Arizona republican., 1914-08-14

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 Like an inferno it was, minus the fire. Lucille suddenly msde conscious of the fact that she was very weak, that she had narrowly escaped death from privation and fever, that she had shot the who attempted her life, that she a fugitive in this town, that, when the ransacking of the house in which she had been so i'll vas finished the wounded woman would be discovered and search made for her saant Nervously ske fingered the ruby neck lace about her throat, trying to think of some way another Of the precious stones might be made to work it's magic influence. She could buy a passage with it, could br;be many aboard the boat. but she must not be seen by Hugo Lou beque. Too cften had he caught her in the same place with him working to thwart him for the to show any mercy. Tender. though he had been while she ill., shs knew from his grim tone, from the expression of relief upon his face when he discovered the papers not upon her person, that he would hesitate at nothing to injure her did she continue her attacks. No, she must work secretly, ir the dark always.
 But work she must and would. Fercely she fastened her little teeth iii her lower lip. Hugo Loubeque had the precious papers in his possess sion else he would never have smiled so serenely to himself he boarded the boat. She had his diary and how she obtained possession of it and from whom she had idea, but it could not be used against him There would come time when it wcGld prove of the utmost value, but not now What could she do?
 The rattle of muskets brought her out of the fit of abstraction into which she had fallen. She shrank away in the shadow of bale of silk, screwing herself into small space pos sbe, her breath coming fast she saw the of fcer who commanded the squad of soldiers march up the gang plank iusr as the captain descended to inquire what his business was. Then the tall figure of Hugo Loubsque appeared beside the pair, offering to translate the soldiers words.
 Lucille watched his face in abject terror, studying the swift change of expression on it, the somber lowering of the lashes, the knitting of the brows. the Outcropping of his jaw as he listened to the mans hurried jibberist.
 "What's it all about?" impaJiently demanded the captain as the spy turned toward him.
 He is hunting American girl 1 left ill in the town. It appears she shot and wounded her nurse and bound a Chinese soldier, taking his clothes and making her escape"
 Well, there's such person aboard" gruf- fly retorted the officer of the ship. "ls that enough for him.
 Again Loubeque turned to the soldier but the man shook his head vehemently.
 He must search the vessel. Those his orders" interpreted the spy then, you really can't blame him. Captain. The girl is desperate character and if her kind allowed to amuck this way there's telling where 1t all would end"
 The officer nodded consent adding grimly that he would stand for anything that did not entail delaying the boats sailing schedule.
 As the eavesdropping girl watched the sol diers march the gangplank and disappear in diff ferent parts of the boat according to the instruc tions given them by their superior, her heart thudded so violently against her ribs she won- dered that it did not break through. What fortunate thing that her weakness had not al lowed her to follow her first instinct of follow ing the spy aboard the boat And what bless ing that he did not know she close at hand She could see from his words that he would not delay his own departure to assist her, that more his motive Of revenge all dominant in his nature, that tenderness for the daughter of the woman he loved would never again interfere with the carrying out of his plans. And .he ferocious expressions upon these soldiers, the eagerness with which they went about their task of searching for mite of girl just of sick bed
 Surely some power greater than that of even the international spy looking and defending her! She bowed her head in mute gratitude, humbed in recounting the perils she had undergone in the carrying out of her pur- pose and giving the glory to the hand that. all unseen, was leading her. 1t impressed her more than ever with the justice of her fight the fact that an outraged Nature-God would not allow Q human being to conquer the best that was in 0 man and woman to satisfy base revenge.
 v She reused from the mood by Hurried clamor aboard the beat The cooes were work 1ng madly now, whilo upon the deck she signs of activity thst told her the ship was about