MRS. CARLEY. Who were taken prisoners by the Ladrones and escaped?
LOUISE. Yes! The three men who got away from Cebu in a boat and were
picked up by a German steamer. It seems more than probable. They got one
name wrong in the despatches, making it "_Richard Cotten_"--who was also
missing--instead of "_Richard Coleman_."
MRS. CARLEY. But how did you find out all this?
LOUISE. From Mrs. Coleman. And it's all in the morning paper, and we
never took the trouble to look!
MRS. CARLEY. I read the society notes--it wasn't in there.
LOUISE. Well, the Colemans saw it and telegraphed at once to Washington
for confirmation.
MRS. CARLEY. Did they get it?
LOUISE. Not yet. But we're all in the greatest hopes!
MRS. CARLEY. But if Dick Coleman was with those other men in San
Francisco, why didn't he telegraph home?
LOUISE. That's the one thing that makes still a dreadful doubt. [_Rises
and rings the bell._] The Colemans are nearly mad waiting for their
reply from Washington.
MRS. CARLEY. Shall you tell Georgiana?
[_She rises._
LOUISE. Not till we are a little more certain. It would be dreadful to
open the wound of her grief again for nothing.
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