Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-25
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER II-Pedro, Old Nita and the
Asar trainers start for New York. Pedro
paints a portrait for a lunch-wagon man
Ind so earns a meal for the company
EFbs lady OF the purse adventure sees Pc
45'o painting as she passes
CHAPTER III-New York. Miss Iris
Kanderpool quarrels with her artist low
ber, Sam Hill, and they part She dls-
bowers In her fathers desk portray
(which she recognizes as that or PEDRO,
who rescued her from the purse-snatcher.
CHAPTER Iv-Hnl, the despondent
Dover meets Pedro and Mr.. Jones In
HIiu discovers talent in Pedro's drawings
and In a mad desire to lose himself, gives
his studio and all in II to Pedro In ex-
bchange for Mr.. Jones'
CHAPTER v-Pedro occupies Hlll's
studio and calls on Leigh. the sculptor,
with letter from Hill. Leigh, Gazing IN
return. In the alley bumps into two men
lone of whom Is Reginald Vanderpool
Iris father. In disguise.
CHAPTER vI-vanderpool's compan-
l1on goes into the basement of Hills studlo
Pnd talks with Ricardo. or Rowe. the
Basement tenant. of a conspiracy against
"a foreign government. Vanderpool.
lover whom Rowe has secret hold, IS
implicated. Sonora Daussa and her chhd,
lsupposedly dead In an uprising HoWe
tknows to be alive.
CHAPTER VII-Pedro gains entrance
10 an artists meeting at Milligan's, meets
Iris again. makes many irienus anu ue
kcomes unconsciously subject TOT news
paper copy.
CHAPTER VIII-Senora Daussa II driv'
en by Ricardo uptown to a resort nses' wnes'
stoyalty. Sam Hill. soi-disant bear trainer Ha,
.rees Rowe Unexpectedly attacked by OlC
Mia, and rescues her.
CHAPTER IX.-Pedro takes iuncheor
with Iris in her home. meeting Wander
pool who is disturbed by Pedros pres
ence. IriN remembers the miniature % an.
wonders She tells Pedro her susplcioi
that her father is being blaclSmailed am
lenlists his help to discover Vanoerpooi
.isecret trouble.
CHAPTER Kris poses for PEDRO
Pedro sees Rowe with Vanderpool anC
lpeeping through Rowe's basement win
dow is astonished at sight of woman
Whose face. feature for feature. Is INK
his own.
CHAPTER XI-Hill hears from th'
bear dancers that Pedro is Venezuelan
lHin and Mr.. Jones wander about, am
stumble upon Rowe, loading steame e,
lVyith contraband of war. Hill Is seizeC
IS a spy. Vanderpool, asphalt king ap
years as "Senor Chief"
CHAPTER xII-Iris again poses fo
her portrait. Pedro tells her he canno
Help her father, whom he knows to o.
associating with shady characters. Iris
lfatuated with Pedro. signs an agree
ent 10 marry whoever gets her faths
at of trouble.
CHAPTER xIII-Mr. Jones returr,
a.ope otthe rbfaFnfng "ff55m" a Hunt hint 70
Ricardo. is told by Pedro that Ricard
and Sonora Daussa. VINO Is HedrQ
mother. are together. Pedro. with MI
Jones' aid. finds Hill.
CHAPTER xIv-Pedro and his com
panions rescue HILL Pedro gives Hi
fris' agreement" and asks in return thai
hin protect Sonora Daussa from Ricardo
Valdez, ex-Venezuelan minister.
CHAPTER Xv-Pedro. finding Leigh
back in his studio, tells him of the
care In Pedro's relations with Iris and
on Pedros refusal to spend the night
with him, sees great light
CHAPTER XVI - Pedro returns to
Hills studio at In the morning and finds
Iris there. The infatuated woman de-
clares her love for Pedro. AS a last re-
sort Pedro eonfesses; Il am a girl"
CHAPTER XVII - rhe conspirators
meet in Rowes basement He tells them
the revolution turns on his will. Van
<erpool is financing II TO free Sonora
Daussa, presidents widow. whom he be-
1ieves a prisoner In Venezuela. II they
do not agree to make Rowe dictator he
will tell VGuderpool where the sonora Is
and so stop the money supply. They
agree and leave him. Sonora Daussn has
overheard. denounces Rowe, and runs
away from him.
CHAPTER xvIIr-Hill calls on Van
derpool and shows him Iris agreement
Vanderpoo explains matters and agrees
to go to MiIligan's costume dance witt
Hill.
The fnancier continued TO pace in
silence for few moments. his white
head bowed. his thin, youthful figure
alert and active as boys, his hand
some cameo-like features contracted
In thought. Then he spoke abruptly
You have surmised that a revolu,
ton was afoot? You are right--there
ls-in Venezuela. My asphalt inter
ests are chiefly there. The export-tax
rs 1t stands, would be drain upor
my profits. and ostensibly that is tn,
reason for my backing this scheme t
upset the present government Bu
there is another reason, a deeper one
known only to myself and one Other
Rowe. It concerns a woman, who
ne tells me. is kept prisoner by the
aow president of that God-forsaken
place. Let me tell you about her
When l first took up this business
went to Venezuela to make my con
tracts. l got good ones, and l made
friends with the Dictator fine old
man. He had very young wife-hard
ly more than child fell in love
with her and she with me. She had
a child-a girl it was, but it was be.
ing brought up as a boy because the
father had been SO bitterly disap
pointed at having no son and
Carmen was faithful to her child and
her husband | am glad she
was would not have had il
otherwise. But we danced together a
great deal there was no harm
in that !. Then, one night the
inevitable, or rather the usual reyolu-
ton broke out 1t broke out in the
Ballroom where we were