The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-10

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her own daughters dressed in the
height Of local fashion, and Dom Cor
ria's earnest request had made them
generous. The dark eyed, olive COM
plexioned women Of Alagoas are often
exceedingly beautiful, but few Of those
present had ever seen a brown haired,
brown eyed, fair faced Englishwoman.
Iris was remarkably good looking,
even among the pretty girls Of her own
county of Lancashire. Her large, linn
pid eyes. well nodded nose and per-
fectly formed mouth were the domi-
nant features of face that had all the
charm Of youth and health. Her
smooth skin, brown with exposure to
sun and air, glowed into rich GRIM
son when she found herself in the
midst Of so many strangers. The
slightly delicate semblance induced by
the hardships and loss of rest which
fell to her lot since the Andromeda
went to pieces on the Grand-pere rock
In nOwise detracted from her appear
ance. She wore the elegant costume Of
Maceio belle with ease and distinc-
ton. If she was flurried by the undis-
guised murmur of admiration that
greeted her she did not show it beyond
the first rush of color.
Dom Corria. dragging Schmidt with
him, hurried to meet her. Surprise at
his gala attire helped to conquer her
natural timidity, for the president was
gorgeous In blue and gold.
"My good wishes are soon changed
into congratulations. SENIOR" she said.
"Ah, my dear young lady, am over
joyed that you should be here to wit
ness my success" he cried. Then, as II
he had waited for this moment, he
turned to the assembled company ana
delivered an eloquent panegyric Of the
Andromeda's crew and their deusa de-
liciosa-for that is what he called Iris
"a delightful goddess.
Hozier though by no means indiffer-
ent to the good fare provided. was
wondering how many hours would
elapse before Iris cablegram reached
Nerity's office, when some words
caught his ear that drove all other
considerations from his mind.
II am sorry to say that, in my opin-
ion, there Is not the slightest chance
Of your message reaching England to-
day, Miss Yorkc," the president was
saying.
But why not" she asked, with an
establishment, that was not wholly the
outcome of regret.
'"The cable does not land here, and
the transmitting stations will be close
ly watched, now that my arrival in
Brazil is known. Even the simplest
form of words Will be twisted into
political significance. No, l think it
best to be quite candid. Until con-
troll Pernambuco, which should be
within week or ten days, you may
rest assured that no private cable
grams will be forwarded"
ooh, dear, i fully expected reply
today!' she said. and now that she
realized the effect of a further period
of anxiety on the Bootle partnership
she was genuinely dismayed.
"YOu may be sure it will not come"
said Dom Corria. Indeed, / may as
well take this opportunity of explain
ing to you and to my other English
friends"-wftb the interpolated SEN
tence his glance dwelt quietly on Ho-
zier and Coke-"the exact position To-
cally. You see, Maceio is q small place
and easily approached from the sea.
A hostile fleet could knock 1t to pieces
In half an hour. and it would be a
poor reward for my supporters loyalty
IL my presence subjected them to
bombardment l have no strong de-
lenses or heavy guns to defy attack.
and my troops are not more than n
thousand men, all told. 1t is obvious
that l must make for the interior.
There i gather strength as / advance.
the warships cannot pursue, and /
can choose my own positions to meet
the half hearted forces that Dom Mi
guel will collect to oppose me. In
fact, and every armed man in Ma
cello march up country this afternoon"
iris by this time was thoroughly