San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-11


Your relations, then. You belong
TO some one. Suppose?'
"She gave me another nod.
Yes she answered. nibbling rap
idly. i belong to William Jones
"'Oh, TO him. said. feelingas famil-
lar with the name as if | had known it
all my life. Bat he's not your father
SHE shook her head cmphatically.
But of course he's Il relation
Another shake of the head.
But yOu belong to him. said, con
siderably puzzled. Where were you
bOrn?'
~ wasn't born ut all. answered Matt
Il come ashore
This was what the immortal Dick
Swiyeller would have called a stag
gerer.' | looked ut the girl again. i'll
speeding her curiously from top to toe.
Without taking her eyes from mine.
she stood on one leg baShfully. and
lidgeted with the other foot. She was
certainly not bad-looking. though evil
IDENTITY very rough diamond. Even the
extraordinary hpad-gcar became her
we'll
81 know what You WAS doing there.
she cried suddenly. pointing to my easel,
You was painting
The discovery not being 4 brilliant
one. | took no trouble 10 confirm it; but
Matt therrupom walked over to the can
vas, and, STOPPING down. examined it
with mdisguised curiosity Presently
she glanced again at me
81 know what MS is. She cried.
pointing. It's water. And that, the
sky. And that's trees. Audth"~, here
for moment she seemed iN doubt;
hut added. hastlly-'p.gS.
Now. as the subject represented u
flock of sheep budding together close
to pond on rainy common. this sag
geStiOn was not Uycr-COmPlmcntarN 10
my artistic skill. | was OH the point OF
correcting my astute critic. when she
added after moment : further insp"c-
ton:
"'NO; they re sheep. Look ye now,
know! They're sheep
pray, don't touch the paint. sug-
gested, approaching her in some alarm.
1T is wet, and comes off.
'She drew back cautiously: and then,
as preliminary to further conyersa-
tlon, sat down on the grass, giving me
lurther occasion TO remark h"f length
ana SllapeliiieSS OF illlih' mere was
free-and-eaSineSS. not to say bOldmPSS.
ABOUT her manner, tempered lhoUgh II
was WIN guStS"l paHi'l'I'h"SS when be-
gan to amUSp me
tah you pant faces: She asked,
obviously.
i replied that l could even aNp'r" to
mat accomplishments. by winch I'M
derStOOd her |" mean portra!t-paimting.
II need were. III" gave quiet nod OF
satisfaction.
IheTe was painter rhap came 10
ADerglyn last summer. ami he painted
William Jones.
Indeed: said. wilhm assumption
oil friendly interest.
eS; | wanted him 1" pant ne, but
he wouldn't. liepalnted William Jones
father, though. aI"n" W IIIlam Jones.
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promptly as possible put the ques-
tloh: 1ou have not t"ld me now on
you are
Fifteen, she replied, wlti"'lt heSi'
tatlon'
should have taken you 10 he M
least year Older
she shook her head.
its ilfteen year come NhlteSun-
Ilue, she explained. since come