The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22

Not because ans fair in love and
war. but because everything goes in
these rotten South American repub-
lies" murmured Dave Henley, as he
coolly tore open the note addressed
to his native assistant. Now. in the
States, no man"
He broke off abruptly, and under
the tan Of his clear-cut face erept an
ugly. purplsh-red tint.
come at "a quarter TO twelve-to
night-the old south wing, Lolita
He repeated the word mechanically
once. twice. Then, very deliberate
~. he tore into minute pieces the note
written by Lolita, daughter of Senior
Matanya, Minister of Finance, 10 Car
W. Henley, manager of the Henley
Graves Construction Company, en-
gagged in introducing water
system into the capital of Santa
Cruza.
incidentally the resident representa-
tive of the company offered daily
prayers that the present party might
remain in power until the contract
was completed and the last installment
was paid That was one reason why
Henley had turned color at sight of
a note from the daughter of man in
power to a man whom he suspected
of secretly conspiring with the dis
affected party.
There is always disaffected party
in a South American republic, and it
requires only the right leader in the
right place at the right moment to
put them into power.
Henley had questioned the wisdom
Of retaining Carlos after he had dis
covered the natives sympathy with
the insurrectionists, but Carlos Aquilla
was the only man in all the God-for-
saken republic who knew one thing
about the foundations of rock. gravel
and quick silver which underlaid the
city with the same uncertainty that
marked its government
But there was another reason why
Dave Henley had flushed at sight of
the note, and that waists writer.
He returned TO his plans and specifi-
cations, but over the ruled pages
ran the words: "Come-to-night-
Lolita"
What did the girl know of Carlos.
and how much did she care? Had she
asked for this midnight meeting in
hopes of winning him over TO the
Cause? Henley knew that there could
be but one price at which the loyalty
of Aquilla could be bought-the love
of Lolita.
Dave ground his teeth at thought of
1t. Carlos at this particular moment
was up in the foothills, swearing pic
turesquely at the native foreman, who
had ordered blast set at seven rods
from the right spot. He would not re-
turn before dusk
Henley rolled up his papers locked
his desk and his office and strolled out
20 call on the head of San Cruza's Sc
cret service
That night as Carlos AquiIla, his
throat parched from heat, dust and
much profanity, rode slowly toward
the city a small body of soldiers ap-
peared suddenly al a sharp bend in the
road. An hour later, in a gloomy court
room, Aquilla was formally arraigned
for having made 'riotous and infiam-
matory speeches" at a meeting of in
surrectionists in a neighborng village
three nights before. In vain the first
assistant of Senior Henley swore by his
patron saint, and all the rest on the
church calendar, that on the night
mentioned he had ridden with his chief
to the new aqueduct west of the city.
Senior Henley was not to be found to
prove the alibi, therefore must Aquilla
await his coming in that section of the
bastile devoted to state prisoners.
Carlos was too angry to note that he
was treated with unusual courtesy for
a political prisoner. He knew that the
charge was trumpet up. for, though he
had been aiding the insurrectionists, he