New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-14

| back shortly. ShO has gone away so mat Wo may
J not her tears She Is proud"
Al ycs" h9msy brown Mss"cle the .n tcnS S,T
come bach bur now, without doubt she has gone to
our oraiora 10 pray little"
and a aS 0S tho IN e rSaWs v0s ''sS
silence our rusenora-our lovely nightingale 80
Beautiful Petra Silently Ifiea his DARK glowing
face the sp.cndor OF her gaelic eyes. Ceieooh,ca
sa and w,n aer
hcsation combated by his urgency, yielded, ana
the whimsical wall OF spInster who bcmoans her
waning chances of matrimony. 1t funny ttlo
% it a %S o ns un RI s ep0Sh S heart
the omnous prophecy of Peras inconsIderae speech
her exquisite sympathetic deiIcscy all alert, went
with her; But AnIado tarried. He was too wise to
co1rerhp, he guarded by carefully divided attention,
agaa possible Suspicion on the part of Mss MeTyyn
Amado's Handsome face and hattcrng,, defcrental
COMPREHENSION Of Spanish An&dos auency let him
utter with impun! to Petra sentimental subtorles
Of the sngsifaccd type, was sly as craft Itself She
was not likely TO commit herself, by deed or word !;
o out 2n no H1 w For the 11i
| passion she could know would never move her to a
pSpcy Of Se e rss e sp'dSnfy nS1 Ss
as She was, and IMMERSED In worldly wisdom the girl
She the type of class of women diverse OF sphere
While he tailed, Amado had been dalylng with /.
sketchbook OF Miss Mcrvyns that lay near: Hc
scrawled line a. Il unconsciolsly and kept twirling
affected show Of violence when he playfnlly felgncd
TO wrest the guitar from Petra, he contrved to drop
the billet into the she'll of the bihuela, between the
strings, and with touch Pctras hand and fam
ing glance he directed her attention TO his disposal Of
! the nssivc.
AInado.'
| The soft, melancholy voice made him start as q
sbo might have done. His wfc stood in relief against
the background Of the darkenng zaguan, figure with
insipd prcttIncss perfect Petra IN and
colorng figure that might well have had attraction
for any man. save this nconstant Amado, wearied Of
the mother OF his children his bride OF five years since
Amado, Rafaclita IS worse she IS lowered.
think you must go bring me tamarinds to make her
Her voice was clear and calm; It was not even
trcnuloS as the sickness Of her child would warrant
Amado felt rising within him tho satisfaction Of 10
assurance he had feared she might have stood thcro
Ths ImoIgh 10 see ms manocuvro Win the noo
not I'll matched representatives OF races had in
deed the grace to offer inquiry and aid for the SICK
~Nomoh no. not 50 n then But do always
in all ways-f need no assistance. Goest thou for a
week Petrita7 I viii put away the bihuea for thee
But Petrlta, dlsclaiming intention to modest Cce-
donica with such trouble. slipped into tho great dim
guitar strings had been spread and stretched.
Amados note had found IT'S aim.
brief while lost in thought; picturesque figure. With
her dark arms and neck outlined by tho white chemsc.
She was not in the slightest degree v0luptuous OF
Of some mysterious ancient Eastern race. slghtor
unconscious
dignity Of carriage but her face was at once more
passionate and moro spiritual. Was 1t Nuban or
Egyptian in chaTacter?-that intense oval fare. muely
passlvely cxpcctant, with level gaze. fun OF sad
patient. resignation, bccd by the smoulderng blaze In
her deep. gloomy eyes.
road toward tho great tamarInd tree met Mrs. Albright
and M MAJ ,e ,' coming up from the river
All, my .Celedonica,' fastened to reply the good
like purc steel o-day-so hard. Nor with her mother
nor with me, VIII She come. / gained of bona Ysa-
chapel until we return from the bath. But no, then
even now tho child W Il not come Stc Hes there
n The chapel. and VIII not M her taco from tho
and all manner OF creeping things come out to walk
the eerth For this troubled mothers sake. go thou,
cratufs travcsa Thy influence will be more that
she knows thee less well; Besides, thou hast the
Cod; and Nnestrs Sonora del Rosario ,.r.
memora' lon of some sanity concession Intervention
granted long years before low. square structure
acs ush With the great Stone wa that fp Shut from
ma 1s was cG WITH on qad door, b
rear wall formed species. Of altar where, raised
hat earthenware holders of the country, and all such
offerings had been made before tho .waxen image
celcdon ca sat down beside the ltto figure prone on
the carthen floor, and lifted the hot head to her
What then thou poor little stranger, full of grief,
All hercc as thou art, dost thou come here to our
mother; has she not made thee remember how thine
sorrow, for thy Wgl stay os Conc ,b then a hs
grieves alone; thy father has not come DO thou
sSSS her her,. Poor mGg c far from her home and
II was as Manucla had said her sistcr was a
plcaGeF born fIll Of that nameless power that won
10 do her will whomcver she would. The waywar
child ss' mp. preparing TO- come away when Gle
der, strong brown hands, and bent down again TO
chllds irnocence from the knowledge OF the ireach-
cry 10 DpFfdiOlS fOatcd
from the field behind the shrine ather It wa
seemed full Of bitter mighty pride to which |
II was in0lcrable thar even child should know how
trstorMs Petra, keeping ryst here in the safety Of
Nj vida. my alma - Amado was saying now:
" All, my lie! my soul I curse my hateful bonds.
Put thou wilt meet me here, my Petra. The bihuea
porch daily and viii find way 70 leave message in
IT, WHEN aa 5an a ONE. sG g OF qdet
leased her charge and knet there with one bitter cry
blessed Mother Holy Helper: show mo means:
tech me way to repay through their own Instrument
And Then she gllded away into the night with tho
child in her hand, subducd and awed By tho woman's
terrible quictude.
Near the old gray church on the knoll pancho VII
lalon' the syesmIth had a house In whose front
stock IN trade. Celedonca Bcnitos do Vega came
ser ono Hsa so hot that al the Church
fown and pretty purple creatures that for the most
part spent their innocent lives whirlng and nuttcrng
about the lower I'm The sunlight Bit to-day were |
wanting even the Of little lizards usually darling
about the rocks. as bright as gems. Pancho vilaon.
doing over his metal reused himself with Jerk when
Celedonca stepped into HIS little Shop with soundlcss
the darkcnng Of the door told Of her
presence She laid before Pancho n handful Of ban
bes, that she had brought hher tied up In one corner
OF her blue Irbozo.
" Make me blhuela OF silver, Panchto, with tho |
strings of gold. II these Will TO pay. Mako II of
YOUR best workmanship; IL IS for an Offering TO |
Nucstra Sonora del Rosaro.D
But what IS It, then n cried Pancho ylllalon:
these are thine car-hoops thou bring cst me- Cele-
dOnlca, and rng-per Dios thy wedding rngl But |
of a surety thou dost not moan these for tho melt
ing potl II thou wouldst have a votive Offering I |
win make 1t do confanza, until Amado shall get tho
money!
For IT no secret that Amados pride and lndol-
encc brought small comfort TO his household and
Dona Monica not fond of opening her purse even
to her own
fanchO VillalOn." said Cclcdonica. In a slow soft
deadly tone. do nay work rs bid. DO II not at
all. Without doubt, some one going to the port will