El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-04

| @HE revised csblegram caused the
| field marshal deep concern. He
- frowned az Billy ferociously.
Il will forward this at once he
promised But. warn YOU" he added,
II deliver also a copy to my PRESIDENT
Billy sighed hopefully.
You might deliver the copy first
he suggested
From the cable station Billy, still
| accompanied by his faithful retalners'
returned to the power house. There he
babe farewell TO the black brothers who
had been his assistants and upon one
of them pressed a sum of money
As they parted, this one, as though
giving the password OF secret So
oiety. chanted sOlemnly-
u HUT heures juste-
And Billy clasped his hand and
nodded.
At the office of the Royal Dutch
West India line Billy purchased
ticket 10 New York and inquired We're
there many passengers
The ship is empty" said the agent
q am glad" said Billy, for one Of
my assistants may come with me. He
also is being deported-"
You can have as many cabins as
you want" said the agent We are so /
sorry to see you go that we viii try TO I.
make you feel you leave US on your I
private yacht I
The next two hours Billy spent in 4
seeking out those acquaintance from I
whom. She could borrow money. He I
found that by asking for IL in homeo- I
pathic doses he was able TO shame the /
foreign colony into loaning him all OF I
one hundred dollars This. with what /
he had in hand, would take Claire and !
himself TO New York and for a week /
keep them alive. After that he must
find work or they must starve-
In the garden of the Cafe DucroI 4
Billy placed his guard at a table with )
bottles Of beer between them, and at 4
an adjoining table with Claire plotted
the elopement for that night The gar
den was in the rear of the hotel ana
a door in the lower wall opened into
the rue CambOn, that led directly to
the waterfront
Billy proposed that at o'clock I
Claire should be waiting in the rue
Cambon outside this door. They would
then make their way to one or the
less frequented wharfs, where Clare
would arrange to have roWDoat IN
readiness, and in IL they would take
refuge on the steamer An hour later,
before the flight of Claire could De
discovered, they would have started
on their voyage TO the mainland
I warn you" said Billy, that after
we reach New York 1 have only
enough to keep US for week. 1t
will be a brief honeymoon After tnaI
ing you this to discourage you" ne
explained; only trying to be honest
Z would rather starve with you in
New York said Claire, than die here
At these words Billy desired greatly
to kiss Claire. but the guards were
scOwling at him It was not until
Claire had gone to her room to pack
her bag and the chance TO kiss her
had passed that Billy recognized that
the scowls were intended to convey the
fact that the beer bottles were empty
He remedied this and remained alone
at his table considering the outlook
The horizon was, indeed. gloomy, ana
the only light upon II, the loyalty ana
love of the girl. only added to MS
Above all things he desired
TO make her content TO protect her
from disquiet, to convince her that
in the sacrifice she was making she I
also was plotting her own happiness
Had he been able 10 collect his ten
thousand francs his world would have
danced in sunshine. AS it was. the
heavens were gray and for the future
the skies promised only rainy days
In these depressing reflections Billy
was interrupted by the approach OF
the YDung man in the Panama hat
Billy would have avoided him, but the
young man and his two friends would
not be denied. For the service Billy
had rendered them they wished to eN-
Dress their gratitude. It found ex-
preston in the form of Planters
punch As they consumed this Billy
explained 10 the strangers why the
customs men had detained them
You told them you were leaving to
night for SantO Domingo said Billy;
but they knew that was impossible,
for there is no steamer down the
coast for two weeks"
The one whose features seemed IA
miliar replied: Z
Still. we are leaving tonight" he ]
said; not on a steamer, but on
war ship
a war ship" cried Billy. His heart
beat at high speed Then he eX-
claimed. you are a naval officer"
The young man shook his head and,
as though challenging Billy TO make ,
another guess, smiled.
Then" Billy complied eagerly, you ,
are q diplomat, Are you our new
one of the other men exclaimed re-
prOachfuily: !
You know him perfectly well,' he
protested you've seen his picture
Of times"
hand on Billy's arm and with the
other pointed at the one in the Panama
IT'S Harry st. Clair" he announced.
Harry ST. Clair, the King Of the Nov {
The King Of the Movies" repeated
Billy His disappointment was so keen {
as to be embarrassing.
OH he exclaimed. Il thought {
sou- Then he remembered his 7
manners Glad TO meet you, he said.
Seen you on the screen" I
Again his own troubles took prece-
fence Did you say" he demanded.
one Of our war ships is coming here !
Coming to take me to santo Do {
ningo, explained Mr.. St Clair. He i
spoke airily, as though to him as 2 7
means Of locomotion battle ships were l
as trolley cars. The Planters punch
which was something he had never be- G