Evening star., 1921-11-06
One of the Exploits of Don Q.

sword from the waii. Fuentes. You
should know how to use 1t, for I
| see that it Is the weapon OF a mat
ador. They gave it you, no doubt.
as a little compliment when yo1
Easter. your excellency?
"Who are you?" cried the gov
ernor. "and how dare you enter my
house in this fashion,"
gotten as to the who psast '@ 81 hsys Hncro zsu To
! sings masses for those who dis IN
| the mountains and as to how l came
here. there is the piazza. and the
, piazza has wooden supports. and for
man Of my age l am very active,
| dear Don Manuelo."
lN1ITH these words. the priest re-
w moved his hat and threw it upon
the chair.
Don O." groaned Don Manuelo.
"Exactly-Don Q. Now let us get
to business, my dear governor. as
quickly as we can. There are two
| ways in which we can do 1t. One is
that we should gag and bind you.
the other that you'd give your word
that you will not raise the alarm.
Now, which is it to be-"
Il give my word"
Good" said Don Q. "Then let us
continue"
What do you want?" asked the
governor, in strangled voice.
THE fifty thousand dollars which
the government are Offering as my
fblood-money."
Il have no such sum in the resi-
dency."
How sad"
What do you mean?"
What / say. my dear governor.
If you cannot find the money, there
will be q vacancy for a civil gov
ernor In Castelleno within the next
few moments"
The money is not in this ROOM"
Then where is it,"
The pause which Don Manuelo made
betrayed him.
Il fear we shall have to use the
cold steel, Fuentes." said Don Q. 1T
was by the cold steel you killed me,
If you remember, in that interesting
story you told his excellency."
mo, no." moaned the governor THE
money is in the safe"
Then open it."
The safe door swung open, but in
doing so it came between the gov
ernor and his antagonists. Don Man
uelo sprang for the piazzo-for so
stout man his movements were
o!HaIius S"llt-dnu MS Snrlll voice
shrieked out for succor and help.
But he had not reckoned with
Fuentes. The bull-fghter. who had
not spoken since Don Q. entered the
room, ieapad over the safe, and with
the quickness of lightning drove his
matador.s sword down into the gov
ernor's body. At the same moment
Don Q. swept the few papers that
were in the safe into his pocket, and
crying to Fuentes, Follow" rushed
from the room.
with Fuentes at his heels he ran
down the passage: outside they could
near rushing and a shouting of
men. With uncanny swiftness Don O.
unIatched an outer door, and mo-
ment later both he and Fuentes were
outside.
DO as I do" Kissed Don O.. as
some soldiers and half-a-dozen late
passers-by came rushing to the door
and with wild cries Of Open. omen y;
| Don Q. began to beat upon it. The
newcomers. in mad excitement. fol-
| lowed his example AS the con-
fusion reached its height Don O, and
F'uentes slipped away into the dark
ness.
But Don Q. only ACCOMPANIED Fuentes
for thirty or forty PAGES"
BE we'll on your way To the
mountains by daylight" he whis.
pered. land wait for me with Ro.
| oleoo at the Cross of FelipitN,"
Then he turned back and entered
the governors house at the tail OF
the crowd which was pushing its
| way IN. He walked straight to the
room where the governor lay dead
and knelt down beside the body.
1t ls too late" said he. The poo,
priest has come too late"
scatter: cried the sergeaot who
was In command Of the soldiers
Scatter: The man who killed him
cannot have got far away. Your
name, holy father. for you will be-
wanted at the inquiry as a witness
My name" lisped the little priest
is Father Sebastian, and look
after the souls of those who live in
the village Of Encierro, across the
| any time.'
The sergeant took down the name
Good night. senior sergeant. good
night. These are terrible deeds
They terrify me-"
Three hours later. before the
| dawn had broken in the sky, Don
O., mounted on his mule. was ridtne q
upward into the mountains.
| AS soon as 1t grew light. he drew
! from his pocket the documents
which he had taken from the gov.
! ernors safe.
There are sixty thousand dollars
here" said he. Well. well. Fuentes
we will keep fifty thousand that we
have fairly earned, and 1 will send
back the rest to the now governor
as soon as he Is appointed, with my
| compliments"
ICorvroh< IAN,