San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-22
mo, beautiful Runa, let me remain near

TO see the sun SET
So each day he left his gay companions in
the cafos to join the Indian maid at her even
ing devotionA, and, though no was often
amused at the singular compound of Chris
tianity and iLOlatry her character exhibited,
be thought he saw beneath IL a profound rev.
erence for the Creator and all his works, and
chided her not He presumed once or twice
TO address her in the say tones he was accus-
toned To use with the ladies of his own race,
but he saw that it displeased her, and so he
adopted her own lofty manner of speech. At
times she was 50 intense in her patriotic and
spiritual expressions that he stood almost in
awe Of her; and again she was the woman,
gentle, compassionate, merciful, mourning
like some beautiful Niobo for the sorrows OF
men; and each day lis respect for her grew
mere profound, his love moro exalted and
refined, and each day OH leaving her he said;
Tomorrow l viii put my fate 70 the test"
Fec 10 had not ventured to tell her of his
love- She seemed spirit so Ear above him,
so pure tn heart, so true in action, so differ
emit from ell be had ever seen or met, that re
feared, he trembled, be longed to be more
worthy Of her.
One evening he returned to his companions
state of excitement. Jean Milhet, their de-
putty to France, had returned, bearing the
Intelligence that the French king adhered to
the terms of the treaty that he no longer re-
gaIyled them as subjects, the coloniSts must
submit to Spain. Secret associations had
been organized, conspiracies formed, and
these now burst forth il oil their frenzy.
The next morning all the public and private
IL 4 Cd cit
paraded the streets, avowing their determi-
nation TO 1.-Two and die as Ffencbmen, and not
as Spaniards. The council met, and deciding
to fling the gauntlet in the face of the Span
ish monarch, allowed Ulloa and his house
hold three days In which to leave the city.
The Spanish flag was trampled under foot,
women and children rushed frantically for
ward and kissed the posts on which were
streaming the banners Of France And the
iivelong day there wes but one cry of "A
has rEspagnol! Vfve Louis lie Quinzer'
The French Governor Aubry, Drawing the
populace, escorted Governor Ulloa and his
household to Spanish frigate in front of the
city. A band Of armed men marched to the
river, singing patriotic songs, and one OF
them, drawing his sword, cut the rope which
held the vessel fast TO its mornings. 1t floated
down the stream, mid the exultant shouts OF
Long live Louis the Fifteenth, the incom-
parable monarch, the image of God on earth"
The council FASTENED to draw up another
petition, pleading for the resembling of the
cession to Spain
Amid the crowds that surrounded the gov
ernor's house it was impossible for the cheva-
lier to see Runa- He had determined if VIC
lence were resorted to to save her at the
sacrifice of his own life; but the GOODNESS of
the French governor had prevented blood
shed and he had no doubt that ere the three
days would elapse he would have an oppor-
tunity of seeing her on the vessel; his friend
ship with Aubry made this hope doubly sure.
But when he heard that the frigate had been
sent down the stream, he turned with weary
heart from the exciting throng and took the
path toward the old spot where he had so
often met Runa-the spot henceforth so dear
TO him. He folded his arms and walked alb
stractedly along. Far off in the distance
came that deafening, inconsistent cry of the
people, Long live LOuisl Long live the
we'll beioved!" He, too, would have Joined
in that cry had Runa been near.
The man who carries within him love OF
scientific investigation and sympathy with
J
loss for eoinpanionship. He towers above
the great mass Of humanity even as the oak
above the striplings of the forest. To him
oil things are voiced spirits; the trees, the
stars, the birds, tho flowers; the ocean when
dashed by the storm god; the rivulet that
sings along its hidden path; the grandest and
most minute objects touch a responsive
chord in his sympathetic soul, raising him
as it we've above himself, causing him ever
TO feel the mysterious omCiprrSnnce and ON
rscienoc * the Author OF all. Such a O.c
was the Chevalier de ST. GervaISe. To him
nature was u vast book, stamped with tie
signature of the Creator, and Runa was is
faireSt page He now felt as though he had
been reading beautiful chapter, and coming
to the most interesting po tiOn found the
leaf missing
He wandered along and from sheer IGab:l-
ity 10 think or 70 act followed the course q
a bird winging its flight alOfC. Presently
agafl his eyes Turned ca1thward and there
advancing through the wood, still in the
white robe in which he had first seen her.
with her dark hair floating around her and
the golden sun upon her bosom, was Rura.
How long she had been there, how escaped
from her companions and evaded the vigil
ance of the French guards, he paused not to
query. He only knew that she was there,
and he fastened joyously to meet her. She
fell at his feet with one ory, The earth has
no home for the Peruvian maid"
And he answered, "Runa, thou art beauti-
full as the rainbow, thou art fair as the sun
rise, and my heart throbs for thee, and my
spirit bids me tell thee that in this bosom
thou shalt find homer
He bont to raise her, but she moved not;
he felt her pulse, it was still; he placed his