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Show W lit .IP' Si i I HAS TRANSPIRED to th year er GT wpearanc of I W ".dent Spanish srt. - .j . woman and wounds him. I u.la. Discovered, he foverpowered Gar de 5, tjw lady Vn. Ful h D lc tamartlna He I J i feel. ibe I Garde reaches the L shore, alone- He meets r;0Suce. himself 5 -aotaln In the Brmsn nder Bolivar. He see. lith De Faentes and Po- 6 direct, him to i Caracas. There Garde, ibt Monaban with the se- if the patriots, Is wel-I wel-I revolutionary headquar-l headquar-l eoes to the cathedral, L wedding of Dulce and iiei to In progress. Dulce him and leaves De Fu-l Fu-l th altar. She Is torn irde'i arms, but he es-Sulce es-Sulce makes her way to Sie tella him her wedding totes was to have been i ol Garde's life. pTER V-Continued I was sure this the Senorita Lamartlna m death warrant for :ii know whither she H laughed In the fullness t joy, for I knew that De had lost "Has the air of ja, lour Majesty, tarnished I soldier, or perhaps the t ef New Orleans?" ob jest so, Senor, when t know they are seeking even now, You should nev-I nev-I come here; there Is dan-I dan-I for you." ; ' edly; yet wherever the goes-" , , p l! filled with your ene- and 1 have friends here, I the best friends that man fcrvent patriots who are for the freedom of a great I m whom Spain will nev-pt, nev-pt, soldiers who follow a I'iestinj."- . ff ression of sadness touched I "let yon told me, Senor, I did not serve Bolivar." I not serve him then. Your I to since that time I have the dead city of Tuea-f Tuea-f people who can sanction t of senseless bru- por, this nightmare of I-.. This Bolivar who has I ,brat the wars, and l-A Tonld you serve this mSenorr She caught r my rough jacket In "Senor," she r-3sly, "ni, father g t nv h'6 of Spain, and tl I wra doubtless toe. one's country Is C(M to Vene- to offer service to 1 ? I fol-eSenorlU fol-eSenorlU Lamartlna to Se7.t0Caracas to Oj Senorita riding to- '.J cathedrarto- SStor the 4S,li had i nart jm eonn,. u; Z I Would toil L- S mi yon hna kun !L? t Snot-- ltate lhe soldiers rratih tIloveyoa, ftla!e.ento! ttttT y-Senor, w natlon- b-. ana and I my lips. :?-iz.Ioo win the, CJ ul as Of Ai'tsciot, f fied M'Laughlin. well. I waited with tthe dull fatalism fa-talism of the condemned for the coming of him who would see to my execution. Having lost the Senorita. Sen-orita. there was nothing moje that I could lose; life without her would be a futile thing, a vain effort, empty of .all that which should make a life worth while. A full moon, thrusting above the rim of the eastern hills, had just begun to spread Its golden mantle over the city when Adolfo came; his guards, eight In number, stationing sta-tioning themselves outside my door that led into the patio. The recklessness reck-lessness that comes to one whose hours are numbered had laid a spell upon me. "Well," I cried gaily as he entered, en-tered, "if it Isn't the stranded bridegroom bride-groom 1" lie stabbed me with a baleful eye. "You might not deem that quite so clever, Senor, If you had known that I am familiar with your English." "You offer doubtful compliment ; it would not have been clever at all, Your Majesty, if you were unfamiliar un-familiar with the language of my native land." - "Then you are not Sourdez," he said, "christened Timoleon?" "Of course not Timoleon was only a screen. I am Loren Garde, and my father owns plantations near New Orleans." "You have followed the Senorita from New Orleans," "Not bo, Senor." "Yet, you are here." "Aye, but by no wish of mine did I leave New Orleans." Now he brought another charge against me : "You have made a fool of me before the people of Caracas." "I have arrived upon this earth too late to make a fool of you, Senor." Anger blazed in his eyes, died, then he smiled ; yet his smile was a less pleasing thing than his anger. "The recklessness of the condemned, con-demned, eh? I have seen It In men who are looking upon death." "If the dead city of Tucayan Is a fair example I am sure you have seen much of It" - "Tucayan is only a hint of what we Intend to do to revolutionary Venezuela; they understand only the rule of force." "Yet the rule of force, Senor," said I, "has always been a rule of failure. That Is a lesson Spain has never learned." He showed white teeth In a grim smile. "What lesson, then, do you gain from Tucayan, which we destroyed?" de-stroyed?" t "The last man In that dead city, a graybeard patriot, died In my arms, and with his last breath he cried, 'Viva Bolivar!' If a lesson is desired " "Carraca!" Adolfo's face went pale, and his manner, for an Instant In-stant was that of a hunted animal. ani-mal. "Carraca, Indeed, Senor; the reign of murder In Venezuela Is nearly over, and your judgment tells you that It Is, though ambition speaks another language. Spain has destroyed the wealth of Bolivar, Boli-var, a passing thing In any case, tut this spirit ah!" "A rebel!" cried Adolfo. "Some day we will hang him In the Plaza San Jacinto." "Spain has sought Bolivar now for just ten years, Senor, and failed. You will have to deal with Bolivar, and when you do " "When we shoot you, Senor Americano tomorrow morning In 'far. He Cried Out In Pain at My Blow. the plaza before the great cathedral, cathe-dral, Simon will lose another patriot pa-triot Is It not so?" m "My father's arm Is long," I said ; "he has powerful friends in America, Ameri-ca, chief among them being Gen-Andrew Gen-Andrew Jackson, who will doubtless doubt-less be our next President I have sent a letter to my father, and If aught befalls me" "Bahl" "Spain In Venezuela can 111 afford af-ford to lose the friendship of the United States." Adolfo grinned. "We stand to lose no friendships by executing a revolutionist, a man caught In the act of mutmv. a haif.mn ir... sailor named Timoleon Sourdez who brought a sacrilege upon the Church. We know nothing of Loren Garde, son of the wealthy Senor Garde of New Orleans, friend of Andrew Jackson." I was silent for the simple reason rea-son that I had nothing to say, for I knew that his stand might seem a logical thing. "For what purpose did the Senorita Seno-rita Lamartlna visit you today?" "She came to offer me an Invitation Invita-tion to her wedding." He snarled. "Does the droll Americano Imagine that the noble lady of Spain might love him?" "One never knows." "Yet, loving you, why should she wed me?" "A question, Colonel, which you yourself might answer." Adolfo's laughter rang through the house. "Assuredly; she does not love you. She must have her sport and the lovelorn Americano offers 'himself. You do not understand under-stand women, eh, Senor?" He combed his black beard with heavy fingers. "The poor loco carries his heart upon his Bleeve." "Yet it required a gorgeous lie to bring her to the altar with you." Adolfo swore softly. "She she told you that," "Aye," said L filled with a large conceit; "when the Senor Fuentes tried to stab a stupid ladrone in the city of New Orleans he lost his lady-love." "Carraca !" he cried, reaching for a weapon as I swung upon his Jaw, the bitterness that was In my heart finding tiill expression In violent action. He fell back against the wall, his right hand came up swiftly, swift-ly, bearing a pistol, but I struck his elbow and the gun clattered to the floor. ,Now, holding him against the wall with my left hand at his throat I drew back my right arm. "I have dreamed of a time when I should get my fingers on that fat neck of thine, Adolfo, and hold them there until the breath shall leave thy body; I have pictured that cynical face of thine as a punching-bag for my fist so!" He cried out In pain at my blow. "The Senorita .told me this after noon, Adolfo, that tomorrow, she would wed thee." I laughed. "I shall see to It that thou dost not make a handsome bridegroom." But my little minute was over all too quickly, for the guards rushed in and dragged me away from him. He caressed a bruised jaw with tentative fingers, tried a couple of teeth that were doubtless loose, spat a crimson blob upon the floor, and filled the air with a sulphurous flow of profanity. I laughed aloud. "This day, Adolfo, Adol-fo, has had a fullness of a lifetime, and tomorrow's sun will find me ready." "Yet life," he said quickly, "might still be sweet to you? There Is yet a way to win freedom. You may save your life on conditions." I waited. "That you leave Caracas tonight and La Guaira tomorrow, and" "What else, Senor? I am waiting." wait-ing." "That you tell me, now, where the Senorita Lamartlna is." "Name of G d, Senor 1 Do you mean?" "The Americano Is doubtless a clever actor; if he will tell me where I may find the Senorita he will see the way made open ror a safe Journey to New Orleans." It came to me then that Adolfo hesitated to bring about my execution execu-tion and hoped thereafter to win the Senorita's love. "You and she must have had some understanding," he continued, "for within the hour after she had returned to the home of the Senora Mendoza, we discovered that she had disappeared as completely as though some mythical air-god had carried her away. Polito, greatly agitated because of her vanishment, aided In the searcjj, but to no avail. We have combed the city for hours, with no success. If you would win your freedom you will teu us whither she has gone; If not the morrow shall find you facing a firing fir-ing squad." I knew Adolfo would never keep his word, even had I been able to give him any information. "If the Senorita does not care to keep you advised of her plans, surely you cannot expect me " "Very well," he said ; "we will place you for the night In a safe little cage that we may count on finding you tomorrow morning." So, with four guards on each side and Colonel Fuentes bringing np the rear, we marched out of the house of Tomas Carrasco, crossed the patio, and bent our steps toward to-ward the gloomy pile of weathered stone whose dungeon-like chambers had held so many unfortunates. CHAPTER VI A Silver Niflht AS WE marched along my mind was filled with sad uncertainties, uncertain-ties, grim forebodings, regrets for half-accomplished tasks. I would have liked to live to see the independence inde-pendence of Venezuela, and I found myself wishing that I might have been spared to meet the Liberator, Simon Bolivar, the extraordinary man who had Installed In the hearts of his people a deathless love of Independence. ' ,t And I wanted to see the Senorita again, to tell her of my love. How could she have covered up so completely com-pletely all the signs of her escape? The city of Caracas was new to her To have left Caracas would have been to leave a trail that anyone any-one might have followed, and to have secreted herself In the city. . The thing was impossible, for the men of La Torre could have searched every corner of it In an hour. Even Polito was In the dark. As we approached the menage of Pedro Carrizal sounds of n larlty came from the Interior-loud laughter laugh-ter and snatches of song. We had come opposite when the door dew open and a man stood, swaying. In the lighted way. When he saw us he uttered a wild yell THE LEHI SUN, LKHI, UTAH Bnd tnnnlorl fnnri A ll,. .11 ,, --'i-- . niu i mo Biue-walk. Biue-walk. Lven as the soldiers roared uisu over tne roil of the tipsy celebrant a torrent of men poured from the opened doorway and fell upon my guards , before they could bring their guns to bear. I turned to meet Adolfo, whose pistol pointed at my head. My out-flung out-flung fingers found his wrist and thrust his arm high as he sent a harmless bullet Into the air, then I drove my flst Into his broad face. Ah, the tingling Joy It gave me I He went down and I threw myself upon him, fingers groping for his throat Adolfo cried aloud, he swore, he gasped, he writhed. He clawed vainly at my wrists, and kicked, and twisted his unwieldy body, l heard a shrill voice shrieking anathemas, ana-themas, a rasping voice that was my own, and it gave me a grievous shock that I had fallen so low. Hands were laid upon my ehonl-ders, ehonl-ders, dragging me from my victim. Ah, the Tingling Joy It Gave Me! "Let me alone," I cried, "let me kill him!" "No, Senor." "Manuel 1" I leaped to my feet "Come come quickly." He caught my arm and led me away. "But we must help them." He laughed shortly. "Not at all, they need no help; it Is the soldiers who will be crying for aid." We ran swiftly for three minutes min-utes and stopped In a darkened alley al-ley where Manuel opened a package which had been secreted under a shed, disclosing a uniform. "Put It on quickly, Senor; In two minutes you must be a captain In bis majesty's maj-esty's service." I laughed softly, for I saw another an-other chance at life, and another chance to win the glorious Lamar-tiTia. Lamar-tiTia. "If Bolivar has many men like you, Manuel" . We turned toward the south and ran for half a mile, stopping at last In the gloom afforded by a tall adobe building. Here we found two horses, one saddled for travel, and the other already bearing a man. "Polito i" I cried, for the rider's head and throat were almost concealed con-cealed ty the folds of a bandage. His shoulders shook, In silent laughter I supposed, and he whispered whis-pered something unintelligible and gestured toward the other horse. "But Polito, my friend," I objected, ob-jected, "you cannot do this thing. It will wreck your career, and and you owe me no sacrifice. I cannot can-not let you; rather would I seek the firing squad." The gauntleted hand that Polito put upon my shoulder shook a little. He tried to speak, gasped, caught at his throat and went off into a convulsion of coughing. Manuel 6poke, deep earnestness In his voice: "You must do as we RiiEreest Senor. for many things of Importance depend upon It We plan a swift stroke, Senor, and your assistance Is necessary In our planning. plan-ning. Besides, you owe your life to those who follow Bolivar. Have not a score of men this night Jeopardized Jeop-ardized their lives for thee? Have not I?" Now I was ashamed, for the crafty Manuel spoke only the truth. "Yes, my friend," said L I threw a leg over the horse, and the swarthy sailor proffered a pistol, pis-tol, which I pocketed. I put a hand on his shoulder. "If Bolivar needs another arm, Senor, be will find mine strong enough and very willing, will-ing, Indeed, for I owe him much." "Viva!" said the sailor. "Point your horses toward the Southern cross and ride throughout the night ; ride swiftly, for the mounts you have are the best this city affords. Sunrise should find you beyond Oc-umare, Oc-umare, where the lines of Bolivar begin, and where you will find safety. Now, adios ... A pleasant pleas-ant trip for both of you !" With the flaming Southern cross to point the way. with the glory of the full moon above, the open country ahead, a fine horse between my knees, and a companion . . . well, perhaps my companion did lack the necessary companionable qualities, yet I could attribute some of his silence to his cold, and the rest of It to the black thought that must possess him, for no man turns his back upon his country with a light heart With a sidelong glance I studied the lithe figure that even the black and gray cloak could not entirely hide. ,ti . "A perfect night Polito, eh?" He nodded. "You are silent, my friend. He turned HU head to give me one swift look, then regarded the road again. T must thank you, Polito, for the part you took In my escape this night Adolfo planned to have me shot tomorrow morning, so mj life Is yours." This brought a gap no more-end more-end I tried again: "Do yon rw. my friend," I ventured, "where your sister Is?" - , TO B COJiTISCSD.) Intermountain Hews Briefly Told by Busy Readers TO BOLD NEW ROAD MARRIED MEN FIRST WOOL GROWERS MEET IRON MEN ARE HIRED idMUUS LADY ON TOl'R ; SALT LAKE CITY, TJT. The annual convention of the National xvoolgrowers association will be held In this city on January 12, 13 and 14, it is announced by the secretary of the association. The convention will attract hundreds of woolgrowers from most parts of the United States and Canada. CEDAR CITY, UT.-The contract con-tract has been signed with the state road commission by the Iron County commissioners for the construction con-struction of a $55,000 highway extending south from the Beaver county line C.S miles to Buckhor flat This will be a standard federal fed-eral aid gravel road and eliminates several bad turns In the old road. It is expected to complete this road before December 15 and as much of the labor will be local men as possible. pos-sible. EPHRAIM, TJT. The date for the annual Sanpete county poultry day has been set for September 11 at MantL This will take the place of the Sanpete county fair which has been discontinued for this lear. due to the extreme drouth In this section. LOGAN. TJT. Work on the In stallation of six new automatic stokers in schools of the Cache county school system is under wiv. The schools so equipped are located at North Logan, Richmond, Hyde Park, Wellsvllle, Providence and aewton. OGDEN. TJT. Only unemnloved married men with families will be permitted to act as caddies on the Municipal Golf course, It has been decided by the city commission. SALT LAKE CITY, CT. According Ac-cording to information received here Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former for-mer Governor of Wyoming, now vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will be In Utah Ut-ah during the early part of Septem ber, and will visit and speak In several counties of the State, besides be-sides holding a public meeting la Salt Lake City. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, MOSCOW, MOS-COW, IDA. The Bouthern Idaho University of Idaho special, one of the unusual ail-student trains in the United States, will leave Poca- tello, at 1 p. m., September 12 and arrive at Moscow at 2 o'clock the following afternoon, according to the schedule just announced. PROVO, UT. Moving pictures are to be taken of the opening of school at Brigham Young Univer sity, September 25, according to Professor H. R. Merrill, Professor of Journalism. The University recently re-cently acquired possession, at a sacrifice sale, of a very valuable motion picture camera formerly owned by Buck Jones, movie actor. The Office of Information, accord ing to Professor Merrill, Is anxious to record in motion pictures, as many aspects of the University life as possible, and with that In view, it has been decided to make a pic ture of the opening day of school. OGDEN, UT. Chairman Harvey P. Randall, of the Weber county commission says that the unem ployment situation Is causing great concern with the summer months passing and practically no prospect of Improvement in labor conditions. Randall states, according to re ports, that In cooperation with Og- den, plans are being considered to perfect an organization through which the problem may be part ially solved. It Is expected that definite de-finite plans will be worked out be fore cold weather sets In. WALLA WALLA, WASn. The wheat growers of the Pacific northwest north-west are prepared to present to the federal farm board a new relief and crop control plan. The plan Is said to reduce effectively acreage and remove a surplus from the market The farmers would agree to purchase 250,000,000 bushels of the farm board's present holdings, and consider It as next year's crop, letting land lie idle that ordinarily would be planted. The 'farmers will ask the federal farm board to finance fi-nance the sale on the same terms that were considered in negotiat ing sales to Germany and China. The loan would be repaid at the time the wheat was sold. SILVER CITY, IDA. The fair association is said to be planning a best "Owyhee county, fair ever held" for this year. The fair is to be held on September 18 and a ro deo will be featured. k HAGERMAN, IDA. At the re cent watermelon day a serving of twenty-five tons of watermelons was the big feature. Three thous and persons consumed the melons. SALT LAKE CITY, TJT. By the value of the outnut Utah ranks 8tb among the mining states of the Un ion, accordinjr to a government re- nort recently Issued. Utah was the second among western states in the metal field. BRIGHAM CITY. UT. Peach trees which are heavy producers ' are marked for a portion of the supply needed for "reach Day, on September 11. Hundreds of bushels of fine peaches and many tons of I watermelons are to be given to vi I If ors free cn the big day. Sally Industry is like a came of local helpers to keep the "ball success." These Brands Are Intermountain Made And UTAH HIGH SCHOOL QF , BEAUTY-CULTURE Ird Floor, Cllft BIdg. Suit Likt City, VU It ; r Planning a Pijrlnc Builneu Fatnre, InrtUat Our FUn WrtU For CiUlocn Thony" Affliction TTiA nJioTtv" disease of Beaches gets its name because the diseased treoa lira dwarfed and thus came to la called pony trees, later corrupt ed to phony. 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Pep-alar Pep-alar priced aieals. Bats fl.SS and np. Commercial Bate gereie Carat la Connection. Stella Was a Little Fat Dean Swift's infatuation for. Esther Es-ther Johnson, immortalized as "Stella," to whom he wrote his famous fa-mous "Journal," is one of the great passions in literature. On the night of her death the dean wrote that she was "looked upon as one of the most beautiful graceful nd agreeable young women in London, but added, "only little too fat." It Is estimated that 30 per eent of all marriages in Germany are arranged through matrimonial agencies. IS" |