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"Thank you," said Myra, greatly interested "I thought brigands were a

thing of the past, and what you have toldto visit

Spain It would be tre to be captured and held to

ransoand"

"Dear lady, if you were captured by El Diablo Cojuelo, all the riches

of the Indies would not ransom you," Don Carlos responded, with a s white teeth "Cojuelo is a

connoisseur of feh to capture

you, I feel certain nothing would induce him to part with you"

"There must certainly be the equivalent of a Blarney Stone in Spain,"

laughed Myra, nodding good-bye and turning away to rejoin her friends

She ht at Lady Trencrouished in full evening kit, withon his left lapel and a jewelled

decoration on his breast He recognised her instantly, and h the crowd that surrounded her at the first

interval

"I shall have the pleasure of the next dance with you, Miss Rostrevor?"