Evening star., 1921-11-13

events did begin to develop. Don Q.
always kept an excellent line of COM
munication with the towns in the
plain, and the newspapers which
reached him were rarely more than a
few days old.
One night such packet came up to
the Boca de Lobo when Studeley and
Don Q. had just finished dinner and
were slipping their coffee over the fire.
Don Q. opened the papers first and
then turned to Studeley with grave
courtesy.
Evidently your countrymen value
you," said he. "Ah! what is this?"
You told me that your name was the
Senior Studeley, but I see here that
you are become Sir Apington."
1T is the first that l have heard
Of it."
Then I am glad to be the first one
to congratulate you. senor." said Don
Q. See. look at the announcement for
yourself, and perhaps you will be SO
good as to read it OUT
studeiey set his pince-nez on his
high -bridged, cut-water nose and
read from the paper:
DIsGRACEFUL OUTRAGE ON
AN NJ. P.
Sir Arlington J. Studley Captured
By Bandits.
100000 Ransom Demanded.
Biography of His Captor. Don q.
Don a.! Can it be that they refer
to me under that name, senior" ex-
claimed Don Q.
ut would appear So"
will you be so good as to read out
the biography"
5; ;studeiey !e!eys, at once once began to read in
::Sir Apington's captor is bandit
who has long haunted the Spanish
sierra, and who is one of the we'll
known characters among the male
factors of Spain. He is called Don T.
would be translated into English
my lord the Whip He has sew
eral times before held travellers to
ransom with more or less success
but he will no doubt soon rue the day
when Sir Arlington fell into his
enough, a small man of weedy ap-
Don Q. seized the paper and threw
it upon the fire.
such creatures" said he. crawl
out Of their holes at night to look
for lies in the gutter"
Studeley stared at Don Q. amazed
He was a man who had undergone
much criticism himself, and had had
many absurd statements made about
him, so that the loneliness OF Don ..
was a revelation to him of the bri-
ment, think, that he realized fully
for the first time, with how grim a
man he had to deal.
X y 4 X
put there were many more papers.
and after Studeley had gone to his
couch Don Q. sat reading them. 1t
was his desire fully to understand the
estimation in which the man he had
captured was held Some said that
Don Q. was an absconding thief who
had taken refuge in the sierra; others,
that he was the son of a famous con-
trabandista. One only-The Morn
ing Delivery-had got hold of the
legend. which was perfectly true. Of
his high birth. But one and all
for the freedom of Sir Arlington J.
Studeley, knight commander of the
Victorian Order, K. c., NJ. P, would
never be paid. No! England would
force Spain to move in the matter,
and very soon an expedition would
Studeley! Only one detail was COM
mon to all the articles. They all
without exception quoted: "Civis
Romanus sum-
The press is great power IN mod
ern England and it was not long be-
fore Don Q.'s intelligence corps began
to be busy. Goatherds came climbing
up the mountain with news of mil
itary movements which were taking
place in the towns of the plains: In
deed, an expedition was launched, and
made its way into the sierra, but as
its every movement was watched and
Immediately reported to the Boca de
Lobo, it's success was not great.
Don @. spoke to Studeley upon the
subject. -.-
"Senor," said he, 'ft would almost
appear that serious attempt is be-
ing made to regain you by force of
arms. I regret it very much, for your
sake"
"For may sake?" repeated Studeley.
Exactly, senor. I demanded q ran
som. and they send instead two hun
dred of these young conscripts that
they call soldiers. It would have been
more Of a compliment to YOU had sneJ