San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-03

little matter Of business; and, trade beiny
dull, he easily obtained leave of absence.
"rm going to Bullion lane, Denham," she
said-"No POO l don't know the way.
You'll show me-"
Tom was only too proud. They found the
place easily enough. Mr.. Wyckel was in.
He rose politely to receive them, made them |
sit down, believed he had not the honor OF
their acquaintance, could he serve them in |
any wayi
"My name is Catharine Grale" said Kit |!
"You hold mortgage against some property |
Of mine"
His manner changed at once.
"Ah, yes, do; let me see," referring to q |
note book. Observation-Disclosures farm
due June 2, 1853, for s5oO-default made
demand sent June 22-no answer-motion to
foreolose filed July 49, Well, young woman,
what have you got to sayG Suppose you've
come to beg off. l know the dodge-ruin
and despair. Pretty face down on Bonded
knee, hair pulled down, eyes rubbed red,
sham tears It's all in the story books But
tell you beforehand it's no use trying 1t on
me. I'm too old bird. l tell you / want
my money, and Pm going to have it. The
court will grant decree of foreclosure in q
other lodgings That's all, believen
''Not quite,n said Kit Her face flushed
hot with pride and scorn. Her lips were
white, her teeth firm set. "Not quite
all, Abraham Wyckel despise your
base imputations. Do your worst. wouldn't
take a penny from y ur hand If died
Only a coward would strike a man that's
down already. Only brute would trample
on him But defy you You will not sell
US outI"
"By heaven, wiliI' he swore, rising in
wrath. Who'll hinder mer'
81 will" she answered, quiet and firm.
"You wills Ha, hal that's good" he
laughed. How'll you do it, my ladyq'
"Here and now" she said, ~ offer you
payment in full Of all debts, interest and
costs. Here is the money. Make out the
| bill"
She took out the gold and laid 1t on the
table, The lawyer was utterly abashed-
shamed, BUNDLED. h turned away to hide
his face-sat apart and wrote the bill. He
handed it to her without a word. Debt, in
terest, costs, disbursements, 1t read, six hun
dred and odd. She counted out the money.
pushed it across the table with the bill
Receipt it," she said.
She put the receipt and the rest Of the
money into her pocket Without word she
went out With Denham-
by George, Xiii" says Tom, "didn't you
| cut up rough, thought
The angry flush went from her face. She
laughed; she could have danced in the street
She had been thirty hours already in con
slant action in the open air. She felt nc
WEAKNESS; indeed, she was rested more than
| she had been these months. She felt fresh
and light "a bird The debt paid of, prin-
cipal and interest-thrse hundred and odd
| in hand to start afreshl The thought
made her bound and laugh. What
would he thinks What would he says
| How he would laugh when she told him the
storyl She babe Tom good-by Now for
homel She longed to hy-home, homeI She
ran along, threading her way through the
press and throng-down Bullion, up Ship
She forgot that the boat did not leave for
hours She went aboard and waited She
could not read or sit. She walked about-wore
away the time az she might At last they
got of. At the second landing-the water
| was low-the steamer stuck fast on the bar.
There was no help for it; they must wait till
| the tide went down and rose again. The do
lay was annoying enough to any one. 1t
fretted Kit sorely. Bat the time passed,
though very YEARLY
1t was O'Clock when the gangway was
thrown out at WiIlowtree dock. Kit bur.
rled ashore and ran away up the road. IL
was high tide; the calm waters rppled and
| cleaned in the moonlight through the trees
that fringed the road Her heart was full of
anxiety. She louged, yet feared, to know
how things got on at home. She ran along
| quickly. Turning q bend, she could sss
the poplars before the house, the white
beach below them But the Foam was
nowhere TO be seen. A vague dread strikes
to her heart Whsre could it BET Where could
it BET Cliff Cracked might not have brought
| her home Kit hoped so, but feared She
/ ran up to the house, looked in at the window.
There was no one in the living room She
went in, ran to the kitchen Bridget sat
there alone. Her eyes ware red; she had
been crying.
Where's father. Bridgetr she asked,
eagerly.
"Oh, miss, an les meself that's glad for
shs sight O. yeze. Shsre, yere pa has took
on dreffle bad liver since ye whit, tntirely.
He stayed about, moodsome like, an actin
quare. He'd SIT wild his hid in his hams, am
think an think; an often I'd hear him
a-saytn', she hadn't ought to "a left nae, she
hadn't ought TO a left me aIone,' Dade, Thin,
an l tried to chare him. 'ShRrs, SIR, says 1,
We sAs'.i@ ta,S hart Rsat he wonldn't hear