The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
The Filibusters OF Venezuela.
Or the Trials of Spanish Girl.
By SEWARD HOPKINS
Copyrighted by Bonners Sons

CHAPTER XVI.-(Continued
Lola looked at Lord Chugmough in
CONSERVATION.
SIS he dead?" she cried. mo! He
cannot-he must not die!"
He is Dead" said Lord Chugmough,
sorrowfully.
"Oh. what did he mean? What did
ne try to say? Could you hear more
than II"
They moved away from the dead
hero.
"He--well, he made remarkable
statement" said Lord Chugmough,
looking puzzled. Gle said you had
died, you know
oh, he must have been wandering.
Death had sent him that relief-the
relief of Inconsistencies before the
end" she said.
Il do not think So" replied Lord
.Chugmough. eff ever there was
conscious and rational dying man, he
was. l cannot fathom the meaning of
what he said, but he knew; of that
! am sure. One thing he did say that
was plain enough. Your Arthur Med
worth. thinking you were dead, has
gone of with another girl in boat"
"Oh, cannot believe that" she said.
And why should he believe l was
dead?''
me lord" called William from the
top OF the barricade, eli found this
fellow hon the ill. 'E's wounded
pretty bad, sir. Shall Hi kill 'im?"
No. Drag him here" replied Lord
Chugmough. els he conscious?''
Very conscious, me lord. Don't
you ear i'm cussing hin Spanish?"
William came dragging a wounded
1ambo across the earthen floor, and
sat him on a stone near Lord Chug-
mough.
The Englishman examined him, and
found that he was seriously wounded.
Look here, my fine fellow" he said,
your wound is a bad one, but with
little bandaging and a little care you
will be all right. If you will tell me
the truth about this thing, will fix
you up and let you go. If you don't,
Ill put another bullet into you and
make better job of it. Do you under
stand?"
Isl, senor," was the reply.
How much do you know about this
rascality?"
s'The fight, senor?'
"No. I know little about the fight
myself. But about this fellow Malta
Judo, and the old Indian, and the SEN
orita."
"The beautiful senorita," said the
12ambo, grinning, has many lovers
st., I see you do know something.
ow tell me. how was the senorita
ken from the castle?"
The zambo grinned again.
y"It is an old trick, senor," he said.
The old Carib is wise, and can do
many things that puzzle those who
look down upon his race. I have heard
all about it from Mattazudo. The
Hllking-But my wound, senor-it bleeds
will tell the truth-all 1 know-but
while am speaking bleed to DEATH"
"I'll fix you up" said Lord Chug~
mough, at once beginning to bind up
the wounds in a piece of Williams
shirt. Go on; you had got as far as
the king"
1.-THE senorita has many lovers,
senor. Philip loved her, and wanted to
make her his queen. Gomez loved her,
and wanted her for his wife. Malta
Judo looked upon her pretty face, and
swore he would have her for himself.
She was ill, and old Namampa was
called in to see her and cure her. Mat
tazudo saw Namampa first, and prom
Used him much gold if he would get
the senorita away without any one
knowing it. Namampa first cured her
OF her fever, and then gave her a drug
that stops the heart for number of
hours. They all thought she was dead,
and she was buried. That night Ma
mampa returned to the grave and dug
her up and took her to his house,
where he gave her another drug that
brought her to her senses again and
brought her up here to escape the
rushing waters You were here and
kept the senorita. Namampa saw
Mattazudo and told him the senorita
was here, but said nothing about you.
Mattazudo came here, and you threw
him out. You were very strong, senior.
Then he came for us. We attacked
you; you beat U.S. But beware, senior!
Mattazudo was not wounded. He has
hundreds Of men under his command
who will do his bidding. He will re-
turn with plenty of men. You will be
killed, and the senorita will fall into
his hands again."
SIS there no way to get her to the
castle under her fathers protection?"
A gesture of dissent from Lola made
him look up.
'It is BEST" he, said in English.
"You do not know where Medworth
Is"
There is no way, senor." said the
Zambo. "Mattazudos men are all
around, and would not let you reach
the. castle. You are safer here. But
a. v0,, will now m q uo11 will toll non