The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-02-16

dence and tho trinkets to his port
f0llo. These" he said to the district,
attorney, II take with me-"
Exactly" said the other, we have;
photographs Of all OF them. The in,
:vestigation has been of Interest,";
curious situation"
/, The district attorney placed before,
Annette q bulky document.
F; "You will be compensated for this
Lost island he said, "and the gov,
ernment stands ready now to make
you q substantial advance Of money
upon the signing Of this paper"
(! Annette signed-and sighed with re-
lief.
That's DONE" she exclaimed.
! The admiral bowed. All rose. "You!
!are rendering our country great
service, Miss Ilington." he said, and
your. country will do It's level best to-
protect, you. Can we do more?
!, Neal saluted. Il understand, sir
f''he said that l am TO command the;
expedition
"Yes,"Sinterposed the commander,
we've arranged all that, with the!
captain Of . steamer. He agrees that
what you say shall go-and you'll
say It, I feel sure !
I'll say anything and do anything"
returned Neal, ''for my country and,
'my-and Miss Annette Ilington."
1; He said q good deal to her on the
way back to her Los Angeles hotel
-and kept on saying it.
I: But" he added at parting, care
full now. Don't take risks. This man
Hernandez is q wonder. l take my
hat of to him. He never knows when
he's beaten"
Hes beaten now" returned An
nette. particularly II he knows all
that has TRANSFERRED"
He left her-still gravely worried.
He would have been more than wor-
ried had he known that within quar-
ter of mile Of Ahnette's hosiery,
in q secluded cafe, sat Hernandez.
with his two companions, the Brute
and Inez Castro. He would have
been more than worried had he known
that with them was another individual
.-Joe Welcher, his own foster broth
er and Annette's. Welcher. was there
depressed, fearful, nervous-but
drinking heavily. And he was still
tho model, shrinking tool, the cats
4 And WHAT ,li. y qu;ieried Hernandesss.
about the battleship Missouri"
Joe produced, an extra-its head
lines devoted to the navy and the i'm.
Lpending Allemanian war. @
Il 'The Missouri he announced. 70.
lferring to the paper, "steams away
tomorrow"
Where does she steam?"
ITO San Francisco"
Friend Welcher," went on Herman
DEE, docs this Neal-does he talk
do you get inside information"
There's none to get" said Joe, IF
there was any, ia get It."
Hernandez waved his hand. "When
does the Missouri sail?" he queried.
"This afternoon" said Joe.
|: when she SAILS" went on Herman
deg, well get this girl. We need her.
We want her evidence-but we want
her, too-until--until we have no fur
| Their need OF her. What we shall run
/; into at Lost Isle no man knows.
want her with us there. Listen, Wei
cher. You must arrange it. Our paths
must cross this afternoon"
/ Welcher fumed. II do all the dirty
| 80 ~OiI stItvrn sthpNn0 oh -
1 ! Hernandez poured him another
drink, and handed 1t to him with q
| glance that ate into Joe's soul.
The, drink had just the wrong et'
feet. Joe became angry-noisy-un'
manageable.
"Ill be damned IL l do your bidding
! any more.' snarled Joe.
Hernandez darted a glance toward
lnez. She returned 1t.
Leave him with me-" she said.
Hernandez did as he was bid. He
j left her alone with Joe. And in the
next fifteen minutes Inez Castro made
love to Joe as she never had before
She overwhelmed him with enchant
ment.
Tonight" she whispered to him
tonight, Americana. But breathe not
a word to hin-he will kill US both"
Half an hour later Annette swung
out of the hotel grounds, mounted on
!, . wiry little pony.
She spied Joe and drew In her steed
! She noted that Joe was unduly ex
| cited,
"Joe;" she exclaimed, tell mother
Ill be safe" III
- Under certain influences Joe's mine
acted with unusual rapidity. Drinl
and.the dark eyes Of Inez Castro had
set him we'll on edge. Without mo
ment's thought he stopped by the road
side and plucked a thorny burr. HI
straightened up again, with the thorn!
burr concealed within his hand. ~
did not answer Annette at first, bu
approached her and her steed.
i Good COW pony!" he exclaimed. HI
Istroked the horses nose, its neck, 1T
TANKS. And then he did another thing
"Safe as they make EN-" he con
tinued. :
And then he did the trick. Hi
right hand stole gently up across tn
horses back, behind Annette-stole t
the saddle.
! swittly-and unnoticed-he pushe'