Overcome by exhaustion, he had fallen
asleep after a time, and he was awak
ened by the sounds of a quarrel. On
opening his eyes he saw two Amer
icans, one of whom was Senor Cort
landt. and the other Kirk Anthony.
Being utterly ignorant of their lan
guage. he had no means of knowing
what was said, nor did he consider the
altercation serious until the large man
shot the Senor Cortlandt Then, being
terror stricken at what he had beheld,
he had run away, entirely forgetting
his toothache, which was quite gone.
That was all he knew of the matter.
He recognized Anthony as the man
who had done the shooting. He was
troubled greatly with toothaches.
Wade was called next and told the
story of that damning incident at the
supper party, being corroborated by
the others. Then there were several
witnesses who swore to inconsequent
things.
For once in his careless life the
young man realized that be was face
to face with something bigger and
stronger than his own determination,
and it daunted him. He began to see
that he had underestimated these for
eigners. for it seemed an easy matter
to convict an innocent man in these
Central American courts. Suddenly he
decided to cable for Darwin K. An
thony—the one man who was strong
enough to save hitn^
('i'0 lie cuu
un ed.)
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS
AWD FOR
HEARING
THEREON.
Estate of William Lange.
In Probate Court.
STATE OP MINNESOTA,
County of Mower—ss.
In the Matter of the Estate of
William Lange. Decedent.
