San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-09

BY BONA.
CHAPTER XIV.

good Oarsman is he. The salt breeze fans
her cheeks it plays with cafessing little
touches about her bronze hair. The foamy
spray flies up and vets her dark serge gown.
Conversation languishes; what, indeed, is
there TO say? Over their heads the white
winged gulls fly: what happy creatures
they seem TO be. The sun is giving us good
taste of him before he dieS his daily death.
All the sky is streaked with his brillancy,
and Eeanors soft hair looks as il King
Midas had laid his hand upon it. So they
float on; she is leaning over the boat She
has bit of white may-flOwer in her hand,
and is trailing it through the water. How
the waves kiss and cling to her poor white
blossom.
Joe" she says.
"Wellw
Joe" not lifting up her head, have you,
did you hear that Mr.. Carew was engaged to
Miss Stanley"
Yes; heard IT,"
:, He does not see ut !. to add that ne knows
for the report
She steadies herself and stares at the
flower.
II suppose It will be very sOon."
No answer, Then, after pause. which
he has spent in staring at her ear, Ut Is all
he can see), he says indIfferently, You
were very much in love with Mr.. Carew be-
fore you did me the honor to marry me,
were you not?'
All, she does not need any red wine now.
The little white blossom has foated of
amid the waves; she has lifted both her
hands 10 cover her poor crlmsOned lace.
Then, with sudden impulse, she takes
them away ana looks Drayeiy up al MIN;
Yes, dld love NM why should l De
ashamed to own 1t? lie was well worth the
loving.
An angry pang shoots through Aliens
heart Ii shows Itself III the depths or his
lightgrey eyes.
And may ask'why II was ever broken
orr he says c0ldly:
broken onI echoes the glri. lhere
was never anything between u.s..
Oh, a o one-slaed aitalr! NO answer
ont{ nei cneens na.ie AGAIN.. ,,-, A..
see y, now continues Joe, Nlocking the
aS h', ,, ON n n,S =, 9urse uluefS'ana
Why you conu s%s s W marty me- am
giau hdo w, nol II mas HeeR puZZ,ng my
lnlhu ever since our WeGdlng tour. Married
3ut EL P,que' uiliis ol all others' the lhost
io S.in - ,y,,.. - a..
,aIraa 0nIT, H. ,,;ntt aIioWea oan Sli9
l,aSoS H ny VIZ gS GiSa ooloL jul. GT IN anu
so ssS' anu iler EYES refuse u 70 meet MS.
must say uili,k u rainier unfair 70 me-
ePoaaihhS assIHs1nyly' W use ihe as inc PIN
W S st,cn I Iil,i f WILL hos o,,o q, .o,,
sba crie sie ~ T vsrned n nVc n ,ha @ YOU
b,'t ,,a,, Guild nnt 1871 Uu III ano
~, Dot ft Du MU ~ nT ha ttem ~ mt LOU pau
y ~ at t Int ~ " "la' Salu' anu ho"-how
IL . ~ w id IT,, hon, , :, ,o,,
10 uou inoayohS! now Was ! W knoW1
ao;n % fraa1a int, ooio aoI 'eii you were
SEs u ~ i EIeae ,n'O ail Ge4G a. IL were.
x~sre eJ thsn anh ubo w zen rI'h MOL u. "at you
tbot must have haan So Jro aio "o"' Uiihh
'liat mus NAV nave Deem = urealn ,o,
,,4ha n uiT 81 LII ,tuch Jna.seu .,uou
,,os 0h ~ con VIII ranh snor Ia aaugn. wen,
;vant 20 i'd to,tethor DO oi all S'ohpuS We
lovely dav # was and how "6 6aapt,fnI Ia" voS
iooSed tbonSSt ~nu did 1m NOT cara for YOU
CSe So much Ss for ea not care f0r any
h one t u4T III; Ilo' say "ord' she' 100 remem-
'' ,,1 'll"' i.uI. ,, ooy ho roo. =,
HOW gracious you Were me ny So oe v an,
looking az ner as th9Ig 10 Tea orn mei t bey
heart You were KIND ana LOVING thhen,
and IL loved you as we seiuO D 1 uO' 10y, UoIy
ISL III II may aNe See e DG' veil Hn9 ''i'
Tina, III mas mol lasted very well ,roddor;n,
Mhat 10 you S5n. .,,i Al ALL ,IIitS
under an the tan gu t1lnK n,Teu VIII
Rose Darrel. lou hiistahe, miv t;,td W nv
ca some comps1lonsn.p u LEV von SioI R ol
ing snuppea anu sieereu 1890, a. ~ S09 D'"u''
aoeS not NAN Up III % tbat she save sad
ly. Il know 1t TOO wen already Ina nave al
ways prided myself on my good looks, put
nOw-now l would be Wiling 10 chanSe
with almost anyone. .,.
Hoo Loved you, ne goes on, re sS on
ms oars Wnlie ms hliUa travels UVIt d se ia nd
qnforgotten past; GU was my lueai, am. anu
never do9Dted that you loyeu me ultl I tliat
evening. DO you rememoeTT YOU salu you
liked Dallas CareW pest how uisuesSeu
was he laughs Dltterly'
DID say soE MOULD
Yes; put even theh coqid hot ana "ou Quiz
not believe you. 1 do not THINK ever gave
up the hope OF winning you some day.
III would nave Deen Detter lor you you
had; II you nad gone away anu ioiso'Veh
me- she cries.
DO you think SOP Well, perhaps you are
right" ,.., i'll r H.
Slence o Iff bea bau r w nine and ser eyes
=. fearful eyes they are-iooK plteousiy up W
his.
"As you loved me then" me says broken
~, "loye me now. nave very lew people
to care for me, Joe, and II we nave MADE
mistake we must abide by II. Ihere Is no
and, after all, life is not 50 long nor so pleas
ant that We should spend IL quarreing.
.., How s stiil It is S. 10, Az, 10, ,o,,rnov
And s sSR' dead lips smiled at the twilight plain,
Half fallen across the threshold Of the sun
Never to rise again"
Over the green waters the lights from the
grey lighthouse blaze forth. Softly they
SHINE upon tne ocean. T. ar on We peacn thc
are gathering in their harvest OF
the sea-" And she has but to close her eyes
and she Is back on that moonlit river. She
can almost smell the faint, sweet smell OF
those acacia blossoms. Are they blooming
into the cold, heartless river? Would she
were tnere now! oIe OPENS heI eyesl az
COOS glorious sunllgnt mas laueu, hlsnS 10
swiftly, n0iselessly advancing. 81 am cold"
she says, with half shudder, "iet us hurry,
Joe.n
SO across the white-crested waves the