Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-03-02

But EOring mao something nule Gil
crossing to think of than breakfast or
luncheon So there was a little packet
in the pu1ser 5 SAFE was there? Nalua
BILE and not to be delivered except to
their agent i'll Frisco 1t was i'll Pancha's
name, yet not subject to Pancha's or
der Why that discrimination? And it
was given the purser by Escalante-
brother OF lie Escalante-another broth
er of the accomplished sharper Of san
cho's ranch y precious trinity of blood
relations were these! Small wonder Don
Ramon had opposed his girl sisters un
ION With one of their number Now
what on earth could that small packet
contain. and was it likely that the val
Ua6les were any more valuable titan
those snatched from his saddlebags ht
night of the assault at ella Benti-tae
watch and diamonds of the late Cap
tain NevinS, now vanished into thin air
apparently, for not Il trace of him had
appeared since the night he rode away
from Camp Cooke:
In genuine distress of mind Loring
had written from Yuma as soon as the
3ctor would permit, to the address
Scnned by Nevins i'll presence of the
court, informing that vagabond officer S
charged to place in her hands had been
forcibly taken from him after he him
self had been assaulted and stricken
senseless; that every effort had been
made to recover them, but without sue
cess; that he deplored their loss and her
many misfortunes and begged to be in
formed if he could serve her III any
other way The doctors had promised
him that he would be restored by a sea
voyage. 1t would be three weeks prob
ably before be could reach San Fran
CISCO and meantime be knew from the
captains admission that she was prob
ably in need
No one, wrote Loring, lis depend
ent upon me- and beg your acceptance
as loan, IS temporary accommodate
ton or as anything You please, of the
inclosed draft" Ut covered nearly ev.
cry dollar he happened to have to his
credit in the bank at San Francisco,
though he had pay accounts still col
lectible.) 1t took nearly ten days for
answer to reach him, and Loring hid
himself away to read it when the letter
came, addressed in Il hand he knew too
we'll:
Naomi my beloved sister, is Frustrated by
her sorrows and anXieties, and | must be i.ei
smanuensis-I who would die for her set
who shrink from this task we'll knowing.
| though she does not, how hard it Is to writ,
to one whom l have given perhaps such mi
mite pain. Indeed should not have had cour
age to write had she not required il OF me
| had not your most generous offer and actiun
demanded response. But for your aid my
| heartbroken sister and | would by tins time
| have had no roof to cover our heads T4rst
| people had refused to house longer a.
soon as she Is well enough to move ana ] ca:i
| obtain the means from eastern friends W
Shall sail for New Orleans, where she eXpect>
| to find friends and employment. and she bit!s
me say that within the year you shall lie re
paid Meantime the thought that you too
| have been made sufferer, all on account al
that unprincipled scoundrel who has deceive
and deserted her, weighs upon her spirits .,
1t does on mine, 1t Is not the loss of the jewels
! though we would have been beyond the po,
| slbility of want had they reached her, that WI
| mourn, 1t Is that one whom fear have sore
| ly angered, perhaps past all forgiveness
should have to suffer much more on our nc
count, and yet if you only l1new-if coult
only explain! But this is futile Despise ms
| II you WILL yet believe that my gratitude i
beyond words. GERALDINE ALLYN
p. S.-Should you care to see sister on YOU
arrival we shall probably still be here