The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-04-19

| WASH ieII long IN OOuDL, Tor Ine dlS-
passionate voice of Captain Lestrange
broke: HE saves them for you
senorita: he never wastes them on
US"
| heard the tinkle OF a bell in the
| distance. and the Senerita ArrellanOs
and the two men came through the
arched way into the library. where
| they stood. waiting.
While they waited thus the front
door opened and closed. and Madrella
| stood before them.
My cousin - said La Anita.
Just out-eh?" questioned Lopez.
/ Senior MadreIla took both the slim
| hands of his cousin in his own. made
a move as though 10 kiss her. bur she
turned her head-whether uncon.
sciously or not. could not tell-and
| he dropped her hands, laughing rue
fully. Now he turned to Lestrange.
| and a cold rage shook me. for the
two men struck hands as friends are
wont to do.
1--WE gain" said Lopez; lis IL
not so?"
I'VE do" answered Madrella: the
gilt on the emperor's crown grows
thin!"
The laugh of Colonel Lopez was the
ioudest of all. and. had | possessed a
sword. | should have dashed from my
hiding place and run him through,
for treachery has ever been-with me
"a crime beyond forgiving. That
Lesrrange should have sunk to such
depths filed me with horror, and I
marveIed that love could have done
such a thing TO him
But there were guards at you.
home, Pablo mio." said La Anita:
'.how did you evade them: and has
your wound-T
My wound. dear cousin, was never
more than scratch; rib DETECTED
his thrust II was painful, but not
serious, and in three weeks il has
healed almost entirely. As for the
guards. Anita mia. Captain Lestrange.
here, is master of the guards. so
come and 90 as choose"
Now, dismay took possession of me,
for my plan was to be abroad as
Pablo Madrella while that worthy lay
wounded and under guard of the EN-
peror's soldiers This new situation
required more care and anticipated
more danger. YET danger has never
been a stranger TO me-
There is much to do" continued
Madrella, who. by the way, was
dressed exactly as hiding behind
the purple draperies-was dressed
The affairs of men will never wait.
Benito Juarez seeks counsel; he plans
this week 70 march on Cuernavaca."
And Cuernavaca." said Lopez, -is
the back door TO Mexico City"
And when Cuernavaca falls Mex
leo City is doomed" .... ..
But. Pablo" questioned the senior
ita, how will you penetrate the lines
Of the French. that lay beyond the city
70 the south, and the Belgian legion.
which, according to Captain Les
TRANCE, waits even now at Cuerna-
vaca?"
"Ah, Anita mio." SAID MadreIIa,
there is, in all of US, the Latin knack
of acting. Browsing in the front yard
of Juan Ortega. who. as you know.
lives just outside the city on the road
to Cuernavaca, is friendly burro, all
packed and ready for travel Within
the hour | shall be on my way, and
tomorrow, people along the broad
road that leads TO Cuernavaca will
never recognize Senior Madrella Y
Gutierrez in the barefoot, stopped.
half-dressed peon, with his torn. high
peaked sombrero, his brown, ragged
clothes. and his beard all gray with
aIkali dust, who leads an ever lag
gard burro and his overwhelming
load.
$50, | come TO Cuernavaca, where
the fat and apoplectic Manuel, pro-
prietor of the Hotel Montezuma, will
take good care of me, will furnish me
with a fine horse, so that ] may ap-
prOach General Juarez in a manner
more beftting To my station. To
BenitO Juarez | will say that less than
five thousand Belgian soldiers hold
Cuernavaca. and that Maximflias has
no more 10 spare, for the wise and
selfish Louis Napoleon refuses fur
Their aid. Will that not be welcome
news for the President?"
at is at least" agreed Lopez.
worth drinking over"
Preceded by the dusky Agostino
they went again through the arched
way into the dining room, whence
came later the clink of glasses and
the sounds of high. laughter.
pushed recklessIy through the
heavy haigings that had furnished
so secure shelter. | must know all
OR nothing. | stood, for space. in
the darkened end Of the library. wait
ing. Slowly. carefully, moved across
the silent carpet toward the dining
room had gone too deeply into
this thing to back out now
Even as / reached out my hand to
touch the portieres, which might serve
me as shield. heard a gasp be-
hind me. and. looking around, | be
held the dark-faced mozo standing
beside the walnut table. His heavy
lips-half parted-showed yellow
teeth, and his black eyes held an evil
gleam- There was fear. and startled
surprise, and q sort of animal def
auce, In his face
As we steod-tensed, alert, poised
the deep laugh of MadreIIa came &c
our ears. In harsh, sibilanf whisper
Agostino voiced one word, a Mexican
oath:' -Carraca !" Then his 1.-THE
body took the air in long swift lunge
toward me, and knife. appearing
uagically in his right hand, gIinted