The Washington times., 1911-11-27

themselves under an awning at the stern
OF the vessel. and the governor waxins
communicative, discoursed on the his
tory of Quincatan. the value of Us re-
sources, and the engineering difficulties
that would be encountered IN running
the railroad through the main range OF
The frankness with which he ex-
pressed his views, the maner In WHICH
he invited and accepted criticism, ana
out effect upon his auditors Even Con-
merton forgot his reticence at times,
and, in his modest manner, questioned
the governor concerning tne ais,cipnne PIN.
of the Coshan character.
But Don Antonio did not fall to OBJ
serve that not once during this ex-
change Of ciyiiities did & the rig9t ~ hand d., q
Before luncheon was served the Du-
range river had been left behind. and
the Gsrfs,con wss s;restan stssmng Mporenn M%p the
EARLY in the afternoon Sparhawk, leav-
ing Don Antonio and COnnerton .o-
gefher strolled forward. There he found
Bob Mccain. reading.
did you succeed in picking up At valoT'
he asked, as he paused before the lad.
This amt 9 dime novel. replied NO
Gsnn' feIer n an in5%asS Msots s0ns novel IKE s
you'd think he was crazy; 1t amt nat
ural enough for 9 novel"
"What's It all about. Bob7" Sparhawk
McCann closed the book. laid 1t beside
him, clasped his hands over one Of his
knees. and gazed dreamily into the
depths of q vast forest that extended
for many miles along the banks of the
'It's the story of a sreaser who came
over here after Columbus discovered
America" he began. He was q rough
hard luck for a long while. At last he
got next to a rich old priest, who staked
him for a plundering expedition.
He blew in about all of the priests
dams, called Incas. had stored up more
treasures than you could shake q stick
at. so he hustled back to Spain and got
the King to back him. Then he come
"The King backed him. chr
Humph! grunted McCann disgust-
edly. Gave him three ships. one hum
horses to stack up against ten million
heyT -
tor ;o your greaser." said sparhawk. shak-
Bob laughed. Now, Bob's laugh was
mirthless. It was projected into being
without twinkle Of an eye q
ly opened his eyes and his mouth al
the laugh came forth.
Many dogs look most mournful when
they bark. Bob's laugh was a bark. II
usually was inspired by something that
seemed even more serious than himself
We'll. what you suppose that greaser
done?" demanded Bob. what you
spose he done with them three ships
$50 men and twenty.seven horses? What
II Rive il up, Bob. Tell me-.
"Why, say. he licked them ten mill'o
Incas, an he swiped more derned treas
At.rx - % hnI -.
seen at any one time before. An how
How did he do 1t. Bob?''
We'll. he got one branch Of the tribe
That helped some. Then those 1ncas
just as they got ready to fight. y
get scairt wonderin' where the thunder
"But the thing that knocked 'em out
most as the horses. They thought the
horses was q part Of the men, an"
He stopped. as II new idea had
"Aii right. Bob. go on" said Spar
hawk, encouragingly.
Say, these here Coshans is descend
ed Tcen from the Incas' amt theyT
well. when the Incas saw the
greasers on them horses they felt about
II just as the Coshans would feel II
i ihe skate, FOR h they w amt S seen no auto
mobiles before. The Coshans licked the
Tamagals once, but II You got the
Tamagals after the Coshars again.
then You sailed into the Coshans with
the Skate and = lot of strange animals
the Coshans AIM never seen, an
few machine guns. an a balloon. where
would tire Coshans be?"
Sparhawk threw back his head and
laughed heartily. McCann looked
mEains,d. ia !, ,, BY JSve. Bob If I had your
"Then il you'd COP all the gold in the
princess, you'd do what that there
greaser Done to the Incas." Bob con-
Guided.
The laughter suddenly left sparhawk's
face and voice.
."rrue." he mutterod gravely. your
princess. didn't he7"
McCann darted a quick, wondering
glance at Sparhawk.
YAH" he faltered. Say. that's the
greaser's name all rtght-Pizarro.
i5'. MGw,d fdoy yeI ~ know i0n been reading
Sparhawk stopped and picked up the
Volume. 1t was Prescotts "Corauest Of
Peru"
II read It a good many years ago.
It nearly all came back to me rs you
told the story. But did Pizarro and his
Indian princess live happily ever after
ward? Somehow or other I've quite
forgotten"
"Huhv" exclaimed McCann. This
amt no fairy tale. It's history