The Washington times., 1911-11-30
CHAPTER XVI.
Lights and Shadows.


Lights and Shadows.
-77E two Americans quietly returned
their revolvers to their pockets.
u sparhawk smiled family.
your Excellency Is a good ac-
tor" he said quietly. 1.-THE role Of the
prisoner appears to have been the best
performed In the play
Since congratulations seem to he in
order, beg of you to accept mine.
senor. on the excellence Of the judg-
ment you have displayed In the last
hve minutes" Don Antonio replied.
Had you told me, after gave you that
letter, that you would continue to re-
gard me as your prisoner. a signal from
me would have sent a score Of balls
into you and your friend.
MY only purpose in allowing the
farce to continue after we came aboard
the Gerfalcon was that I might have
an opportunity to try you out and learn
what manner Of man QueNores had selN
down to me. sA result of that trying
out, i am going to give yUu f.r more
latitude than 1 had intended to do.
Complete the Moreno-Valo section al
soon as you like, but restrict your at.
tention to the duties Of chief civil en-
yineer. If you do this. we will not quar-
rel. II. however. you insist on med
ding with the financial end Of 1t, with
which you should have nothing to do,
you win rue the hour in which you 'ie:
cided to come to Quincatan."
The eyes Of Sparhawk flashed fire as
ne replied: For your eAcellepcy's sake,
as wei! as for my own. l hope 1t VII
With the financial end Of it!'
Don hntonio's fa"e grew shade More
Pale. And hope. senor. that in the
mSnths ,I hn that that are to CONF your discretl2T
or your courage there can he NJ
doubt, but there are times when dis
oretion seems MOI. to be numbered
among your virtues"
He bowed as he spoke. then, turnin1
IRON Sparfawk, lie addressed Brabanti
"BrabsEu, as sooE as we are landed
conduct Senor Srarhawk to your formnl
,SaaIters' then come to me at mine. .
hawk viii; make Moreno his headquar
ttrs, though l dare say we will some
times have the pleasure of seeing him
at Valo."
Bra bantrs eyes wandered toward
Sparhawk, then dwelt for q momen
On COnnerton. bit his features were ex.
pressIorless.
1T shall be done. your cxcellency.
he replied perfunctorily.
Mid now, senor, with yu,Ir permis
sion, / VIII go. to my cabin and max.
preparations for DISSEMINATING" sale
Don Antcrio. smiling slightly and bow.
Ing toward Sparhawk.
When be and Drabahti were gon'
SpaIkhawk laId u hand on one of Con
mel tons broad shoulders.
ITS al, light, Tcm." he said reas
.,nringly: ,,i II we are made to look q lit
harm done so long as We win our point
Handley, Heredia, and Hemmingwa,
are in VaIo, you and are in Moreno
and in two. or three days wei! De Ii
Solnm9nication with Joe Varley. at Sal
We've got Don Antonio Portills
guessing, and were going to put tha
road through in jig-time. Now let
e below and make ready for thu
sparhawk's preparations for land
ing were soon completed. and leav
ing &c C9nn1rton, ,bt uYs%,nIg YoHng and McGanl
Sparhawk went to the stateroom oc
cppied by Barbara and knocked.
The door was opened cautiously b.
Chiquita, who, upon recognizing Spar
hawk. almost closed 1t in his face a.
tress.
sparhawk heard Barbara's voic,
replying. but he was unable to dis
opened the door and bade him enter
You need not go. Chiquita." Spar
hawk said; but the girl appareptl!
had received her Instructions from
authority. and barbara and spar
hawk were left alone.
Il have merely come to tell you tina
%e Sswa srs saidP approaching Moreno" Spar
"Yes, CAiquita has told me So" Bar
bara replied quietly.
Have you ever been in Moreno be
forsG" aS1 sNPsrhaTk NPsysr SS,s.aa asked,
you have friends hara thai,
Barbara shook her head sadly. "No
Except Chiquita and her father, May
Ia l have no friends in Quincatan."
like to be your friends are SO unde
serving" sparhawk replied. "Do,
Antonio Is about to place a house a
my service, and, under the circum
accompany me there Tomorrow W
will see what arrangement can b
mage to send you to Allariz."
you seem to be very anxious to ge
ns me away IRON tr9m Quincatan." Barbar
~ am only anxious to do for yo
those things that will please yo
Barbara looked at him f,xedIv, the,
with a shrug OF the shoulders, turn
ed away. You and Don Antonio n ~
p,eaair to-, to be strangely friendly. Is h
mo. Don Antonio and I have q
ever, that Brabanti has Just mysteriou,
which has resulted in the declaratio
OF truce"
Barbara looked at him sharpl,
'Don Antonio is most to be feare
cautioned.
There is nothing he can do this
will cause me 10 fear him now"
ut Is still understood chat YOU are
build the railroad?" she asked.
ives"
"Then YOU have no intention of lea,
inc Quincatan-even temporarily?'
mo. I shall remain here until m
work Is done. The work may tai
three or four years"
Barbara seated herself on the bert
and looked thoughtfully at the floor.
"I understand that there are sever
foreign vessels at Moreno Just now
eparhawk went on after a pause ''bl
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