Gilpin observer., 1907-05-30
A DEEP SEA
CONSPIRACY
BY }. c. PLUMMER
Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz


Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
A sailor Juggling a coil of wire rope
along the deck of the steamer Patri-
cia struck himself smartly on the leg
with the loose end. Then he swore:
"Carrambo, sacre-e, damn"
Lawler, leaning moodily on the rail,
turned and looked at this man who
swore in three languages.
The mans countertype could have
been found anywhere in the Mediter-
rean form 1.-THE, complexion
swarthy, eyes black and swapping,
lips full beneath a jauntily twisted
mustache.
He looked roguishly at Lawler.
Pardon, M'sieu," he said in English.
who the devil are you?" asked
Lawler.
Francois Majoie of Marseilles,
Msieu, mais l spik all language, In
glis, Espanol, Americana
Lawler gazed steadily into the
mans dare devil face.
"Majoie," he asked, "if give you a
hundred pesetas, what would you
do?'
Mon Dieu, M'sieu would live long,
for l would drink his head 100 times"
You stand watch tonight. Majoie?"
From midnight to four, M'sieu"
Il could then say few words to
you in private?"
'Mais certainment, If M'sieu should
be on deck at such a time"
When the steamer Patricia sailed
from Montevideo for Barcelona she
carried three cabin passengers, which
was unusual. Travellers from the
La Plata to Spain generally went by
the mail boats from Buenos Ayres,
and, again, the Patricia was cargo
boat, and even Capt. Ybarra never
styled her cabin as luxurious in it's
accommodations. The three passen-
gers were Donna Puanita Vallos, SEN
ora Espinosa and Thomas Lawler.
Had Sonora Espinosa known that
Lawler intended sailing on the Patri-
cia she would preferably have put to
sea on raft. Had Donna Juanita not
been on the boat Lawler would have
been looking after his herds on the
Pampae.
Lawler was an American of errant
disposition and had finally settled
down to raising cattle in Argentina.
Hard by his grazing grounds was the
hacienda of Donna Juanita, and one
fateful day LAWYERS blue eyes looked
into the liquid depths of Juanita's s
black ones. He fell madly in love
with her on the spot, and set about
winning her in way that made that
austere lady, Sonora Espinosa, be-
come convinced that the world was
deteriorating in its manners and GUS
toms. When Juanita's father died she
had been left to the care of her broth
er Leon, and he being a ship mas
ter, had in his turn committed her to
the tutelage of the Sonora.
The Sonora was, as we have said,
austere. She had never loved a man,
and, to her best information, no man
had ever loved her. She deeply de-
plored that she had not become a
nun, and secretly prayed that Juanita
would forswear the world and its
temptations. In the midst of the holy
calm that pervaded the hacienda Val.
los came Thomas Lawler with his ar
dent wooing. He cast Castillian eti.
Quette to the four winds, and sought
the love of the Donna much as he
would have gone about love making
in his native Texas.
1t would be fine commentary on
her vigilance as duenna If Leon re-
turned an found his sister engaged 10
a foreigner and a hereto and more
than all man of the American race
people which had inflicted loss and
disgrace on the name of Spain. Il
must not be, it should not be, and the
Sonora laid plans. She would take
her charge to her native Spain and
place her in care of friend, an
abbess. Behind the grim walls OF
the convent Juanita would be safe
from predatory Lawler until Leon
should arrive in Barcelona, to which
port his vessel expected to sail from
the East Indies, and then he could
| manage affairs himself. Accordingly
she departed without loss of time
for Buenos Ayres, intending to take
the mail steamer for Cadiz. To hel
dismay, she discovered that Lawlel
had gotten wind of her plan and hat
| also started for Buenoe Ayres. The
willy duenna then made a flank move
ment, and finding that a steame,
would sail from Montevideo for BARGE
Iona, hied herself and charge thither
and embarked on the Patricia. Bu'
she had not given Mr.. Lawler due
credit for pertinacity, and when she
beheld him on the Patricia she admit
ted that he was difficult man I,
dodge.
| To keep apart two people inclined