"But if you will take zese
papairs, Senorita, and help to free my father--I will never be able
to repay your great kindness."
"We shall have to ask papa about it," said Bess, cautiously. "Would
you like to have him come and talk to you--he would understand about
the political side of it so much better than we would."
"I would gladly welcome ze senor," said Inez, with a graceful
dignity. "I shall be honored if he come."
"I think he'll be glad to," spoke Belle. "He loves anything about,
politics--he's a reformer, you know."
"And so was my father--he belong to ze reform party--but the others--zey
of ze old regime--zey like not reform in Sea Horse Island," chattered
Inez. "Zey lose too much money zereby. So my father he is in prison,
and I am here!" she finished, softly.
"Well, it's all dreadfully mixed up," sighed Cora, "and I believe it
will take your father, Belle, to straighten out some of the tangle.
Meanwhile, I suppose I'd better put these papers in the safe," for
Inez had thrust them into Cora's rather unwilling hands.
"Keep zern safe, if you can Senora," pleaded the girl. "Zat--zat
villain, if I must call him such--zat Valdez may come back for zem."
Mrs. Kimball started.
"Don't worry, mother," said Cora. "Jack is home now, to say nothing
of Walter and Harry."
"Oh, my poor boy!" exclaimed his mother. "I must go to him. Dr.
Blake ought to be here.
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