The Sauk Centre herald., 1903-02-05

Cdll tuSIe several lOTluueS. lie Gu NOT
return TO Mexico fer tiic same reason.
because his life would not have been
safe for moment and because she
begged him not to do so. She prom
ised to come here to him, but she died.
That much I have learned from docu-
here let me add: Burr knew that his
father had married again in Mexico
and that his wife had died. He did
not know that there was a child, but
he believed it probable, and that Is
why be left the property in trust to me,
with private directions what to do
Now, Carmen, were you the only child
Of that marriager
"No." She cast down her eyes so
that he could not meet her glance. 81
had a twin brother
'You had twin brother1 He Is
dead, then?"
mo; he lives, but l will not recog-
nize him. Captain Romero, with whom
Burr fought the duel, is my brother.
He was born at the same time that
was born.'
"My God! Brother against brother!
What a fortunate thing it is that the
duel did not terminate fatally! Did
you know about it at the timeY'
Eyes, and tried to prevent But for
Pancho, my old servant, l would have
done so. But for once in his life, and
only once, l believe, Pancho betrayed
me. But he hates Ignacio for his own
sake and because he has been unkind
to me. After Burr left Mexico he came
to me and confessed what he had done.
1t was Pancho who drove my carriage
yesterday, so you may know that l
still trust him. He came to New York
once with a message from my mother
to my father, and he remained here a
month. Now you understand how it is
that he knows his way about the city"
Then in few words she related to
Craig how she. having learned that
there was to be duel, determined to
prevent it; how she sent a messenger
to Burr requesting him to meet her in
the garden at "Jenks';;" how, failing to
influence him and not daring at that
time to betray the relations between
them. she had her servants kidnap
him on the road between Tacubaya
and Chapultepee; how she kept him
prisoner, and how Pancho liberated
him and conducted him to the dueling
ground; she told Of her anxiety to get
him out Of Mexico lest Ignacio Rome
70 should have him assassinated.
"Was Ignacio aware of the relation
ship between him and BurrY' asked
Craig.
''Yes; that is why he hated him So
He would never consent to bear the
name of Bridge or Del Puente, but Sc
lected instead our mothers name, Ro-
nero. But If he could have killed
Burr or have had him killed he would
gladly have taken the name Of Pendle-
ton III order to inherit the property.
My mothers family never forgave her
for marrying an American and here
tic, as they styled my father. Their
hatred fills the veins of Ignacio."
"Who is Captain Agramontew
"a yery dear friend-one whom I es-
TEEN most highly. He has been a
brother to me in many kindnesses. Ig-
nacio and he are net friends. although
there has never been an open rupture
between them. I love him dearly"
She uttered the last sentence quite
calmly, as one might speak Of ia
vorite horse, and the sudden leap that
Craig Wyndham's heart had given was
not repeated. J..
"'Now tell me about Escudera," he
said.
II have already told you that he is
my cousin and my fance. l can only
add that he and Ignacio are insepara-
r.ble> friends. I'm fact, there are four
friends in the group, and they are
known as the -four duelists" through
out Mexico They pass their time at
the shooting gallery and In the gam
bling houses, and they are bound to-