The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-12-03
CHAPTER VIII.
CROSS PURPOSES.

EWN HOUGH Iris gave such warlilSe
counsel, 1t would be doing her
grave injustice to assume that
her gentle disposition was
changed because of the days suffer
ings. The erstwhile light hearted
schoolgirl and youthful mistress Of
her uncle's house had been subjected
to dynamic Influences. The ordeal
through which she had passed, un-
scathed bodily, but scared In spirit,
had left her strung to tense pitch.
OF course in this present clash of
emotions Iris little understood what
her advice really meant. She was ap-
pealing to heaven rather than to the
force of arms.
Oddly enough, the only professional
soldier present condemned her project
roundly when 1t was mooted.
'In leaving the island tonight you
are acting ON an assumption" protest
ed Captain San Benavides to his chief.
"You cannot be sure that the Andros-
y-AIela will not appear The arrange
ment is that she is to send boat here
soon after midnight yet II this mad
scheme Of an attack ON armed troops
by unarmed men is persisted In we
must begin to ferry to the island long
before that hour. In all probability we
shall be discovered Mt once. At the
very moment that our friends are
eagerly awaiting us on board the ship
we may be lying dead on the island.
The notion is preposterous. Be guided
by me, Dom Corria, and decline to
have anything to do with 1t. Better
still, let these English Doors promise
to forget that we are alive. Then Mar
Gel can guide them to the landing
place, where they will be shot speed
sense in sacrificing the girl. She must
be kept here on some pretext."
The ex-president took thought before
he answered.
II fear we must fall In with our
allies views, faute de mieux. You
and have to lead headstrong army.
That little Hercules of q commander
Is stubborn as mule--a mule that has
the strength and courage Of wild
boar. The younger man thinks only OF
the girls safety. He, ut least, will not
consent to leave her. Both, backed by
their crew. will not scruple to sacrifice
us II their interests point that way.
Trust me to twist them into the course
that shall best serve our own needs.
am now going to tell them that you ap-
prove Of their plan"
The long day wore slowly. The heat
was intense. Even the hardened sail
ors soon found that IL the atmosphere
Of the cavern were to remain endara-
BILE they might not smoke. SO pipes
We're extinguished.
Unhappily Iris answered in French
some simple query Of the dapper on
GERS. Thenceforth. to her great be-
wilderment and Hozier's manifest an
noyance, he pestered her with compli.
ments and inquiries. To avoid both
she expressed longing for sleep.
when she awoke the ravine was In
shadow and the interior Of the cave
was dark. Her first conscious sensa-
tion was that OF almost intolerable
thirst. Nevertheless she cried involun-
tarily for water. and again she was
offered wine. She managed to smile
in a strained fashion at this malicious
humor OF fortune.
Hozier, who bad aroused her by
touching her shoulder. fancied he saw
the CLEAN Of merriment in her face.
"If there Is no hitch in our plans"
he said, 1--WE should be ON the island
within fvs hours. We have every