The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-08-21


when she approached Sandy point. \
steam launch pulled off hastily from
the side OF Chilean warship. and the
commander brought the news that he
had been sent specially from Coronel
, to search the western coast line thor
oughly for the Kansas. He was about
to return that day to report his failure
to discover any trace of the missing
vessel, and he listened in amaze while
Christobal gave him a succinct history
of the ships doings.
At the end Courtenay presented him
with a photograph of Elsie's chart. 10
which many additions had been made
by her under her lovers directions.
The position of the shoal and of Pillar
rock, together with the set OF the tidal
current was clearly shown, and 1t is
probable that Good Hope inlet, not
withstanding its dangerous approach.
will be thoroughly surveyed one of
these days. Then perhaps more may
be heard of those humps of silver and
copper ore which the savages hurled
at the Kansas.
The cruiser hurried away under
| forced draft to report from Coronel.
the nearest cable station. Thence she
would go to Valparaiso, so she carried
| sheaf of letters and one passenger,
T, Frascuelo. Finding that he could not
execute the needed repairs at Sandy
point, Courtenay decided to make for
| Montevideo, where he would be in. tele-
graphic communication with Mr. Bar
| ing. He was fortunate in finding a
| shipwrecked crew on shore awaiting
| transport to England. He secured a
| full complement Of officers and engi-
| neers, and the Kansas reached the
chief port Of Uruguay without any diff
| ficulty.
A sack load of kilograms awaited the
ship. The Chilean man-of-war put into
| Valparaiso. after calling at Coronel,
| nearly three days before the Kansas
| dropped anchor on the east coat; hence
there was time for things to happen,
and they seized the opportunity. The
copper market had turned itself inside
| out. The firm of Barring, Thompson,
| Miguel 81 Co. had rebounded from COM
| parative ruin to stronger financial
state than ever, and Senior Pedro Ven
tana, after shooting man named
Jose Anacleto, had considerably shot
| himself. Evidently Frascuelo lost no
time when he went ashore. Mr.. Bar
| ing, too, reported that the dynamite
wrapper had been traced to Ventana's
| possession.
When Isobel Barring heard this final
item she tainted so badly that DR..
Christobal thought it advisable she
should be taken to hotel while the
ship remained in port, but she vetoed
this proposal determinedly when she
recovered her senses and straightway
| confessed to Elsie that Ventana was
her husband. She had foolishly agreed
to marry him privately and Anacleto
had witnessed the ceremony. Within
month she regretted her choice. There
were quarrc's and threats. Ultimately
an agreement was made that they
should separate. Her father knew and
| approved the arrangement. He
could not afford to break openly with
Ventana, and it must have been
| dreadful shock to him when he learned
that the scoundrel had plotted not only
| to destroy the ship, but to murder his
| wife at the same time.
$50 you see," she added, with a wan
smile, "T did not give serious thought
to your troubles, Elsie. ventana could
never have married you while I was
| alive"
Elsie's cheeks REDEEMED.
81 never told you he asked me to
| marry him." she said. 1T would have
been just the same had he done so.
AS it was, l feared the man. Now
you know why l ran away from Chile.
| If | permitted another impression to
prevail, l acted for the best. But the
unhappy man is dead. Let us endeav-
or to forget him"
Ills memory haunts me with an en-
during cursew cried Isobel bitterly.
among my papers had some letters
of his, the marriage certificate and his
written promise not to modest me. On
| that awful night when the ship was
disabled l went to my cabin and Sc
cured them, or thought did. At any
rate, l could not find them when we
landed on White Horse island, and
from hints dropped by that wretched
little adventurer De Poincilit I feel
sure they have fallen into his hands.
Believe me. Elsie, 1 was half mad
when helped him to steal the boat"
"Steal the boat! What boat?"
"IIas not Captain Courtenay told
you"
mot a word"
"Ah, he is true gentleman. But you
forget. You heard what he said to Dc
Poincilit before he went to the Guam
AGO canyonY'
"Yes; did not understand. Oh, my
poor Isobel, how you must have suf-
fered, while have been so happy!"
IF only could recover my papers,
MAY ask Arthur to help"
"He knows the worst of me already.
One more shameful disclosure cannot
add to my degradation"
"Isobel, how little you know himp'
Thus spoke Elsie after fourteen days.
Truly there Is much enlightenment in
hugi
NJ. lie Comte Edouard de Poincilit,
to his intense chagrin, found that a