Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-22

himself.
 After an indeterminate duration in his befuddled consciousness, he found himself unexpectedly at home, the door 10 hiS sitting room shutting out yte wakening world.
 He shivered again, bethought him Of certain decanter whose contents ought 10 provide temporary relief for tangled nerves, and in search for it came abruptly upon framed photo graph which decorated his study table.
 The face that was pictured therein was the face of Patria, smiling, ex- quisite. provokingly coquettish.
 A phase of mock sobriety possessed the mind of Rodney Wrenn as he picked up the photograph and stood staring hungrily at it.
 He recalled day that was scarcely six weeks old. when Patria. the self same girl whose counterfeit present. ment was smiling into his eyes, had seemed to he wholly his. pledged to become his bride by an understanding To less complete if tacit.
 They had been light-hearted lovers had gone before.
 Then, in twinkling. Donald Psrr had stepped between them.
 In the opinion of Rodney his subse- quent sufferings had aged him swiftly to full manhood. But he was herein self-deluded; he remained a boy, of mans stature but of youthful mental ity. As he was presently to prove.
 His look grew still more morose as he reviewed the events which had fol- lowed the coming of Captain Parr.
 There had been brief time when Donald had seemed to he high in the favor of the girl. SO constantly were the two together that the gossip of Newport had excusably bruited their engagement. And that was something which Rodney, for all his resentment. had been able to understand. Tine boy ish hero-wOrship which he had always accorded Donald Parr still maintained its sway upon his thoughts. It was quite conceivable that the girl should become-perhaps only temporarily-in- fatuated with such a man.
 But all the time she was changing, her very nature was changing incom- prehensibly. Hardly had society set tied itself to accept Captain Parr as the fortunate suitor when. following one of Patria's business trips to New York, all that was off. Donald was in deep dlsfavor and Baron Huroki, that sly, suave Japanese. and his constant associate, Senor Juan de Lima, the lanky. crude Mexican millionaire, were constantly at Patria's elbows, with Fanny Adair forming a triumvirate of her intimates.
 Coincident had been the punishment of Rodney and his mother. who since Patria's childhood had stood in loco parentis to the girl, managing her sev- eral households in town and county, supervising her education, chaperning her social life.
 And now. but a few weeks later weeks unmarked by any token of con triton from Pdtria or even of remem- brance of their existence-the papers were publishing formal announcement of her betrothal to Juan de Lima,
 Ii was all incredible to Rodney. Such heartlessness. such inconstancy, passed comprehension.
 Rage clouded his wits and senses.
 "Jade!" he muttered suIlenly.
 HeedleSS of risk to his hands. he shattered the glass in the frame with a blow of his fist, ripped out the photo- graph, and tore it across and again.
 Then. as the fragments fell to the floor, he sank into chair. dropped his head on a forearm on the table, and Sobbed gustily.
 Almost immediately he fell asleep.
 At precisely the same time Donald was carrying the semi-consciOus girl into the sitting room of his own lodg- ings. his assistant Ryley lowering in attendance. ready to lend assistance if needed-or permitted.
 The door was opened by half-fran- lie woman of middle age-Patria's maid-whO took the girl to her mater nal bosom as soon as Parr rclinquished her.
 "Oh. my dearie!" she cried. "Where have you came from in such a state?"
 "Out of the jaws of death, out of the mouth of he'll" Parr answered for Pafria. "Tf you had Obsyed orders, Anne. and stayed awake till she was asleep. this would never have hap. pcned. She followed me to the Bayonne docks last night; there was fire-caused by those accursed Japs and we were caught in it. How We escapcd-ask Rylcy. I don't know. . But don't stand there. star ing. Get Miss Charming to bed imme- diately-get her out of those wet clothes and wrap her up warmly. Don't talk, Do as I bid youI I''
 The girl had revived sufficiently to walks As. supported by the maid. she in the direction of the bed ,clIambcr. ParP turned tO Rylcy.
 'It's six" he announced. taking out his watch.s "pon't sleep till you get hold of q, magistrate and swear nut warrants for the arrest of Huroki and