The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04

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chase them, Senor Don. replied the chief,
and that is the hand of your daughter
Dolores
Never, exclaimed Don Francisco Il
would rather see her married to that
young invader, much as hate the whole
race of the AmericanOs than to you
Lieut. Ives, who was becoming more
and more impressed with the Donna
Dolores, thought to himself that the don's
alternative would not be such bad idea
after all
We'll, we have no time to parley now,
said FL Tigere The Americanos will be
down on us before we know it, | will
take my prisoners with me to place of
safety and in the morning they shall die.
At that moment the report of musket
was heard outside the house. and Ell
Tigere and his followers rushed to the
doors and windows in alarm. A party of
American soldiers was coming up to the
house on the double-quick. and the shot
had been fired by one OF the Mexican
pickeis to give warning of their approach.
The Mekicans ran to their horses which
were tethered near the house. but before
they could mount the Americans were
struggle ensued The prisoners, being
the thongs which bound their hands being
cut by some who had come to their rescue,
they too joined in the fray
The moon had now risen and looked
down through the palm trees and giant
ferns on the scene of tumult below The
don and his daughter stood in the door
way lcooking helplessly on. To them it
mattered little which side won, for one
part was that of the invaders whom they
hated, and the other that of the banditti,
whom they feared. Donna Dolores, how
ever, secretly hoped that, which ever way
the conflict was decided, the handsome
young lieutenant (who had seized sword
in his left and was fighting as best he
could) would come out Of the affray in
! safety In less time than it takes 10 tell
all this the Mexicans had either been killed
or put to flight, and Don Francisco found
| himself face to face with Capt Kirkland
who had commanded the rescuing party.
| The captain was for taking the
! don prisoner, charging him with
having been in league with the guerrillas,
| and having brought about the capture of
| Lieut.. Ives and his men. The lieutenant,
however, warmly interceded for the don,
and told how he had stood between Ell
! Tigere and his prisoners short time be-
| fore. On hearing this the captain bowed
| low to the don and thanked him in courte-
! Gus phrases for what he had done, speak
| ing all the time in English, however, of
which Don Francisco understood never a
word Dolores, who had been educated
| in England and spoke English perfectly,
| translated the purport of the captains
words to her father, and then turning
grateful look upon Lieut. Ives, gave her
hand 10 him. The young man bowed
low and pressed it to his lips The hand
was quickly withdrawn and the don
frowned, but the Donna Dolores smiled
and blushed Thus they parted
| Days and weeks passed. At length
| Vera Cruz fell, and Gen. Scott began his
5rand march for the capital The great
oattles which marked his passage of the
| Cordileras are matters of history Finally
the day came when, over those causeways
| ing cavaliers of CorteZ Quitman and
Worth stormed the gates of the City Of
Mexico Lieut.. Ives won much of glory
in ell the battles which led up to the final
victory, and in that last engagement re-
ceived serious wound which placed him
in the hospital. The hospital in which he
lay was within the city, and every day the
good sisters of charity, who bestowed
| their care alike on friend and foe, came
about, comforting the sick and giving
words of peace to the dying. One day
there came to the hospital with one of the
sisters novice, whose white veil showed
that she had not yet taken those solemn
VOWS which separated her from the world
The sister came and stood by the bedside
of the wounded lieutenant, and with her
the novice.
The young man raised his eyes and re-
cognized in the novice Dolores Monte,
yerte The recognition was mutual, and
Dolores visited the bedside of the lieuten-
ant every day after that; he would have no
one else minister to him. Aud why should
she not? Had she not resolved to be a
sister of charity and spend her life in at
tending the sick? Her father had joined
the army, been killed in battle, and she
was an orphan now. I he result was that
when, after a month, Lieut.. Ives was well
| enough to return % the United States,
Dolores, reconsidering her determination
to enter convent, went with him as his
bride, and Edward Ives was no longer the
bachelor" of his regiment