Evening star., 1921-12-04
Robledo entered.

! Robledo entered.
! 'Well?" demanded Don Q.
Your orders have been fulfilled
as they passed below the cross of
Elliptic. Tomas Colon was in charge
as usual and sent his humble greet
ings to my lord
Good" said Don Q. Tomas is
very worthy fellow" Don Q: was
, occurred to him to ask for the news
! of the plain.
Did Tomas tell you anything he
added.
! HE said that Senior Valdez has pur-
! chased vineyard on the other slde
Angeolo. is selling all his wine to a
new dealer-a Senior Angreuz."
Did he say anything further.
He said that Senor Angreuz was
very close -fisted, and that he wouia
not be pleased at the way in which
we lightened the loads of his mules
| "Senor Angreuz is new to the coun-
! try. He will learn wisdom. as DO all
VINO dwell under the mountain YOU
, may go. Robledo."
! Now. in order that all things may be
! made plain to the reader. ! must here
, diyulse the plot of Senior Angreuz. II
was simple one. He had bought a
| quantity OF strychnine and had poisoned
the whole OF the third consignment OF
wine in the hope that some OF IT w6uid
fall into the hands of Don G., as indeed
4; il did.
/ The plot was a good one, carrying but
! little risk to its perpetrator. but win
| results which would be OF far-reach-
ing nature. II once those sixty bottles
! we're broached in the camps OF the
| brigands, there would not be man iel 4
! alive in the morning. On the other hand.
, it they were kept solely for Don ~. as
Anereuz thought might be possible. he
| knew well that once the chief was dead.
his followers, lacking his brain and
/ leadership. must disappear or be de-
stroyed.
! Such, then, was the position. and prob
ably at no time during his long career
! in the mountains had more subtle
danger threatened Don =. indeeo, II
was only chance that came to his AID
| a chance but for which Angreuz would
| have succeeded where so many had
failed As a matter of fact. it was Don
| O. alone who drank the wine OF Senior
! Angelo; his followers had to be content
with the rougher vintages OF the noun
tain villages. So the sixty bottles were
carefully laid to rest at the back of his
| cave.
1t SO happened on that day, Don @
with some of his followers were attend
] ing to some business In the neighbor-
| hood of the foothills. when quite by
|
prisoner was a young Englishman. who
regardless of warnings. as so many OF
his race. had intended to go into the
mountains in pursuit Of game.
; He was a faff-haired youth Of three
or four and twenty; He had heard a.; o.
i ton in which he found himself and ac-
cepted it with kind of gay good humoI
that appealed strongly to his captor.
"Well. senor," said Don O. as soon as
the matter of the ransome had been set,
! tied, II have some business which
must fulfil before I join you. but will
put you in charge of my man Robledo
| who will conduct you up into the noun
tair1s where you will be my guest until
! the little business matters which lie be-
Then he called Robledo>and gave him
his orders. ''You will see that the
senior has all that he requires. Give
him good meal and viii be with him
by sunset And the tall. sad-faced
| mountaineer and the young Englishmar
the mountain path.
= x y :s
TRUE to his word, as the great red
ball was sinking behind the ragged
pines Of the Boca de Lobo, Don @. once
more entered the gorge. At its mouth
Robledo was waiting for him with a
blanched face.
Well" demanded Don Q. ,-"Yeu have
fulfilled my orders?"
eyes, lord, but" * s's
'.But what?''
/ 1.-THE senior Ingles is dead
'sDead?' cried Don Q. 'What do you
tmean?'
! IT did as my lord ordered me. I took
/ him to the cave and set food and wine
| before him. Presently heard groans
and cries. I rushed upward. The senol
Ingles was upon the floor and he lifted
his knees, in jerks and spasms. He
| Jumped upon the ground as a trout
| Jumps which is newly taken from the
i water and he spoke many things in the
language Of the English which do moi
| understand. Then presently, his
strength grew less and in a few minutes
robe Of skins and came here to await
the coming Of my lord"
-DonAQ. without word mounted the
path to the cave and drew back the
covering from the face Of the English
man. There was nothing to be done
| there, and next he turned his attention
to. the food upon the table. Then hs
| turned to Robledo Bring me." said
he, 'ti1e old hunting hound; the one
that is sick" Robledo did as he wal
bid. Don Q. poured couple OF spoons
full of wine down the old dogs throat
and presently he was gasping and
what wine is .his?" demanded
Don @.
ut is one Of the sixty bottles" re.
piled Robledo.
That evening they carried the body
Of the young Englishman down to the
chapel OF San Pedro, and all night lons
| the candles burned in the little noun
tain shrine and the old priest chanted
masses for the soul Of one who wat
1 dead.
The next move in the drama came
/ from Don Q. who rode, down the hills
accompanied by q dozen OF his men.
1 II was already turning dark wher
he knocked, on: the door Of Senor, An
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