Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-25

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MY engines arc going f',u speed astern."
pearance later to partake Of hasty
meal. He gave monsieur black look,
but OF course. catching Elsie's eye in
stantly. he meekly sat down and said
nothing othing. that Is Of an I'M
pleasant nature.
Crawling quietly into the strait Of
Magellan ut dayhreak. the ship put
forth her best efforts in the run through
the narrows. Passing Cape San lsidro
she signaled her name, and It was
easy to see the commotion created by
her appearance. a real furore began
when she approached Sandy point. A
steam launch rufIed Off hastily from
the side Of a Chilean warship. and the
commander brought the news that he
had been sent specially from Coroncl
to search the western coast limo 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 O photograph of Elsie's chart. to
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 It 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 lumps Of silver and
copper ore which the savsges 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
n sheaf Of letters and one passenger,
Frascuelo Finding that he could not
execute the needed repairs at Sandy
point, Courtenay decided 10 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 n
full complement Of officers and engi
ncers, and the Kansas reached the
chief port OF Uruguay without any diff.
hculty.
A sack load Of kilograms awaited the
ship. The Chilean man-of war put into
Valparaiso. after calling ut 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 & 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 lsobel Barring hoard this final
item she tainted so badly that DR..
Christobal thought It advisable she
should he taken to hotel while the
ship remained In port. but she vetoed
this proposal determined!y 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
q month she regretted her choice. There
were quarrels and threats. Ultimately
an agreement was made that they
should separate. Her father knew and
approved Of the arrangement. Tic
could not afford to break openly with
Vsntana, and It must have been a
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. II did not give serious thought
to your troubles, Elsie. Ventana could
never have married you while was
alive"
Elsie's cheeks Redeemed.
II never told you he asked me to
marry him." she said. 1T would have
been Just the same had he done 50.
As 1t was. I feared the man, Now
you know why l ran away from Chile
II l permitted another impression to
prevail, acted for the best. But the
unhappy man Is dead. Let us endeav'
or TO forget him"
His memory haunts me with an en-
during curse" cried Isobel bitterly.