The daily Alaskan., 1914-08-28

ont their meetings being known to Cne girls relatives and friends? The Span. lsh custom of putting young women behind bars is not conducive to keep ing them from men when they are, so to speak, tout Of jai," Rosa was far more adept in arranging meetings with Burch than an American girl of her age would be. While she possessed the native innocence of youth, she had for several years been given to under stand that she was not trusted, and 1t Is not easy for such persons to con- slider themselves on their honor. Be this as it may, Burch met Rosa ire quentIy, and she laid all the plans for their meetings.
 Burch went to Mexico City just after the revolution that landed YictOriano Huerta in the presidency. When Car raRza, governor of the state of Goa huia, determined to revolt and avenge the death of Madero the conditions rapidly changed. The governor first got all the arms there were in SaltillO, then proceeded to take all the money. BurCh was not pleased with this condI- ton of things and decided that, after all. he would not care to invest his money in Mexico Such-being the case, there was but one thing for him to do, go somewhere else. This was a very easy mental process for him, there be- ing nothing to regret in leaving Mexi- co, not even Rosa PuentG, for three or four months association with a girl who lived in a mud edifice is usually quite enough for a man born with silver spoon in his mouth. Somehow 1t did not occur to Burch that there would be any objection on Rosa's part to part with him. He had never seen any member Of her family. though she had told him she had father, moth CT and some small brothers and sisters. She said that her father was away from home a good deal of the time. When he returned he had plenty of money, a part Of which be spent in buying what the family needed and the rest in the national drink, pulque. When it was all gone he returned to follow the same course as before.
 But Burch was not interested in the Puente family. for he had not followed the ordinary process of courting in vogue in the country and had made no application for ROsa's hand He looked upon his affair with the little Mexican girl as a very pleasant one. At first he had wished that she was lady that he migRt marry her, but time had cured him of that- What concerned him now was how to get out of Mexico with S2OOOO that he had brought there to invest in a coffee plantation as soon as he had learned how to manage one.
 He turned his money into American banknotcs and distributed them in diff ferent parts of his clothing. Then when be was ready to start for Vera Cruz proposing to make the journey on horseback, he sent Rosa word by messenger he had used before to meet him at their usual trysting place. When they met Burch was on horse back ready for his departure for Texas Dismounting. he took Rosa in bis orms kissed her and told her that he mnst go to the United States. It was not safe for him to keep money any longer in a country where lcvies Of cash were made on the citizens by one side or the other. He was going to get his money in the bank in Galveston; then he would come back to her-that is, if it were possible to get through
 Rosa received the announcement with her head on Rurch's breast, so that he couId not see her expression. He fear ed she might object to his going, but was surprised after a prolonged silence to see her look up and say:
 "You are right. Put your money in a safe place. If you will wait till l can get a horse I will go part way with you"
 There was a peculiar expression on her face when she said this that he did not quite like. However, he expressed pleasure at having her with him, and she went to get a horse. She came back presently with one she had borrowed from a neighbor, and the two started uorthward.
 Rosa said very little, which Burch naturally attributed to her reluctance to part with him. He thought it best to talk about what he would do when he returned, but this did not move her to a more pleasurabIe feeling. When they came to where the road forked she in- sisted that the one on the left was the shortest route to Burch's destination Laredo. He knew better, but allowed himself to be persuaded to go her way. When they had been on the road cou- ple of hours he suggested that she turn back, since she had far to go and would he fired But she said she would go a