The Washington times., 1904-07-10
By E. w. MAYO.

attempt to leap down. If she lost her
balance in so doing she would plunge
down the side OF the precipice.
Gong n few feet further along the
hbrink of the chasm, she found 4 slender
but we'll rooted sapling growing near
the edge. BY bending this over and
ciinging TO Il, she was able TO let her
s@h down in safety upon the ledge.
Securing it In position by placing a
heavy stone upon the top. so that she
might use it in climbing again to the
surface, the girl FASTENED TO the spot
v here her lover lay.
| Tenderly she turned the injured man
upon his back, but in spite of her care
4 sroan escaped him. The sound was
sweet one to the girl. however, for 1t
TOLD her that he was not dead.
/ 1t was. indeed, Carlo. His face covered
with blood and CRIME, one cheek dis
colored by the black stain of gunpowder
and his dark hair matted with blood,
she was still able to make out the hand
some features of the young lieutenant.
| He breathed slowly and in the gasping
/ fashion of man who has suffered Sc
rious injury. Occasionally a groan es-
capped his lips. but his eyes were closed
/ and he was apparently unconscious.
I The girl pressed one kiss upon the
bIood-stained forehead and then tender
! " set about the task OF making him
more comfortable.
! Removing her shawl, she folded 1t
ard placed in beneath his head. Then
/ she ssloothed back the hair from his
brow and placed his arms in an easier
position along his sides.
As she worked she planned. When
/ she had done what she could by this
! rough means she would go in search OF
food and drink and a surgeon surely
! there must be among the British troops
| a surgeon who would help her.
i She would see that Carlos wounds
were carefully bandaged, and then when
! evening had come she would send TO two
1 of her fathers servants and have them
come and take Carlo to some shelter
perhaps TO her own home. perhaps else
| VIII sre-but somewhere where she could
at,..ad him and nurse him back 20
! health.
/ The Injured man gave another long
gasp in the effort 10 breathe. Anita
FASTENED to loosen the clothing about
his throat and chest that he might in
/ hale the more freely.
AS she stripped aside the heavy shirt
! exposing his breast, she say little
| golden locket suspended there.
IrrpulsiveIy she seized it. and, with
one Quick movement, broke the cord
/ that fastened 1t. She stood up holding
it in her land.
4 Her cheeks were afiame and her heart
was beating furiously again. but not
from tear. A hard suspicion had nasheo
I ,,,+o her mind the instant she beheid
the Iocket.
what was this trinket: why did Carlo
| wear II; why had he never spoken OF IL
TO her?
She turned the thing over and over In
her hand. 1t was a tiny. heart-shaped
affair. the sort Of token that often
masses between lovers. Doubtless WITHIN
Il was the secret which the girl was
burning 10 discover.
she pressed against the top and the
locket opened. on one side was the por-
trait OF young woman with glowing
dark eyes and an aristocratic profile
Anita gazed at It long and silently.
Then she opened the other side. from
which a slip OF paper fiuttered TO the
i ground. The girl picked it up and read;
with the love Of my heart
PAULA"
That was all; but It was enough to
make Anita clench her hands. the pal
Tor of intense passion overspreadins her
face. She made a motion as If TO throw
the locket over the cliff. but. changing
her mind, she tucked 1t into her bosom
instead. She turned a look upon her
prostrate lover that would have made
him SILVER with fear had he been able
10 comprehend IT,
So It was true; he had been deceiv-
ing her This Paula who gave him the
love Of her heart was the Senorita Cas-
sava. Of whom he had been brazen
enough to tell her when she had risked
her life in descending the Rock TO visit
him in prison
She was the excellent nurse who had
attended him after his encounter with
the brfgands. II was a pity she was not
here 20 nurse him now, Anita thought
vindictively.
She looked down upon the man at heI
feet.
With the love of my heart, " she
repeated and laughed aloud.
The sound Of her voice raised TO an
unusual pitch. seemed to reach the
brain Of the wounded man. He opened
his eyes and smiled up at her in
feeble, half conscious way.
| But the look did not soften ANITA !
heart. II did not occur to her that the
Iocket might be intended for another
than Mertrez Had he stood before heI
and asserted this fact, her jealous ma
ture would not have been satisfied &c
accept It as an explanation.
She had been deceived by the man
whom he had trusted in everything
Doubtless he had kissed this Paula, had
protested his love for her.
The thoughts aroused the tigress with
IN the girls spirit. She could have slain
her lover upon the spot. could nave
/, thrown his body over the cliff.
But. no. She would never demean
herself so much as to touch him again
even with her foot. A sudden idea came
TO her She turned quickly away ard
climbed TO the surface OF the Rock
A British officer was standing near
Anita walked directly up 10 him..
Senior" she said coolly. pointing to-
ward the ledge. lone of your prisoners
Is down there. You had better attend
him"
CHAPTER XXI.
A Witness for Lieut.. Calthorpe.
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