Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-11-16
ON A MOUNTAIN LEDGE.

on A MOUNTAIN LEDGE.
"Senoriia s.,., Ssnori,s :" reached
In = low whisper the ears Of senon'a
Merceds. OaAdslouPe UrenAdos. I. she
.wung lsrily ia the hammock on the
wide versndAh.
"who i. IT," she asked in spanish.
pablo =" came in the same low
whisper
GOOD Pablo. come here"
A tall negro. showing In the slightly
eoppcry hue Of he skin the mixture OF
IndiAn blood. stole cautiously across the
open space be,~ssn the house and the
thick bushes. ard Almo.i crawling.
reached The place where hi' young mis-
trrs. was.
"w,ll. P.b,o. wh., nsws." eagerly
demanded the yoans girl.
"All losi. 'enori,a All Jos,
"And boa Eanqae ,
Goa, in ds bush dr, hidin n De
canes.
"Ba, Why don', he come in What
do. be van, 20 .,Ay there fof
"lnaian, chs,ia' Of him - De CAnes'
no.. answered the pecn grsvely.
"Whu
eyes. .eaori,.. 70 fo'r day. nov.
And D3a Earique he say. mu. se' 1
mountains nov. quick"
"WhI doe. be want
want some money. an some food
"a some clothes. 'snori,a
The yoang Eirl he'iiA,ei = moment
.nd then ,aii. sharply;
"Pablo, 80 10 Don Enrique. and tell
him 20 20 to the old hat down in The
s~amp III be there in half an hour.
A. the peoa turned TO execute the OF.
der. the girl nn into the house. and
onec more silence fell uPoa the place.
Tie revoluiioa. one Of those un'ueoes'-
fal revolutions. Of which the history Of
Colombia ], full. ~ss just over. aud D1n
Ear.qae Gonrals, found himself on the
lo.ing side.
Undo Ordinary eiream',anees he
nigh, have surrendered; bu, when be
heard ,ha, the dreaded Indians Of the
srea, Canca Valley h.i been placed up
"a hi. track. be knew there was nothing
TO 30 BAT 20 hy. For these men are
noted in the northern part Of South
America for the fact that they never give
o. take quarter. They are like human
nloolkoand.. their one idea !, TO kill.
Doa Eariqas had good reason TO make
most Of hi, time with the CaneAno. after
him.
Down In the cane swamp stool an
old palm house, the sides made OF up
nsht stick. split from the black palm.
.nd l..hed 10 o..pieces. and the roof
heavily iha,ched Here. sitting on .
los in the ,haiow. W. D1a Eaiiqae. .
Young fellow abou, twen,y seven. while
Wing on the ground Was tbs pson.
Pablo.
Suddenly the peOn raised hi. head.
"Some,hin' comm. senoi
The tso listened fOr . moment. aud
then through the only path to the hat
came large mule. .Addled and bridled.
followed by another one. upou which
va, the ssnohia
boa Eanque had the girl in his arms
amos, before the animal stopped NOV
ins. and the whispered word, OF en-.
dearmeni. the rAp,urous kisses and looks
shich the two gave each other, told the
old, old story plainly.
"Ba,. dearest, why have you got your
habit" he asked q, last.
"Becau.e-becagse - oh. 'Rique.
you mus, ls, me 20 with you !" she said.
trembling as she spoke.
"Imp1s,ible You do no, know what
this nip means
"Bai | must. To-day" she wen, on.
With blush. would have been our
ssdding. and | canno,-l cannot let
you 20 alone
ia gre., perplexi,y. Doa Bariqis
looked a, the peon for advice.
Pablo had served hi, father as we'll r
himself. aud P.bl)'' forsfaihsr had
served the house. first a, slaves. aud then
a, freemsn. ever since the first 0onIales
bad settled in the valley. Ia reply to
the look. the peon gave a eran,.
"Bu,--bat. Mercedes. said the youns
man, turning to her. "ho~ can you
cro.. the mountains"
"Pablo can carry ms-esn you not
P.blol"
EYES, ssnori,a," the pson saswsrei.
"vsry WE'LL" be answered In a rssisa'
"a tone "Bit we've got to star, nos.
Come oa. Paolo."
Placing the girl on her mule again.
Don Eariqas moun.sd his. aud. led by
the psou. the party made their way out
Of the cane into the main roai. Once
on this. they pushed ahead rapidly, P.o'
10 keeping up wi,hOu, the slightest dill
fculty.
The road, which at fr, was good.
gradually 20, wider AMI rousher, until,
a. they vent up the mountains. the
mules would stop and pant every nov
aud then before b.ginuing one OF the
frirh,ial climbs. during which they had
10 almos, spring from rock 70 rock.
Still up. aud up. the mules climbed,
urged on a. much ~ possible by thei'