Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-18

ed with surprise. 81 do not understand
you"
ALLOW me, in the first place, to ex-
plain to you what our position to each
other is.'
Go on. senor," the general remarked,
with a smile.
'In two words. this Is your position.
In the first place, you wish to overthrow
General R, and have yourself pro-
claimed President"
"Ah, ah," said the general, with
forced laugh; you must know, senior,
that in our blessed country this ambition
il constantly attributed to all officers.
This accusation, therefore, is not very
serious"
ut would not be so, II you limited
yourself to mere wishes, possibly legiti-
mate In the present state Of the country,
but, unfortunately, it Is not so."
What do you mean"
II mean, general, that you are the
head of conspiracy; that this conspir-
acy, several times already a failure in
Sonora, you have renewed In Mexico, un-
der almost infallible conditions of sue
cess, and which. in my opinion, would
succeed, had l not resolved on causing
them to fail. / mean that, only few
days ago, your conspirators assembled in
a velorio kept by a certain No Lusacho.
Through the agency of Don Jaime Lupo,
you divided among them two bags of
gold, brought by you for them, and emp
tied in your presence. mean that, after
this distribution, the final arrangements
were made, and the day was almost fixed
for the pronunciamento. Am / deceived,
general, or do you now see that | am
well informed, and that my spies are
quite equal to yours, who were not even
able to inform you Of my arrival at the
ciudad, where l have been for more than
a week and you have not known a word
about it?"
Il VIII Initiate your frankness. senior.
OF what use would it be to dissimulats
with an enemy SO well informed"
"Let US for the present" Valentine
went on, still calmly and coldly. .leave
this conspiracy, to which we will revert
presently, and pass to a more interesting
puDgCNts DcllcNCy OChOi DOh OCDdotidhS
you have ward of the name of Dona
Anita de Torres"
The general started, but remained ST.
lent.
Now" continued Valentine, "in con-
sequence of a frightful catastrophe, this
young lady became insane. But that
does not prevent you from insisting on
mo har In nf oil lo
divine and human, for the simple reason
that she is enormously rich. 1t is true
that the young lady does not love you,
and never did love you; 1t is also true
that her father intended her for another,
and that other you insist on declaring to
be dead, although he is alive. Unfortu-
nately, one of my intimate friends, Of
whom you probably never heard, Senor
Don Serapio de la Ronda, has heard this
affair alluded to. l will tell you conf
dentially that Don Serapio is greatly re-
spected, and has very considerable power.
Don Serapio, know not why, takes an
interest in Dona Anita, and has made
up his mind, whether you like it or not, to
marry her to the man she loves"
The villain is dead" the general ex-
claimed, furiously.
"You know to the contrary" Senior
Valentine answered, ''but to remove any
doubts you might still happen to have,
l will give you the proof. Don Martial"
he said aloud, come in, pray, and tell
Gen. Guerrero yourself that you are not
dead"
"Oh!" the general muttered furiously,
"this man is demon"
At this moment the door opened and
a new parsonage entered the room.
Ito be continued.)