Show 1 Confessions L Of a Bride Administrators Administrator's Suspicion Suspicions Allayed But There Thero Are Other Barriers The Th administrator of the hacienda a maintained a beautiful balance Hew He Hew w wits ts politely upon my side of ot every proposition I t made concerning the tho child nevertheless he was perfectly obedient to the orders of ot the absent He lie agreed with me most amiably that the little one would b be happier In fn tho the care of ot an American America governess then he found excellent reasons reasons reasons rea rea- sons why why I could not see her immediately Imme imme- J 1 was Interested In his serene Jerene evasions evasions evasions eva eva- but I didn't propose to permit e the custom of ot letting tomorrow tale take ed care of ot itself upset the business I had hadIn hadin hadin d In hand The little girl ought to recognize the nurse you expect I have cared for her many months Take me t to her If It she knows me she will run t to meet me Let the child decide Being placed thus on the seat o of f Solomon proved too much for tho the of old oldmans oldmans d mans man's vanity He lie gravely assented And the child was brought brought-a a strange dark bab baby y with Jet jet black black hair My he heart t fell tears fell tears welled up I could scarcely see the soft violet eyes eye under the dyed lashes But from th the e Pretty retty red lips leaped Babs' Babs particular r system of baby talk In her variety variety va va- variety of ot English the meaning was Aunt Jane The Tho administrator was convinced he was even moved to tears H He e smiled as beneficently as King Solomon Solomon Solomon Solo Solo- mon himself when I clasped that dear lost girlie to my heart He smiled smile again like an Indulgent parent when n the baby asked her first question question- what had I brought her In fn my bag Fortunately I was prepared for that question prepared also to reside In the hacienda and assume immediate control control control con con- of ot my And most fortunate fortunate fortunate for for- of ot all was I In finding that th the e administrator having handed his e charge over to me promptly washed d ed his hands of the whole affair So it happened that Babs and I wandered wandered wandered wan wan- dered out unwatched on the great plateau which stretched between th the e hacienda and the town Babs on he her burro I walking by her side It was wasa a beautiful field that we walked over and had seen many uses In Us its time but the administrator could never guess what a fine landing field for tor n an airship that great smooth field would make It wasn't far to the train but It was Impossible for me to get there without attracting the notice of the populace The field was exactly as Jim junior junio r had described It but jt-but but where or where was a plane That night the manager thought t to cheer me with welcome news Dr Curtis Curtis Cur Cur- the would return o on n the morrow A letter had come come he he ne e showed It Jt to me in fn order I think t to prove that he could read That was wa s almost more than I could do under the circumstances for tor the envelope envelop e matched that which I had found in th the e bushes as well as that which Berghoff Berghof f had given to Chrys Afterward I made the acquaintance of the women of ot the household In Inquired inquired in- in into the mysteries of tortillas sniffed the famous pulque and found that it smelled smelted like rotten meat and discussed the bleaching of linen I Then I prayed for fine weather on I Ithe the morrow I didn't dare to pray for tor what I most wanted wanted just Just one glimpse I of ot the mysterious who used those familiar brown envelopes To be continued I |