Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-22

Once Mr. Fenton and Mr.. Maitland are
here to lend their added evidence to yours
then we can act. and even so there Will
be formalities of procedure"
Great heavens. formalities!' l cried.
"Senor Del Hervalle was not incumbered
with formalities when he trussed me up
| in the house yonder in the village"
well. what do you SUGGEST
EXACTLY what you mentioned. Put him
in the coal cellar until the proper officers
arrive"
And outrage every nation in South
| America. Even il he be murderer, the
| fact remains that he's an envoy. the rep
| resentative of a foreign country.
mo, 1 shall telegraph the particulars
| to Washington and request advice-and
on your single. supported word that is
| going far
Il see that III have to take the settle.
| ment of his crimes into my own hands,
I answered. with chagrin.
If" he began. but paused.
| WHAT" I asked.
.Senor Del Hervalle might become a
guest at your house for week"
| His words made me stare, then
| caught the suggestion.
by Jove! l exclaimed.
| (which would enable everything to be
| Investigated and certain necessary pre-
liminaries arranged depending. Of course
upon the fact that additional evidence
was produced"
ut win be Forthcoming. It will be forth
coming, never fear" I stated, heartily
full Of new hope
but in the interim must know moth
ing Of his visit to you. This II purely
hypothetical conjecture
] acknowledgements let It be-
| He put out his hand and l gripped It,
TT is incredible. your story he said.
confdence-rve not been blind to Senior
Del Hervalle: many things have passed
not unobserved by me. but I never dream
ed that such tnfamy was possible. Get
your evidence together. otherwise you're
ruined IL you act against him"
I'm ruined either way said I, grimly,
'if I don't finish him now-Tll be ruined
and possibly killed IL he goes away from
Lavouche free. I'm in q narrow strait
and will not hesitate to go pretty far:
| you-insist that he be present at my trial.
| It's my opinion he'll want to attend
without urging. in order to hearten up
his villains to their work. But should he
| hesitate-insist.'
! "I will insist said he, with a smile.
Then l brought up another subject.
Betty. I related the circumstances Of
! our love for each other and begged his
consent, which he gave readily. Indeed.
he stated that 1t had been the hope of my
father and himself that our families
might be united through their children.
| Whatever was Betty's will should be his.
| and all he desired was her happiness.
But you're in the frying pan at pres
| ent, that's certain he went on. with
this murder charge hanging over you
and with your other troubles. I'll be on
| hand to help you this afternoon. and in
the meantime I'll send of some tele-
grams about the affair."
When I returned to the lawn / per-
ceived Billy In lively conversation with
Betty and Muriel. and IL his manner was
token Of his feelings he experienced no
great regret that the Island of LAvouche
was inhabited by such lovely beings. But
then, as 1 afterward had occasion to
learn the dissatisfaction which he had
so often expressed at finding himself In
feminine society was to be accepted with
a very large pinch OF salt. He had in
troduced himself to them as my guest and
friend and had already made good prog,
ress.
.Here's a gentleman for you to take
lessons FROM" Muriel exclaimed when I
joined them. Fifteen minutes ago We