Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-27

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during the day. She was surprised when
I told her that Barnette had been spir-
tied away and that I had been fred upon.
I think she was actually annoyed at
hearing the latter information. 1 grad
ually warmed up and began to speak
quite frankly to her.
I admire you I said, 81 admire
your grit. your nerve, and at times /
feel that love you. You have professed
repeatedly your love for me. Is this
the way to treat a lover, to have him
ambushed and murdered"
Believe Ue, Herbert she had long
since taken to calling me by my middle
name-"I knew nothing at all of any of
these acts. Neither did I know of hat
murder done at sea, Of which you accuse
Sifert and Seriano."
mo, 0 perhaps do not direct these
things" 1 said, but you employ a gang
Of cutthroats and give them carte
blnache to do what mischief they please.
You are morally guilty of the death Of
three men that know Of, and of no tell
ing how many more. Say, Ynez, do you
have any idea what sort Of men you are
dealing with in Prothro and Jarndyce?
They will crush you absolutely. Pro-
thro has already warned me that he will
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She clinched her little white fist and
beat the table. "~Gringoes!" she cried.
And very dangerous men for you to
deal with"
She threw up her head and laughed.
I wanted to make her angry, to mako
her show her hand; but / failed to do
so, because I did not dare come to an
open break with her. In q few moments
she began 70 try ~cajolery with me; but
she had become in the last few days as
hateful to my sight as a snake, so that
I'll her sweet ca1oleries only made me
despise her the more. But she made me-
believe that she still loved me-perhaps
that was my mans vanity-and sue
ceeded In making me believe before I
left the house that she knew nothing
absolutely Of the movements Of Sifert
and Seriano or Of the whereabouts of
Barnette.
Before I left the house 7 offered her
the most fattering terms to quit the
fight and come in with US; in my des-
peratton TO save Prothro and his schemes
/ even offered to marry the woman. She
seemed lattered, but said she would
make no deal whatsoever with Prothro
and Jarndyce. and then she reminded me
with a smile that Madero, "Prothro's
dear friend was no more. It was with
the greatest effort that I controlled my
temper till I could get out OF her press
encs.
Prothro lost bis temper when told
him and Mora Of our interview.
I'VE cant stoop to their methodist he
said; "but We'll crush them. Jarndyca
has never yet failed to put over any
deal he undertook: and he will put this
one over. They may get me, and they
may get you; but Jarndyce will defeat
them in the end"
I found that rather poor consolation,
and little Mora found 1t still poorer, but
we didn't tell Prothro so.
I hardly know how I lived through the
following week, spending as did so
many hours Of It in the presence Of this
vixen. She was madly found Of the game
Of parchesi. Imagine me sitting and
playing that silly game with her hour
after hour while Barnetts was perhaps
rotting in some mountain gulch and
Prothro was In Vera Cruz cabling cipher
messages to my cousin, or in Mexico
City trying to find out who was in the
saddle, in order to offer them golden
brides for q renewal Of our concessions
and such military protection as they
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but I made it a point to talk with
Spinks over the phone every day, and
also to see Hathaway, who was in charge
Of guarding our railroad.
But I was not entirely idle. J de-
cided 1 should come at the bottom of
this woman's mischief If I had to play
the traitor to myself to do it I finally
yielded to her caJoleries and agreed TO
give over my friends and go over to her
completely, to marry her and to raise
the money she needed to drive out Jarn-
dyce and his crowd and help her develop
the nina. The time seemed propittous.
She proved to me that Madero had been
greatly helped IN his political ambitious
by my cousins money and influence,
and now Madero and his forces were
out of the saddle, It looked even to ne
like her inning had come. I had limited
to Prothro that in order, II possible, -
get a line on Barnette I might play this
game, but gave him my word that I
would be true to him and Jarndyce to
the death.
The woman was completely taken in and
began at once to plan a sort Of Wild
in some out-of-th-way spot
I had never heard Of. but within riding
distance Of Guanajuaro. The morning Of
Prothro's expected return she and I rode
out Of Gnanajuato on two magnihcent
horses she had furnished for the pur-
pose. Our destination was a lonely
mountain convent where she said she had
been imprisoned as a girl in order that
she might be trained to give up her
h~ereSies. The nuns there were all fond
II her, she said. and would gladly sane
lion our marriage and call in a father
to perform it, since it would be thereby
celebrated as a Christian weddinx-so
much for her claim Of being a sum
Yorshiper by conviction.