Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-03-03

out looking up IL the man had not seized me
BY the arm. It was Client. "What is it, Mr..
LyntonT' he cried good humoredly. "Have
some senorita's eyes shot homel Or-but
what is 1T Can help youl And he drew
me out OF the sunshine into the shade of the
covered way which runs round the Coco
dover, the great square Of Toledo.
"Some one has intercepted my letters l
stammered. "a Spaniard called for them
this morning, presented one Of my visiting
cards, and said I was at the Fonda de Limo
where I did stay one night. All that I can
get out Of the postmaster is that be gave up
the letters and that all was done IL order.
confoundthts <seoidityi One Of them con-
tainod e50l'
He whistled. "Then there isno time to be
lost, Mr.. Lynton," be cried "Let us 60 first
to the Fonda It il possible that some busy
body, knowing You did not get your lsttsrs
yesterday, has fetched them for you on the
chance Of getting a psseta for his palma"
gladly apented, and We went together to
the hotel But 40 one there would confess to
knowing anything Of my letter. No ono had
gone for them. As we left the yard I noticed
that my companion looked keenly at the
"oASSAS WIZ wa AOL wv CIVIL ~ you SUS.
rect himT' I asked, when we were outside.
possibly you smislaid . card the night you
slept there, so-that he is one Of the people to
he suspected. But como, we will 60 now to
And indeed he did. His knowledge of the
language was perfect, and it was wonderful
to hear him scolding, questioning and COM
planning, without end of the wrongs his
influential friend, whose passport he was
waving under their official noses, had suf-
fered. But when presently everything had
been tried, and for the time tried fruitlessly,
we stood In the square and looked somewhat
blankly at one another.
II say, Mr.. L%ynton," he began, "dfty
pounds Is o large sum to lose"
II wish it were less" I replied, with an at
tempt at sprightlinesa.
sit does not cripple you altogether
II can AFFORD it, if that is what you mean.
But-but it Is q little ~inconvenient ut pres.
cut" l answered.
ut puts you in q difficulty for q few daysr'
Precisely. I cannot receive another ro-
mittance for Ave days at least. In the mean
time I have six-yes, seven pesetas aud .
half"
"Umph! Call it six shillings and three
ponce," he replied, laughing. "The cathedral
verSers will soon asoyou Of it, even were it
moro. But look herel we are next door
%ncighbors, and you must let mo help you. In
o strange country I always keep a few pounds
by me; they ore at your service"
As no spoke ho drew from an inner pocket
q shabby letter cass and took out q 700 lpsta
notc-the only note, l saw, that tho case con.
tanned.
81 ana afraid" 1 said. doubtsully, shat
am inconveniencins you And besides, you
do not know me"
~ shall not aecd the money" he replied,
quickly, land as to my knowing you, I think
l do-not you, personally, but your kind"
'That is well saidl" l exclaimed with
heartinoss;, land I accept your offer on one
c~onjition-that If you want the money before
Sunday you will tell mo So"
"Why, if I do" ho replied, laughing me1ri
ly, 'you will have spent half of it"
s. l shall,"I said, laughing myself, SHUT
l have a watch, and Toledo, no doubt, has O
Jet mo cali it a Mont do Pietc."
"Ciertamente" no cried gayly, and with q
word ebout meeting at dinner, walked rap
idly away, leaving me to my thoughts.
watched him as he threaded his way acros:
the square between laden asses and graceful
girls with pitchers, aud comparing his slich'
upright form with the somber Spaniards wht
struttcd up and down, keeping, even on thi
sunny day, a corner Of the capa over tn
mouth, I felt proud Of my countryman.
81 do not Think" I said p%eniteatly to Joel
Il ave not mentioned Jock before, although
he wcs at that time my constant companion
the tendcrcst eyes., 81 do not think that.
shall 10 30 quick to Judge tho next man "
meet-and do not understand. All, tlcs
hasty judgments, Juck!' and I shook III
head, and Jock his tail.
In due course a second remittance came t
hand, and I repaid my friend. BY that tim
some Of the wonder l had felt at his solitar
life in Tolcdo-Toledo the somber - ha
passed away. He was not altogether solitary
putting myself out Of the question. Nor
than once, i'll the archway or on the vcranda
I met q priest coming from his room
small, dark, thin faced man with vivid eyes
a Spaniard, Of course, who lifted his lov
crowned beaver to mo md bowed politely
Once, too, I had a glimpse Of a petticoa
whiskin5 out. Moreover, Client seemed t
be doing o better trade thai I had judge
probable from the specimen of his worl
which I had seen. Not that ho told me thi
himself. He was reserved on the subject
neither Offering to show me his pictures no
accepting my proposal that we should d
some work together. But our letters Some
times lay on a slab inside the outer door, an
l could not avoid seeing that he received sew
eral-dealers' letters, l was sure-from ar
centerS-from Dresden aud Munich, for in
stance. Once there was a letter bearing tn
postmark OF st. Petersburg. This SCENE
strange in a man of his caliber; In q man VIII
was not known to mo. And, perhaps, b.
sides puzzling me, it q little nettled me also
Ny name was not altogether unknown
Client himself had said pretty things abou
his acquaintance with it. Yet l had no con
tinental patrons, no market outside Grea
Britain.
It had fallen in with him at Madrid O
Seville / should have known what to think
l should have set him down as one Of thos
copyists who live by all great galleries
And something upon which I lit one day i.
his room persuaded me for q time that thi
was the case, few IS were the works il
Toledo that could pay for the labor Of copy
ing. 1t was . picture, and the only ono
saw at any time in his possession, save tn
somber landscape Of which I have spoken.
l had run short Of chrome yellow, IN
bearing him 60 to his room followed {
ask him II he could let mo have somo. {"
suppose l cannot get any chrome yellow Il
Toledo" began before I was we'll in tn
room, nor anywhere nearer than Madrid,
He was k~necling On the floor, but spran,
up 30 quickly At the sound Of my voice thu
FASTENED to apologize for entering with
out knocking. He did not seem, at once
to understand me. He had been porin
over something placed on the ground wher
it would catch the best licht. and his 6rc