The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14

1 Caracas-and that governor was Guz- man de Soto.
 | From some Indians who put out in a
 canoe they learned that their coming was expected, which accounted for the | Spanish men -of-war being there, and | also that Don GuZman had sailed to
 the eastward to intercept them. They ] hoped to find La Guayra undefended
 to pillage 1t and to carry off Rose. but | evidently some one had betrayed them
 Amyas at once thought of his talk with | Eustace. His cousin, doubtless, had given the alarm. The tropic night
 shut down suddenly. the giant moun- | tains flamed a moment and then turned black. In window of the Governors 8
 house a light shone brightly. The Rose anchored below the town and Amyas resolved upon a bold move.
 Taking Frank and a few trusty men
 with him he rowed ashore to a deser-
 ted part of the beach and climbed up
 the hill to the house where the light was burning.
 They had reached the thicket which
 fringed the lawn In front of the buiid- | ing when female figure followed by
 man wearing cloak drawn over | the lower part of his face, came around the corner of the house.
 The two were the Rose of Torridge and Eustace Leigh.
 They were talking earnestly. What do you mean by praising my
 husband thus to me?' broke out Rose.
 Do you not think I know his virtues
 better than you?"
 '.Husbandm whispered Frank to Amyas.
 Thank God for that"
 My love for him and his trust in me you can never destroy" continued Rose, and then she rained torrent of re-
 proach on Eustace, calling him ser bent" and temper" and conclpding: this place forever" t | Eustace whispered something in her ear. Her answer was a shriek. Quick of wit and speaking truer than he knew, Eustace shouted: Help, slaves! Your mistress is being carried off by bandits!"
 At once a great tumult arose and
 bands of armed men came sweeping down between Rose and the English | men. The alarm spread to the town,
 and it was a hard fight all the way | back to the boat.
 Amyas hit by a large stone, lost his l senses When he came to himself he
 was in the boat, where his meE had
 dragged him, and nearing the ship.
 But Frank was gone-captured by the l Spanish-and some were killed.
 
 deceived by Don Guzman, but was his
 loved and trusted wife, put a new com l plexion on affairs; but hatred for the | Spaniard was stronse: than ever In 1 the heart of Amyas and stronger the
 desire to have the mans life.
 And. oh, his grief for Frank! What
 answer should he give his mother
 when he returned home again? l Amyas steered to the eastward. He
 would meet that ship in which Guzman
 had sailed and fight it. Bus, falling | in with three other Spanish men oI-
 war, the Rose fousht battle in which ] she came off victorious, but so damaged
 that they had to run her into silent | turgid river and beach her. 1 There were eighty of them when l they landed and began to repair the l ship but the fever of the mangroVe l thick seized them, and some died.
 At last they had to abandon the vessel
 and repair to the highlands. There an | idea seized upon Anlyas. =. Somewhere, concealed in the inter
 minabIe forests which lay behind them,
 was the city of Manoa, the famed El | Dorado for which so many gentleman
 adventurers had sought, and were
 seeking, in vain. He would find 1t,
 and forming his men into a guard like i the Naran6ain guard of the Byzantine i emperors. would drill the natives TOT war. descend at their head upon the Spanish settlements, seize their gold
 and put the Papists to the sword. ] Frank should be avenged
 Long, long they wandered, months 1 linking themselves to months. and still they pressed through the dense wilder
 ness, led by young Indian whom they mad impressed as their guide and m terpreter But no sight of golden domes greeted their eager eyes; only the forests and the mountains. ana
 here and there a few savages who fled
 at their approach.
 At last they came to a place where
 tribe of Indians lived in state Of
 standardization, governed by a won tderful maiden whom they called the