Daily Republican., 1888-06-01
A uRUBL ooQUETrE.

gI very strange incident came 10 m
" mott when was q young lieut. nan
Id stationed At Texas fort near the RI
I'd Grande. Near the outpos;s of the sts
Ion lived = rich old apau ard name,
- Don Diego and bis BEAUTIFUL daughter
DonnA IneE. The latter was n,ucl
sought after By the young spaniards o
the neighborhood, bat her smiles wer
all for the handsome and chivslfoul
francesca Hernandez; that Ia, until .
young ofhotr named Carleton arri gec
at the fort and proceeded tt once /,
make arduous love to hsr.
Donna Ing was fascinated By thu
n lyoung Amer,oan's attention, aud from
that time she had no thoughts, appar
Iently, for poor Francisco, who could acc
that ste was gradually slipp ng away
oIe night Don Diego gave an elexsu.
oall at bis hacienda, and of course va
mcers were oil invited. II was uearly
morhiuR when 1 strolled inio summer
oouse t1 smoke Cigar and cool off AH
tat there raw Donna Inez and Fran.
goefo Hernandtz coming down thu
walk together. 1nfE was spsskinR
well. " you love me, prove 1t Have
lot heard hundred suitors say the
sme as you lave said? II W am | to
known What kniahtly doeds oxn You
~ at my feet to show indie d that you
mr." 'A'
| Sat me some task," replied thu
Iyonng mar, "Aud as knights OF old weNt
forth to doughty desds to win their
la lice hands, 90 will brave Gil dan.
gera and rick my lie for thtel"
"Lietet r. replied Inez. Ear to this
NORTH ls sandy desert, Bs have heard
fRthaF II
II al It's length there 10 no tree or shrub
no spripR OF water and no sholter from
the storm. Oath mepaoeB at every
step the man who crosses IL alone. Bat
on iti western border there gu shes from
the earth streRm Of purest wattr the
Oh ustang Spring. Go alone ana bring
me horn Of water from the MustApn
spring, and then shsll know that yoa
love me b. ter than your lifs."
They passed on and entered q grove
sof magnolia trees, and l heard the
sound OF guitar and the voios If Her
nandtz singing,
A few days attsTwlrd party of us
were tent on an expedition aRatnst th.
inuisns, and Carleton told ms that on
our return the Don insendei to give a
feast in honor of his b t-o.has Win
Intz.
After chasing the Indiens to tho
mounting wa returned through tie
Llsno E-tacado, etcppinR to fll our
canteene and casks ut the Mustspe
spring bsfors crossing the desert.
thought OF Inez and Hernandez, nud
wondered IL the infatuated youth had !
undertaken the perlloue enterprise on
which the heastleaa beauty had seut ,
him.
We had bte three DAG In the desert.
snd were within four days' journey of )
he Texan Eids bsfore anything han. ,
psned to disturb the monotonY of lying ,
~ night In the shelter OF sRnd bill, and :
outneytng by day along trail srre wn J
I'm the bleaching bones OF men ami | >
.nimAls.
o. the morning o; tbs fourth day, as :
We ere pushing on as rapidly as cur
ired hessts won d carry us. OAtletou.
's usual, tagging behind, and sinRioR
o himself some love song, saw ono OF .
he sconts who were riding ahead sud.
ienly spur bis horse forward toward y
ome dark object lying on tho ground,
top AND dismount. 1 epurred on atttf !,
lin, and coming up to where ne stood, !.
Aw lying in the white sand the CeAd y
'ody OF young man, dressed In the =.
gorgeous costume of Mexican cabel. :,
ero. II was francesca Hernandez, ii
md in his hands he claapsd horn Cur a
sith silver cover, such as are ute' =, (,
Irinking purposes in that sactic iof
oantry. The lest OF the par !. OF the
md stood around the dea' = CAM mp
Then, filled with II coiy.
eart,1 ss rirl vbot .aisnaiion at the ,
4 the brave yor al caused the death
ha njabt i'm III, told the story of ,
card the .a1 tummer-house when I
lis On Donna Intz send her lover ON
to. .sst had scarce finished my
- when Carleton pushing his way
snTouRh the crowd and bending over i
the body, took the drinking horn from ,
the hands OF he dead Hernandez. The .
south had evidently clasped the horn :
ton. pa'e aB ghost, wrenohed 1t iro n !
hiH grasp q raised the silver lid. 1t :
y IS full of water, as we could all see ,
Hernandez had ditd of thirst rather !
han drit k he horn OF water from the |,
IA ustsng Spring that he was carrying \
- Ter.
The day after our arrival at the fort l i
accompanied Carleton, by hts REQUEST, d
IN visit TO Don Dieso's. The Don WAS
way from home, bu. Donna Intz le-
,etvtd ne, greeting her-betrctaed love.
9th hundred pretty expreseions of o
iensht. carleton kRld scarcely word,
tut strobe rspid y Into the hoase, the "
Inez olingipg lovingly to his q
Irm. / think fifteen MINUTES must o.
lave elapsed, when / heard shrek o
rom the Donna Iotz, and the next In &
tAnt Carleton came rapidly from the Il
loute mounted his hcrse, and was off &
IorosB the plains like the wind. Rush J,
ng Into the house / found The Donna b
utz lying In faint on the floor. Her O.
ace and long black hair were wet with 1t
Vater, and lying beside her Was an
mpty drinking horn, which, saw a. q
lance, WAS the same as that had seen
n the hands Of the dead Hernandez. 1 b.
ummoned the servants, and immedi- 81
.tely there WAS the widest con- m
usion In the household When / | &c
eft the Donna ietz she WIS e.riving to Il
Wipe away the water from her head d,
nd face, and moaning that It Was "
Hood Id
The next day Don Diego suddenly a.
eft with his daughter for Mexico, aud 70
hortly sfter Carleton procured leave oil
4 absence aud went Est. i never in
sw the Don or his daughter again, but
umor had IL that, upon the death OF Der
ather, which occurred two years later,
he Donna Iutz became Sister of 90
Jhnrity, and wac conspionouB In good 81
yorks in the hospitals Of Mexito dnr m
az the Invasion oil Maximtlllap 20