The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-12-11

Pedro would live.
here knife had bit deep and hat
cost Pedro much blood, but by for
tune and fraction Of an inch n.
vital point had been reached.
Celestino, as white and more veal
than Pedro, lay very still, not havin,
once regafned consciousness. H,
might live, for Celestino had a won
derful store Of health and vitality II
that great frame Of his. The doctor
would come again, tonight or early
tomorrow.
"Pedro," asked Stairway, with 6
quick glance at the other bed anG
then coming to Pedro's side, show are
things with your"
mot so bad, senor," Pedro an
swered family. '"The senoritaY"
1--WE have not found her yet" Stan
way admitted regretfully. "But we
shall find her soon, Pedro. Did you
see the men who attacked you? Dc
you know where they came from
We had sentinels out all night. They
swore that no men came from across
the border"
10UrO SHOOK MS nQaQ.
81 was asleep, senior. Then heard
Celestino call out. I thought he was
dreaming. I sat Up, half asleep, you
know, senior. Then / saw. There
were three men, I think. Perhaps
four. I don't know. One struck poor
Celestino as he sat up, and another
sprang at him. But then they were
%o0
rita cry out, and they struck me over
the head and put knife into me
here.'
"And then they rushed into the Sc
norita's rOom?'
cit is so hard to know what har-
pened, senior. I don't think that they
went into the senOrita's room. When
1t is always the first thing which l
see when I wake. It was closed.
II think that it was locked. I tell
you heard her call out while Celes-
tino was being struck, before they
made everything go black for me.
There were other men in there.
II suppose they came through the
balcony. But these men-where did
they go? How did they come INF"
His voice sank to a trembling whis-
per. "SenOr, can it be that some of
the servants are traitors? That they
haye let these men in and let them
go?'
"That is what I have been think
ing all day, Pedro. But you mustn't
talk too much this time. I'll come
to see you again."
"Wait a minute, senior. There is
one other thing"
Stairway came back swiftly.
''What is it1'' he demanded sharply,
seeing a light in Pedro's eyes which
had not been in them before.
'It is something which I found. It
fell from the hand of one of the men
when CelestinO struck back at him.
had them bring it to me here. I
have not talked about it; 7 have
waited for you"
His hand was fumbling under his
and he brought a key, very
heavy and old, made rudely Of iron
and, like the old keys of the mission
lays, some eight inches long.
II am not sure" Pedro whispered,
lis eyes feverishly bright. "YOu can
ell. Call for Josefa. She cares for
he senOr's rooms. Have her go there |
With you. Let her see if anything is |
She will know; she has |
AIRED for his rooms for twenty years. |
Will you let me know, senior? Here !
S the key"
A sudden hope leaped up into Stan
ways heart as his hand closed about
he old key, a hope which in no way
Ould he explain. If this were the
ey which unlocked the place where
he old master-yes, and the young
distress = had been hidden, what
hen? He was as far as ever from
moving where was the lock which
his key fitted. And yet Pedro's
"I'n let you know, Pedro!" he
allied back from the door. And he
'as gone, walking swiftly through
ne house, asking for the old serving
oman.