"Do they suspect him at all ?"--he asked, hurriedly.
"How should they?
He goes by the name of Guest--which was his father's real name until changed by an act of legislation when he first came here.

Nobody remembers it.

We only found it out from his papers.

It was quite legal, as all his property was acquired under the name of West." Carroll rose and buttoned his overcoat.

"I presume you are able to offer conclusive proofs of everything you have asserted ?" "Perfectly." "I am going to the Mision Perdida now," said Captain Carroll, quietly.
"To-morrow I will bring you the answer--Peace or War." He walked to the door, lifted his hand to his cap, with a brief military salutation, and disappeared..