The Washington times., 1919-08-19
CsynopsIs OF Preceding Chapters.)

and plans a nshlng TIP 10 noina1
ReEan, stock operator. comes Alvarez
Torres a South American. who announces
Se has a tip on the location OF treasure
Duried by Morgan in the old pirate days
Young Morgan sails for South America
% pursuit Of the treasure. Upon landing
BE encounters strange young woman Gho
appears TO mistake him for some one else.
He % fired upon by three natives ana
seeks safety aboard his vessel, the
: Francis learns he and Henry, the mys-
FERROUS islander, are both descendants OF
Pirate Morgan
Francis discovers his resemblance to
Henry was responsible for has pecuhar
greeting upon FIST landing on South
american territory. Francis encounters
Torres again. Francis is saved from deatn
on galloWs and Henry is arrested IN his
place. Leoncia finds her fancy has stray
Cd from Henry to Francis. The two plot
20 save Henry.
'enemieS and go aboard Francis vessel
'Ehe Angelique is pursued down the coast.
Francis and his party decideto 90 ashore
treasure Francis and his friends again
md themselves pursued and former bat
ittes with foes 70 enable others to escape.
" All members Of the party are captured.
Henry and Jeffe descend into pit to play
strange game. F-ancis finds custodian
Of pirate treasure They fall into . trap
70 Old Priests Chant fails to bring key 70
Fortune from Chia's ear. Francis decides
on exploration OF pit One OF party tails
% death Henry goes for help. The
friends are reunited in the Valley Of Lost
Souls. Torres Is ordered to imbibe OF
the drink Of death Help comes from the
They meet the Queen. who informs
III the one Of the partv must become her
Husband. Torres comes to life again.
Er&ncis and party return TO the coast
takes his bride 10 his home in New
York.
Francis wife learns Of her husbands
Francis wife leaves him mysterious
p " in Jealous 1T. He starts search
Il fIr her.
And, under her parasol, she sat
down on the very spot where she
had mistaken the labarri for vip-
crime. recalling her collision against
Francis and her faint on the sand.
And, under her parasOl, she sat
down on the very spot where she
had tainted and come to, to find him
preparing to suck the poison from
,the wound, which he had already
Hsexcoriated As she remembered
& iiback she realized that il had been
the pain OF the eXcoriation which
t brought her to her senses.
it Deep as she was in the sweet rec
objection Of how she slapped his
cheek even as his lips approached
liners DluEhEQ Win lace hA0uCh III
Hher hands, laughed because her foot
thad been made asleep by his too
{, efficient tourniQuet, turned white
with anger when he reminded her
that she considered him the mUr-
d derer of her uncle, and repulsed his
offer TO unite the tourniquet.
it' So deep was she in such fond rec
ollections Of only the other day
that yet seemed so separated from
the present by half a century, sucn
was the wealth Of episode, adven-
fure and tender passages which had
intervened that she did not see the
FattIe-trap rented carriage from
San Antonio drive up the beach
road. Nor did she see a lady, fash
.Iopably clad in advertisement that
she was from New York, dimiss the
carriage and proceed toward her on
foot This lady, who was nene
other than the Queen, Francis
wife, likewise sheltered .herseR be-
meath a parasol from the tropjc sun.
Standing directly behind Leoncia,
she did not realize that she had
surprised the gTrl in 4 moment of
high remuneration. All : she did
know was she saw LeSncia draw
from her breast and gaze long at a
tiny photograph. Over her shoul-
der the Queen made it out to be
snapshot OF Francis, whereupon
her mad jealousy Faged anew. A
poignard flashed in her hand from
its sheath within the bosom of her
dress. The ouicI2ness of this move
ment was sufficient to warn Leon
cia, who tilted her parasol forward
ward so as to look at whatever per-
son stood at her back.
Too utterly weary even to feel
surprise, she greeted the wife of
Francis Morgan as casually as If
sh had parted from her an hour
before. Even the poignard failed 10
arouse En her curiosity or fear.
Perhaps had she displayed startle-
ment and fear the Queen might
have driven the steel home to her.
As il was, she could only cry out.
You are a vile woman! vile
woman!"
To which Leoncia merely shrUg-
Eed her shoulders and said:
You would better keep your
parasoI between you and the SUM-
The Queen passed around in front
Of her, facing her and staring down
Rt her with such jealousy as to be
fspeechless.
Why" Leoncia was the first to
O. am 1 a vile womah2'
Because YOU are a thief the
Queen famed. Because you are a
stealer Of man, yourself married.
& Because you are unfaithfUl TO your
husband in heart, since more than
that has so far been impossible"
Il have no husband" Leoncia an
gwered, quietly.
Husband TO be, them thought
you were TO be married on the day
OF our departure"
Il have no husband to be-" Leon
eia continued with the same quiet
ness.
So swiftly tense did the other
woman become that Leoncia idly
thought Of her as a tigress.
Henry Morgan" the Queen cried.
He is my brother"
a word which 7 have discov-
cred is OF wide meaning. Leoncia
Solano. In New York there are
{ ~-crshipers at certain altars who
call all men in the world brothers
and all women sisters"
His father was my father"
i iLeoucia explained with patient ex-
plicitness.
His mother was my mother.
We are full brother and sister"
Ht And Francis?" the other queried,
= 4conyinced with sudden access Of in
terest, Are you, too. his sister,
A5 LeOncia shook her head.
81 Then do you love Francis?" the
Queen charged, smarting with dis
f, appointment