Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
But I was that m2d. senorita, just
saw red. and the drink was yet surg
ing up in me. felt must fight some
body, whatever the consequences"
Can you tell me why any one had
such grievance against you that you
should be thrown into the hold and
nearly killed? That was strange
thing to do, especially as you came
aboard too late for your work."
"Ah, that Is the point, senorita. You
see. we trirnmers work in gangs. and
the man who flung me through the
hatch was the man who had taken my
place. see no reason to doubt that II
was he who made me drunk the prevl-
Gus evening, and l know who did
that"
What was his nameT
Jose Anacleto-'Jose the Winebag'
we call him on the plaza. ought to
have smelled mischief when Jose paid.
Never before had seen him do such
thing. And good liquor too. Dios,
1t must have cost him dollars"
"What object had he in coming ON
board instead of your
"Ah, there you beat me, senorita.
have twisted my poor brain with think
Ing Of that We only earned dollar
head. and bunkering q ship from a
fat is hard work while 1t lasts, where
as one would expect Jose to ride twen-
ty miles the other way to escape such
task. But he was in the plot, and he
shall tell me why or
BY force of habit Frascuelo put his
right hand to his belt but his sheath
knife had been taken from him. He
smiled sheepishly, yet his black eyes
twinkled.
"Plotl Why do you speak of plot7'
, asked the girl. hoping that the word
betokened SOME more promising clew
than she could discern thus far,
"Why did the furnaces blow up7
Tell me that and can. answer you.
Good, honest coal isn't made of gun
powder. Jose or some one behind him
meant to sink the ship, and as !
might have proved awkward they were
willing that l should 60 down with
her. Maybe I shall meet Jose IL we
get out Of this rat trap. Then we shall
have a little talk"
Despite the mans shrewd guess as
to the cause of the accident In the
stokehold Elsie was at loss to con-
meet the freak Of some Valparaiso loaf
or with the deep laid scheme which
contemplated the destruction of the
Kansas. She had followed the discus
sion In the chart room with full appre-
ciation Of Its significance. Valuable
as the ship and cargo were, there was
far more at stake in the effect of the
loss on the copper markets Of the
world. The most important copper ex-
porting firm in Chile would practically
- ruined, while the Paris ring" of
which she had read in the newspapers.
would have matters it's own way.
Financial interests of such magnitude
would hardly be bound up with the
carousals ana Quarrels Of Frascuelo
and "Jose the Winebag." Yet
4Hate you ever heard of Senior Pc
lro ventana," she asked suddenly.
"Has he to do with mines?' inquired
the Chilean tentatively.
yes"
ri know him by sight senorita."
would he be acquainted with this
man Anacleto, do you Think"
Cant say. Jose would know any
body whom he could touch for few
pesstas."
4 She left him, promising to visit him
daily In the future. AS she walked
back toward the bridge companion
she met DR.. Christobal. His At Of Ill
humor had gone. He was all smiles,
but Elsie, having extracted such in
formation as Frascuelo possessed, was
bent on adding to her store Of knowl-
edge. Incidentally she meant to widen
the doctors views.
''Why have you taken to lecturing
meT' she asked, with simple direct
ness which Christobal was not slow
to profit BY.
Because, though old enough to be
your 1ather, nave noI yet Tedcneu
years ef discretion
.eYou mean. suppose. that II every
one attended to ones own affairs 1t
would be less spiteful world? am
inclined to agree with you. Unhappi-
~ life is largely made up Of these
minor evils. Yet should have thought
that the desperate conditions under
which No exist at this hour might pro
tect me from uncharitableness."
"You are pleased to be severe"
"No; It Is the last privilege of dan
ger that shams should vanish. Yet
we plumb the depths Of absurdity
when we contest the right of any wo-
man, even a young and unmarried one.
to appreciate al that brave man has
done and is doing to save her life."
Elsie was speaking without heat
She might have been reasoning some
disputed point in ethics The Span
lard was obviously thrown OF his
guard.
aa~o,1 avrIoro.