The Falls City tribune., 1905-01-06

| have to start upon the doomed train
myself"
I'VE must plan quickly, then, sir"
How so? Is there something more
you have not told me?"
You see the day is declining"
"Yes-yes."
And this train will leave Havana
at about nightfall, | understand"
But such a move is contrary to the
usual rules governing railroad travel
in these parts. All trains run by day
light. so that the danger may be less
marked"
Just so. and the rebels knowing
this will not be on the lookout, it is
supposed, and the extra train, or spe-
cial, can go on unmolested."
"Ah. ! see. Quite a clever piece of
engineering, though the secret must
have slipped through in some way,
since as you declare a scheme is on
foot to blow the train up with Yankee
dynamite. Our time may he short.
We must think and act quickly"
Our only hope would be to separ-
ate the ladies from the rest of the
party, perhaps at the last minute be.
fore the train started"
Il grasp our meaning. Continue"
"Roblado and his companion would
be powerless to accomplish anything.
They dare not keep the train waiting,
and should they fail to be on it when
the signal is given to start, the iron
hand of the Captain General would
p1nSn ,,nnn thnno in q uracn fbof could
only be cut loose before a corporal's
guard at the dead-line. What do you
think of the idea?"
We'll, you understand | must not
appear in the matter. My promise to
Jessie forbids."
Excuse me, but if she fell over
board in mid-ocean, would you feel
compelled to wait until she appealed
directly to you before leaping over
that, Squire John. First her life, then
her reproaches if she pleases to be 81
contrary. That life is in deadly dan
ger now. You expect to fly to her re-
lief. Already you are hampered by
enough promises. Then away with
the notion that you dare not come into
her presence unless she calls for you.
How is she otherwise to know you
are in Havana?"
Jack throws up his hands.
"Smithers, you have won. | recog.
nize the folly of carrying that thing
out to the letter. If the occasion de-
mands such an exposure on my part,
| am ready to submit, even though
she scOrns me for breaking my word"
"Scorn you-my dear sir, evidently
You have not studied the feminine
mind as much as the methods of min
ing, or the necessities of a stock
ranch. Besides, unless all signs fail,
you may be in a position to save her
from a terrible fate, and the very op,
p%ortunity you desire be granted"
Il am convinced. Now tell me how
YOU would carry out such a scheme"
Smithers has evidently thought it
all out beforehand, as he unravels a
plan so we'll arranged that Jack can
hardly add anything to it.
Just previous to the time for the
train 10 go someone employed for that
purpose will draw the senior to the
end of the station platform on particu-
lar business-perhaps a few last YER
bal directions from the Captain-Gen-
eral of a non-committal nature.
While he is away from the carriage
in which the ladies have taken up
their places, another messenger will
come to them. apparently from Don
Rafael, bearing the information that
he has given up the trip, N that
they will accompany the other in the
victoria back to the hotel, where the
Sapar will raioin tha~