Evening star., 1907-11-18
THE CAPTAIN OF THE KANSAS
By LOUIS TRACY,
Author of 1.-THE Wings of the Morning." Etc
BY EdwardJ
Bv LOUIS TRACY,
or of 1.-The Wings of the Morning." Etc.
tCeoyright. 1905. By Edward J. Clode)

hearers recalled the succeeding verses
wherein the destruction of Jerusalem is
foretold And l will bring the thirJs
part through the fire. and will refine them
as silver is refined. and will try them az
gold is tried
Indeed. a new direction was given to
Elsie's thoughts by the somewhat scowl-
ing aspect of Christ ,bal's face. lie was
looking at Courtenay in a manner which
betokened a certain displeasure. The
Spaniard's cultivated cynicism was subju-
gated by a more powerful sentiment. 1t
seemed to Elsie that he enVied Courtenay
his youth and high spirits. for. in very
truth, the mere exchange of those harm
less pleasantries had turned the younger
mans soul to the transcend entail pitch of
the knight errant. In his heart he was
I'vowing to rescue' this fair lady from the
dangers which beset her though he said
jokingly with his lips:
'If a husbandman has to do with a
tiller may claim some expert knowledge,
Miss Maxwell
Elsie dared not meet his eyes: a f1ood
of understanding had suddenly poured its
miraculous waters over her Incidents
unimportant in themselves. utterances
which seemed to have no yelled intent at
the time. rushed in upon her with over
whelming conviction. Chrstoba sus-
pected her of flirting with COurtenay,
and disapproved of ii as strongly as she
| herself had condemned Isobel's admitted
efforts in the same direction. Though
not a little dismayed. she resolved to
carry the war into the enemys territory.
Why are YOU looking so gium. DR..
Christobal?'' she demanded Has tha
captains quip given you shock, or is ii
that you are surprised at my levity?
Il am neither shocked nor surprised,
Miss Maxwell. l have not lived fifty
years in this vale of tears without being
prepared for the unexpected.
Does that imply that you are disillu-
sioned?''
by no means Ny heart is amazingly
young. There is no fool like an old fool,
you know"
"Oh, please don't speak of age in that
way. You are far from being an an
tiquity. Why. within the past twenty
four hours | have come to look on you
as sort of elder brother. who can be in
dulgent even while he chides.
Courtenay found himself wondering
what had caused this flash of rapiers.
But. far he was concerned. the pro-
ceedings of the Indians put stop to any
further share in the conversation. The
canoe had drifted closer to the ship. 1t
was about eighty yards distant when the
Indian who was on his feet sud- eniy
whirled a sling. and sent stone crashing
through the window of the music room
The heavy missile. which, when picked
up. was found to weigh nearly half
pound. just missed Tollemac che. who was
the first to take note of the sharp warn
ing given by SuareZ. but failed. neverthe-
less. to dodge quickly enough.
The captain raised a double -barreled
towing piece the only gun on board. and
fired point blank at the savages. But the
women were padding away vigorously.
and the shot splashed in the water on all
sides of the canoe, though a howl and
series of violent contortions showed that
one. at least Of the pellets had Stung the
wizened Indian whom SuareZ believed to
be newcomer.
There was no second shot cartridges
were too precious to be wasted at an i'm
possible range-but the undeniable fact
remained that the Indians meant to be
aggressive. For little time no one spoke.
They heard the echoes of the gunShot
family thrown back by the nearest wall
of rock; the regular p!ash of the paddles
as the canoe sped shoreward was dis
tinctly audible. They watched the tiny
craft until ii vanished round the wooded
point which concealed Otter creek. Then.
TO add to the sense of loneliness and
peace conveyed by the placid bay aI.u the
green slopes beyond. big whale rolled
into view in the middle distance, and
blew column of water high in air.
tTo be Continued Tomorrow