The Washington times., 1919-06-18

by the ShrewdneSS OF their eyes and
faces. Each wore a single marvel
Gus garment. so that between them
II could be said they shared a shirt
and pants. But such a shirt! And
such pants
The latter, msn-siZe, OF ancient
duck were buttOned around the
lads neck. the waist band reefed
with knotted Irvine so as not 10 slip
down over his shoulders. His arnss
were thrust through the holes
where the side-pockets had been
The legs OF the pants had been
hacked on with a knife to suit his
own diminutive length OF limb. The
tails OF the mans shirt on the other
boy dragged on the ground.
"Vamos," Alexandra shouted
Hereby at them to be gone
But the boy in the pants gravely
removed a stone which he had been
carrying en- top Of his barehead. ex-
posing a letter which had been
thus carried. Alesandro leaned
over, took the letter. and with q
glance at the inscription passed II
to Leoncia, while the boys began
whining for money. Francis. smiI-
ing despite himself. glanced at the
spectacle Of them. tossed them a
few pieces Of small silver. where
upon ten shirt and the pants toddled
away down the path.
The letter was from Henry, and
LeOncia scanned il hurTiedly. Il
was not precisely in farewell for
he wrote in the tenor Of a man who
never expected to die save by some
inconvertible accident. Neverthe-
less, on the chance Of such incon-
ceivable thing becoming possible.
Henry did manage TO say good-by
and to include a facetious recon-
mendation to Leoncia not to forget
Francis, who was well worth re-
membering, because he was 50 much
like himself, Henry.
Leoncias first impulse was to
show the letter to the others. but
the portion about Francis with
strained her.
Henry Hopes On.
Its from Henry" she said. tuck
ing the note into her bosom. There
is nothing Of Importance. He seems
to have not the slightest doubt that
he will escape somehow"
We shall see that he does"
Francis declared positively.
With a grateful smile to him. and
with one OF Interrogation TO Torres,
Leoncia said:
you were speaking Of q plan.
Senior Torres"
Torres smiled. twisted his mus
tache, and struck an attitude OF
Importance.
There is one way. the Gringo-
Anglo-SaxOn way. and il IS simple.
straight to the point. That is just
what il is, straight to the point
We will go and take Henry out OF
Jail in fortnight. brutal and direct
Gringo fashion. II is the one thing
they will not expect. Therefore. IL
will succeed. There are enough
unhanged rascals on the beach with
which to storm the Jail. Hire them.
Pay them well. but only partly in
advance. and the thing is accom-
plished.'
LeoncIa nodded eager agreement.
Old Ennrico's eyes flashed and his
nostrils distended as il already
shifting gunpowder. The young
men were taking fire from his eX-
ample an dali looked to Francis fo=
his opinion. or agreement He
shook his head SLOWLY. and Leon
cha uttered a sharp cry Of disap-
pointment.
l'That way is hopeless" he said.
why should all OF you risk your
necks in a madcap attempt like
that, doomed to failure from the
START" AS he talked. he STROBE
across from Leoncia's side to the
railing. in such way as to be for a
moment between Torres and the
other man, and at the same time
managed a warning look to Eurieo
and Kissed As for Henry, IL looks
as il il were all up with him"
You mean to doubt me-" Torres
bristled.
Heavens. man." Francis protest
cd.
But Torres dashed on. 'sYou mean
that / am forbidden by you, a man
/ have scarcely met, from the coun-
ellis of the SOlanOs who are my old
est and most honOred friends
Old EnriCO. who had not missed
the rising wrath against Francis
in Leonica's face. succeeded in con
veying a warning to her. ere. with
a courteous gesture, he hushed Tor
res and began to speak.
There are no councils of the So
lanos from which you are barred.
Senior Torres. You are indeed an
old friend OF the family. Your late
father and ! were comrades, almost
brothers. But that-and you will
pardon an old mans Judgment
does not prevent Senior Morgan from
being right when he says your plan
is hopeless. To storm the Jail Is
truly madness. Look at the thick
ness of the walls. They could stand
a siege Of weeks. And yet. and I
confess it. almost was | tempted
when you first preached the idea
Now. when 7 was a young man.
fighting the Indians in the high Cor
dilleras. there was very case in
let US all be seated
and comfortable. and l will tell you
the tale
Torres Departs.
But Torres, busy with many
things. declined TO wait. and With
soothed. amicable feelings. shook
hands all around. briefly apolOgized
to Francis. and departed astride his
saddled and silver bridled
horse for San Antonio. One of the
things that busted him was the
cabled correspondence maintained
between him and thomas Regan's
Wall Street office.
Having secret access TO the Pan
amapian Government wireless sta
tion at San Antonio. he was thus
able TO relay messages TO the cable
station at Vera Cruz. Not alone
was his relationship with Regain
proving lucrative. but it was jibinE
in his own personal plans concern
ing LCOneia and the Morgans.