The Washington times., 1919-06-13

Francis Morgan, descendant OF Sir
Henry Morgan, historic buccaneer. de-
cides TO pass up activities OF city life for
"a while and plans fishing trip. To
Thomas Regain, stock operator, comes
Alvarez Torres, a South American. who
announces he has tip on the location Of
treasure buried by Morgan in the old
pirate days. Regan has an idea.
Young Morgan sails for South Amer
lea in pursuit OF the treasure Upon
landing he encounters strange young
woman who appears to mistake him Tor
some one else. lie IS fred upon by three
M tives and seeks safety aboard his yes
sci. the Angclique.
Francis learns nc and Henry. the n1ys-
FERROUS islander, are both descendants OF
Pirate Morgan.
Yours is just as nasty. Francis.
my boy. The way you insisted that
I cut them off when 1 had you down
-ha, ha."
Both young men laughed in
hearty amity.
The Morgan Temper.
"It's the old Mongan temper"
Henry said. ale was by all the
accounts a peppery old cuss."
mo more peppery than those So
Ianos you're marrying into. Why,
most OF the family came down on
tue DCdCu anu pCPPCANN NV 100
rifles on my departing way. And
your Leoncia pulled her little pop
gun on a long bearded old fellow
who might have been her father
end gave him to understand she'd
shoot him full of holes il nc didn't
stop plugging away at me-
1T was her father. I'll wager, old
Enrico himself" Henry exclaimed.
oh hnr
brothers"
Lovely lizards" CALCULATED Fran
els. "Say. don't you think life is
liable TO become a trifie monotO-
nous when you're married into such
a peaceful. dovelike family as that?
He broke off, struck by new idea.
by the way, Henry, since they all
thought Il was you, and not I. why
m thunderation did they want TO
kill you? Some more OF your
crusty Morgan temper that peeved
your prospective wife's relatives"
Henry looked at him a moment,
as If debating with himself, and
then answered.
II don't mind telling you. II Is
a nasty mess, and 1 suppose my
temper was to blame. I quarreled
with her uncle. He was her faith
eT's youngest brother
WAS" interrupted Francis with
significant stress on the past tense.
Was, ] said Henry nodded.
Gle isn't now. His name was Al
faro SOlano, and he had some tenn
per himself. They claim to be de-
scended from the Spanish conQuis-
tadOres, and they are prouder than
hornets. He'd made money in log
wood. and he had just got a big
henequen plantation started farther
down the coast. And then we quar-
relied.
at was in the little town over
there-San Antonio. It may have
been a misunderstanding though I
still maintain ne was wrong. He
always was looking for trouble
with me-didn't want me to marry
Leoncia, you see.
We'll. it was a hot time. It start
cd in pulQueria where Alfaro had
been drinking more mescale than
was good for him. He insulted me,
all right. They had to hold US
apart and take our guns away, and
we separated swearing death and
destruction That was the trouble
our quarrel and our threats were
heard by a score OF witnesses.
within two hours the Commits
sario himself and two gendarmes
found me bending over Alfaro's
body in a back street OF the town.
He'd been knitted in the back, and
I stumbled over him on the way TO
the beach. Explain: No such
thing. There were the quarrel and
the threats OF vengeance, and there
1 was. not two hours afterward.
caught dead to right with his warm
corpse. ] haven't been back in San
Antonio since, and I didn't waste
any time in getting away. Alfaro
was very popular-yoU know the
dashinS type that catches the rab-
ble's fancy. Why. they couldn't
have been persuaded to give me
even the sem6lanCe Of trial
wanted my blood there and then,
and | departed very pronto.
Next. up at Bocas del Toro, a
messenger from Leoncia delivered
back the engagement ring. And
there you are. I developed a real
big disgust, and, since I didn't dare
go back with all the Solanos and
the rest of the population thirst
ing for my life, came over here to
play hermit for a while and dig for
MorCan's treasure. Just the same.
/ wonder who did stick that knife
into Alfaro. II ever I find him,
then I clear myself with Leoncia
and the rest OF the SolanOs, and
there isn't 4 doubt in the wC-ld
that therC'u be a wedding. And
now that its all over. l don't mind
admitting that AIfaro was 4 good
scout. even II his temper did so of
at half-Cock."
Clear as Print.
clear As print" Francis muir
INJURED. NO wonder her father and
brothers wanted to perforate me.
Why, the more look At you the
more I see were as like as two
peas. except for my mustache-"
And for this Henry rolled
up his sleeve. and on the left fore
arm showed = long. thin white scar.
Got that when l was a boy. Fell
off a windmill and through the
glass roof of a dollhouse"
Now listen to me- Francis
said, his face beginning to light
with the project forming in his
mind somebody's got To straight
chaps name is Francis. partner OF
the firm OF Morgan X Morgan. You
stick around here. or 80 over and
begin prospecting on the Bull. while
go back and explain things to
Lcruci4 and her people,
III only they don't shoot YOU first