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The only ones awake on the Warrenia were those whose duties required them to be alert, and Captain Winton, knowing that General Bambos was absent, held the whistle mute as he went by. If the yacht Warrenia and its crew and passengers had been called upon to pass through a series of stirring incidents while in tropical America, a rare and most gratifying experience now came to them.
"It was easier for him to see the danger which was not there, or for him to make the Señoritas believe he saw it." "General Yozarro is devilish sly; let us go." Since every one in tropical America called Warrenia Rowland by the surname of Major Jack Starland and the two were accepted as brother and sister we will do the same for the present, and thus avoid possible confusion.
Before reaching its present destination, the Warrenia came to the little republic of Zalapata, where a pause was made for two or three days, during which the Major and the young ladies called upon General Bambos, the President and Dictator, who treated them with the utmost consideration.
Followed through the glasses, it disclosed two seamen swaying the oars, but when it returned after a brief absence, it held six passengers. The crew of the crippled tug was fast growing and General Yozarro had certainly made good use of his time. The twelve-pounder of the Warrenia was loaded to the muzzle. Six rifles were distributed among the men, several of whom had revolvers and all knives.
Warrenia Rowland at the same time became a student in the famous young ladies' seminary, to which further reference will be made later, and the two were graduated within a few weeks of each other. It would be supposed that the military career upon which Major Jack Starland entered would have extinguished his love of boating and the water, but it did not.
Because of this remote relationship, so triturated indeed that it had really vanished into nothingness, Jack Starland and Warrenia Rowland called themselves cousins. It was just like the headstrong, impulsive, mischievous youth to go still further.
"Warrenia," he called, "come aboard!" She was alert and moved quickly up the plank. "Now, Captain, steam out into the river." "Pardon me, do you not wish the gangplank drawn in?" "We have no time; do not wait."
He had told his "sister" Warrenia of his narrow escape from playing the part of a fool and ingrate, and naturally she was horrified. "There never would have been the slightest excuse for such folly and wickedness," said she, as the two sat in a palace car of the overland train, flying eastward; "you have the kindest of fathers and you can never do enough to repay your obligations to him."
The South American insisted that Warrenia should make her long-promised visit, and the daughter of the North was eager to do so. The journey, however, was so long and difficult that no practicable way presented itself until in a twinkling, as may be said, the path was cleared by the decision of Major Starland to double Cape Horn with his yacht.
"Impossible as it seems, Manuela, I must believe you. How can you live here?" she asked with impulsive disgust; "you cannot trust any man in this country." "Ah, my dear Warrenia, they are not all alike; I certainly know one who is different from the two we have been talking about." And the dark countenance became delightfully darker, and was aglow with the radiance of perfect love and trust.
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