Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-01-21

FoAe0 slowly cow he1 Lace. I'VE arc Door
and I have to work, and my daughter. she
loves me, and she says it makes her sad to
see me sew, sew, oil the time sew, and she
do nothing, and 50 she makes these things Ia
help her poor mother. That is the way Of Il.
senor. She Is a good daughter, and-and
~ here the seno.a's feeling overca1ne har.
and, turning to Tulita, who had stolen 70 her
side, with a Little gesture Of surrender she al.
lowed her tears to 1low unrestrainsd.
Quickly putting her arms around her
mothers neok, Tulita drew her head down
upon her shoulder, and spoke to her sooth.
ingly In Spanish. Then, turning gruvely, al.
most deflantly to the young men, she said:
MY mother hes not been very we'll for the
last few days, senores, and to-nish. she is not
herself. You will excuse her"
At this, both Of tho gentlemen arose. and
Nr. Brown, speaking for the first time, said:
"We are very sorry, indeed VIC are. We had
no idea that that your mother was not we'll.
In fact, hope that you will pardon US for
taking tho liberty Of calling OF you about 90
tri1ing q matter
Now, although Mr.. Browns apology waa
not very eloquent, there was a sincerity and
sympathetic feeling il the young mnn's voice
that made its way to tho hearts o! both Of
the women. Tho sonora raised her head.
and, drying her eyes, said, with smiling sim.
plicity:
"Ah, scnor, 10 not tccl distressed because
l cry n little. l often cry; l am not very
strong since my husband died. But it l.
nothing"
Tulita meanwhile, having arisen. had cone
10 the door, in tho evident expectation Of the
immeliate departure Of her unexpected
C,1ncfs In foot NJ N,,-, N
hat i'll hand ready to 80, but Mr.. Benton was
lingering to make some reply to the senora's
words. Then Mr.. Brown, on tho impulse of
the moment, said to the girl, who stood near
him, You ore not annoyed or angry with
mc-with US, l mean, for comingi"
why should l bel" replied Tulita, with
dignity. ''lt is Of no consequence"
May l hope, then, that you will mako tho
lavender sticks for moi I will call for them.
of course said Mr.. Drown.
II will make some moro for sols Mt the
news stand" replied 1'ulita; mo doubt you
can get them there"
Having administered which little cut
Tulita turned her big dark eyes severely
upon tho still tarrying Mr.. Benton. Brown,
Convinced now that their visit had displeascd
tho young lady, also turned anLglnrcd at the
cause Of his discontinue. What was their
surprise to find that MI. Benton had reseated
himself and that lw and tho sonora Ind Al,
pnrcntly launched into an extended con-
1 versation.
"Arr you coming, Bcnton." said Brown,
impati.ntly.
"ln Il minute, my dear fellow replied his
friend; II have just discovered that Nh.
Ihlnavarita IN | have II whole lot OF mutuul
friends up in San Francisco"
And the sonora herself, turning u her
daughter. confirmed this in quite an AMI
mated way, repeating several names, evil
dcntly those of tho friends lvfcrrrd to.
Then Mr.. Browns eyes sought Tulita's
with such solemn protest that she in her turn
could not help smiling. Common politeness
forced hor to say, "Will you not sit DOWN.
But no, Mr.. Brown would not ait down; no
preferred to do penanco standing. Then he
looked so unhappy, casting gloomy chances
at his friend, which that gentleman ignored,
tina. Tulita finally began to feel u little pity
for the young man. Perhaps she hud been
too severe. After oil ho was very evidently
II gentleman, and was not bad looking, and
Ito had tho good taste to appreciate her Law.
cnder sticks. And so, after u littlo hcsita-
ton, sho venturcd to ask him IL he was IL
stranger in San Diego. She almost laughed
again to SEQ how grateful no looked for this
bit Of condcscension In fact this young
man was SO modest and courteous-so differ
ent from his companion, for l.st1ice-it wal
really IL pleasure to encourage him a little.
Tsi"n gradually Mr.. Brown ceased to east
rcinonstintivc Chances at his friend, and pros.
emily, when he saw that lie WAS keeping Miss
Ll'navdrita standing, he consented to Sit
down.
1T was PROVING dark when Mr.. Brown
again arose to his feet and exclaimed,
p~crclnptorily, Come, Benton, We must go!
don't know what Mrs. L%lnuvarita and her
daughter will think of as
Now, even II Mrs. Lunavarita,s daughter
had cared TO give expression to hor thoughts
Just then, she was the next moment rendered
speechlcss by hor mothers behavior. Giving
Mr.. Benton her hand as ho babe her good
night, tho sonora said, in IL pleased nnd most
vivncious manner, Good night. senior, I
shall look for you tomorrow ut III o'clock,
and then W. will talis our little ride"
After leaving tho house MI. Benton and
Mr.. Brown plo1led along through the dusk
and dust in silence for some minutes Then
Alr. Benton said, 'WoIncn arc strange crca.
lures To which trite remark bis companion
AAAAS ~ iSlbJ. AuG, NiiS uIIiScu ~ LuC
end Of his reflections, and broken the sileace,
Dir. Benton continues: "Do you remember
my telling you, Frank, TINT l had u sort of
superstition that your 81 Investment wns
going to bring us luckT' And rs Brown ~.
scn;cd, with u nod OF his hcad, well, |
thiri ii has, though | had no idea when |
inquired the name Of your friends, Of tho
people n"yt door, that the luck was all ready,
1njI n,..,, in La rnpt1na. ~ II waro xynifipt,
for lis to como and get it. Mrs. Lunavarita
las :GD or $50 arI,. Of land over On tho sea
shore. VIVA do you think OF that, 1t IL
the sane old story. They once owned leagues
and this ianll they have left, and thoy have
| got that, ~ Mr.. Lullnvarita says, because it
Is not worth anything, although sle is wrong
there. at any rat" she il holding it for her
daughter, ilopin. that it may be worth some
thing some day. 1t is all thoy have got.
Two thousand dollars il tho highest iiguro
she has thought Of. II it Is anything like
si,e Describes it, and II she will let lae
handle 1t, l propose to make IL worth 500.
90 in the next year"
'.IDnk here, Tom, said Brown, impulsively,
"if yo. do get hold OF this thing, you will do
the hest you con by Mrs. Luna urita, won't
YOU
My dear fellow said Mr.. Benton in q
rather cold tone, sis it necessary to ask me
tlatt I am not n devourrr of widows AM.
orphans"
'Oi,, hang it, don't IL touchy," said Brown.
"fou know | did not mean anything like
that. Only tlies. two women are SO lonely,
and innocent, and pIlcky, they really have
made quite IN impression Oh mo-"
81 noticed that one Of them seemed TO- re-
Piled slr. Benton, dryly, ''but | did not OBJ
ser"n the other had. As for the proposition,
# everything turns out as l expect, it was u