would not alb
s.Jl,e the senior" she said. THAT he has
no appetite. aud would walk away
.Shen the breakfast does wait? Al. but
he mis-: be the sinful man. Perhaps
he did not present el padre with una
contribution for the good of the
church? II is the custom"
"Well I'm afraid did overlook that.
senoriia. But I'll make il all right
with him later. Joking aside. though
the padre treated me very nicely
showed me all over the place. lie
seems to be a very learned man. No:
was thinking Of other matters when
you called. Please forgive me-"
Possibly IL is that the senior feels
cad because la Senorita Palacios has
gone away in Ell vapor? She is muy
hermosa."
"Yes, but not more so than Senorita
Dorotea. I often compared them from
the photograph which you gave ell
captain"
All. but how can believe the senior
Come. let US see il you have el apetito;
ard afterward you shall spend the day
with me as you like. Come"
often look back 10 those break
fasts at Agana rs among the most de-
lightful hours of my life. Kipling has
echoed the heartfelt longing of many
q man TO get for awhile outside the
bounds of civiIization-to exist where
society is still in a rudimentary state,
"wbere the best is like the worst /;
where there amt no ten command
ments. and a man can raise a thirst
II you've card the cas-, a-callin'. you won't
never 'eed naught else.
No, you won't 'ced nothin' else but them
spicy garlic smells.
An the sunshine, an the palm trees, an
the tinkly tempe bells.
Until the wet monsoon set in the
table Was usually placed under cluml
of banana tiees in the patio, opposite
grilled gateway through which there
WAS a glimpse of the sea. Sometimes
we were joined by the two sublieuten-
ants aud their ladies, sometimes by
Padre l,artolomeo and his broth.
er priests. Often the colonel, Senorita
Dorotea and dined by ourselves,
idIing deliciously over the coffee and
cigarillos as we talked. ID was a lazy
little town. The natives worked as
seldom as possibls, and spent most OF
their time day-dreaming in the shade
fishing from the proas, swimming like
90 many fish snd occasionally going of
on catamaran visits TO such islands as
could be seen while the peak OF
Tiniquio was still above the horizon
They seldom took the chance of navi.
eating beyond sight of land.
The senorita seemed TO consider me
her personal charge. and the gober.