The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-28

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 1.-TWO reasonss I do not WISH .o Moita bluntly ,thal cannot weu .ss,1, and | don't like your method WY"
 ..Thsy tell me she has bewitched you. Bappo.. he said souTfy naee already warned you once not 70 cpu"" ter nte in this"
 paused to roll a fresh. cigaret,c and. as | lit it. I held the match so .., that he might see my face clearly, don't care a rotten olive TOT ,ss,, threats. Beltano. and you kpow 'aS' are no more than just empty talk.
 ..Yo,i helped to bring her nere' Reppos. ne said after a pause
 And regret 1t. am aiIIe.sh' man sinc& that crack on the heao.
 That means she has won you oVs' from me" ,,
 sft means this Convince me that she wishes to wed you, and all l can do for you. I will. But if you mesl' to force her. use your own measure and don't count upon my help.
 That means you won't obey my
 Tn that matter. yes" replied
 There is no place here for man who won't obey me. Beppo' ne ss'u hotly.
 s-Im ready to leave. Beltane'
 That's for me to say. I'll see you in the morning. In the meantime member Ratisslos fate when he sousns to cross my will"
 .arhere are other things I remember besides Batissio's fate. l retorteo ss he turned away. He paused as II about to reply; but thought better ol 1t. and left me.
 did not remember T3atissio any more than l knew the other things with which threatened him; put uh- derstuod that crisis had come in v1. . relations and that for the future ,nn,,st reckon with his enmsty.
 As soon as he had gone ! resurnee to my hut. There was clearly no use in my remaining on the watch thas night. and T could make better use of the hours by resting in prepsration for the work to be done on the nor row.
 When I reached ny hut vas sur prised to find that Agapa had aIreaoy carried there the, set of spare ssaI for the boat which had aske0 hsn to obtain; and carried 1t doWn to 1.-the landing stage under cover or the darkness aud Concealed Tn reaoi' ness for the morrow.
 On my return I found BreYa walt I ing for me He was anxious to Know whether any attempt at escape was tc I be made that night I told him the I pith of what had occurred; and he on 1 his side had news for me. Pepita was 1 to gS to the fort again in the morn linz to attend upon Masita.
 As he was leaving l got rom hlu the meaning of Reltano's reference tc ! Batissio,s fate. The man had peer Ifried by Beltano for an act of mutiny land I myself, had been one Of those who agreed upon his death
 The Knowledge that Beltano con. l tempIated aiHaiiar end for me did no' ] prevent my sleeping soundly. however although I took precautions against | surprise T barred my door and placed a loaded revolver within reach. l It was a needless precaution so fal as that night was concerned 'sit wheI rose early slipped the ln mt my pocket.
 Reltano came 10 me early. Yer! few words passed between us. ite ha' I no wish to quarrel with me. he de clared, but there could be only on' leader-himself. T won't act in haste Beppo. You can have twenty -fou hours to think it over If you fhel promise me unconditional obedience things will be as always between us If not, the consequences will be oi your own head"
 I did not answer. could only hav' told him that wenty-four years would have made no differences in my re solve to help Massita; If T. could Moreover, I was glad to have the ftm