The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-03-27
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Kirk Anthony. son of rich man, will
college friends. gets into a fracas in
New York resort A detective is hurt
Jefferson Locke insinuates himself int
the college mems party.
Locke aided by Kinks friend Higgins
who thinks It q Joke, drugs Kirk and put.
| him aboard a ship bound for Colon. Kirl
10 on tho passenger list as Locke
Broke" and without baggage. ABOARD
the ship Kirk makes the acquaintance Of
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cortlandt
Cortlandt is in the American diplomatic
! service and Is going to Panama on q mis-.
sion. In Colon Kirk as the son of :. big
railroad man. Is taken up by Weeks
American consul
Kinks father repudiates him, and Weeks
casts him out as an impostor. Kirk meets
Allan, Jamaican negro canal worker out
Of Job. The two are arrested by Colon
police for helping to put out q fire.
Kirk and Allan are treated brutally in
. Colon Jail by young Alfarez, command
ant Of police. Alan's release is obtained
by the British consul. but Weeks refuses
to aid Kirk Mrs. Cortlandt gets phone
call.
Mrs. Cortlandt obtains Kinks release by
using influence with Colonel Jolson, head
Of the canal. The Cortlandts are in
triguing to make Alfarezs father presI-
dent Of Panama.
Kinks father casts him of finally. and
Mrs. Cortlandt obtains for him position
on the Panama railroad under Runnels
master Of transportation
The girl tells him her name is "Chiqui-
ia He learns later that that means only
little one" Kirk begins his work
Mrs. Cortlandt has learned who Jefferson
Locke is.
and has disappeared. His description fits
Kirk The latter tries in vain in Panama
to learn something Of Chiquita and meets
Alfarez again.
Kirk wins the capital prize. $4,000, in
the lottery, He and Runnels make plans
for advancement The Cortlandts. hav-
Ing turned from the older Alfarez, intend
to make Senior Garavel. a banker. presi-
dent Of Panama.
Alfarez's son. Kinks foe is engaged to
Gertrudis. Garavel's daughter She Is
Kinks "Chiquita" He meets her again
at the opera through Mrs. Ccrtlatdt's aid.
Kirk makes love to Chiquita. Edith
Cortlandt, infatuated with Kirk, goes rid
Ing with him frequently.
She avows her love for him. Their ride
and talk are interrupted by her husband.
Kirk asks Garave for his daughters
hand. The banker wishes her to marry
Alfarez to advance his own ambitions
Clifford, man from tina States, asks
Runnels about Kirk
Kirk receives permission to call on
Chiquita. Young Alfarez challenges him
to duel. Kirk laughs at him. Mrs
Cortlandt asks Kirk to call on her.
Cortlandt overhears his wife make love
to Kirk. who tells her he loves and is en-
gagged to Gertrudls. Prompted by Mrs.
Cortlandt. Garavel forbids Kirk to call on
his daughter
Kirk manages to see Chiquita She loves
him. but will obey her father Mrs. Cort-
landt blocks Kinks and Runnels' path.
Detective Williams seeks Kirk. known to
him as Locke or Wellar
During an intermission between dances
at ball Chiquita and Kirk are married,
the girl returning Immediately to her IA
Tiers side.
Kirk breaks with Mrs. Cortlandt At a
dinner rendered to Cortlandt by the rail-
road men Cortlandt openly gives" his
VIE to Kirk. creating great sensation.
Next morning Kirk goes out with Allan
Cortlandt tells his wife what he has done
She denies any wrongdoing with Kirk
Cortlandt is found shot. and Kirk is ar
rested. Gertrudis tells her father she is
Kinks wife. and the banker visits Kirk
In jail
I'm very sorry. You never thought |
Tor moment that did what they
clamp"
mo, no! 1t has all been a mistake
from the first. was sure of that"
"You heard what those two men tes-
ifedY
Bah! That is Ramon Alfarez. But
ne can do nothing. You will forgive
ne for what | said that night at the
hotel, won't you? I didn't really mean
o injure you, Kirk, but I was half
lysterical. had suffered so these last
'ew months that was ready to do
lnything. I never dreamed there was
way out Of my misery. a way so
lose at hand. But somehow. even be.
ore General Alfarez's voice on the
,hone told me what had happened. /
NEW, and II felt
II know you had great deal to put
Up with" he said. "but for both our
axes wish it had come l, some 9th.
r way"
"Oh. l don't care" she cried reck.
essly. THE one thing | can grasp In
II this turmoil. the one thing that
ings In my ears every moment. is that
am free. free! That is all that mat.
ers to me. You showed your loyalty
Stephen more than once, and, though |