HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 31, 1929. PAGE THREE HE IDE WHAT HAFVEBTZD BBTOSZl Palmero Is the scene. There an exile, Leonardo dl Marloni, has come for love of Adrlenne Cartucclo, who spurns him. He meets an Englishman, Lord St. Mau rice, who falls In love with Adrlenne on sight. Leonardo sees his sister Max gharita, who tells bim his love for Ad rlenne Ib hopeless. But he pleads with her to arrange an accidental meeting, to say farewell, between Adrlenne and him. SOW 00 ON WITH CHZ BTOBT She laid her troubled, tear-stained face upon his shoulder. "It is wrong of me, Leonardo. Yet, If you will promise me to say fare well, and farewell, only " "Be it so! I promise!" "Well, then, each night we have walked past the Marina, and home by the mountain road. It Is a long way round and It Is lonely; but we have Pletro with us, and on these moonlight nights the view is like fairyland." "And will you come that way home to-night, after the concert?" "Yes." "It Is good." It was almost midnight, and Pal ermo lay sleeping In the moonlight The concert was over. One by one the promenaders had left the Mar ina, and all sound had died away. One man alone lingered drinking In. the sweetness of the night The Englishman sat on the last seat of the Marina in the shadow of a clus ter of orange trees. He had seen her again nay, more, he had heard her. sing this girl-nightingale, who had taken the world by storm. He sat dreaming, with a burned out cigar between his teeth, and his eyes idly wandering over the blue Mediterranean. Suddenly the still ness was broken by the sound of a soft gliding footstep close at hand, he had heard no one approach, yet when he looked up quickly he found he was no longer alone. A man in the garb of a native peasant was standing by his side. Naturally the Englishman was a little suprised. He half rose from his seat, and then resumed it as he recognized the dark, swarthy face and black eyes of the waiter who had told him Adrlenne Cartucclo's name. "Hullo! What are you doing here?" he demanded. "I was In search of the Slgnor!" was the hasty response. "For an hour I have sounght him everyhere, and now It is by chance that I am successful." The Englishman looked at him with suspicion. This change of dress was doubtless for the purpose of disguise. What was the meaning of it? "Well, and now you've found me, what do you want?" he asked, watching him closely. "I will tell the Signor. Is It not that he has an admiration for Mad emoiselle Cartucclo, the singer? Well, she Is In danger! It Is for the Signor to rescue her." The Englishman sprang up with sparkling eyes, and pitched his dead cigar Into the sea. "In danger!" he repeated breath' lessly. "Quick! Tell me where!" The man pointed inland. "Do you see that belt of white road there, leading up Into the hills?" "Yes; what about It?" "Have you noticed anything pass along It?" "There was a heavy cart or car riage and some mules, I think, went by half an hour ago." The native shrugged his should ers. "It was an hour, Signor, but no matter! Step back with me Into the shadow of these olive trees. That is better. Now we cannot be seen, and I will explain." The Englishman beat the ground with his foot "Explanations be damned!" he ex claimed. "Where is Mademoiselle Cartucclo? Quick!" The man held up his hands, and spoke more rapidly. "This evening I heard by accident of a plot to carry off Slgnorlna Car tucclo by a rejected suitor. I hast en to inform the police, but on the ' way I pause. I say to myself, what shall I get for my pains, and for the risk I run? Nothing! Then I think of the Signor. I watched his face when the Signorina pass by, and I say to myself he has the passion of her. If I show him the way to save her he will be generous. He will win the lady, and he will reward poor Andrea." "That's all right. Tell me what to do, and I will give you fifty pounds anything you like. Don't waste time. Speak up!" The man's eyes shone with cupid ity. He went on rapidly: "The Signor Is a prince. Listen! Along yonder road, before many minutes have passed, will come the Slgnorlna Cartucclo with her friend attended only by an aged servant Men are waiting for them in the grove of orange trees above the Villa Flolesso, Their orders are to carry off the two ladles to the other side of the Island, where a place has been prepared for them. For an hour I have searched for the Signor that he might procure aid, and so encounter these brigands, but In vain. I was In despair." "I want no help! How many of the blackguards are there?" "Four, Slngor!" "Natives?" "Yes, Signor." "And cowards, I suppose?" The man smiled. "They have not much bravery, Slsrnor. I know the men." "I wouldn't have anyone else here for the world," the Englishman said shakine his fist "Does the Signor want a knife?" asked the man, thrusting his hand into his Inner pocket f a M m m am. a m w j a & V "Not I. We don't understand that sort of thing in our country, my brave Andrea. Fisticuffs will settle this little matter, you'll see!" The man looked up admiringly at the Englishman's commanding fig ure and broad shoulders. "I think they will run away from the Signor when the see him," he whispered. "But let the Signor re member this: if one of them thrusts his hand Inside his coat so, do not wait one moment knock him down qr get out of his way. He will have the knife, and they know how to use it, these brigands." "Tell me the name of their leader I mean the fellow who Is trying to carry off the Slgnorlna. Will he be there?" The man shook his head. "I cannot tell the Signor his name. I dare not I was once In his serv ice, and he has powers hust!" The two men held their breath, keeping well In the shadow of the orange grove. The had reached the road, and'in the distance they could hear the sound of approaching voices. "I leave you now, Signor," whis pered his companion to the English man. "I dare not be seen. To-morrow, at the hotel." He glided noiselessly away. The Englishman scarcely heard him, he was listening Intently. Light foot steps were conalng along the wind ing road toward him, and soon a laughing voice rang out upon the night air. "My dear Adrienne, don't you think we were a little foolish to walk home so late as this? See, there is not a soul upon the prom enade." "Tant bleux!" was the light ans wer. "Is it not to escape from them all, that we came this way? The stillness Is exquisite, and the night breeze from the sea, after that hot room, is divine. What a view we shall have of the bay when we get to the top of the hill." "They say that this place is In fested with robbers, and 1b terribly lonely," was the somewhat fearful answer. "Why would you not let poor Leonardo come with us?" "Because I did not want Leon ardo, cherie. Leonardo is very good, but he wearies me by persisting to dwell upon a forbidden subject; and as for protection well, I fancy Gio vanni is sufllclent" They were passing him now so close that he felt impelled to hold his breath. He had only a momen tary glimpse of them, but it was sufficient A few yards behind, a sullen-looking servant was trudg ing along, looking carefully around. In the white moonlight their faces, even their expressions, were per fectly visible to him; Adrienne's rapt and absorbed by the still rest ful beauty of the dreaming night, Indifferent to all fear; her compan ion, whose dark eyes were glancing somewhat anxiously around her, and Giovanni's, whose furtive looks, more expectant than apprehensive, marked him out to the Englishman as an accomplice in whatever devil try was afoot Unseen himself, he watched them pass, and listened to their voices growing fainter and fainter In the distance. They were out of sight and out of hearing. He was preparing to follow them, when suddenly another sound broke the stillness. He held his breath, and crouched down, watching. In a minute, two dark forms, keeping carefully in the shadows by the side of the road, crept stealthily past He waited till they, too, were out of sight and then stood up with tingling pulses, but quite cool. Mov ing on tiptoe, he stepped lightly ov er the low stone wall into the road, and gazed after them. The ascent was steep, and the road curved round and round in zig-zag fashion. On one side it was bordered by a thickly-growing or ange grove, whose delicate perfume was sweetening the still languid air. On the other was a stretch of waste open country, separated from the road by a low wall. He chose the seaward side, and keeping under the shadow of the trees, followed them, his footsteps sinking noise lessly into the thick dust Once the two ladles paused to look back. He stopped too; and the two bending figures between them drew closer into the shadows, and waited. He was some distance away, but the sound of her voice floated clearly down to him on breath of that faint night air. Again they turned, and again he followed. Suddenly his heart gave a great bound. About fifty yards In front of the two girls was a rudely- built country carriage, drawn by a pair of mules and with a single man on the box. They had paused at such an unexpected sight, and seemed to be deliberating in whis pers whether or no they should pro ceed. Before they had come to any decision, the two men had crept out from the shadow of the wall and trees Into the road, and with bent bodies hurried toward them. PHONE or leave orders at Phelps Grocery Co. Home Phone 1102 HEPPNER TRANS FER COMPANY ILWSf RATED BY FRAHK&DRLEN He did not shout out or make any noise; he simply lessened the dis tance between him and them by In creasing his pace. The two stoop ing forms, casting long, oblique shadows across the white, hard road, were almost level with their intended victims. Now the shadow of one of them crept a little in ad vance of the ladies, and Adrienne Cartucclo, seeing it stepped sud denly back with a cry of alarm. Giovanni! Giovanni! There are robbers! Ah!" The cry became a shriek, but It was Inbtantly stifled by a coarse hand thrust upon her mouth. At the ,same moment her companion felt herself treated in a smlilar manner. They could only .gaze Into the dark ruffianly faces of their captors In mute terror. The whole thing had been too sudden for them to make any resistance, and Gio vanni, their trusted escort, seemed suddenly to have disappeared. As a matter of fact he was watching the proceedings from behind a con venient bowlder. StcHa Hartxr. 14 frU Ji Catherine Wing, 24, were arrested Los Angeles suspected of vtebriw the Mann Act Federal agents said Miss Wiag had posed as the busband of Stella Harper for four years. The girls said Catherine made more money disguised at a man. Girl friends John Day Valley Freight Line (Incorporated) Operating between Heppner and Portland and John Day Highway Points. DAILY SERVICE Prompt deliyery, rates reasonable plus personal and courteous service. $10,000 cargo insurance. 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The Englsihman had stepped Into the middle of the group, and, before he could spring back, a swirling left hander sent him down into the dust with a dull, heavy thud. "You blackguard!" he thundered out Then turning quickly round he faced the other man, who had sprung across the road with bent body, and with his right hand in his breast There was a gleam of cold steel, but before he, could use the knife which he had drawn, his arm was grasped and held as though by a vice, and slowly bent backward. COMING TO The Dalles & Pendleton SPECIALIST In Internal Medicine for the past fifteen years DOES NOT OPERATE Will be In The Dalles on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 12 and 13 at The Dalles Hotel, and in Pendleton on Thursday, Febru ary 14 at the Dorion Hotel. Office Hours: M a. m. to 4 p. m ONE DAY IN PENDLETON AND TWO DAYS ONLY IN THE DALLES. No Charge for Consultation Dr. Mellenthin is a regular grad uate In medicine and surgery and is licensed by the state of Oregon. 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