Evening star., 1926-10-05

| 1t was night, ONcIHSdu W AASAI
the way. What excitement had gone
before faded to nothingness before the
reality of the present, for now each
step in their progress was attended
by imminent danger. Again and
again shots rang out. while before
long they began to follow steadily
from behind, and Carolita knew that
they were being pursued.
sake. Sake. They're after us!''
For answer Sake stopped so quickly
that she was flung against the wind
shield. Fortunately 1t held fast, and
in an instant his arms seized her, she
was rushed from the car, dashed into
a clump Of underbrush, standing out
clearly in the interior of what ap-
peared to be a low hut or cave, she
could not tell which.
"Muchly quietr' Sake warned her,
"Sako died first, then Missy tell she
go to Paul Reynolds, Santa Barbara"
Paul Reynolds! Paul Reynolds!
Are you sure, Sako?"
She heard herself asking. while her
heart seemed to turn over and come
to a standstill. Paul Reynolds. DO
belong to him?"
missy belong to him sure, she his
sister,"
His sister. His sister, Every
thing went black before Carolita's
eyes. his sister.
| When she rallied once more, awake
again to her immediate danger, still
ness reigned.
J "Sako," she whispered, did you
speak to me? Did you say Paul
Reynolds was my brother? Where
| are we. Sake, who is after us?'
SSH The Japanese warned. very
low. 80 dark they cannot find now.
but come soon again. Sake shoot.
then maybe die. Missy no afraid,
Missy safe, nobody hurt herr"
But Sako," she whispered back in
an agony Of suspense. How can
| Mr.. Reynolds be my brother! 1 never
saw him till a few days ago! I
| thought I belonged in some way to
Mr.. Milana or Mr.. Gaines-who am I,
| Sako?"
Missy belong Mrs. Edmund
Reynolds. where Uchita belong al
ways. Bad man steal Missy away,
but she go home now"
| what bad man, Sako?" she
whispered back, her heart pounding
almost to the point of suffocation,
tell me. I have to know"
HE name Walter Reynolds, muchly
bad man, always bad to good father
and beautiful lady. Take Missy to
bad woman in Mexico"
| Not the one Mr. Milana took me
to, not Madre!" She shuddered at the
very thought Of the old hag.
| II think, yes"
| But Sake, I was always in the
Argentine. never remember any
one else"'
| Maybe no remember, but muchly
true. Mr.. Reynolds know, but Mr..
Walter too smart. Now all come back
safe
Carolita had learned all she cared
to know about her parentage, her
history Tragedy, more and more sor-
row and suffering. Paul was her
brother-Paul was her brother-Paul
was her brother!
Haven't you seen that I love you?
Don't you believe that the dearest
| name to me in all the world Is sweet
heart! Only give me the right to
care for you, my dearest dear"' His
words echoed through her heart. He
loved her! He had had no more idea
of her identity than she herself!
Walter Reynolds had stolen her
away from her parents-hidden her
away-it was unbelievable!
A long night Of physical discomfort
and an aching heart. She loved Paul
everything was oversize would
never be happy again. as long as she
| lived.
She tried to picture her mother,
| the stepmother of Paul, her Santa
| Barbara home. but they held no ap-
peal. She would beg to be allowed to
return Immediately to the convent in
the Argentine, where eventually she
would take the veil, renouncing for
ever the cruel world with its disap-
| pointments and heartacheS.
The ground beneath her was hard,
cold and damp, her slender frame was
tortured by fatigue, and bruises sus-
tained during the rough drive. Her
head throbbed almost to bursting
point.
'I'd be glad if they did shoot me-
| she wept into the silence, there is
nothing left anyway! Merciful Father
| let me die! Oh, let me die.'
| But when dawn came. ushered in
| by wild yells from without, shots,
curses. threats, she rallied her
courage. Shooting would not be
| pleasant death. "Sako die first"
| hideous thought!
He was shooting now. protected by
| rock that jutted out. covering the
narrow opening Of the cave.
She did not know how long his
ammunition might hold out, or what
chance shot might end his career. and
crouching within the cave she began
to think Of self-defense.
"Sako," she cried, have you an
other gum"
For answer he tossed six shooter
towards her.
"Shoot only when last thing" he
said calmly. maybe help come soon,
maybe Uchita-I think, not all gone
YETI
The firing continued necessarily, in
creasing in violence. and Carolita saw
that Sake refilled his gun as fast as
1t emptied. He was well provided
with ammunition, 1t appeared, and he
had not abandoned hope of rescue.
The light penetrated the cave more
clearly now. and it occurred to her
that there might be another opening.
Crawling stealthily, she examined the
walls in the dark recesses in the rear.
| No, solid rock. there was no other
way out. They were trapped this
time. how long could they hold out?"
Shouts. wild cries, more and more
shots. Sako'S face was set and de-
termined, Carolita had never seen
such an expression on any human
being: it sent chills into the depths
OF her being.
Suddenly a fresh note seemed to
break into the uproar without. other
people had come up, and there fol-
lowed a terrific onslaught of firing.
Wilder grew the turmoil, while Sake,
facing her cried:
They come now, they come Miss
muchly safe. no frighten now
And upon his words, amid the
tumult, a figure dashed into the cave,
strong arms seized her. and rushed
her out through the opening and into
the car. She had a fleeing vision of
Sake hurtling in beside her, a man
upon the front seat throwing the car
forward. She looked up into the face
of her rescuer. Who was he?
Continued in Tomorrow's Starr