The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-11-11
A SPANIARD'S LOVE.

A SPANIARD'S LOVE.
1t was on il winter evening that I
went to an annual subscription ball, at
the theatre in the capital of Arragon,
Spain. The hall was well filled, the
dancers generally expert, and the
young girls charming and attractive.
Among the ladies present conspicuous
were two daughters of prominent Of
fcials. They were leaning on the arms
of their mothers. One a pale, slim
girl, with an interesting face, and a
wealth of dark, wavy hair, seemed to
he in a melancholy mood, and her
mother was endeavoring to whisper
encouraging words in her ear. Be-
hind me stood two elderly men in con-
versation.
"There is Senorita Inex," observed
that one.
EYES," replied the other, "the jour-
ney did not last as long as was antici
pated. What will Don Pablo do low ?"
"Ah, you don't seem to know that
they have come to an understanding.
The senorite is already engaged to an
other. The mother thought it advis
able to marry her to some one else as
soon as possible. l don't know that she
is so much to be pitied."
"How SOP"
"Well, Don Pablo is one of the most
Jealous men in the world. He would
have worried her to death. Her par
ents were determined to separate them.
At first they went to the commandant
and asked him to transfer Pablo to an
other garrison; but he replied that he
could not comply with their request, as
Lieut.. Pablo had always discharged his
duties to the satisfaction of his supe-
riors; and besides, that his family con-
nections justified him in becoming a
sutton for the hand Of any lady in the
province. The parents, however, were
immovable, and sent their daughter to
Burgess"
How long was she away?"
"Three months. Long enough to
forget a caprice"
care you sure that the affair is
really ended?"
ooh, there is no doubt. Inex has
written to the lieutenant informing
him that she releases him from his
promise"
But is the lieutenant willing to be
realeased ?"
"Well-no."
All, do you see. In matters of this
kind it takes to two unmake a baagain,
as we'll as to make one."
eyes, suppose it does and Pablo
does not seem to relinquish his preten-
sions, for he has written to her express
ing the wish that if she really cares for
him she will avoid all places of public
amusement. But how does it. happen
that the senorita, in defiance OF this de-
mand, comes to the ball?'
ooh, she is here in obedience to her
mothers wishes"
A third person approached the two
gentlemen, and in Spanish style he be-
gan to discuss the theme. He was a
little, nervous man, whose bald head
contrasted with his youthful face. "Do
you KNOW" said he with cnuckle,
that Lieutenant Pablo has forbidden
his ci-deuunt finance to dance?
Is it possible?"
lit is. Senorita wrote him a letter
in which she told him she was compel
led, although against her will, to at
tend the ball, and begged i'm not to
Judge her too severely, for, if she was
obliged to outwardly seem Indifferent,
she was most sad at heart. The lieu
tenant told her the mere thought of
seeing her in the arms of another man
was of itself almost sufficient to drive
him mad
The orch stra nox began to play a
spirited polka. Within two minutes
the floor was full of dancers.
Senorita Inex finally yielded. to the
opportunities of q cavalier, and, al
though deathly pale, was whirling
around the hall with the others.
"You see I was right after ALL" said
the skeptic who had doubted the depth
OF her love. $50 it goes to-day dying
and longing after one, and tomorrow
the happy bride of another. The gen.
tleman is probably her 6ancee."
II don't know; but look yonder by
the column!"
"What is it?'
'The lieutenant. Doesn't he look
like one risen from the grave? What
a face he makes over it."
"He is pale with rage"
"Ah, he hastens away-he is going
to be avenged. In another moment
you will see nina whirl past us with
some senorita, like the rest"
The conjecture was wrong. The lieu
tenant disappeared in the crowd and