The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-01-29

the American was Informed that hi
could alight. pendletoD said:
| "Panch0, Shall not forget your kind
nesses to me. am sorry that you vii
not permit me 10 offer you some sub
stantial reward, but feel that wout
offend you If should insist upon 1t
You already know much about me
more than am aware of. doubtless.
have written on this card an address ii
the city Of New York, where commu
nlcation will reach me or from wher,
one will be forwarded to me at any
time. II the time should ever CONT
when | can render you a service, con
slider it done. Say to the senorita that
forgive her for preventing Inc from en-
| gaging in the duel with Captain Ro
| nero; say that am Informed that a
| friend acted for me In my absence
Where are We? At the bronze statue?'
Isl, sendr," replied Pancho
Good night. then. will walk the re-
:nainder Of the distance. Adlos, my
friend"
"Adios, sen0r."
Pendleton had walked nearly to the
upper end of the Alameda before he re-
mcmbercd that lie had left his case Of
pistols in the carriage, but with the
thought that Tanclo might derive
pleasure from the possession Of the
weapons az souvenir Of the occasion,
he shrugged his shoulders and hurried
onward Ifn ,r;c Il In, an
james placdiy engaged in packing.
even after Captain Agramonte call
ed and told Inc about the meeting, SIR"
he explained in reply to Lis masters
look Of surprised inquiry, 81 was trou-
bled until received your message al
hour ago"
MY message al hour ago? What was
It, James,
"Tle man said that you had directed
him to tell me that you would leave on
The early train on the National road in
The morning and TO have everything
packed and in readiness. That was cor
rect, was It uot:'
"Oil, entirely so, entirely 50" And he
thought 10 himself, Surely this woman
NEEDLES strangely in my affairs"
1t w#s not until the following even
ing, however, that hr did leave Mexico,
but he was not sorry when the train
bore him away and lie was homeward
bound.
When Burr Pcndleton was in the act
of ascending the steps to the entrance
Of his favoritc club in New York, he
encountered a gentleman who was lust
taking his departure. They paused,
mutually and asrc"ably surprised, and,
after having exchanged greetings
which gave evidence that they We're
more than ordinary friends, pendletou |
drew the other back into the house,
where they sought quiet corner by |
themselves.
Yes, ! have returned, Craig. It Is |
really H. WAS Penlleton's smiling re-
ply to a question asked by his friend.
DO you realize. old fellow" return
ed his friend, that you are more than
two weeks uvcr,llt. and that not a
word has been heard from you in that
.iineE'
'Terainly. Circumstances over
which had no control unavoidable
delays, nIinicnioEal negligence and all
that, You know. The fact is, Wyud-
hari had Il duel on my hands, and
did not care to IL: you know about it.
iou see, made all arrangements IN
case | should not he able TO return ut
al, which, | confess. seemed at one
Tim" moro tllAn likely, ana thought If
] did not come back II would he time
"u"u2i TO tell you when arrived, as
II is
Craig WyNdham calmly lighted a
fresh cigar before he vtntured a com
mnnt on the statement Of his friend;
then. rather to icndrton'S surprise,
ir did not refer directly to the Snhirct.
Instead he asked quietly:
Had it 10 Ito with the business that
took YOU thrrc!
Not at all. not at all, assure YOU
"ilon won't you Tell me about the
business. The duel can watt
~ can tell you about the business III
two words-i succeeded"
Then you are glad you went?"
Most certainly. The fact is, Craig,
should have gone there long ago or ,
sent you. as talked of doing. think ,
the trip has been good for me in more
ways than one. II surely has per. :
formed one miracle, for have discov. I
cred that i'll have left sufficient en- :
crsy to do things if only work myself
up to the proper pitch. left this Mex :,
lean business altogether too long.
should have attended to it immediately 4
after the death of the govnor. 1t ,
would have been easier and better, and :
think the people down there would !,
have understood things better How -
ever, l fancy It is all right now" n
"fcu fancy? l thought you said you =,
had succeeded
80 l Unexpectedly, entirely, ut i
lerly, in every way but one. and that !,
one is apparently unimportant. have r.
brought back mystery, and hate n
as you know" -,
as the mystery connected with the =,
DusineSsW =,
Yes and no.
''Tliat reply is ambiguous, Eurr. OF =,
curse possess ordinary curiosity. u
Naturally l would like to hear all about -,
III that you will tell me- but yon must
that was left in ignorance
If many points in this affair Of yours,
md do not like to ask questions" 81,
Pendleton waited moment before -,
cplying. Then he tossed away his ct. e.
'ar and took a turn up and down the -,
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