Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-03
\ The FilibuSters Of Venezuela.
Or the Trials of Spanish Girl.
By SEWARD W. HOPKINS
~ SEWARD W. H0PkxN
copyrighted 1900 sons
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chapter XVII Continued.)
ola looked at Lord Chugmough in
,sternation.
Is he dead?" she cried. mo! He
unot--he must not die!"
he is Dead" said Lord Chugmough,
Frowfully.
.nh what did he mean? What did
try to say? Could you hear more
an ~
They moved away from the dead
no.
..fIe--well, he made remarkable
htement," said Lord Chugmough,
liking puzzled. HE said you had
ed. you know"
"Oh. he must have been wandering.
cath had sent him that relief-the
lief of unconsciousness-b before the
ID" she said.
II do not think So" replied Lord
hucmough. eff ever there was
luscious aud rational dying man, he
as. I cannot fathom the meaning of
hat he said, but he knew; of that
am sure. One thing he did say that
as plain enough. Your Arthur Med
orth, thinking you were dead, has
one off with another girl in a boat"
aOh, / cannot believe that she said.
And why should he believe I was
ead?7
aMe lord" called William from the
cp of the bar;icade, Hi found this
GLOW hon the i'll. Els wounded
retty bad, sir. Shall Hi kill 'im?"
mo. Drag him here" replied Lord
thugmough. rs he conscious?''
VERY conscious, me lord. Don't
lou ear i'm cussing hin Spanish?''
William came dragging a wounded
anbo across the earthen floor, and
st him on a stone near Lord Chug-
nough.
The Englishman examined him, and
Dund that he was seriously wounded
Look here, my fine fellow he said,
yolr wound is a bad one, but with a
title bandaging and a little care you
ill be all right. If you will tell me
be truth about this thing, will fix
oD up and let you go. If you don't,
II put another bullet into you and
make a better job of it. Do you under
tand?"
Isl, senor,' was the reply.
aHow much do you know about this
ascality %
"The fight, senor?''
.No. I know little about the fight
myself. But about this fellow Malta
kudo, and the old Indian, and the SEN
brita"
"The beautiful senorita," said the
Eambo, grinning, has many lovers
"Oh, see you do know something.
Now tell me, how was the senorita
aiken from the castle?"
The zambo grinned again.
1T is an old trick, senor," he said.
|4The old Carib is wise, and can do
nany things that puzzle those who
look down upon his race. have heard
kll about it from Mattazudo., The
king-But my wound, senor-it bleeds.
! will tell the truth-all I know-but
while am speaking bleed to death"
It'll fix you up said Lord Chug.
nough, at once beginning to bind up
The! wounds in a piece of Williams
ehirt. Go on; you had got as far as
the king
THE senorita has many lovers.
senior. 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
lsed 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 drug
that stops the heart for a number of
hours. They all thought she was dead,
and she was buried. That night Ma
nampa returned to the grave and dug
ler 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
'ushing waters. You were here and
lept the senorita. Namampa saw
dattazudo and told him the senorita
vas here, but said nothing about you.
dattazudo came here, and you threw
I'm out. You were very strong, senior.
hen he came for us. We attacked
'ou; you beat us. But beware, senior!
dattazudo was not wounded. He has
lundreds of men under his command
Who will do his bidding. He will re-
urn with plenty of men. You will be
Tiled, and the senorita will fall into
us hands again"
rs there no way to get her to the
astle under her fathers protection?"
A gesture of dissent from Lola made
i'm look up.
1T is best" he said in English.
You do not know where Medworth
j."
There is no way, senor,' said the
ambo. "Mattazudo's men are all
round, and would not let you reach
ne castle. You are safer here But
you will nav me- we'll. will tell Don