The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-17

was good old creature in the main, and
her house, though rather an unsavory
retreat, was the only safe asylum 1
could think of where Dolores might be
concealed until the Lisbon steamer
could carry her off from st. Michael's.
"Once safe in Lisbon the girl could be
placed with the friends of Martins 1--WE
had been hanging off and on thereabouts
for six months or so, and knew all the
English residents in the Portuguese
capitoD until the marriage could take
place and Mrs. Martin be sent home to
England. We did not anticipate any
further trouble would be taken about
her If she once got clear of st. Michael's,
and Martin, unlike some other poor
fellows that could mention, could
afford to marry whom he pleased.
Every thing was we'll in train. The
night arrived and Miss Dolores was
appointed to make her exit from the
convent at half-past eight precisely.
Martin and l were to be in hiding out
side with mules to carry us down the
hill by circuitous route to the Jews
quarter, deserted part of the town,
where Mother Zachary and her fruit
merchant lived.
But at the last moment came terri
BILE hitch When Martin and 1 applied
for leave on shore for the evening, old
Cripps told us that he intended dining
and sleeping on shore himself, at the
Consul's, and he could not give leave to
both his senior officers to absent them
selves the same evening. We could de-
eide between ourselves which was to
remain, but one must certainly do SO.
We dared not show the Captain how
dreadfully we took his sentence to heart,
but withdrew with our usual bows, look
ing unutterable things at each other.
you must co. whispered Martin;
I'm no good at all; should lose my
head and spoil it all. You must go,
Jim, old fellow, if you're still game for
it, though goodness knows how 1 shall
get through the time till 1 know you
are safe y
"There was nothing for it but for me
to go as Martin said, for he was so excit-
ed he would have 'boshed' the whole
thing. So, by and by, having given the
Captain, in his full dress togs, the pre-
cedence by about half an hour, 1 was
rowed ashore just about sunset. and told
my men to he ready to take me off again
to the Valeria at ten that evening. 1
went round to the plaza and hired a
mule, avowedly for ride into the coun-
try and miserable brute 1 got, for all
the animals were out except this one, at
the consular dinner party. L dawdled
about the town for while, then, after
the Angelus had finished singing and the
dusk began to creep down, / turned my
beasts head up narrow side street,
which led to the very wall of Santa
Agata.
"There was scarcely any one about,
for the natives have an idea that the
hour after sunset is unwholesome in the
outer air; so made my way up the
street unnoticed by any one, except that
at turn of the road saw the sharp
eyes of Carmen, the market woman,
glancing at me, first suspiciously, then
knowingly, as she descended the hill
with her empty baskets piled On her
back. Very soon was safely landed at
the appointed spot, a thick clump of
coarse elder bushes which grew close
under a small stone window belonging
to some outer buildings of the convent
kitchen department. The window was
good bit above my head, and so deeply
imbedded in thickness of the wall that
it was only by standing well out from
the building that could see into the
aperture, which was secured on the
inside by screen of wire trellis work
such as is often used over larder win
dows.
"This was the opening which Carmen
was to have loOsened, and sure enough,
after short spell of waiting 1 could
plainly hear rustling and rummaging
inside. Then hand pulled back the
screen and minute after something
soft and black, of no particular outline
whatever, filled up the window frame
and came creeping outward toward the
edge of the wall. Are you ready y
asked a soft voice, almost before could
reply something jumped bang into my
outstretched arms. declare to you she
was not much bigger than good sized
kitten. Such little bit of thing as
Martins Dolores never saw In my
life. For my part i like them tall, and
broad toe. y observed tha I.iaufanant In