Show HOFMANS OB ON when lack ick ordary went to peru lie took ira ordway with him lie he expected I 1 acted to remain fo tor r a term of 0 ye yean n lit in the land of the incas oraw ordway ay io loved lila its young site ile he paid EL heavy tax for this delightful privilege go lie he lad two s with t e c L 11 like rodents that gnawed him to an wasi golsh eul ih vl vi jealousy and pride it wag a trial to him film to pr present besent even his best beat accredited men ii lends to ills his all charan arrn ing vivacious INac tous little wife she thoughtless t youns young tiling thing was so ao so I animated so ao artlessly calel mating ashen vi hen with agreeable acree ablo men that was tortured by her airy of 0 charm charin the thought that thai this peruvian appointment would translate mra birs ord w wayt a Vs blandishments blandish ments t to 0 a 0 more restricted field made ordway hall it II with delight the small email coast town illch was the companas comp anys center of 0 dealings in oil had only a handful 0 of scotch anglish lnell sh and natives lie he did not reflect that a healthy appetite de even plain food with biben it Is best it can call get Uro Oro waya wayn pride mude LIE him in check ills jealousy ills was waa 80 openly and impersonally gay that it should have bein abeln disarming hul but IL a jealous nature ure Is 19 not a calmly reasoning one I 1 alti is green eye has a crystal kno lens ot of its own whose exaggerations the brain clop snot not direct of Oi they had bad been at their post on the peruvian seaboard aboard Be only a lew months w when hen a matter of 0 business called old way to lima As lie he was really fond ut of its wife und and did not know how 10 lone he might be detained there eller C he took his wite wife with him not that this was absolutely sol disinterested conduct lie he liked for obvious reasor lb to have this sprightly partner of ills his joys within range or vision there was a young gentle gentleman man of 0 lima by name pedro dAlean dAl cantara martinel marline he was immensely wealthy tai rather than handsome find and ot of a family that nailed back to the spanish adventurers who hail had conquered peru in the middle of his smooth olive forehead glistened a scar an inch long senor pedro had plucked it one morning very early in the hoes does de boulogne ten years ago when lie was a fiery blade in paris lie he was still EL a gallant gB llant with blood easily stirred by a pretty women woman somehow through u gh no tault fault of 0 richards ono one may re rest t assured a he bee became T e acquainted with nith mrs ordway he toll el 1 in love with liza ordway S she he serenely conscious ot of her innocence and strength saw no reason for or declining I 1 pleasant Ica sant attentions that the gentleman w with ith the long name was so ready to bestow the effect on ordway may ie be I 1 imagined lie he could not leave lima nor could coul a he hi find a dign dignified ined excie for sending its wife back to tile the small I 1 coast town in the south so he went on accumulating pent up irritate irritation ion but one lay day there was it climax on returning home he passed dAl cantara i near ills his house when he entered it ho he found lars airs ordway flushed and troubled I 1 lie he simple fact was that the young descendant of 0 spanish conquerors ors had wished to be a credit to his an by doing a n little conquering himself lie ia had expressed his sentiments rients warmly to mra birs ordway and had kissed her liand hand with an all ardor that she could only recoil recall with confusion contu Blon she had promptly set illin him back and informed him film with decision that this must be the end ner her first Im impulse was to tell richard Ill chard then she thought of his violent jealousy and of his hi unreasonableness unter under its attacks so on second thoughts which axe are not always best bhe decided to tay say nothing about it she felt equal to coping vilh nith the matter herself the foolish young spaniard had for forgotten forgette gotte n himself she would simply give a i good joi jog to its his memory mc mory therefore she met the f few ew remarks her husband made about the young fellow and mith the air that dAl cantara was riot nol v worth orth considering the result was that ordway put the worst construction on the affair ills HIS wife was deliberately clandestinely de flirting with tilts tills lothail Loth iilo to the next day as good or bad luck would have it lie left home later than and encountered at the door a messenger irom from dAl cantara with nith a note tor for mrs ordway ile he promptly possessed himself ot of it hurried back to lit ills room and without hesitation read it all th through lough it was trop tropically leally florad and while foolishly amorous amo ious was enough to confirm Ord Ordwa ways yH worst sus ain I In ills jealous resentment was fanned to frenzy had he spoken to his wife then and tied an explanation the matter might have been peaceably settled tor for she would have told him the whole totua tao alon but lie he did riot not mrs ills ordway unavoidably met dAl cantara a day clay or two later and through his complaint that ills ats note had been disregarded cl learned that it had been sent and of course intercepted slie she was indignant n at the whole business bu alness it disgusted her greatly that the agro agreeable cable though conventional acquaintance with the young spaniard should have taken on thin character that balcan tara lore should be persistent after her explicit ultimatum waa nas particularly annoying with more heat than was necessary she told LOU him that in future they would meet as strangers he me ac qu leared with the corat possible grace and took occasion to convey to irb ordway his opinion of 0 a woman who encourages a ruan man only to affront him by cutting ills acquaintance this re maili was not lot calculated to soothe the lady when she saw caw Il richard lehard ordway and wanted to know why he tampered with her letters site she was tuo too indignant by far ile he told her hotly that he had intercepted the note from dAl cantara and would intercept any others from that solf beurce ce adding that he forbade her to have anything more to do with the man worried as she khe was with tile the complication this offensive attitude offensive fit at least in the way in which it was waa assumed made mrs ordway lose her temper she was bItt bitterly erIv wounded and declared that she aou would I 1 d riot not live with a husband who had no more confidence in her than that mr air Ord ways aggressive bearing seemed an all additional outrage and in consequence lie was cold and sarcastic the result was that ho made no effort to prevent mrs ordway from hastily talking taking passage on oil a ship tor for new york she wept every day on oil the voyage back ordway desoi ted Perti peruvian vivin isolation brooded blooded and fumed like a amoul dering volcano tills this insolent rich young pedro had alienated ills his cifes affection tied had wrecked liln ills home had bull ruined his 1 life I fe Ord ways thirst for levenger became a mania there was no in the old until h lie had in some degree evened cloned things with the curbed peruvian rut but how ills pride recoiled recalled at the thought of afra ordway being publicly knain n an the cause of any quarrel yet every day that passed without word from her added to his wrath poor pool woman she was too hurt to make any advances while Ord waya ways wounded bilde kept him from overtures looking to reconciliation the animal lat onale as an metaphysicians meta physicians define man has the unique trick of himself violently in ili excesses of 0 als corn liture just jus at this thin melancholy point in ili ord ways fortunes he met an american who a solace to him since lie avanna too loo seemed to a b be e harboring harbor lne home borne carking caro care hit rame name was waa gustav hotman interest Int irest in him was till if more 0 ore aroused allen lie learned that b he o had for three years been exploring pl like a wandering jew an unknown region of south Anier hii t ulay jt lay in the northeastern pait or nf peru con 1 to 0 o ind and brazil a desolate territory tra lr ared abed by the hie river one of 0 the tributaries tributa ries of 0 the amazon it was wa norma hofmans ll 11 s farat return celii n to civilization izat ion since he had plunged luto into this rude oll e inhabited by 0 a tribe of 0 indians indiana called the j fori lotman hid had many interesting things to tell ordway about those these indians aa is ft rule gentle and in III war they display a ferocity not surpassed kurpa isad b by v the met savage tribe trubey they have 1 a singular h hatred aired of will white to mm men notably briani ards whom they associate nano clite will t ho he conquerors of their country this bizarre fire of patriotism makes it almost certain death to a white to venture among tache childish but tero fero clodo jin jingles jingoes goes hofman evidently tell felt some pride in having penetrated this yurii naca ca stronghold mid and se tu fur far from belne being killed to have conell conciliated I 1 abed their friendship ono one of them hem a young Yurii Yurl naca maca named was his companion on this trip to lima dorman ll it seems had once rescued him from a tigress and ever since hail been as aa devoted to him as a faithful dog doe ile he was waa of medium height lithe find and sinewy with high check bones bonea small piercing eyes under heavy eyebrows and a stolid but riot not unintelligent expression ills lonk long black hair hung bung like a horses maike from his head but it was silkily line a characteristic of hla his tribe his devotion to tho the lather father gloomy hofman harman was almost pathetic such confiding trust stirred ordway to sympathy it chanced one evening that the three w were ere together in a popular cafe in lima liw while they were sitting there in their alic lr respective degrees decrees of taciturnity pedro dAl cantara entered wit with two or till alnee ee ray gay companions they had hardly heated bested themselves when his bla hot roving glance discovered the two with till the solemn silent sitting between them A malignant glitter sparkled in eyes ai they rest rested e d on the youns young indian ile he called the proprietor etor and had some quick imperious word with kith him the latter made his way to tho the trio nt at the distant table and told the indian that he must draw why demanded holmn brusque ly because Bc cause one ot of the guests a gulshen patron objects to taking his coffee with a low indian in the company replied the proprietor you do not have to go lie he can wait outside or I 1 will give him what he wants with the servants ho he added alil ahli j noble gentleman Is senior idar martinez la is it not asked ordway with a sneer lie he had darted a glance around the room and detected the hated spaniard aard yes yea replied the proprietor he has a right to object abject lust just us as you would have and I 1 must consider his objections lust just as I 1 mould hould yours youra holigan shrugged hla his shoulders t though bough lit his heavy forehead took on a heavy beau seoul I 1 for or a moment finish your coffee he an said id toliu aae and we will go it la Is more senal ble than to have a brawl do you know this ibis fastidious young buck ordway he a asked eked yes I 1 have reason to know him too well ho he Is 1 one of 0 those internally infernally useless whelps that cumber tho the earth and make fools of women ile he has done this to annoy me you need not mind it and I 1 do not suppose your youns young indian will care when you explain the reason huane certainly appeared as unmoved as a stone seone ills solemn gravity almost lent a touch of humor to the situation hotman glanced at his with a slight but significant smile ile he said ill dilly ily they do not love the spaniards at best the situation Is amusing tor for its hard to tell which ot 0 us ui Is most moat at a fronted I 1 brought huane here as an my friend he la Is turned out you imagine it Is done to whirr you senor his namo scored fairly well with his one shot there Is no doubt the insult wits was meant for me and I 1 sao am grateful to lo the beast tor tat jt it replied ordway with wrath the cur has ha h a at last given give me an opportunity to got get even with him without having my alfea name conic come up let us no go lie he added adde d rising they walked slowly out nut when they reached d table ordwoy ordway who was vas in advance halted looker looked the spaniard contemptuously in the eye and paid deliberately though ills his oice noire quivered with passion senor WAI dal cantara had bad I 1 perc perceived elved your presence a little sooner you would have been spared your request tills indian Isa Is a good cl clean earlson son of nature a ft lend ol of my friend and I 1 would not have allowed him to remain for or a moment in the atmosphere you contaminate the spaniards hot black eyes blazed with ith anger he replied contemptuously 11 1 1 I 1 will see if my illy ft lends think you enough of a gentleman to meet in that care cape you shall hear from me 1 I waive that point in my own regard replied e ordway afi ac I 1 had to wait till you were a gentleman to right you I 1 could noer never honor you with alth a meeting ile he pulled out his rard card arid and tossed it on the table then hotman holman spoke up with insolent rood good humor when my friend la is through with you of course bouve auve got to give me satisfaction if theres enough of you left this indian Is my friend in insulting him ovi ou have insulted me in order to put his claim absolutely beyond question hotman blandly suddenly sudi lenly caught the spot span lards nose between his t thumb and forefinger and gave it a til haip laiti tweak nothing could have been more insult ing ln thlen the playful play tu fr trifling fling aid with which he did this as it tile the haughty spaniard were nn an amusing little puppet for the diversion tit of ills betters DAl cantata sprang to lo hla his feet his while his C yes ryes face i a 0 waxy pallor blazed with a murderous hat A frightful volley lolley ot of poured from rom hla his lips ile he whipped IL a knife from somewhere about hla 1114 aalst and hashed flashed it in tile the air it was wrenched from hla 1119 hand with fill a alft swiftness that seemed seliner a little awesome la in the apparently sluggish huane who with alth his own lips grimly set act dalbed it to strike dAl cAntara hotman an had barely time to arrest the indians arm ile he said bald a few ew quick words in Yurl Yurt maca to him and after a nion moment vent of 0 reluctance huane doggedly gedly surrendered tile the knife what a hot little boy you are arc said hotman holman to the panting spaniard giving a short laugh Gentl gentlemen ernen dont arrange matters of 0 this kind in that way im afraid I 1 shall have lave to keep the knife you loso logo control of yourself I 1 expect to hear so 0 o easily ot of course from you later when you leearn to what flat little reason you may normally possess poi pom aesa sess come they strolled out hotman maintaining his bantering alie a 0 it good natured amusement when they wele outside ordway said to horman with leal lead regret 1 I arn am confoundedly sorry I 1 got you into such bui a low I 1 only hope there will bo be na no da I 1 cantara letl left to for you after I 1 have met him holman I 1 feel I 1 shall kill I 1 hat wretched little berot beast well I 1 dont know lully fully your glied ance alive but I 1 somehow an am in sympathy enough with it to hope you will tako take it IL out well uell with fill this hla bumP lIOUN coxcomb hlaj neaily spoiled both our chances A gentleness Is intermittent you see it Is an odeill gouffe sort a of f row insolence lit in the cafe are gave you an all opportunity which you have been wanting wand fig it weems ills 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