The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-14
CHAPTER xxx

CHAPTER xxx
A year later Sibyl sat in front Of
the Gre In the drawtng-rcom a. Yer
ney with an open letter In her hand
Her face was flushed and there were
tears in her eyes. but they were
tears OF Joy.
The letter had been written three
months previously, and had only just
reached her II was from her hus-
band. and contained the good news
that the expedition OF inquiry into
the charges brought against the Su-
rano Development Co. vas starting
home, all being well. from Lima on
the twelfth OF February. and that
the same messenger who was bear.
ing the letters 20 the coast vas car
rying another letter 20 steamship
company TO book berths on a steam
or that sailed on that date
Thank God" said Sibyl 20 her
self. How glad am now that he
went; that did not prevent him
from going"
Glad she was indeed-proud OF
him. Many a time during that weary
year OF waiting had her heart been
gladdened by the praise given 20 her
husband by the newspapers ne
had gone out an obscure politician
He would return a man OF note,
man who had done something for his
feiiowmen
her head between thin. He came 70
Il had been no tourist business.
this expedition 10 surano. There had
been lighting between the escort and
the officials OF the Development com
pany. The escort had fed and left
the Englishmen 20 their fate The
Englishmen had held their owu-nvA
OF them against terrible odds The
escort had come back on the follow
ing dsy-one by one-such OF them
as remained.
The story had been told in the
newspapers. and for a while England
had rung with the praises OF James
Treverton and Basil Ducane But
for these two every life would have
been lost There has Just been one
moment when everything had hung
In the balance Flight would have
meant certain death And II had
seemed impossible 10 hold the little
hut they we're defending One man
had placed his own revolver 20 HIS
head. thinking death the best escape
from torture that was worse than
death. But for Treverton and Du.
cane this would have been an end Of
everything. Not a soul would have
lived 10 tell the tale The whole
matter would have been hushed up
and the truth would never have been
told in England
The Development company. secure
in the strength OF their numbers. had
relied on their being able 10 destroy
every single member OF the expedi-
ton. II had 20 DO a clean job a
single survivor would have done
them as much harm as II every one
had returned In safety They rad
failed and this failure had been due
10 Trever,on and Ducsne
sibyl thought Of all this now as
she sat before the Are in the great
drawinR-room a. Verney Hall--so Far
removed from the darkness and the
horror ~ the grim surano forests
she remembered how proud she had
been OF her husband. how glad 20
read OF his bravery Yet never had
she been so glad as she Ras today
knowing that he was alive and we'll
and that he would soon be returning
home again
She had read the letter through
for the second time u spoke of The
fruits OF the work. OF The impending
trial n the officials of the Surauo
Development CO This vas no hcvs
20 her she had read about r in The
papers-i a seemed 90 her very lone
ago when the story oCthc atiouni
20 wipe out The c1pedi,iea BAD
reached England The whole couatr,
had been ln en- uproar Vengeance
swift and terrible had been dc
manded
Tho Peruvian government had
shown On inclination 10 argue and
proc,sstlnate a British squadron
had appeared IN Ifma Tho anair
had been settled very quickly under