Evening star., 1921-10-14
BY FRANK L. PACKARD.
Copyright. 1891. BY Public Ledger Co.
Copyright, 1871. by B. H. Davis Corp.

ought to be quite safe then. Dave
Henderson would have been dead
quite long enough then to be utterly
forgotten. They would not be talking
they were tonight. and
Nicolo Capriano was nodding his
head approvingIy over the letter;
Yes. yes" he said. Excellent;
be far more important parsonage in
! New York than you imagine. oid
Nivolo's arm still reaches far" He
stared for moment musingly at
Dave Henderson through half-clOsed
! eyes. You have money. and this
thing else that old Nicolo can do for
, you-eh Except to give you a little
advice. You will leave here shortly.
and from that moment you must be
very careful Anywhere near San
! Francisco you might be recognized.
Travel only by night at first-make of
yourself a tramp and use the freight
| trains. and hide by day. After two
or three days. which should have
taken YOU a good many miles from
here. you will be able to travel more
comfortably. But still do not use the
through express trains-the men on
the dining and sleeping cars have all
started from here, too. you must re-
Be very careful. You are not really
safe until you. are east of Chicago. l
do not think there is anything else.
unless-eh?-you are armed, my
young friend?"
Dave Henderson shook his head
so" calculated Nicolo Capriano.
and pursed his lips. And it would
not be safe for you to buy weapon
tonight-eh? ?-and it might very well
be that tonight YOU would need il
badly. Well. it is easily remAdied."
He turned to his daughter. Teresa.
my little one. I think we might let
our young friend have that revolver
upstairs in the bottom of the old box
and still not remain defenseless
ourselves-eh? Yes. yes. Run and
get 1t, Teresa.
She rose from her seat obediently
and turned toward the door-but her
father stopped her with quick. i'm
pulsive gesture.
Wait" he said. Give me the pen
before you go. and / will sign this
letter. Dago George must be sure
that it came from Nicolo Capriano-
She dipped the pen in the ink and
handed it TO him.
Nicolo Capriano propped the letter
on his knees. as he motioued her
away on her errand. His pen moved
laboriously across the paper He
looked up then. and beckoned Dave
Henderson to lean over the bed.
See. my young friend he smiled
and pointed to his cramped writing.
"Old Nicolo's fingers are old and stiff.
and ii is a long while since Daso
George has seen that signature-but
though I am certain he would know
it again. l have made assurance
doubly sure. See. / have signed: Con
Amore. Nicolo Capriano' You do not
know Italian-eh? Well. it is a
| simple phrase. very common phrase.
1t means-'with love- Eut to Dago
George it means something else. 1t
| was a secret signal in the old days.
A letter signed in that way by anv
one of US means-'trust to the death"
You understand. my young friend""
| He smiled again, and patted Dave
Henderson's arm. Give me the en-
velope there on the table.
He was inserting the letter in the
envelope as Teresa entered the room
again. He sealed the envelope. reached
| out to her for the revolver which she
carried broke the revolver. nodded as
| he satisfied himself that it was loaded
and handed both envelope and
weapon to Dave Henderson. He
spread out his hands then. and lifted
| his shoulders in whimsical gesture
of finality.
| 'Tt is only left then to say good
! bye-eh my young freind-who was
| the friend of Tony Lomazzi. You will
have good luck, and good fortune,
Dave Henderson was on his feet
He had both of the old Italians hands
in his.
CONTINUED in Tomorrows Starr