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

Erit his teeth and draw very CHROME
Gus conclusions. lie muttcrcd impre
cations to himself and forgot his els
arct
What he saw was Leonlea q n
Francis Ia such deep and excited tain
as To be ohlivious OF everything else
Tie saw Francis grow so urgent of
speech and gesture az 10 cause Leon
lea Co stop abruptly and listen fur
Their ia his pleading. Next and
Torres could scarcely believe the evi
dence Of his eyes he saw Francis
produce ring. and Leonica. with
hVcrtcd face. extend her left hand
and receive the ring upon her third
finger. Engagement finger il was,
and Torres could have sworn to Il.
ANERsE TO RECEIVING
What had really occurred was the
placing OF Henry's engagement ring
back on Lconica'u hand And Leon,
lea. she knew not why. had been
vaguely averse 10 receiving Il.
Torres tossed the dead clgare,
away twisted his mustache nercely.
as II TO relieve his own excitement.
and ayanccd TO meet them. across
the piazza. He did not return the
girls greeting az the first Instead.
with the wrathfui face Of the Latin.
he burst out az Francis;
"one does not expect shame In a
murderer. but az least one does ex.
pcct simple deccncyF'
Francis smiled whimaicaiiy.
There n goes again" he said
Another iunatic IN this lunatic land
The last time. I.conica. that SAVE
this gentleman was In New York
he was really anxious to DO business
with me. Now l meet him here. and
the FIRST thing he tells me IL that
am an indecent. shameless muir
dcrer"
Senior Torres, you must apollo
gizef' she declared. anErily THE
house OF Solano IL not accustomed 70
having It's guest insultcdF'
The house % solsho. then un
derstand. ~ accustomed to having ~
men murdered by transient adven
turers" he retortcd. NO sacrifice
u too great when IL Is in the name
% hospitality"
Get OF your foot. Senior Torres.
Francis advised him, pleasantly
You are standing ON a. know
what your mistake Is. You think
am Henry Morgan. am Francis
Morgan. and sou and l. not long ago
transacted business together in Re
gan'a office in New York There's
my hand Your shaking 81 " viii b.
suricicn, apology under the eircum
stances"
Torres. overwhelmed for the mo
ment by hss mistake. took the extend
Cd hand and uttered apologies both Il
Francis and Issonica.
And now" she hesmed thru IauEi,
ter. clapplng her hands to call d
house servant Il must locate Mr
Morgan and go and set some clothes
on. And after that. senior Torres II
you will pardon US. we VIII tell yot
about Henry"
while she departed and while Fran
els followed away 10 his room on this
heels % a young and pretty mestiza
woman. Torres. his brain rcsuinins
Its functions. found ne WAS m O "
amazed and angry than ever. This
then. was a newcomer and stranger 4
I Leonica whom he had seen putting 3
ring on her engagement finger. III
4 thought quickly and paasionatsly foi
a moment Leonica. whom To him
self he always named tho queen %
I his dreams. had. on an instnnt's no
,icc. engaged herself TO a Etrangei
Gringo from New York. 4, was un
beiisvablc--m onstrousi
/ He clappcd his hands. summoned
his hired carriage from San Antonio
and was speeding from the driv'
when Francis strolied forth to hav'
n talk with him about further de
tails Of the hiding place Of old Nor
gans treasure
THE BOLD WORLD
+ After lunch. when a land brcczi
sprang up. which meant fair wins
and a quick run across Chriqui Ia
/ COON and along the length OF 10 &
the Bull and the Calf. Francis. cage
10 bring TO Henry the good wore
that his ring adorned Leonica's lin
ger. resolutely declined her profere'
+ hospitality 90 remain for the nigh
and meet Enrico Solano and his tai
sons Francis had "a further reason
I for hasty departure. He could no
endure the presence OF Leonica ant
this in no sense uncomplimcntary q
her. She charmed him. drew him e
such extent that he dared not endur'
her charm and draw II he were q
remain man faithful TO the man "
J the canvas pants even then digginl
holes In the sands OF the Bull.
I SO Francis departed. a letter e
Henry from Leonica In his pocket
The last moment. ere he departed
was abrupt. with a sigh so quickly
suppressed that Leonica wondered
whether or not she had imagined II
he tore himself away. She gazct
after his retreating form down th'
driveway until II was out OF sight
) then stared ut the ring on her fin
ger with a vaguely troubled expires
sion.
/ From the beach Francis signallef
the Angeliquc riding at anchor. t'
send q boat ashore for him. But be
fore II had been swung into the
water half q dozen horsemen. revol
yer belted. rifles across their pom
mols. rode down tho beach upon hiIr
AZ q gallop. Two men led. The
following four we're hang dog h n I
castles. OF the two leaders Franci,
recognized Torres. Every rifle came
to rest on Francis. and he could not
but obey She order snarled at him
by the unknown leader 20 throw uf
his hands. And Francis op n g Z
aloud.
ITO think of ~ once. only the
other day or was IL million years
ago?-l thought auction bridge AZ q
dollar a point was some excitement
4.