The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05
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All, now see It allF' His face
darkened. $50, this is my reward for
needing your advice In regard to Ger
trudis. She should have wed Ramon,
as was attended, then would have
had q lever with which to Lift his IA
ther from my path Very well. then.
there is no engagement with this AM
thony It may not be too late even
yet to capture Ramon"
.sTbe city is already talking about
IeGertrudis and Kirk"
NO word has been spoken, no prom
ise given. There is not even an nm
derstandihe Do you suppose l would
allow my great ambition to be thwart-
ed by the within OF girl. to be upset
by d strangers smile? Bah! At their
age ISloyed q dozen. could not sur
viye without them" He snapped ms
fingers. Come. we viii see my friend
Anibal at once"
But Mrs. Cortlandt checked him, say
ing quietly:
..That is all right as far as It goes.
but you forget the other young man
+Ehg How so? Gertrudis viii not
marry this Anthony"
Perhaps she loves him."
.'Love is fancy, something seen,
through distant haze, an Illusion
which vanishes with the sun. In a
month, in year, she viii have for
gotten; but with me It is different.
This is my life's climax; there VIII be
no other
sBut how Will you handle Anthony =
Garavel looked at her bIankly. He
is In my way. He is endedt Is not that
aI1?"
81 an. glad you are practical; 50
many OF you Latin Americans are abb
surdly rnmantic."
And why should not be practical?
am business man. love but two
things, mddnms no. three, my daugh-
sez, my success and my country. By
this conrse i win serve all three.R =
.Slnce you take this view of it. am
sure that with Ramon's help we can
dfss1ade Don Anibal from his course.
The general is sensible ana doesn't
| want fight any more than you do. Il
! your daughter will consent"
my dear lady. give yourself no un-
easfness She does not know the mean
ing of rebellion
..Thcn let me look up Ramon. He
and viii approach the general to
gether." She gave him her neatly
SloveGl hand Things are never so bad
as they SEEM
That afternoon Kirk received d for
mai communication from the banker
which filled him with dismay. 1t ran;
Ny Dear AIR. Anthonv-To my extreme
distress, L he4r rumor that Gertrudis y
to become your wife assure you that
neither she nor / blame you in the least
| for this unfortunate report. but since busy
tongues viii wag upon the slightest eS-
cise. we feel It best that no further oc-
casion for gossip should be given. an
sure you win cooperate with us. Sincere
| ~ and respectfully your friend.
ANDRES. GARAVEL.
A sense OF betrayal crept over him as
he read. What the letter signifed. be
yond the fact that Mr.. Garavel had
changed his mind. he could not make
out. and he resolved to so ut once and
demand an explanation. But at the
bank he was told that the proprietor
had gone home. ana he drove to the
house only to learn that Senior Garavcl
md his daughter had left for Las Sa-
vannas not half an hour before. So
back through the city he urged his
driver. across the bridge and out. along
the country road.
Darkness had settled when he re-
turned, raging at the trickery that had
been practiced upon him. II they
thought to gain their point by sending
him on Wild goose cllases like this they
were greatly mistaken. He proposed
to have Chiquita now, il he had to
burst his way to her through barred
doors He had yielded to their left
handed customs out OF courtesy 1t
Svae 4iYna I,ovv fo show his strength
What folly he might have committed
it is hard to tell, but he was prevented
from putting any extravagant plan
into operation by message from the
girl herself.
AS he dismissed his conchman and
turned toward his quarters Stephanie
came to him out Of the shadows.
"Chiqufta Is at the house. She wants
to see you
ssOf course she does. knew this
wasn't any of her doing. I've been
hunting everywhere Tor her.
eat 9,o'clock she VIII be In the Plaza
You know the dark place across from
the church? If we do not come wait.
Long before the appointed time Kirk
was at the place OF meeting but
scarcely had the city chimes rung out
3 when he saw two women emerge
from the dark side street next the Gar
avel mansion and come swiftly to-
ward him.
He refrained from rushing out to
meet them, but when they were close
60 his place of conceaImont he stepped
forward, with Chiduita,s name upon
his Inns and his arms outstcetched- She
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