The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-11-12

Ma<lro dc Dios' the other dav . s,s sas esyinal
rabrlc* of tho governor, Pho p f%e makes nes
identical ,, Thou knowest her NJ M. The SAM,
asked concerning thee YESTERDAY 'ssusl Sic
With the embarrassment ~
man, Miguel tried to onnaaa an underhra
but failed dismally. Indeed, ! t sae'aserna
black eyes Of Carmen had already, lv'i IT. tAastb
perfect and accepted work. anS u aoas thei,
induced tho application for victo, uaa partly
however "r d'sscmblcd so far as to as. . H.
But will she not knowsn " 'SA'
"Shc l.; child"
"But vii! she not talkYu
mo mot IL cay nay, and If thou-eh N,
This 1is of flattcry Which bv thu a nlsael'
a NC for victor; niece did not inc, H "ay'Ha
ably to Miguel had its effect Th favor.
hands over the table. aBut s. 10y saook
what is to To done must DO done sa, n'sns
the moment" said Victor, 1and th", ', AT
1t DONE Eth. Docs it content tbaa s'a n, ss
comet" '''ee: Then
Miguel nodded to Manuel "w. m
turn in an hour; wait thou here y "~ |"
Ihoy filed out into the dark, irregular s4..
Fate lcd them to pass the office Of H. " "s.
at tho moment that Concho mou.. 'uua
horse. The shadows concealed them u' t.. Ills
their rival, but they overheard ths ,,. rum
functions of tho president to the unluc. st ILL.,
"Thou hearest?" said Miguel, clutch;,, L.
companions arm. '''' uS
"1cs, !" said Victor. "But let him I'll,
friend; in one hour wo shall have th,t ' ,s'.
shall arrive years before him." and with '1'
complaccnt chuckls' they pissed u,sson a 40
unheard until, abruptly turning q ro,ns a
they stopped before IL low adobe bo,sc
1t had once been somewhat prctont;o..
dwelling, but had evidently folIowr, tho ~.
tunes ut its late owner, Don Juan Er;m.s
who had offered it as II last SOD tt, Tho thra,
headed Cerbe'us that guarded the FL nefu,;o
Plutonean treasures, and who had sw,,Iow.a
it in single suln 1t was in very had c.sa
The burrows Of its rc,l-tilc,l roof looke, NC !,
they we're tho results Of ase and ,lecrcptue
Its best room had a n1usty sunell; Their, wac
the dampncss Of deliqucscencs, il, its slow d.
cay, but tho Spanish Californians were spus;,
bic architects, and its massive walls and mar.
titions dctlcl the earthquake thrill, and all
the year round kept an even Temperature
within.
Victor led Miguel through q low anita room
into plainly furnished chamber, where Car.
men sat painting.
Now Mistress Carmen was hit of
PAINTER, in II pretty little way, with all the
vague lnngings Of an artist, hut without
fear, the artists stcadfast soul. She recoc.
nizctl beauty and form as child might, with
out understanding tho. meaning, and some
h,'w failed tn mako ti.cnl even interpret her
won'an's moods, which surely We're natures
tn. So she painted everything with this in.
nocent Inst Of tho eye-flowcrs, birds, insects,
landscapes and Ggurcs-vith a joyous fidelity,
hut no parti' nlar poetry. The birds never
sang to her hat one song, the flowers or trees
spake hut one language, and her skies never
frightened except in color. She came out
strong OH tho Catholic saints, and would toss
yon mp clcanly-shavcn Aloysius, sweetly
destitute Of expression, or dropsical, lethar
gic Madonna that you couldn't have told
from an old master, so had it was. Her
faculty of faithful reproduction even showed
itself in f;'nciful lettering, and lattcry in the
imitation Of fabrics and signatures Indeed,
with her eye FOR beauty of form, she had al
ways cxccl!cd il pcnmanship at the convent,
an accomplishment which tho good sisters
bcld III great rcpute.
In person she was petite, with still un'
form"! sirlish figure, perhaps little too flat
across the hack, and with possibly too great
tendency to boyish stride III walking. Ter
brow, covered by hluc-black hair, was low
AMI frank and honest: her eyes, q veiy,' daHS
hazel, were rot particularly large, but r"tleF
heavily frricht~l in their melancholy ll,S
will, slccplcss passion; Lcr nose was OF tl,; III
important character which no man le:.f.l
hers; ber mouth wa; small and strlls!'s' CT
teeth white and regular. Tho whole eSl''es'o"
Of her face was pipuancv that might ne SUI
tlllc,l by tenderness; or made l,al2:c.cA, y
anger. Atl,rcscat it was a salad III "''"a
tho oil and vinegar were dcftly romo'lN''
Tho astutc feminine readcr will CT course u u,
dc,stanl that Thu, i; the ordinary sul'f.'.s 1"
masculine criticism, and ut once make " -
mind both u.; to the character OF the 'o"I7
lady and tho competency OF the ernie gay
know that Irathcr liked her, And her is'
tons are somewhat important III '''S "
racious history. ,,,
She looked up, started to her fces' i''s'a
her black brows at the intruder, ou'' a. -
sign from l,cr uncle, showed her w'll'o 'ce''
AMI spakc.
1t was only sentence, and rather a ,om ~,
monplacc one at that; but if she coulu I :1,t
put her voice upon her canvas sno luz I."e !,
have retrieved the Garcia fortunes -"
was SO musical, so tender, SO syint".n
10 mcl,xiions. SO repletc with the gr'c'ous'' ~.
hn coOn1o0 10 law -