The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-14
CHAPTER XVI.-(Continued.)

sorrowfully.
"Oh, what did he mean? What did
he try to say? Could you hear
than II"
They moved away from the dead
hero.
"He--well, he made a remarkable
statement" said Lord ~Chugmough,
looking puzzled. "He said you had
died, you know"
"Oh, he must have beer wandering.
Death had sent him that relief-the
relief of unconsciousness-before the
end" she said.
81 do not think So" replied Lord
Chugmough. IF ever there was a
conscious and rational dying man, he
what he said, but he knew; of that
l am sure. One thing he did say that
was plain enough. Your Arthur Med
worth, thinking you were dead, has
gone off with another girl in a boat"
"Oh, | cannot believe that" she said.
And why should he believe l was
dead?"
Me lord" called William from the
top of the barricade, Hi found this
fellow hon the i'll. ELS wounded
pretty bad, sir. Shall Hi kill imp"
mo. Drag him here" replied Lord
Chugmough. rs he conscious?'
VERY conscious, me lord. Don't
you ear i'm cussing hin SPANISH"
William came dragging a wounded
Zambo across the earthen floor. and
sat him on a stone neal Lord Chug-
mough.
The Englishman examined him, and
found that he was seriously wounded.
Look here, my fine fellow" he said,
your wound is a bad one, but with a
little b%andaging and a little care you
will be all right. If you will tell me
the truth about this thing, | will fix
you up and let you go. If you don't,
I'll put another bullet into 0 and
make a better job of it. Do you under
stand?"
Isl, senor," was the reply.
"How much do you know about this
rascality?"
THE fight, senor?"
No. | know a little about the fight
myself. But about this fellow Malta
Judo, and the old Indian, and the sem
orita."
The beautiful senorita," said the
Zambo, grinning, has many lovers. ,
"Oh, | see you do know something.
Now tell me, how was the senorita
taken from the castle?"
The Zambo grinned again.
at is az old trick, senor," he said.
"The old Carib is wise, and can do
many things that puzzle those who
look down upon his race. I have heard
all about it from Mattazudo. The
king-But my wound, senor-it bleeds.
l will tell the truth-all l know-but
while | am speaking I bleed to death"
"Ill fix you up" said Lord Chug-
mough, at once beginning to bind up
the wounds in a piece of Williams
shirt. Go on; you had got as far as
the king"
The %senorita has many lovers.
senior. Philip loved her, and wanted to
make her his queen. Gomez loved her,
and wanted her for his wife. Malta
Judo looked upon her pretty face, and
swore he would have her for himself.
She was i'll, and old Namampa was
called in to see her and cure her. Mat
tazudo saw Namampa first, and prom
Used him much gold if he would get
the senorita away without any one
Ennuyipn ~ Mo Rpcf or,raI how
of her fever, and then gave her a drug
that stops the heart for a number of
hours. They all thought she was dead,
and she was buried. That night Ma
mampa returned to the grave and dug
her up and took her to his house,
where he gave her another drug that
brought her to her senses again and
brought her up here to escape the
rushing waters. You were here and
kept the senorita. Namampa saw
Mattazudo and told him the %senorita
was here, but said nothing about you.
Mattazudo came here, and you threw
him out. You were very strong. senior.
Then he came for us. We attacked
you; you beat us. But beware, senior!
Mattazudo was not wounded. He has
hundreds of men under his command
who will do his bidding. He will re-
turn with plenty of men. You will be
killed, and the ~senorita will fall into
his hands again."
as there no way to get her to the
castle under her fathers protection?"
A gesture of dissent from Lola made
him look up.
"It is best" he said in English.
You do not know where Medworth
is"
There is no way, senor," said the
Zambo. "Mattazudo's men are all
around, and would not let you reach
the castle. You are safer here. But
II you will pay me we'll, l will tell Don
Juan Cara when l return, and he will
send a force to recover his daughter"
Lord C~hugmough looked thought
fully at Lola.
at seems to be the only thing to
do" he said.
First tell me-" she said to the Fam
DO. do you know anything Of the
other American"
mo, senorita; I know nothing. The
Americans escaped, and no n knew