The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-04

ton between Turnbull and Loring, the
latter had asked Mr.. Traynor 10 place
a packet OF his within the safe. and that
then and there Traynor had permitted
him peep at the valuable parcei 10 ee
dclitered 10 Escalantes' representative
in San Francisco. Loring had been al
lowed TO theft" IL I'm his hand, TO GU
riously study the seals and superscrip-
~tion. TO satisfy himself IL could not De
the tin case stolen from him as sancho -
fo- this one was smaller yet not to sat
isfy himself II did not contain the miss
inG watch and diamonds, for IL was dig
enough To hcld them.
I'nicha d'd not know that the two
officers had agreed upon plan oil action
10 ue put I'm opeyauon the moment they
were within the Golden Gate. she did
not dream that the thoughts OF the silent
cf'csr dwelt on her and her past intently
as did hers on him. She was heart SICK.
lonely and oppressed with anxieties sucn
as seldom fall TO the lot Of maidens OF
l6 yet her heart was beating with the
hope that lives In buoyant health ana
youth. She had left the father whom she
devotedly loved and had believed all that
"A father could or should be. had received
HIS parting blessing at Hermosllo and
his faltering promise to soon be with
her--at Guaymas She had been radiant
with the thought OF soon again springing
10 his arms when the Idaho stopped
there on the northward trip She had
been stunned and stricken when told II
was his wish she should go with her cou-
sins to San Francisco. dwell with them
there. be educated there and without
hope OF again seeing him until he could
come TO her. perhaps late In the summer.
She had then been told that his lhe was
threatened. and that hated Gringos ana
suspicious compatriots, both, were thirst-
ing for his blood.
She had been told that she herself was
In danger OF arrest for completely in
in robberies at ella Bend-she. who had
overheard the plot TO meet the stage,
murder the passengers and rob the mails
at least that was what the woman
whom she was hidden TO respect as her
stepmo-her had fearfully told her and
asked II there were no way In which she
could warn Blake. How was she 10
know. poor child, what would resultY
How coud she help shrinking from sight
OF the officers she had watched with such
eager interest at Sancho's, when she was
later told they were seeking her fathers
lfc--told that could they force confess
sion frcm her nothing on earth could
save him?
Yet here was the gray haired colonel
devoting himself TO Inez and being KIND
to her own trembling self. Here was
the Teniente Loring who had been love-
ly to her. said the stewardess. until he
saw her terror her shrinking from him,
and now when she longed TO tell him her
simple story he would not come near her.
OF the packet and its contents she knew
next TO nothing. or their intention TO
secure II and II need be. her arrest with
II. the moment they reached the wharf
at San Francisco. she could not dream.
That that fated packet was destined new
er 10 reach the Golden Gate. that every
plan and project based on the safe re-
turn NJ the Idaho to port was doomed to
die. no one OF her passengers or crew
could possibly have predicted this beam
ing April morning as she cleft the billows
on her northward way. Pancha was only
wondering how and when Loring's ST.
fence would end when within the minute
the end came.
(To Be Continued.)