Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
Katherine Miller Sends Back . Mes.
 sage Telling of Her Capture

1 The letter was written on the lining | of a cracker box I could distinguish | the stain of the biscuits making deli cate water mark in a repeated Japa- nese design. It was long letter. It began:
 T was taken from the train in your l place!" Thus, in the very. first sen | tence, my rival reproached me, and put the responsibility for her misfortune and her claim for assistance plainly | up to me"
 'I had no idea that you and I had come down to the Rio Grande on the same train until I learned it from the l outlaws" ran the letter. You were to | have been Kidnapped and when the | bandits found out their mistake, think they wanted to murder me But | their leader, who is a very handsome chap"
 I shrugged my shoulders as I read, noting how the tiger-lady betrayed 1 her secret self. In some book, once upon a time, had come across this: Sex is the golden thread which runs through life and makes it beautiful Katherines letter forced ma to re- wise the quotation. Sex isn't always thread of gold-sometimes the thread is of a base metal which tarnishes | quickly.
 "The leader, Don Manuel. speaks captivating English I explained that
 
 and I convinced him that he could collect a big ransom for me. He and his gang-women as well as men have been very considerate of me. am as comfortable as circum- stances will permit am free-at warns me not to do so. If I try, I'll surely get lost in the wilderness and perish
 ITO tell the truth. I feel quite like gypsy queen
 In spite of my haste to get to the tence with a smile. ''To feel like a queen'' even in a bandits camp couldn't fail to please the lady, knew.
 T supposed that Manuel had ar ranged for my ransom at once. So I was patient. at first. but I got fright ened as the days dragged on, and I coaxed the truth out of Manuel
 Not one word about me had been sent to my relatives or to the govern ment. My captorsf were afraid, it seems. Another gang OK outlaws car ried off an official of the United States government about the time was ab- ducted. The bandits think 1t would be unwise to anger the authorities about two Kidnapping cases at the same time.
 When protest that my realtives will think me dead. Don Manuel replies that it is Gods will-my relatives will  the dead.
 "I am not afraid of the gang any more. I've rather hypnotized the lead CT. But I'm getting awfully bored and the nights are growing frightfully cold am going to get away from here even if I have to elope with Don Manuell His wife-his latest wife-it's his fifth or sixth, think-fs a handsome young girl-she would trail me to the ends of the earth and knife me. I know that because she hates me so, she would gladly help me get away--leay- ing her handsome Manuel behind
 Tt was easy to find a traitor in camp -Manuers lovely wife put her finger on him for me-but couldn't bribe the man to go south to San Jose. where, where I have friend-as suppose you know. by this time. The messenger was afraid of Carranza's s police By chance. Manuel gave me the latest news brought by his spies from the border. Bob Lorimer and a party of rich men were on their way to the Lorimer mines, Lorimers wife stayed north of the river. My messen- ger is willing to go north-he isn't afraid of our government. And he will be faithful for have given him my last jewel, ring which had hid- den in my powder box. Manuers wife didn't know about that,
 sThe Indian who will deliver this speaks a sort of English. He told me where l am--two days north and two days west of the point where I wos captured. Our camp is in a cavern, camouf1aged as a cave.
 'The Indian will bring back a note from you--so don't be afraid when he speaks to you .4 hours after you read
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