Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-22

.Do ptssaya anything about thi..to
Miss water," I said}hurriedly ANe
smpstts4k Ike the bestEexcuk We can4o
accounasfor:o our a~bsensssssp I.
ltrf&& to do this, but she ~
sthroughsmy endeavor. - A.. s 81
"You are going to arrest him, I can
see.',- she said. Poor unhappy mani
But there, l would rather that should
happen than that he and my uncle
should meet: Go, Mr.. Fairfax, and l
pray God you may be Successful"
sLeglosse had already engaged q cab,
and when l joined him I discovered
that he had also brought a~Sicil;an po-
lice official. with him. This Individual
gave the driver his instructions,-and
away WI went: AS we had informed
the cabman, previous to setting out,
that there was no time to be lost,swe
covered the distance in fine style, and
just as the sun was sinking behind
the mountains entered the little VIII
lage on the outskirts Of which the
villa was situated. II "a a delightful
spot, a mere cluster of human habita-
lions, clinging to the mountain-side.
The Angelus was sounding from the
campanile of the white monastery,
further up the hillside, as we drove
along the main street. Leaving the
village behind US we passed on until
we came to. the gates of the. park in
which the villa was situated. We had
already formed our plans, and it was
arranged that the island official
should send his name in to- Hayle, Le-,
glosse andI keeping inthe background
as much as possible. We descended
from the carriage and Leglosse rang
the bell which we discovered on the
wall; presently the door was opened,
and a ~wizened-up little man made his
appearance before us. An animated
conversation ensued, from which it
TRANSFERRED that the new occupant of
the. villa was now in the pavilion at
the foot of the grounds.
"In that case conduct us to him."
said the officer, but remember this,
we desire to approach without being
seen. Lead on!"
The old man obeyed and led US by a
winding path through the orangery
for upwards of a quarter of a mile At
the end of that walk we saw ahead Of
us a handsome white edifice, built of
stucco, and of the ~summer-house or
der. 1T stood on a-small plateau on
the first slope Of the cliff and COM
manded an exquisite. view of the bay,
the blue waters Of which lay some 200
feet OF so below it.
His excellency is in there" said the
old man, in his sicilian. patois. q:
Every good, In that case you a
leave U.S." said the officer" can find
our way to him ourselves" -.
The old man turned: and left us,
without another word, very well
pleased, I fancy, to get out Of the way
Of that functionary. Goodness only
knows what memories of stolen vege-
tables and fruit had risen in his mind.
Before we 60 in" I said, "would
it not be as well to be-prepared for
any emergencies? Remember he is
not q man who would stick at much.'
We accordingly arranged our plan
Of attack in case it should be neces-.
sary, and then approached the build
ing. AS we drew r the sound of
voices reached our ears. At first l
was not able to recognize them, but as
we assembled the steps to the pavilion,
I was able to grasp the real facts of
the case.
Good h~eavens!" I muttered to N.Y.
self, that's Kitwater's voice." Then,
turning to Leglosse, 1 whispered:
"We're too late, they're here before
u.s."
It certainly was Kitwater's voice I
had heard, but so hoarse with fury
that at any other time I should scarce
ly have recognized it.
"Cover him, Codd," he was shouting,
land if he dares to move shoot him
down like the dog he is. You robbed
us of u treasure, did you? And you
sneaked away at night into the cover
of the jungle, and left us to, die or to
be mutilated by those brutes of Chi
nese. But we've u you down at last,
and now when 1 get hold Of you, by
God. I'll tear your eyes and your
tongue out. and you. shall. be like the
two men you robbed and betrayed.
Keep your barrel fixed on him, Codd,
I tell you! Remember if he moves
you are to fire. Oh! Gideon Hayle,
I've prayed on my Bonded knees for
this moment, and now it's come
and"
At this moment we entered the
o to find Hayle standing with his
back to the window that opened into
the balcony, which in its turn over
looked the somewhat steep slope
that led to the cliff and the sea.
Codd was on the left Of the center
table,, a revolver in his hand and .
look upon his face that l had never
seen before. On the other side of