Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 26, 1914, Page 2

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Kirk's father repudiates him, and Weeks | casts him out as an impostor. Kirk meets Allan, a Jamalcan negro canal worker out of a job. The two are arrestad by Colon police for helping to put out a fira Kirk and Allan are treated brutally in a Colon jail by young Alfarez, command- ant of police. Allan’s release is obtained by the British consul, but Weeks refuses to aid Kirk. Mrs. Cortlandt gets a phone | call. | Mrs. Cortlandt obtalns Kirk’s release by using influence with Colonel Jolson, head | of the canal. The Cortlandts are in- | triguing to make Alfarez's father pres!- | dent of Panama. | Kirk's father casts him off finally, and | Mrs. Cortlandt obtains for him a position ' on the Panama rallroad under Runnels, | master of transportation, ( The girl tells him her name is *Chiqul- ta.” He learns later that that means only “little one.” Kirk begins his work. Mrs. Cortlandt has learned who Jefferson Locke is. Locke (real name Wellar) is a swindler and has disappeared. His description fits Kirk. The latter tries in vain in Panama to learn something of Chiquita and meets Alfarez again. Kirk wins the capital prize, $15,000, in ' the lottery. He and Runnels make plans for advancement. The Cortlandts, hav- | ing turned from the older Alfarez, intend | to make Senor Garavel, a banker, presi- dent of Panama. Alfarez's son, Kirk's foe, 1s engaged to Gertrudis, Garavel's daughter. She I8 Kirk's *Chiquita.” He meects her again at the opera through Mrs. Cortlandt’s aid. Kirk makes love to Chiquita. Edith Cortlandt, infatuated with Kirk, goes rid- Ing with him frequently. “She avows her love for him. Thelr ride and talk are interrupted by her husband. Kirk asks Garavel for his daughter's hand. The banker wishes her to marry Alfarez to advance his own ambitions. Clifford, a man from the States, asks Runnels about Kirk. “Kirk recélves permission to call on Chiquita. Young Alfarez challenges him to a duel. Kirk laughs at him. Mrs, Cortlandt asks Kirk to call on her. Cortlandt overhears his wife make love to Kirk, who tells her he loves and is en- gaged to Gertrudis. Prompted by Mrs. | Cortlandt, Garavel forbids Kirk to call on his daughter Kirk manages to see Chiquita, She loves him, but will obey her father. Mrs, Cort- landt blocks Kirk’s and Runnels' path, Detective Willilams seeks Kirk, known to him as Locke or Wellar. During an intermission between dances at a ball Chiquita and Kirk are married, the girl returning immediately to her fa- ther's side. “Silence!” thundered the banker. “Yonder stands your affianced hus- band.” “It is a mistake”— she persisted gently. “No, no, no! There is no mistake,” chattered Ramon. “Those other men have told all, and yodr Ant'ony is now in the carcel under guard. It was I who saw to his arrest. Nor is that all. | He Is not at all the man he pretended | to be, even his name i{s false. This morning there arrived an American officer of police to arrest him on other | charges. He is a thief, it seems, hav- ing stolen $80.000 gold from his em- ployers. Oh, there is no mistake. Within the hour 1 bave been talking with this detective, and he has the papers of proof. Is not that enough?" “It is, indeed!” gasped the father. “But it is pot true," maintained the girl simply, and her eyes were as steady as altar flames. *“Take me to him, please. I must go at once to the carcel.” But he only answered her with a stare of amazement. “Go!” he mur- mured, after an instant. my senses?” “Yes, I must go, for he is my hus- band. We were wed last night.” “Mother of God!" the banker ejacu- | “Have I lost | lated hoarsely, and sank into the seat from which he had arisen. Ramon | was staring from one to the other, his ' head turning jerkily. “Oh, yes! The judge from Colon married us during the dance. I would have liked a church wedding, but that | will come later. The Senor Ronnels | and his wife were there also, and they will tell you, It made me very happy.” Her fare was transfigured by a look that left the two men no choice but ! to believe, = i Al Al A Romance of the Panama Canal REX BEACH COPYRIGHT, 1910, 911, BY HARPER & BROTHERS “A civil marriage!” stammered Ra- mon. “A civil marriage, indeed!" said Gar- | | avel in a choking voice. Locke, aided by Kirk's friend Higgins, | who thinks it a joke, drugs Kirk and puts | him aboard a ship bound for Colon. Kirk ! | | You have given your word to Ramon.” “So that is where you were when I believed you to be dancing! it, understand! betrothed. You are "‘Ah, but I never loved him. You sald you could not be president unless And that was not so. Ramon deceived you, Now it is all | right. You will be president, and I can But I will not have | Mann Plumbingc. 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Which of us, then, is the bet- ter?” i Andres Garavel spoke threateningly, menacingly, to his daughter, ! “It was no marriage, and it will not stand. [ will have it annulled. The | man was a criminal, a fugitive, even | when he forced you to marry”— “No, no! You cannot do that. It was I who asked him to marry me.” The girl lied tremulously, panic stricken at the threat. *‘Before God, I am his wife!” she maintained. *“And | if this marriage has a flaw then 1 will | stand beside the prison gates and re- marry him as he comes forth.” “He will not come forth,” Ramon de- clared harshly. “Oh, yes! And now will you take me to him?" | “No!” her father bellowed. “You are my daughter, you are under my roof, and here you shall stay until you give up this madness and this man. I for- bid you to go near him. Come! Do you promise?' She Inclined her dark head. “I must learn more of this af- fair at once, You will find your senses, miss, or if you do not you will spend your life in meditation and prayer— that much I promise you.” “I do not wish to enter a convent,” she said, with white lips. *I wish to be happy. When Keerk is free I shall go to him. Now, if you please, I— think 1 sball go away.” She turned and went out of the big high ceilinged room, and not until she had reached the hall did her feet waver or her head droop. CHAPTER XXV. A Last Appeal. HAT was not a pleasant inter- view for Anthony. His sur- roundings were not such as to lend him assurance, and Garavel's grief at his daughter's dis- grace was really distressing. More- over, the unequivocal threat to annul the marriage ftilled him with alarm. His only consolation came from the fact that Gertrudis had made known the truth without the slightest hesita- tion. That showed that she was loyal | at any rate. Kirk tried to assure his caller that he would hawe no trouble in proving his innocence, but Garavel seemed very little concerned with that phase of the affair and continued to bewail the dishonor that had fallen on his name. Kirk's pride arose at this, and he ex- laimed with some heat: *“My dear Mr. Garavel, if you are so blamed sure that I did all these things why did you come to see me?" “It was tc learn if she spoke the truth.” “Oh, we're married, right enough. And you'll have some difficulty in breaking it up before I get out.” “You expect, then, to prove your in- nocence easily ?” “I do.” “But I hear there are other serious charges.” “It is quite the same with them." “But suppose you should not clear yourself of this—murder. Would you wish to drag down my daughter's name?" “Of course not.” “I understand you have not spoken of this marriage. Perhaps you might consent to remain silent. If by any chance you should be convicted of guilt what satisfaction could'you de- rive from injuring me and mine?” “None at all, sir.” “I am rich,” Garavel went on mean- ingly. “If you are acquitted I might perhaps arrange amply for your future —upon conditions.” “In other words. if I am to be hang- ed or shot or whatever it Is they do to people down here you'll expect me to (Continued on Page 6.) Ty, o b s ] Alonza Logan J. W.Townse nd LOGAN & TOWNSEND BUILDING CONTRACTORS We Furnish Surety Bonds On All Contracts If you want a careful, consistent. and re- liable estimate on the construction of your building, SEE US IMMEDIATELY. TELEPHONE 66 Futch & Gentry Bldg D@ OUR WEEKLY LIMERICK | There is a man, by name, Mr. Denny, Who is wise and saves every penny. 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