The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-07

$50 it seems," returned. saw that, il
he meant 10 have arrow, he didn't feel quite up
to the mark yet, and wanted to talk himself
into the necessary iury; so 1 thought 1 might
venture to light another cigar; which did,
loosing nv grip Of the pistolbutt for mo
ment, but keeping an eye on my man the Whle.
| He actually gnashed his yellow teeth at me.
He looked so unutterably hideous, and at the
same time 30 intensely ludlcrous while he was
doing it, that I laughed.
! "Take care! !" he screamed shiyering with
wrath. 'You laugh now; let him laugh that
wins Cdran,bG, you have not won yet.
1No? ?" inquired, insolently.
'sNoi curse you you never shall
81 .Bah who % SAYS SO, ?; % my good man 2"
,'You 2" sneered, rather enjoying his fury.
and with no mind TO spare him any stab
could give him. sYou? You are madder than
I thought you we're"
'sYou shall never have herl Madre de Dos
never"
You're wrong. Ishan."
He smiled in 8 CHASTITY fashion with his
white, dry lips.
no he said, and il his tone. was calmer,
it was twice as dangerous" and threatening
now. Nel I shall keep my oath-be sure OF
that. Listen |" he went on, after pause, ana
| with that same forced calmness; from e the
more. I have loved her-this woman, who"
"Who, from that same day, and each dav
more and more, has loathed and hated you"
struck in. "Well p" =.
By the light OF the lamp above us could
zee his yellow face turn the ashen hue of a
dead mans, as that cruel taunt OF mine hit
home.
. He covered his face With his hands. and ut
tered faint dull moan. as though he had, in
very deed, got his deaLh-burt.
The crisis was evidently approaching; tho
madman could hardly contain himself much
longer. In another minute he might be at
be, should inevitably have to shoot him. AL
varez Smith was by no means the sort OF person
| to stand on much ceremony with when the
| instincts he inherited from the Spanish Creole
! OF mother Of his were in the ascendant; and
| it was his life or mine. ! began to think. l
! drew the revolver quietly out OF my pocket,
and covered him from my mee In anticipation
sNow," he hissed, "win you promise never
to marry this womsn?",
'.I1l see you in Gehenna frstl"
"You will not?"
"Contound you. mol But I'll promise you
this, (" added, as l saw him crouching like q
| jaguar for spring at my throat. THAT, mad
man or no madman, il you lay finger on me,
I'll shoot you IN your tracks without further
warning"
Raising my right hand quickly, / covered
/
ped back into his seat with q hideous Spanish
blasphemy; most Unexpectedly bafded and
sThat's right said, considerably relieved
| to find he was not so mad as to have lost all
fear for himself, and put me under the painful
necessity OF winging him; "of course you
didn't expect me 10 be 80 well able to take care
Of myself; and suppose you've only knife.
I don't much think you'll kill me tonight,
| after all, though we are alone, &C., as you we're
good enough to remiud me just now"
"Oh |" be snarled, 81 shall kill you yet J"
Il differ with you there. My own impress
sion is that you'll be in Hanwell or Charenton
before long. Meanwhile, let me advise you
not to try this again. II you do, remember,
I've warned you."
He flung curse at me, and, turning away
rolled himself up in his cloak, and never
moved again till the Mail ran into the Dover
station. Then he rose suddenly, opened the
"Aud 80 you ran away from me, Helen 2"
1t was some three or four hours after my ar
rival in Llndenbad. l had forced the con-
signe. carried Lady Oswestry's rooms in tho
Russe by storm, utterly discOmftips the
garrison by the suddenness and vlgor OF my
as ,ault, insomuch TINT after brief, hopeless
struggle, it surrendered at discretion. My
AS~
! life. to mine forever.
Under the summer stars, in the hush of the
! summer night, sbe aud we're sitting on the
balcony Of their room that overlooked the
river and the purple woods beyond; at her feet,
as I Loved best to cit, and watch the great
violet eyes tnrn slowly on me; at her feet, with
her hand in mine again.
And go you ran away from me, Helen ?"
What else could do? I was so weak with
you, Frank; so weak against my love. Aud.
| for your cake, felt it ought not to be. So /
ran away. It was terrible work to get Amy
bly, cruel to me; she fought for you. How
loved her when she did, But would 60; and
| 80 we went.
s'And then you thought you were safe?''
"Saier. Away from you, was stIong.'
"And you think you would be out OF my
reach long ?"
She gave me smile, delicious as caress.
J Then she said:
"Qui sait3 I thought you would come, but
not so soon. Not till I should have time to
harden my heart. knew was doing right.
Frank. But thought, too, too, that might
| Her face told me the rest.
'Enfant! What had you to do with right
or wrong If you loved me2 You were mine.
How could you ever think should let you gop
| Let you co. who have given me new faith,
new hope. new life-made life precious to me,
now-how could II Helen, my Helen, nothing
can take you from me now. You cannot take
yourself from me-"
From my arms. where she bad nestled, on
sudden she started.
"There!" she whispered, pointing to the
deserted river-walk; "there Did you not see
him?'
On her face. yet wet with happy tears, had
come the hunted look once more; in ner voice
was the old fear, though my arms and my love
! were about her. i knew what bad done this;
the sight of man for whom was beginning
| to feel something OF the hate that kills.
IT saw no one, you know. And if Alvarez
Smith wants to do me mischief. why on earth
should he turn out and do melodrama IN the
moonlight threaten with imaginary daggers.
and that sort Of thing-to put me on my
guard ?"
II saw him standing there, "and she pointed
again straight before her.
And how vas he dressed2"
"In sort OF cloak, 1t seemed. I saw him
throw it back when he lifted his arm"
"And then he disappeared-wh
"Into the shadow Of the trees"
That wes perfectly possible. couple OF
strides would take any one out of sight, who
had stood even in the centre Of the broad alice.
II Helen had really seen Alvarez Smith, be
might be hidden IN that shadow even now,
watching us. Ny bloud began to stir at this.
had been just week In the Bad when the
denocement Of this story came out.
We had gone up the river one morning In