Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21

that he has forgottsn-you tried to wipe
the floor with him. II am to take the
captains yarn as coFe@,
denly. In his conceslah. from-undsr-the-
table tone. He's ndD afraid of any of
them; not he. Ha! ha! Old Topnambo
Sebright had paused only long enough for
this ebullition to be oyer The cool logic
of his surmise appalled5me. He didn't see
why OBrien or anybody in Havana should
want to interfere with. me personally. But
II wanted to keep MY lyo,ing lady. 1t was
obvious she must not arrive in Havana on
board a ship, where they would be sure to
look for her the very first thing. 1t was
even worse than 1t looked. he declared. His
firm conviction was thAtif the Lion did not
turn up in Havana pretty soon, there would
be a Spanish man-of-war sent out to look
for her-or else Mr.. ,O,Brien was not the
man we took him for. She was person
OF SO much Importance that even our own
admiral could be induced-say, by the cap
tain generals remonstrances-to sanction
such an action. There was no saying what
Howley would do If they only promised to
present him with half a dozen pirates to
take home for a hanging Why! that was
the very identical thing the flagship was
Kept lodging off Havana for! And O'Brien
knew where to lay his hands on gross of
SUCH birds, for that matter
NO., concluded Sebright, overwhelming
me from behind, as l sat looking, not at the
uncertainties of the future. but at the para
- z.hS HopcleSSneSS OF the Dare tomorrow.
Ine Lion Is no place for you, whether
she goes into Havana or not Moreover,
INTO havana she must go now. There's no
neip for It, It's the deuce of situation"
very well" l gasped. tried to be reso-
Lutte | felt suddenly as If all the air in
the canin had gone up the open skylight.
couldn't remain below another moment
and, muttering something about coming
BACK directly. 1 jumped up and ran out
without looking at any one lest should
give myself away. 1 turned my face to the
sea as a man feeling himself beaten in a
wall.
Right or wrong? Generosity or folly?
CONSCIENCE or only weak fear before re-
morse? Twice I had honorary stayed my
hand. Twice - to this end.
IN moment, l went through all the
agonies OF suicide, which left me alive, alas,
10 burn with the shame of the reasonable
thought and terrified by the revolt of my
soul refusing to leave the world In which
a young girl lived! What did Seraphina
think OF me? I should have to go and tell
her TO what pretty pass 1 had brought
our love.
Must try to put some sense into IT,
Volunteered .r,l Sebright. coming up to me-.
Ihats what we are here for, 1 guess
ANYHOW, there's some room for sense in
arranging the way thing is to be done
De 1t as hard as it may. And don't see
any sense, either, In exposing woman to
more hardship than is absolutely necessary
we nave talked 1t out now, and 1 can do
no more. Do go inside for Bit"
paused moment to try and regain the
&c command or my faculties. But it was as
II bombshell had exploded inside my skull
scattering all my wits to the four winds
OF heaven. Only the conviction of failure
reTa AIMED, attended by a profound distress
fancy, though, L presented fairly bold
'front.'. Inc lamp was lit, and small changes
ha9 occurred during my absence Williams
aad turned his bulk sideways to the table
Seraphlna still leaned her head on her other
nei e,, anu noted, through the soft shadow
VI ialllng ha1r, the heightened color on her
cheek and the augmented brilliance of her
eye. W e
win the dignity of supreme confidence
o,,i,,, Sa.enoeo her hand 1t was one of the
culmlnat1ng moments of our love, For love
is IKE Journey I'M noun famous country.
up through the clouds, and down into the
shauo"s TO an unknown destination. It
, WAS a moment raptq and full of feeling, in
Wmch we seemed to dwell together high I'D
ana alone-till she withdrew her hand from
my lips, and l found myself back in the
capin, as If precipitated from a lofty place.
CHAPTER VI.
1t was sebright, with his asperity and his
tact. who conducted affairs, as have seen
trustworthy and experienced old nurse
rule the infinite perplexitfes of a room full
OF children. He had an imaginative eye for
detail, and, starting from mere hint,
ing precision. His plan, to which we were
committed-committed heiplessly and with
out resistance-was based upon the necessi-
ty of GU leaving The ship. -. +.
He judged that QBrien, warned already,
would sit tight for a few days being sure
to get hold of us directly the Lion came
into port. 1t was only IL the Lion failed to
turn up within reasonable time In Ha-
vana that he would take fright, and take
measures to hunt her up at sea. But /
might rest assured that the Lion was going
to Havana as fast as the winds would al
low her.
What was, then, the situation? he con-
tfnued, looking at me piercingly above Will
liams' cropped head. / had run away for
dear life from Cuba taking with me what
with faint smile toward Seraphina). 1
had no money, no friends except my
friends in this cabin, he was good enough
to say; warrants out against me In ia
safety in the ship. 1t was no use Sinking
that little fact. We must leave the Lion.
This was hopeless enough position. But
it was hopeless only because it was not
looked upon in the right way. We assumed
that we had to leave her forever while tn.
whole secret of the trick was in this, that
we need only leave her for time After
OBrien's myrmidons had gone through her,
and had been booted away empty-handed,
she became again. If not absolutely safe,
then at least possible-the only possible ref
uge for us-the only decent means of reach
ing England together, where, he under
stood, our trouble you'd cease. Williams
nodded approval heavily
l had told them that the lately appointed
Spanish AMBASSADOR in London was rela-
ton of the Riegos, and personally acquaint-
ed with Seraphina, who nearly two years
before, had been on a short visit to Spain,
and had lived for some months with his
family In Madrid believe No trouble or
difficulty was to be apprehended as to
proper recognition, or In the matter of
rights and inheritance, and so on. The
ambassador would make that his own af
fair This matter of temporary absence
from the Lion, however, seemed to present
an insuperable difficulty. We could not.
obviously be left for days floating in an
open boat outside Havana harbor, waiting
till the ship came out to pick us up. Sc
bright himself admitted that at first he did
not see how it could be contrived. He
didn't see at all. He thought and thought.
1t was enough to sicken one of every sort
of thinking Then suddenly the few words
Castro had let drop about the sugar estate
and the relay of mules came into his head.
He fancied that the primitive and grandiose
manner for gentleman to keep a relay of
mules-any amount of mules-in case he