New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

t have been frightened away. But his
her would not hr whcttcd 10y the fact that
cyc.ylug letters from that some one else.
ndlng them To- hmm, and IT struck me that
, Avon would conceal the correspondence,
an IAunt 1t IN 'armoua' S face. II | was
d Was as safe as before from the Dukes
but-had Monica read my letter,
alert as her mother would hc now. l
d IT more difficult than ever To commuui-
the girl Yet | could not bear 10 leave
as IN fear Of a misunderstanding.
: more could hc done at the moment, how
| burned Ropes of, that We might finish
i and get back by the time that Monica
!. II appeared that the man who had
81 information about moto-naphtha was
act as guide. He was still at the chemists,
there led Us TO the Casa ConsIstorial At
'onSl-torIal We're TWO policemen IN the hall,
themselves over a hole in the ground,
rcoal cmbcrs glowcd But the Mayor had
l. Without him nothing could Toe arranged
Ven # he was present and willing To- con-
key of the cemetery WAS with the cure,
/ bc anywhere. OF We dashed to the cures
house, and just in time, Five minutes
later and we might have had TO wait
hours for him. But there he was, a de
hghttul, white haired old man, who would
bc charmed to open the cemetery for our
WOT-hIpS, since 1t was not to bury us;
bat he could make no move IN that dirty-
tIun without the honorable concurrence
Of the Mayor.
Back then, We hustled to the Casa
Cpn-I-torlal
But at last the Mayor came. He was
"a y. ung man. who looked like LAWYER
IN tail hat and irpck coat, and was as
polite as only Spanard can be He put
himself and his house and Manzanurcs
at our service. 1t was something like
being given the freedom of London; and
what was more To- the point than any
thing else, he offered us as much motto
naphtha as the town possessed, at any
price We pleased to pay.
The question was, How much did the
town possess-a single quart, or a hun
drcd gallons The Mayor himself was
not sure, SO We rushed to the cemetery
To- find out; and luckily were able to
carry away all We were likely to need for
the next two daVS, while leaving some for
the locusts But between the Casa Con
sisturial the house of the cure, the distant
cemetery, and the drive back to our stable
garage, it had taken us nearly three
hours 10 achieve our end Then there
was a little lingering with the car, TO
make sure that all was well and no more
tricks had been played; and the walk
back to the inn exhausted the last of
my patience. | had not expected to be
gone for more than an hour, and had been
gone three. Meanwhile, | said to myself,
almost anything might have happened.
My idea had been TO get back by the time
that Monica was dressed, and now, for al
| could tell She might have gone.
Dick laughed at this suggestion; for,
SAID he, Carmona's chauffeur was not
worker of miracles, except, perhaps, on
other mems cars; and he could not have
got his masters in order and ready to
start. His arguments were reasonable;
nevertheless, like many other plausible
deductions, they were wrong; for the
first news We heard at the hotel was that
the gray automobile had left nearly an
hour before The chauffeur, it seemed,
had been up all night working, and had
had assistance in the early morning at a
machine shop The injuries had been
patched up, and the car was expected
to get on either to Anduiar or Linares, if