The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-20
"A GRE MARRIES
AN. ABSORBING SERIAL OF EARLY Welded LIFE
Senior Ortiz Comes to Ask Anne to Let
Mabel StOrrs Go and Receives
Surprising Answer.

was : woman & once % clever
and 90 beautiful and 90 charm
Ing and 90 good. But not always
II she " women understood.
You would not BE, jealous9'' he
finished. grayely.
who knowsa, / replied. With
= shrug of distaste Tor the way
the conversation was heading
and determination to Jerk il
back from ncn.essentiaIs. But
what / think Il more important
to discover Is why should Mrs..
Cordova be jealous of Mabel
storrs ana her position III nv
husband's officer That &
what
That is what am come to
talk about with you,' atormed
young ManueIo. III We can ami
ably arrange to make Rosa more
contented. why should We not do
50? She does not wish ii that
the Storrs person shall remain.
For the so good woman aa Rosa
Cordoya move the stars ana
the sun e it = that can do It.
But You cannot move Mabel
Storrs from the position with
which my husband entrusted her,
I protested. There Is nothing
that can persuade mel
Manuelo Ortiz sighed: he lean
ed nearer ana fixed his melancholy
topaz-coIored eyes that stared
with such beauty and such aston
ishing incongruity from his dark
face.
Would you not listen to me?,'
he asked IN the voice 81 Span
ish cavalier
laughed uneasiIy But in an.
other moment again realized
that Manuelo Ortiz was express
ing his young ana ardent self
without thought that II was to
me, or to anything feminine that
be spoke. For with 9 certain Il
most martial stiffening 81 his
whole frame he get 10 hiss feet
and seemed to turn to q figure Of
bronze as he cried out Ii ringing
tones:
TO speak evil Of a. woman il
what q cahalIer0. does not do. To
think evil is what an Ortiz has
never doMe. But for an angel, i
man must do what he can"
If an American man had spo-
ken with such declamatory force
and with such q wealth Of ges-
tnre. I'm sure no effort st good
manners would have served to
keep my face straight. But
somehow. coming from this slim
boy with his impassioned timbre
both vocal and emotional-it
was serious almost to the point
!. Of being terrifying.
For Rosa Z cried young Ortiz
. with the air Of drinking q toast,
II must forget that am cabal-
lero, ! do it only because little
Rosa needs so much that
should be caballero. / speak
now which 1t is that I am think.
ing shall never cross my linz.
tell you now that this Mabel
Storrs is such woman as Won
and Rosa"
stop! cried. ana ara,n
Stop
The second time 1 brought
such fury Of purpose into fhe
word that Manuelo Ortiz did IN.
deed stop. suspending in midair
as 1t were, his very breath and
fixing on me his wide melan.
choly eyes with a speculation
knew / must satisfy and quickly
II know the story you are pet.
ting ready to tell me-" said
simply. II know. Mabel Storrs.
side of it. I know there was moth.
ing of evil in her heart. she
loved Dick West and loved him
although she knew he was !
thief. When she was forced from
Tampico because OF the robberv
he committed. she had nowhere
to go, no one to turn-only Dick
She went to him thinking he
would marry her-they had man.
ned to marry. She hoped to re-
form him. When she found what
j was in his heart, she ran AWAY
What you saw was her struggle
to be free from a man she came
suddenly to know as a-compaete
blackguard."
Manuelo Orit1 laughed.
Its true" I cried. '.You must
believe it-you must I can't
have you thinking what YOU do
of Mabel Storrs. You must be.
lieve me. And YOU must make
Rosa believe"
Then Manuelo Ortiz turned on
me with a passion and fury that
made all her previous fsrvor seem
pallid.
"Stop!" he gasped. .'YOu muss
to me attend?'
Go Be Continued NFaniaay.l