Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-06


pearnnce later 10 paTtale OF hasty
meal. lie gave monsieur binck look.
but OF course. catching Elsle's eye In.
stantly. he meekly sat down and said
nothlng-nOthing. that is. OF an un-
pleasant nature.
Crawling quietly into the strait OF
Magellan ut daybreak. the ship put
forth her best efforts In the run through
the narrows. Passing Cape San fsidro,
she signaled her name. and II was
easy to see the coInmotion created by
her appearance. A real furore began
when she approached Sandy point. A
steam launch puffed of hastily from
, the side OF n 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 succinct history
OF the ships doings.
At the end Courtenay presented him
with a 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 IL
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 Jumps Of silver and
copper ore which the sayages 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.
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
shipwrecked crew on shore awaiting
transport to England. He secured q
full complement OF officers and eugi.
neers. and the Kansas reached the
!chief port Of Uruguay without any off.
, ticulty.
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.
ard they seized the opportunity. The
copper market Ind turned itself inside
out The Arm OF Barring. Thompson.
Miguel & Co. had rebounded from COM
parative ruin to n stronger financial
state than ever. and Senior Pedro Ven
tana. after shooting n 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 lsobcl Barring heard this final
Item she tainted so badly that DR..
Christobal thought II advisable she
should be taken to n hotel while the
ship remained In port but she vetoed
| N'' ptopus" ueteiihlneuiy when sue
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 quarrels and threats. Ultimately
IN agreement was made that they
should separate. Her father knew aud
approved OF the arrangement. He
could not afford to break openly with
Nentana, and It must have been 0
dreadful shock to him when he learned
that the scoundrel had plotted not only
to destroy the ship, but to murder his
wife ut the same time. ~
so. you see" she added, with q wan
smile. ~ did not give serious thought
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