Show N THE H E DOWELL OWELL DO O WELL A romance of the panama canal BY REX BEACH COPYRIGHT 1910 1911 BY HARPER a BROTHERS continued from last weel neel CHAPTER XII the path that led nowhere in HEN EN sei ei or antonio iw ol e the next i on ori 1 9 he liv for all ir if tint tini ft ig to recall NN what hat it was tl it had ha 11 t ed I 1 s n 1 0 us its na wl I 1 t great en event ut awaited an acted h n rien 1 en as it rushed through his a li it d he leaped 0 it of bed this wai wa i torn tom bit the aftel pool N was as still a long ni dav av off and I 1 ie e ui in st A be oi tent to d earn eam until the hour came it was the hottest pirt of the diy daiy when be he set get t gun on arm yet he never tl it ight lit of the disc info t after tie cian ut he seui li lito to tie ill file e in ica I 1 im road th t hid bid brought him horop home the tile I 1 light ight lefore I 1 ard much bool sool e thai ie I 1 e expected cal acted he ached arth ed at thelt the 1 atti I 1 ith thit th it led i to tl e fo est As upon tl e ous day he brol e into the lile ae L lefore ef ore he is I 1 its I 1 ire chete was the tree aiom which she hid bid called to him yonder tl it e tench where they had sat together of or coulse he lie was vis too early lie ile wanted to be in order not to miss an all it slant stant of her fier com pirly so he seated himself hi ind about her the minutes dogged ged the j n nie le droN drowsed sed an hour passed why d in t she come A sudden apt rebel slon oNer overtook took him which grew and rew as tie tl e after noon viole away it was a very vern miserable young man I 1 who w Nind hindered cred 0 t tl rou toll it the fra grant path is is the first benei ng aws settle 1 I 11 91 d I 1 ei t h s dejected steps step toward the city I 1 villel aly so methin hid ri ned ed to 1 ren ei t her keel heel ng her tryst 1 I 1 it he d tei minel to on the morrow i d tt if en ell if sl st e lid not come to follow tl it oti er I 1 ith right up to her ho ise wh ch ell mu t be the tile pool he ile would it I 1 1 i g for a wold noid with ith her lie ile won WODIe lei jed ed if V she hid N ed away I 1 in irl 0 elv to test him and the tho igi agave taive him i thrill if so she wo ild lid so it 11 leu th ill t he was in erinest he ile resolved to go hunting earlier hereafter and give the whole day to it meanwhile he would make cautious inquiries it was considerably after dark when he lie reached the hotel and his had bad dined but he be encountered mr nir cortlandt later if edith s husband suspected anyta ii it g of what hid oc burred a night or two ago his coun cenance gave i sin of it I 1 or some reason or other kirk hirk hid not been troubled in the sl by the tho i bt lit tint thit cortlan it be told lie ile ca lid not imagine E elith lith mil in him the confidant of I 1 er etrig ged feelings upsides Ite sides wo noil ill I 1 such i I 1 ra nelv im person desei t ai at N 1 atle in lis its in which I 1 is NN fe t choose to indulge 11 k did it t know the wis iris a to him film 6 coi oida EN s v voice wis was thoroughly noncommittal as he be InquI inquired zed where hive you I 1 een keeping your self pelf I 1 ve been hunting to kill time by the wiy continued the other your friend allan has been besieging ed th imploring her to use her trill i ence to get him a position lie ile his big set his I 1 eart upon gong go ng to work with vou you he ile is becoming a positive nuisance I 1 can t get rid of him I 1 I 1 ever saw such ruch hero worship ob all biggers are let me give you a bit of advice anthony remember there ire no and whites in this country tl it ey are both about equal the prest dei del t of the republic Is a black man and a very good one too thi t reminds me I 1 hear bear he be la Is to be succeeded by the father of mr friend albarez ez Coit lindt hesitated general alfar ey Is 13 i 1 candidate he ile Is a very strong man but I 1 am glad there is a but it in t settled by any means mean the bucce u saul candid te will ill need tie tl t of our govern mei t I 1 suppose the albarez family Is one of the alist settles sett leis s mayflower stock oh corse thin that the nime runs run back to balboa s time what aie ate some of the other leading famil eba u 1 b icik iii artfully inquired there are a ul the martin azes the moras the Gar avels niels I 1 e cou ou t i an e them all I 1 hey aie ate rely fine people too do 3 0 i know the chiq intas t cortlandt s f fice ie relaxed in an indol ly ty smile tl TI ere Is no such f imily who has been g you spanish pea i n t therea cloquita Cli quita meina me ins very small lit tie e I 1 tile girl Ill like I 1 tint thit its not a fi efly name its a term of endearment visually what n ade vo i tike it for a proper name A i 1 1 I l we git gill I 1 told me 01 illy all ch ell idren are chiquitas Chiqui tas oz 01 chiquitos Chi everything in fit fiat that Is a pet I 1 ivnik fet fe t ao new at uncomfortable un under er e otiel man mans s 9 gize g ize ot of q let amusement but the e other families he went on in some bonfi I 1 I 1 in u I 1 i ein the ones like tho e rot vo i just mentioned they son li it tet teim in irav with kiner iner leans don t they I 1 no not the better diss cliss d iss I 1 here have been a few in lit t dinces I 1 dees I 1 I 1 hen aliee e I 1 tut ut for the most p art I 1 rt they keep to es how flon wo lid i fellon fello bet al out me t ing the i ice tee people he ile wo lid I 1 it t he ile ibb live heie bete li it MOT it 11 d i eer ener ke th inside of a aidin pin in ir it I 1 n hoisa ho isi gut but chete must be som way the tile young man exclaimed in desperation there in m be dances parties of course but Ameil Ameti cans catis aie ate not in voted the men aie ate caba u to st et I 1 it ted w will th charn ng con cout too pois is gentlemanly but I 1 daie date siy you will leie leane canam i N without so much is meeting their wives wires oi 01 af 1 tots bit B it why this consume ig cui cut lo 10 its it 11 it ib some senorita bour our fancy in spite of bt effort to api apt ear ancon corned h mil tit falt thit he tool 1001 ed abo 11 inal IS belt belf c lis clous 11 phout i a t for a reply cortlandt Cort lindt conti bcd I 1 g no e him rut tion ns as if he lie bujo ed it I 1 one leson wh nbc bo u f v saus amer Ael cans mari many y I 1 ana and nauis a is tl it t our n en ell I 1 ke he at bast I 1 to feet get i abed with nith their 1 rides before I 1 alae I 1 ade j that Is impossible i i th 0 o nto A mau man i evet sees a gill iti blute bilot p 0 no o kt klow ow vt h hen he callb calls to cobit her I 1 e hooes the whole famis faunl who vote it fah li in to speak bark to the full I 1 w egregious li b t bequest t c 11 bale appeared to the spanish girl girt NN what hat a fool he bad had been to be bur I 1 ol 01 a moment he in a condemi la tion of the difficulties so unexpectedly presented he ile was wag bro ight to I 1 itself by the words tomorrow fou you will go to chats hats that he lie broke foith in a pinic I 1 cant go to evoi 1 I 1 ow I 1 in going hunting cortlandt Coit landt eyed him curiously I 1 didn dian t say tomorrow I 1 slid run nells phoned that he would bp b reidy for you day after tomorrow what 14 1 the matter with you have you lost your head over shooting or don it you care to work oh neither he said hastily 1 I merely misunderstood you of course the sooner the better yes as you say the sooner the bet ter said cortlandt with a shade of meaning wel ell god night and good luck to you in your shooting it was with much less self assurance that ivick set out again on the next morning for this was his big I 1 list day of grace and he realized real led that unless be he accomplished something definite it might be a considerable time beaole be he could continue his quest in view of what the girl hid slid regarding her engagement delays seemed particular ly dangerous P he haunted the vie niev of the meet ing place all tie tt e mornin but no one came and a beavy shobei at mildie drove him into the balm aim thit twitched ched but hu for shelter when it had i 1 assied assed he put an end to his indecision and bold ly took the other path at least he would find out whole she lived and who she was but once again he was wag Hs the trill tr ill led out through 1 e grove to the rain drenched pas ture where it disappeared ind in III stead of one house bongo be he siw three half hidden bidden in foliage and all facing in the of 01 po cosite ite dl di edtion they stood upon the crest of a hill fronting the raid roid and he realized that the pool maht be the bathing place for the incites of one or all of them he went to ill three but nowhere did I 1 e see tl 0 e girl or the woman nowhere did he receive an intelli gil ie le answer to his quest ns whether the girl it id been i hying with him or whether she hid been prevented from keeping her noid void was wag lof of little moment now ile loved her and he be intended to have her he was detailed to ride no 2 which aft 1 ft panama at C 35 returning on no 7 which arlivea at 7 p in bior a few days he mide the run in with the mriln collect r whose i si A tion he was destined to fill ai at d is t the duties were by no meins dime lit he quickly mastered tl it em lie was glad of bis his i ew ow foil fo 11 d ind pen dence moreo er for tl it 0 agh it d d not cancel his big obligation to the cort landas it made him feel it leg less keenly certainly he could not complain of a lack of incident I 1 I 1 i new dew life on his first trip to colon ai at d back he hid nine disputes dispute and tw fights and threw one mm min off a I 1 E 01 oil 1 achlen ell ent he be was told f v a beg beginner begin innet nei A fertl er dive islon was by allan ft ho appeared birly in the morning and ill bit b it a stilted the gateman who refused t let jet him pass without a ticket it took tool the ei the tile staten force to prevent him from bt starting arting for olon as 1 kirk irk 9 gue t he ile considered it a matter of course tint his filena should offer him the cour our testes of the road and he wei net t ariy at last woefully N disappointed bit b it not discourage 1 ton on the evening of that eventful day instead of returning to his tew i ew quai kirk pro proceeded needed to walk the sti acts in search of a certain face ile ed through the plazas he idled in float of the most pretentious residences he tramped wearily back and forth through dlin dim lit marrott streets ghant up at windows and balconies bilco nies aitken ing foi the tone of a vol e oi 01 tl it e u h 11 d of a d gill gli I 1 8 laughter laU laub ahter ter but I 1 ie e N aas as v with ith out the slightest auces at aid 1 I it va vas ery late when he finelly fin illy retired to diedam as u uil of chiquita eveirl daas da pas ed 11 1 he be begin to feel a little dull he ile n is s makin making 9 no pi obress in his qi qt est i d he did feel the lack of coi col genial so leav then one eN eenon ee enin there came a nite ute aiom edith cortlandt Coit landt eit et lug ing him to come and bee bei hei atty iff nt 8 S otio k U ue e presented him elf I 1 ili I 1 I 1 a li horing man now he slid a he sto d 1 atef of 1 e I 1 er and I 1 us ally hold nn mi o 0 at in m ms hand and shuffle tu feet talking g to listes I 1 lay se e n deml 1 arr am I 1 n ei t she di I 1 n t leepond to the lightness of 11 t i 1 L 1161 glane seer eel ed in tn adil I 1 d t ar v it u n him that she meant to I 1 e ei eilo to is I 1 sup obe u vo i are N on dering why I 1 iset se t r fn it v i I 1 iv vc disco discovered vei ed who jeff jeffe a I 1 oke Is no 0 o IN I 1 0 Is he kirk was in st antly ill attention atter tion lie ile had almost foi forgotten gotten locke his ills ledl teal name is frank wallar ind h hc Is t a abacon ler ter ite ile was a blokel s cli caul il in bt st I 1 outs ind be he made off with something like 80 in cast G od heal ens s lid atiteo ay iy how did son ou fit fild d out I 1 bit of new ew loik papers came tuda IN here d d they catch him I 1 ahe hes faient ha ell t caud t him he ile ha big dilapi ared cared completely that s rt nest n est part of it 1 om our detective detec ti e d du t die lie if all put I 1 cm e in t atai staid d NN wh the police duent it IN ell t discover ed son on aben abo its I 1 oi left new Y ik openly under tinder the name of bocke I 1 ocke pei I 1 aps I 1 ps it was an as so easy they over lo 10 I 1 ed it he ile smiled ruefully I 1 id d it it IN to be arrested j st now i I 1 in betth s g to be s nh ich a good cond ond ictor don t worry abo it that ur til tit the time cones ou es I 1 ill 11 get you the capeis chased by an ng man W th a club later lie ile began to feel embarrassed it seemed to be his fate to receive ben fits at this woman s hind whether he ile willed it or not I 1 must go now but first I 1 want to make you feel how grateful 1 I 1 im for jour sour kindness kind nesa and for your continued fiust in me I 1 hayen haven t deserved i 1 1 I know b it lie ile guined as if to leave but faced her again as he heard her pi oi 0 ince his i ame he ile was ed to see that there were tears in her eyes kirk she said you re an awfully good and I 1 can t stay angry with vou von you re tremon bously good he an lealla tou toll led I 1 cin cant C say except that thit ill kiy to b bi worthy navot thy of sow joul kindness sl SI give him i hilf distressed fool 1001 then smiled I 1 r baly I 1 we won on t tall of it any more she sat sail I 1 ever now ow do s st t down at I 1 tell me what yo i hive been doll doli all tl ti i time how have yo i been get birg along with 3 ir it bolk all ill t except one morn it ng when I 1 overs overlie lel t in the I 1 ys tl it t followed I 1 I 1 e tiled lit his i erv best to in I 1 e goo goof I 1 on his job every evening be he I 1 I 1 11 I 1 to I 1 itself he lie spent in of the SI fiaush a ich girl asi ie le fi om I 1 is I 1 it liev to fir d her in I 1 an 01 01 al comei t of misgiving jt at the thou thought ht t f I 1 i I 1 11 I 1 alriq ah is jef ferson lode kill hi hil 1 lut I 1 ut IP ie vior nor ry ind tl it t wis wig en ell ed by llan ulan nei never er a d daiy diy ay iy t el that the w iship ful blace 11 bov d I 1 I 1 i t f arl hour I 1 him with h 0 9 never 1 i I I 1 t igl igi aly jo ri ev d nv N wn v it int tl ti e f tv th t allin did not either nv him or fail ing peral s on to do so go foil w I 1 im at a safe 1 d I t nee aoi F oi I 1 time anti anttony or y rebelled at th ill s espi nae a b it tl ti e ion on stilt tiit effort of kefu al at diew tre theome t ome after awhile especially a as the eimil can cin did just as he and kilk jhk ended by letting it ro in have his way xav he ile turned up re regularly regu u lir lirly diy daiy on kirk irk u h trill s w phout money to IV 1 his fire becoming really concerned lest he should be icca ed of NN ithe I 1 II 11 I 1 ing fare kirl hirt spot e to runnel gibout allin allan espial nil g fully N on a witch was set with the res lit that on the very next mon morl in VII AM it wis chosed out he lie rill roid saris jar Is by an in feeling man with a club he ile wis wilting witting when the mriln pulled in tint thit even ng glud d to the I 1 0 I 1 birs hta his eyes showing is wl ite in the gloom aa as his ills elpin lye ferin grill of N wel el ome I 1 or days dars tl if I 1 i P pi edul eduie e YN wis 14 repented ted with until tie dreadful tin eat of inest pit it eni enl to it allan hid coic coi elved i whole sin e respect for poll e nd it d for a few dis ding kirk irk was rid of I 1 im then ne de nt 11 icing ing he ho ie le is as miguil in one of tie for coaches and pio adly tit alb autly displayed I 1 i ticket bici et exel liming it Is of no it avail to pi event me l that tiel et 1 good only to COIO zal if 1 e ti st t mitlon you 11 have to get off tl if e P t v N ben hen coronil had nee dee i s ed be he fo nd rid lillan still corn com foldal iv ens eng oi el in lit his seat sent non now I 1 s we sl ill I 1 ave line visits today tl if aneio u 1 indicted warmly id mik I 1 id d not I 1 idle a ie the heart to eje ele t nil hill at tl if e tl it er end |