Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10

only long enough to forgive mo. Eut il
have offended you unGnowingly, and you are
implacablc-
Il can 20 tomorrow ut sunrise ii hkef
"As you will" returned Thatcher gravely.
"GraciaS, Senior"
They walked slowly back 10 tue house,
Thatcher with 4 masculine sense of being un-
reasonably afflicted, Carmen with q wonan's
instinct of being hopeleSSly crushed. No
word was spoken until they reached tho door.
Then Carmen suddenly, in her old, impulsivc
way, and in a child-li;e treble, sang out
merrily: aGOOd night, o Don Royal, and
pleasant dreams. Hasta mananc
Thatcher stood dumb and astounded at thiI
capricious girl. She saw his myStiiication in
stantly. ut is for the Old catI" she whis-
pcrcd, jerking her thumb over her shoulder
in the direction Of the sleeping MIS-. P.
"Good night-go"
He went to give orders for u peon to at.
tend the ladies and their equipage the next
day. He awokc TO find Miss Dc Haro gone,
with her escort, towards Monterey. And
without the Plodgitt.
He could not conceal his surprise from tho
latter lady. She, left alone-a not altogether
unavailable victim to tho wilcs Of our X
was embarrassed. But not so much that she
could not say to Thatcher: II told you So
gone to her uncle = = To tell him all!'
"All. D-n it, what can she tell him?7
roared Thatcher, stung out Of his Self-control.
Nothing, I hope, hat she should not, said
Mrs. p, and chaStely retired
She was right. Miss Carmen posted to
Monterey, running her horse nearly Off its
legs to do it, and then sent back her beast
and escort, saying she would rejoin Mrs.
Plodgitt by steamer at San Francisco. Then
she went boldly to the law office of Sapo-
naceous Wood, district attorney and whilom
solicitor Of her uncle.
With the majority of masculine Monterey
Miss Carmen was known and respectfully adj
mired, despite the inrelix reputation of her
kinSman. Mr.. Wood was glad to see her, and
awkwardly gallant. Miss Carmen was cool
and buSineSs-like; she had come from her
uncle to regard" the papers in the Red Rock
Rancho case. They were instantly produced.
Carmen turned to the application for the
grant. Her cheek paled slightly. With her
clear memory and wonderful fidelity of per-
ception she could not lie mistaken The sig
nature Of Micheltorcna was in her own hand
writing!
Yet she looked up to the lawyer with q
sslilc: May I take these papers for an hour
to my unoler'
Even an older and better man than the dis
trict attorney could not nave resisted those
dropping lids and hat gentle voice.
Certainly
~ will return them in an hour"
She was as good as her word, and within
the hour dropped the papers and a little cour
teSy to her uncle's legal advocate, and that
night took the steamer to San Francisco.
The next morning Victor Garcia, a little the
worse for the previous nights dissipation,
reeled into Woods office. Il have fears for
my niece Carmen. She is with tho enemy
he said thickly. Look you at this"
1t was al anonymous letter lin Mrs Plodg-
tits own awkward fist, advising him of the
fact that his niece was bought by the enemy,
and c~autioning him against her.
Impossible" said the lawyer; lit was only
last week she sent thee S50.n
Victor blushed, even through his ensan.
guined cheeks, and made IN impatient gesture
with his hand.
Besides" added the lawyer coolly, "she has
been here to examine the papers at thy re
quest, and returned them Of yesterday"
Victor gasped-@And you-you-you-gave
them to herr
-Of courSe!'
~Ani Even the application and the sigma,
tureF'
"Certainly-you sent her"
~Sent keri The devils own dauyhtarT
Shrieked Garcia. NO, O hundred million
times, TO! Quick, before it is too late. Give
ME the papers"