The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-14


Henry she takes him to - path lead.
commlHsario In rapid fire Spanish.
win gestures of command to which
he yielded when he ordered the jallor
TO remove the poems 10 other cells.
and himself. with nervous and
apologize bowling. went out and
closed the door
And then Lconica broke down. sob.
hing on his shoulder. IN his arms.
1T IL cursed country. cursed
country There is no fair play"
And as Francis held her plant
form, meltingly exquisite In It's mad
dingneas OF woman. he remembered
Henry, In his canvas pants. bare
footed, under his happy sombrero.
digging holes IN the sand 81 the
Bull
lie tried To draw away from tho
armful Of deliclousncss. and only half
succeeded sun. at such slight re-
moval OF distance he esanyed the in
teilectual part rather than the emo
uonal part he desired al too strongly
TO act
And now know at last what a
frame.up is he assured her. farfhcst
from the promptinRs OF his heart.
IF these Latins OF your country
thought more cooily Instead 81 acting
30 passionateiy. they might be build.
Ing railroads and developing their
country That trial was straight.
passionate frame up. They Just knew
was guilty. and were NO eager 20
punish mo that they wouldn't even
bother for mere evidence or establish.
ment Of Identity Why delay They
knew Henry Morgan had knitted Al.
faro. They knew Iawaa Henry Nor
gan. When one knows. why bother
90 md out7s
Deaf 90 hts words. sohblng and
struggling 10 cling closer while he
spoke. the moment he had finished
n q was deep again in his arms
against him. TO him. her lips raised
10 his: and ere he was aware. his own
lips TO hers
u LOVE YOU
II love youl love YOU she whis
pered. broksniy.
No no. he denied what he most
desired. Henry and are too alike.
u r. Henry you love. and am not
Henry"
shS tore herself away from her
own clinging. drew uenry'n ring
from her finger. and threw IL on the
hoor. Francis CAS- 80 beyond himself
that he knew not what was going
10 happen the next moment. and was
only saved from whatever IL might
he by the entrance Of the commits
Hnrio. watch In hand. with avcrted
fac" striving To see naught else than
the moments registered by the sec
ond hand on the dial
She sunened herself proudly, and
all broke down again az Franci.
slipped Hcnry's ring back on her m
Eer nnd kissed her hand In farewell
Just as she passed out of tho door
= b e turned and. with "A whispered
movement ~ the lipH that was de
void Of sound she told him. II love
YOU"
Promptly az the stroke % the
clock. az 10 O'Clock. Francis was led
out into the Jail patio. where stood
the Ealiowr. All san Antonio was
ioyously and shoutinRly present. in.
Guiding much OF the neighboring
population and I.eonica. Enrico SO.
iauo and his fvc tall sons Enrico
and his sons fumed and strutted. but
the iefe politico. backed by the com
miSsario and the gendarmea. was
adamant. In vain. as Francis was
forced TO the foot OF the scaflold. did
Lconica strive To get 10 him and did
her men strive TO persuade her to
leave the patio. In vain. also. did her
father and brothers protest that
Francis was not the man. The jefe
pohuco smiled CONTEMPORARY and
ordered the execution to proceed.
ON top the scanold. standing on
the trap. Francis declined the minis.
trations OF the priest. telling him In
spanish that no innocent man being
hanged needed interccssions with the
next world. but that the men who
we're doing the hanging were in need
OF just such intercesrions
They had tied Francis legs and
were in the set OF tying his arms
with the men who held the moose
and the black cap lowering near to
put them on him when the voice of "A
singer was heard approaching from
without. and the song he sang was:
Pack to back against the rnainmast.
Held at bay the entire crew"
Leonica. almost fainting, recovered
at the sound Of the voice. and cried
out with sharp delight as she de
serted Henry Morgan entering
thrusting aside the guards al the
gate who tried TO bar his way.
At sight Of him the only one pres
ont who suffered chhgrin was Torres.
which passed unnoticed i'm the excite
ment The populace WAS in accord
with the jcfe. who shrugged his
shoulders and announced that one
man WAS as good as another SO long
as the hanging went on And here
arose hot contention from the Solano
men that Henry was likewise limo.
cent Of the murder of Alfaro. But II
was Francis. from the scamold while
his arms and legs were being united,
who shouted thru the tumult:
You tried met You have not tried
himi You can not hang man with.
out trial. He must have his trlalr
And when Francis had descended
from the scaffod and was shaking
Henry's hand In both his own. the
commissario. with the icfe az his
back. duly arrested Henry Morgan
for the murder OF Alfaro Solano.
Copyright. 1870