Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-14

was twenty yours De1OTe tue uedtu Ol | ruswell Skaggs. He had worked in
 he South African diamond fields and had no difficulty in securing employ
 ment with Skaggs and Wyckholme. Won BlitZ was sbrewd enough to see
 that the grandchildren were not com.
 ing to the Island for the mere pleasure of sojourning there: their motive was plain. It was he who advised even commanded horde of servants to desert the chateau.
 He lived. with his three wives, in the hills just above and south of the
 town itself. The Engllshmen who worked in the bank and the three Boer foremen also had houses up there, where it was cooler. but Non Blitz was the only one who practiced polyga my. His wives were Persian women and handsome after the Persian fashion.
 One hot, dry afternoon about q week after the reopening of the chateau. the siesta of d swarthy population was disturbed by the shouts of those who kept impatient watch of the sea- Five minutes later the whole town of Ara tat knew that the smoke of steamer lay low on the horizon No one doubt boat that was bringing RasuIa and the English solicitor. Joy turned to exultation when the word came down from Von Blitz that it was the long looked for steamship. the Sir Joshua
 Von Blitz stood at the landing place to welcome Rasula and his comrades and to be the first to clasp the hand of the man from Rrodney's.
 At last his figure could be made out on the forward deck. His straw hat was at least head higher than the turban of Rasula. who was indicating to him the interesting spots in the hills
 Hes big" commented Von Blitz comfortably. more to himself than to- his neighbor. And young," he added n few minutes later. Bowles. standing at his side, offered the single com ment:
 Good looking"
 As the tall stranger stepped from the boat to the pier von Blitz turned a look of triumph upon Britt. who had elbowed through the crowd moment before and was standing close by.
 The newcomer was an Amerlcani
 
 i've sighted the enemy" exclaimed Bobby Browne. coming up from Nep- tunes pooI-the largest of the foun- tains. His wife and Lady Depping- ham were sitting in the cool retreat under the hanging garden Would you care to have peek at him?"
 ''I should think so." said his wife. jumping to her feet. Hes been on the island three days, and we haven't had a glimpse of him. Come along. Lady Depplngham."
 Lady Deppingham arose reluctantly, stlfing yawn.
 They had come to call the new American lawyer ''the enemy" No one knew his name or cared to know it. for that matter Bowles in answer to the telephone inquiries of Saunders said that the new solicitor had taken temporary quarters above the bank md was In hourly consultation with Von Blitz, Rasula and others. Much Df his time was spent at the mines Later on. it was commonly reported. he was to take up his residence in deserted bungalow far ID on the mountain side in plain view from the chateau.
 Life at the chateau had not been all owed to drag. The white servants lad become good friends despite the natural disdain that the trained Eng ish expert feels for the unpublished American domestic.
 Miss Pelham, the stenographer from West Twenty-third street. had set her 'ap for the unsuspecting Mir Saunders. She had learned in the wisdom of her lex that he was fancy free MT. Saun- lers, fully warned against the Ameri- | an typewriter girl as class, having | cad the most shocking jokes at her | expense in the comic papers, was rath- l 1T shy at the outset, but Britt gallant | y came to Miss Pelnam's defense and i Ultimate rescue by emphatically assur- ng Saunders that she was perfect | ady. guaranteed to cause uneasiness O no mans wife.
 But ] have no wife" quickly pro- ested Saunders. turning dull red
 The devil" exclaimed Britt, appar- ntly much upset by the revelation.
 But of this more anon.
 
 Browne conducted the two young .omen across the drawbridge and to he s'alit edge of the terrace. where wo scrySn,3 awaited them with para ols.
 There Es D. See him?" almost whispered Bruwus, as if the solitary, lotionless figure 1, .he foot of the av- nue was likely to hear his voice and Q frightened away.
 The enemy was sittug serenely on ne of the broad iron benches just in- lde the gates to the park. his arms tretched out along the back, his legs xtended aud crossed. It was quite pparent that he was lazily surveying