Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-29
Princess or
Adventures
XV-C0nttnued

He himself switched from Spanish to
English and began to speak with such
passion as I had never suspected him Of.
You vile hog you, you dragged her here
and tried 10 starve her. and then you
imprisoned me here alone with her to
try to make her the ~uuspeakable thing
that you have been for years. You
thought I was a devil. 4 lady killer II
you Will you picked upon me 20 drag
her down to what you are, But you have
defeated your own purpose. This girl
and I are betrothed, and she has proven
to me-, and I shall be able TO prove to
Henry Jarudyce, that she has a just
claim to q half Interest in the gold Of
the yeta de ORC. And what IS more. she
VIII be Sble to remove every obstacle
20 our working Of the mine, and this in
spite of-the fact that She has embraced
Christianity. That underground follow
ing you have hold her in the utmost
veueration. They will follow her lead
fin anything. i know, Madame TRAFALGAR.
because three nights ago your Cousin
Maurique, your so called High Priest OF
the sun Temple, visited us here, and
agreed to come back before a week to
rescue us. Wait, that is not all. The
girl has converted him. You viii see
that your former entire following In
TieXimaI and Guauajuato will desert the
old faith and come over TO her and her
way Of thinking. But ! warn you: Do
not 60 back to Guanajuato Il you value
your miserable lfe.'
Madame Trabajar threw up her land
and started TO laugh.
"You poor fool she began.
"Oh. yes: I know what you are going
to say. You are going to tell me that
there is a counter revolution in Mexico
and that Madero Is dead, but what good
will Il counter revolution do a thoroughly
d|iscredited woman? Do you imagine
that the new government will not need
money! With the gold that we will be
taking from the Veta de Orc within six
weeks we can put any government on
its feet. Prothro warned you that he
you'd crush you. We know from the
FIRST that there was another and a better
claimant to the mine than you and have
spent thousands Of dollars looking for
her. Thanks to your special brand OF
chicanery. we have found her. Now
march. We will turn you over to the
tender mercles OF the police as soon as
we get to the nearest hacienda"
We found the burro the woman had
ridden up there and Rarnette placed
Felicitad Tchacalca upon 1t and walked
by her side behind us while I drove Nine.
Trabajar and her one living follower
down to the convent for excepting
The nuns nj the convent were full Of
fearful delight ut the return of Telicitad
Tchacalca TO life-she like Ynez had been
a former pupil there, and was dearly
loved by all Of them it seemed. She had
been reported dead three months before,
and had never for a single day been out
n a. - - 1T 80. a.. -.
all that time. But their delight at her
return to life was as nothing TO their
delight to learn that without benefit of
priest or book she, who had for years,
out of respect for what she regarded as
the honest belief Of her kinsmcn and fol-
lowers, been the stubbornest of heretics,
had embraced Christianity, and had the
promise that her followers would do like
wise.
She was so weak that we remained
three days more at the convent and