Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07

not from your llfc al homer" sho 90. I
served. after the exchange Of few
weather remarks and conversational civ
illtlcs
$50 dlsetent. " he replied, plhai u u
were not Tor the tailor'e mark upon
my clothes should begin 70 doub, my
Identity"
She made polite attempt to suilc, but
did not conceal the fact that shu did not
what he meant And how
does the tailor's mark hulp your she
asked innocently
Finding that my clothes wer made on
broadway, | take Il for granted that !
must be the same nayard iiayiNnd who
left New York some siN months ago"
'Ah, sectn
Snc smiled again, and now With real
pleasure. She evidently regarded the
slightest deviation from the dead level 81
commcnplacc ar a mark OF htilliancy, II
was easy, ilayiland thought, 10 get
reputation for intellect IN Cuba. His awe
of Donna Irene, asa remote aud unap.
prOaohable being aavo way 20 u feeling OF
ncarncss aud Tenderness
"ll you do not object, tell me what
made Won come 10 Cuba," she said, rails.
ing her great black eyes and gazing a.;
him With a kind % mournful interest.
"Wuh pleasure
lie was about TO give an account OF his
meeting with Don Alfonso de Vargas, but
a loud chord from the guitar OF DIR, Bar.
ros suddenly warned him 10 be ON his
guard. A sense Of Spanish Insecurity
took possession OF him.
"it Is difficult 10 give any one definite
reeson," he observed, laughing, "but the
principal reason was that fell In love
with the Cuban eenorltas on the cigar.
boxes and had no peace until met ,hcm
In the flesh. You know they gaze 80 he.
wltchlnply ut you over their fans, aud
have such fascinating little curls In front
Of their rs--hcsu.eatchcrs, think We
call them that II ~ not In human power
10 resist them
Donna Irene looked little surprised at
tlrrt but accepted the remark with entire
litcmlneHs
"rhat Is very strange" she said al
never Thought they were pretty The la
dies on the cigar boxes"
"Ah, but you are not Judge. Beau
tIful women are rarely good Judges OF
beauty"
He did not practice generally this
knock-down style OF compliment, and he
ihohfN WIN NHAlONN inquiry VI lfNHHh
Irene 20 see how she took it. hut she
sat rs placid AZ the Sphinx and seemed
unconscious that he had sald anything
unusual, II he expected 60 Guido The
Spanish race IN compliment he would, as
the slang phrase puts II, have 70 got mp
very early In the morning,
| They talked on In the same strain for
while, he making fantastic statements
| NH A0A ltflt "a 30 IA "A ksu nh
did not presume 20 doubt. Nothing
would, ON the whole, have surprised her
very much Ia q foreigner, and especially
IN nm American She had been told the
most extraordinary things OF the people
OF the United states aud made him laugh
heartily at the absurdity of her mlscon.
captions. But gradually the night and
the music turned him Into gontler mood
The exquisite straugoness OF the seen,
about him impressed him wildly. There
lay the beautiful harbor, with It's many
lights cleaning upon the nasthcads Of
the ships, and the moon trailing q COLDER
bridge toward the ahadowy const, thai
traced itself In dim outlines beyond The
moonlit sea Tho warm breeze puriumol
with sweet tropical odors, the sweep OF th'
dancers feet. the primitive music, the IN
nocent gaycty aud laughter, that fluttefo'
away Ike whiffa OF smoke under tn
great nocturnal sky -,all wrought strongly
, on tho young mans mind, lulllng him int
delicious wakcful trance, from which al
sordld and larringtrcalitiuh were shut out
The little diseonunccs which always occu
in ilrst talk were lost In the universe
sense Of harmony Donna Irene, wit
, her grand, statuOequu Innocence dixie
pagan goddess OF Old, lapsed ifot
speech into silence aud from silence u
speech with beautiful naturnlness an
/ restiul simplicity, like q bird I
tree that sends . fow note
into the night and In silent
lle felt rs IL they were excellent friend
when at last, under tho Compulsion .
, etiquette he surrendered his place TO
gentleman with n truculent mustache
, who had boon watching him with cyidcn
/ inipationco. Ilayiland then devoted him
! solf for quarter OF an hour TO D0nni
I, Diana, aud made alarming progress II
the favor OF that ylyaolous damscl.
+ v,
, The summer waE already IN full hlnI
when llaviland made ais next Visit 10 tn
Case Munos. lie had been having an nm
| comfortable time In the meanwhile, q
! Don Alfonso was overwhelming him VII
/ the most delicate kind OF bushes
A and transforming him, much agalnf
! his Will, Into an habttnal mud
night conspirat0r. The don wa
: evidently having tremendous success j
b New York, and was taking steps M
Q were menaclngly decisive toward u
o armed rebellion. lie dispatched secre
/ messengers 20 Or llOyiland bearing Lei
\ ters and documents which would hay
q cost his "bcloyed nephew as be bn
n begun 20 call him, his precious hen
q in case OF any indlscrotlon either o
4. his own part or on that Of hs 10
}. low-oouspirators llayland, though b
n was no coward, often trembled ~ 70
n thought ~ how many carried hle He
II their hands aud could With small risk
o themselves send him 10 the gallowf
n ho had had any hope Of success, he woul
i. perhaps HSt have eXoTtcd himself :
|. strenloWSly 10 prevent or pt all event.
Il postpono tho rising. lint II seemed
d him madness with the resources at 10
" command Of The patriots, 70 go 70 wS
with u power ike Spain. lie know 70,
II with a despairlng sense Of his helpless
4 ness, that the enthusiasm Of Gen Lopei
i. who was 20 command the expedition, AN
|, Don Altonso's deadly hatred OF the Spa
q lard. would appeal much more strong
a % the h0t-headed patriots than his oW
h warnings and prudential calculations.
NJ He had, ~ course, % be guarded Ia h
"a moyeieefffN and constantly on the ale
e, Tor Signals " danger There was ,