The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-03


Torrejon. your friend will show how
the fly ball should be caught, ST? Let
us watch him."
Solano took two fly balls, each fair.
ly well out, and backing beyond the
ring of Mexicans to get them. Loud
applause greeted his graceful handling
of the chances. Then Brockett laid
the wood against the ball with tre-
mendous power The startled sphere
scared high, and Solano, starting at
the crack of the bat, raced under the
ball far down to the bushes edge.
Amid a volley of cheers, he leaped
high, pulled down the ball-and then
kept right on running. Before the as
founded MeXicans could realize the
trick, he vanished into the chaparral,
sprinting like a madman, and with
him went the ball that contained the
messages to Gomez Esteral!
Juan Torrejon was a man to act
with promptitude, no matter what
the eXigency. Horsemen could not
ride through the dense underground
into which Solano had vanished, but
twenty bandits were on his track a
moment later. The chief himself
sprang at Brockett with a snarl OF
Jury, and made a lightning search of
the prisoner. The search brought
forth the envelopes in which the orig
1n0I niCCiUoc hoI
jon, his fierce face lighting up a trifle,
carefully slowed them in his own ap-
parel
He called a young Mexican to his
side and ordered him to act as HIS 10
terpreter.
Tell the young man." said the
chief, slowly and with an apparent re-
turn of good humor, that was quite
sure his friend had not carried off
the papers, but that wanted to make
sure-he will therefore pardon the
roughness of the searching process.
Five minutes before the other young
man went out to catch fly balls, deft
hands had been over his clothing and
found nothing. He, therefore, simply
ran away, and left his companion to
face the music. So be it. If he can
be caught, all right, all we'll and good
If not, let him go his way-I give him
credit for clever escape. You and
l, Senor Brockett, will meet the gen
tlemen with the unpronounceabe
names in few hours-and we will
bargain with them. Will it please
you to go on with the baseball teach
ings?"
Noon came, and the bandits who
had pursued Solano began to straggle
in. They brought no prisoner, and
declared that the young Gringo must
have been carried out and befriended
by the devil. Torrejon, courteous as
ever, made Brockett eat with him, and
asked him many questions concerning
the great game of the Americans, its
rules, its famous players. Towards
one o'clock a sentry at the western
edge of the clearing challenged loudly,
and moment later two banGits es.
corted huge German gentle nan to
the presence of their commander.
Il see, mein frieHt," qucth the
baron, dot you vos, ad lasd, in safe
hands. We're iss your bartner?"
The baron was much worried at
the news that Solano had escaped
but expressed marked relief at the
information that the Cuban had not
succeeded in getting away Wi:a the
letters addressed to Gomez EsterNl.
DOT iss vell," he sighed, happily
ut iss, perhaps, better yet dot he In:
gone-he can haf nodings to say, uue
dere iss but de Won left to disbose OIL
Shall We get down to bitzness? We're
iss de liddle ledders, gaptain?"
A sentinel at the northern edge OF
the clearing gave challenge, and two
more of the bandits came across the
glade. With them walked little
brown man, suave and gentle-the lit
tie man whom Brockett thought long
since dead in the waters of North
river-the tireless agent of Japan
none less than Mr., Yazimoto!
Baron Zollern greeted the Nippop.
ese with evident surprise, bat witr
forced courtesy.
81 subbosed," said he, dot a>y 40
bointmend vos exclusive NIT de CAP.
tain. Sdill, Herr Yazimoto, you are
welcome. You understand, Of course
dot | haf de Wrist und only CLAIM tc
desc Esteral documents? De key of
de cipher code. Herr Yazimoto, I will
share NIT you, und gladly. Iss dol
agreeable?"
Mr.. Yazimoto purred his dissent
The entire dossier of Esteral letters
as we'll as the cipher code, he e4
planned, were his. After he had per
sued them, he would gladly let h1s
old friend, the Baron Zollern, glance
through them, but for the present
time, though it desolated him to be
so selfish, he must insist upon the
first inspection of the papers, already
purchased from the honorable Gag
tain.
(TO BE CONTINUED.