The Huttig news., 1913-11-01

CHAPTER II-Whle dining at Wash. .nston hotel he detects q waiter in the ac. l of robbing a beautiful young lady whe 1 thanks him for his service and gives her 9ame as Miss La Tossa. Cuban patriot l Later he meets her at ball secre i 7fVice man warns Holton that the girl l is spy.
 CHAPTER III-Senor Ia Tessa chidee his daughter for her failure to secure i'm. , ,'artant information from Holton. She ordered to follow her.
 CHAPTER Tv-They meet on the Tam 1 ?a train. Miss La rossa tells II0Ifon sI1e IS 6 Cuban spy and expresses doubt re- garding the sincerity of the United States l folton is ordered to remain in Tampa to guard the troop transports cHAI ', y-He receives orders to land Miss La Tossa who is considered dangerous spy, on Cuban soil. At sea which takes Miss La Tossa aboard and Holton is ordered to return to Tampa.
 CHAPTER vI-TIe saves the transports rom destruction at the hands of dyna- niiers and reports to Admiral Sampson for further duty.
 For a moment there was silence. Then Garcia spoke again.
 You have nothing to fear. It is my thought that unless our American friends make a speedy ending of this campaign they will be routed by dis ease, and if they do not fly they vii die, surely and certainly. And thu even ii l agreed with you in your COT tentions, l should still advocate leaE ing the matter to God
 Time will tell And now you mus -!eep, general Nh6 was that Amer ran,' he added, who remains with you?"
 An Englishman. a newspaper writer" was the reply
 He is not English; be is American.
 Admiral Sampson vouched for him. But at any rate, suppose he is an American? He might De that and still be writer for the English press"
 General Garcia arose decisiyely.
 AS you suggest, he said. T mnst sleep. There is yet much before me- .
 There is mnch yet before Us al. :" grumbiud the 5iiicer. Good night. general
 As Garcia turned to his tent the man " iked to the fire; he leaned down, seized an ember and lighted a cigar cite. The flames shone full upon his face.
 With a half gasp Holton arose in his blanket and then, as the fellow strengthened up. he sank back upon the boughs But his eyes never left the mans face.
 At length, with quick motion. the Cuban turned toward Holton, who had just time to close his eyes Thus he lay tense, listening for the sounds that would have caused him to spring to his feet-the sounds of the mans foot steps approaching him.
 But the sounds did not come. As Holton at length opened his eyes he saw the man writing by the light Of the fire upon a small pad lying on his knee.
 You are indeed a good waiter. my friend" muttered Holton to himself and rising from his blanket he walked noiselessly toward the fellow he had first seen in the dining-room at the New Willard.
 So deeply was the man engrossed in his writing that Holtea's movement was unnoticed by him. And for this Holton thanked him sincerely before he had gone two steps.
 He acted upon impulse in rising from his blanket, and without any deti- pite intention save that of accosting the man. But now the futility of doin., this ia the camp, with Garcia not yet asleep, and without any wel-informed plans for dealing with him appealed to him forcibly. He stopped suddenly in his tracks and then stole back to his bed of boughs.
 Holton's mind was in sore quandary ss to what to do. Unquestionably this man held a high place in the esteem of Garcia, who just as certainly had no idea that he was d Spanish spy.
 As to the conversation, Holton be- leved he had the key to that; the spy was engaged in the process of poison ing the minds of Cuban leaders against the Americans, a plot which, if car ried forward successfully and rapidly, might seriously affect the present cam 1 paign, and at the same time have a decided tendency to give point to cer, tain relations already strained with several powerful foreign nations.
 One thing WAS sure, the moves of r this man must be checkmated, and sharply Just how was the ques tion.
 Holton lay there deliberating what he ought to do for more than an hour, and still undecided when the spy set tied things for him by slipping his pad in his pocket and walking toward his horse. He stood for a moment thore. his head turned toward Garcia's little hut of leaves and grasses, and thcn mounting ht rode off down the trail
 ltoIton now lost no time iii deciding on his course. Obviously it was to the interests Of his government that this man be watchC q, and so waiting for a h.. T T.