Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10

brought out the cause of his anger. She found out the real reputation of Pinckney among the work people. The discovery shocked her,
 She understood then why Sommers had been so enraged. She saw it was not against her or brought about by any doubt of her, but merely fierce, uncomfortable rage against Pinckney that he had dared-a man oS his kind ito put her in position that his char acter at once made questionable.
 When she had finally come to real understanding the girl longed to write, but Sommers by that time was away on sea duty, and she could not reach him. Against her own judgment she had longed for and expected some word from him. But the naval offi- cers pride was too great to pursue a further intrusion after so signal re- buff.
 Then the girl began to grow pale and to worry, Her parents noticed the change without realizing the cause. No one had any suspicion of the real relation between Frances and the young naval officer. That good night" on the vine covered porch was a secret--a tender memory locked in her heart and in his, to be brought out by each, regarded fondly and mourned over when alone.
 Sommers had his work, but Frances had nothing to distract her mind. No wonder she grew paler and seemed to lose interest in everything! Mir. and Mrs. Durant became alarmed. They consulted doctors, but there was noth- ing wrong physically with their daughter. Finally one big expert pro- posed a sea voyage, and for the first time Frances showed some sign of in- terest Mir, Durant paid a double size bill cheerfully, thinking that doc tor a wonderful man.
 The Durant yacht, the Irvessa, was got ready as quickly as possible. Mir. Durant could not go himself, and he decided it would be a good plan to send his wife and daughter away for cruise in charge of Pinckney.
 Now for month they cruised, but Frances showed little sign of interest
 Pinckney was the only one who seemed to get real enjoyment out of the trip He now felt that victory must in the end be his.
 He was not deceived by the result of the first test of the Sommers gun. It had stood the first test safely, but in his heart the cOnspirat,l knew that soon the badly tempered gun must fail, perhaps with shocking results.
 That mattered little to him. The worse the accident the greater the dis grace of Sommers and the surer the result in his favor. The government must then accept the Rhinestrom g1n and probably would give a bigger or der than ever.
 He had no fear of an Investigation. That had been well attended to. Smith, under another name, was working far away. There was no one else who knew anything except Marsh, and he could be depended on to keep quiet
 The ultimate success of all that he had planned now seemed to the gen eral manager certain. He gave him. self up to the enjoyments of the cruise, dreaming now and then of the time to come when he and Frances as man and wife should go on long trips to- gether.
 The first sign of real interest the girl showed after starting was when the yacht cast anchor in the broad harbor of Ponce, Porto Rico, and she learned quite by accident that the cruiser Roanoke was expected there in few days.
 Then, to the intense astonlshment of Mrs. Durant and Pinckney, Frances once more asserted herself She de- clared that she loved the old Spanish town. Even the dirty plaza, two miles away from the main city, interested her. She insisted on staying over. be- cause, she declared, she was deter mined to study the town and the peo- pie and even ride over the famous mil itary road constructed by the Span iards at a terrible cost of labor and