The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

He brings great news. and the moment
he sets foot In this city he rs IN dansHr:
he Is your friend. ana IL is your uut!
TO save him" ~
But what am ! 10 save him from MISS
Seattle? You are speaking wildly. Dom
make such ambiguous statements. pray
You must be more explicit
She trembed and dropped into chair,
Il am not brave enough to explain more
ne is in danger. Tell him TO have moth
ing to do with us. II he mentions our
| names. pretend that you know notr,nG
about US, have grave reasons for wha1
| say. When we took the Rosary j did
not know that matters were so awful;
indeed. | was aware then that Mr. pigoy
night / overheard something cannot
say more. Only keep Oscar Dighy away,
and II possible do not betray me. fe'
Il there is no other way: tell MN tha' l.
| She rose and stood regarding me. PIT :
eously for an instant. II must flv. she
said. IF this visit is discovered my lie
is worth very little
After she had gone I sat In amaze
ment pondering over the strangeness OF
| the occurrence. II seemed TO me that
nevertheless | was haunted and disturbed
| by her mysterious caution. And when on
the next day Dighy, whom l had not
seen for years. called unexpectedly
OF decided apprehension, Before DlgoS
went away he and | had been very close
| friends. and | was delighted to see MN
again, His broad forehead his keen blue M
! eyes his strong, muscular hands, all de-
noted strength Of mind and body.
We'll Halifax" he said Il have
good deal to tell you. l have mhde ar
| amazing discovery. do not know
whether you are sufficiently conversan1
with out -of- the way places on the globe
But. anyhow, ] want TO inform YOU tha'
there is n wonderful region: little known
which lies on the watershed of the Esse.
| quibo and Amazon rivers. And there
| have discovered a spot close TO Lake
Amacu that Is simply laden with eoid
The estimates computed on my speci.
mems and reports make 1t out TO be the
richest place In the world. The who'll,
thing is as yet a close secret, and
| have come TO New York TO put IL int'
| the hands OF big flnancicr. COMPANY
must he formed with a capital OF S2O.O
| 900 10 work it.
"Have you the charts Of the location?
] asked.
disclose even to you. old man. Just yet
| "Well Oscar" / said. "the man yo,
require is Horace Lancaster, the biSges
fnancier In New York today, He Is
good friend and patient OF mine. and !
you can satisfy him with your charu
and specimens he will undoubtedly noa
the company. Unfortunately, | happen u
know that he Is at present in Paris. am
won't be back for a week. You arc pre-
pared to await his return?"
Yes, ii you think it best. he re
spondcd. win YOU dine with me at M
club tonight and talk things ovcr?'
with pleasure" l responded:
''By the way" continued Digby. som
friends of mine. Brazilians, ought to b
in New York now; a lady Of tho nam
OF Seattle, with her pretty. little step
daughter. an English girl. should TX
10 Introduce you to them. had lette
from Mrs. Seattle as I was leaving Bra
zil. telling me that they were en- r%out %
them up in town Her brother. Seno
Merello is most charming man.
III ! were you" ] said; gravely.
plc ! happen to know their whereabout'
and the little girl does not want you I
call on them. Better take her advice
Digby; she, looked good and true s.,-,,,
and seemed a triile put out. True. h
repeated. "Of course she Is true. te
you. Halifax. am quite fond OF he,
The mother-I mean the stepmothcr-l
a magnificent woman. l was staying 9
their Qunta last winter. But l don
understand your warning Has lttl
Muriel lost her head?'
"She is anxious and frightened. Th
whole thing seems absurd. But she cer
tainly was in earnest when she besse
me to keep you away from her stef
her secret. and not reveal to you whei
they are at present"
: Digby did not seem pleased at this car
did avowal. but he made no commen
dined together. and went into the sui
ject OF his great discovery He shove
me his specimens and reports. and II
tcrestcd me so much that l. too, bega
to long for Lancaster's speedy retur
Three or four days passed and the finar
cicr was still detained In Paris Or
afternoon Digby rushed excitedly In
well. Halifax" he cried. 'you can
fight against fate, The little girl hi
discovered herself. She came to see II
at my hotel and declared that she ju
couldn't keep away. ! took her into II
arms and hugged her, We will have
wedding when the company is floate
and this evening, old chap. dine at I'll
Rosary You see know all about Il
secret retreat OF the Scaiffes by this tin,
dine there tonight, and they want "
to come. too"
was about TO refuse. when some In
o pulse Influenced me to see the affa
through and | consented to accompal
Z my friend. We arrived at The Rosa
e between Z and S o'clock. Mrs. Scaif
= received us. Diamonds flashed In h
It raven black hair and glittered around h
shapely neck. The pale little Muir
looked quite insignificant beside this 90
]. geous creature, Senor Merello was
masculine edition OF his handsome sistc
q At dinner We were served by Spani
4 servants. and a repulsivc looking neg
OF the name OF Samson stood behind Nj
!. Scaiffe's chair. She was in high spir
and openly alluded TO the great disco
erv.
r You must show us the charts, T
friend she said to Digby-
LAS regards ANYTHING else. comma