The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-04-04


not only Of connections, but Of the
main object Of my Journey; and so.
armed with nothing more potent than
good health, strong determination, and
a well-filled purse boarded the Kron-
prinz Wilhelm and started on my dag
onal race to head of a quarry which
already had twenty i've days start of
Ne
Speed being all-important, my wiah
was to travel alone and unencum-
Sered, but at the last moment was
persuaded to consent to the company
Of both Evelyn Grayson and DR.. Add
son. Realizing the brave, unfaltering
assistance which the young woman
had afforded me from the first, could
hardly refuse to crafty her wish to be
present at what we both hoped would
be the victorious end. Moreover, the
thought of absence from her for
month at least, and probably much
longer, was far from the most pleas
ant contemplation; my yielding, there
fore, was not altogether unselfsh.
DR.. Addison's case was different. At
the last moment he decided to 20
abroad by the same ship; and, on the
way over, touched by his contrition
and his almost pathetic desire to
make amends to his quondam friend
at the earliest possible minute, my
self Invited him to go with us the rest
Of the way.
Evelyn had proposed that Mrs. Lam
caster should also be included In the
party, but this l would not hear of. II,
for propriety's sake, another presence
was necessary, her maid, and, ulti-
mately. DR.. Addison, afforded all the
security the conventions could de-
mand.
The fever Of haste was upon all of
us from the start. The time on ship
board, in spite of our common subject
OF converse dragged eternally.
Should we readh Cherbourg in time
to connect with the P. G. o. Express
at Paris? That was the one constant
ly recurring question, to be speculeted
upon with varying degrees Of hope and
despair.
AS good fortune would have It, we
made the train with fifteen minutes to
spare, and the run to Brindisi was &C
complished without accident or un-
seemly delay.
Here, however, we were compelled
TO wait six hours. The steamer was
iate' owing to some seismic disturb
ance on the coast Of Malta, and fear
OF encountering new and necessarily
uncharted volcanic islands, had de-
manded slow and cautious sailing.
However sinister had been the game
Fate played with us in the earlier
stages OF our quest, the favor of its
present mood could not be gainsaid.
mat we were now reasonably sure Of
reaching Port Said in advance Of the
Glamorganshire was in itself well
come relief from trying anxiety; but
that was only small part Of the
banquet OF good things provided for
US.
was still exercised In a measure
over the steps which must be taken to
secure Cameron's release. Without
proper Introduction to the authorities,
1t was becoming more and more a
question in my mind whether, after
all, should be able to accomplish nv
end in the brief time to which l was
restricted.
With this fell possibility of failure
dinging in my reflections, was strid.
ing the white deck OF the P. and O.
steamer. In the early morning follow
ing the night of our departure from
Brindisi, when hand. dropped heavi-
ly on my shoulder, spun me round to
face a laughing, sun-browned. young
Englishman in white f1annels.
For just moment l was literally
as we'll as figuratively, taken aback,
for the tone OF the ringing voice which
greeted me carried me five years at
least into the past, when Lionel Hart.
ley and l had ridden to hounds to-
gether at Melton Mowbray, while fell
low guests at a houseparty in the
neighborhood.
you bally Yankee!" he was shout.
ing. Fancy running into you in this
fashion! I'm jolly glad to see you.
old chap!"
Though my delight at seeing him
was at that moment tempered by alb
sorbing interest in my mission, It rose
few minutes later to unadulterated
ecstasy. when discovered that he was
stationed at Port Said, and occupied
what seemed to me just then one Of
the most important posts in the Brit
ish Foreign Service-secretary to the
Governor General for the Suez Canal.
You're going to Cairo. suppose ?"
he hazarded.
mo-" ] replied. I'm going with