New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-21


oil prayer-had he not prayed Well, be would
pray again. Not in the chapel though, where he
had daily gone through the empty routine OF his
! fenglon; where he had made the daily parade OF
MS faith before his feow-cpatures who scOrned
nm and his God who had needed him not Out IN thu
sohtude OF the woods, prone upon the lnsenSltc
earth. he cried to his Maker for help. cried into
| the empty air, half uncOnsciOusly making nsc
| OF the words of his oflice-Misercre MEL, Domlhe
gu9nlam niirmus sum sana me- Domino Nhserere!
otiIl MS thoughts batiied him ana no peace came
| 10 that weary warfare within; stlll, hls heart
played him traitor and refused To echo the words
that his lips uttered. Above him the leaiy boughS
WaNered III the summer air, that swayed llghtY
! tle heavy.scented flowers round hlm NOthlng
fhanged nothing was altered. The bright vivid
ne OF the summer woods went on careieSSN aitef
us own fashion, needless OF the one black spot
III the general sunshine-the black robe OF a priest
mat lay PROSTATE in its midst, and the human
Wretchedness that it covered.
The revolution was at IN end One single
battle had been fought, and the Government WAS
victorious. The greater part Of the rebel forces
mad surrendered at discretion, were taken prisoners
ana almost Immediately released ana allowed TO
| dlSlerse; the Argentine brigade alone had held
out to the bitter end and been cut to pieces.
That was the news received by the UsaDarrenaS
some days after the event; received by Don
Geronimo with smOthercd lmprecatlons, ny Elena
with a wild burst of weeping and By Felipe with
H., sleKemng feeling Of guilty eDmphcymwai5 tnS
| the tldlngs unmoved; at moment when the
Others gave up all hope, her own took fresh root
| " lie Ii not dead she repeated; " had lie been
| killed. L should have known il. No-I know he
| IS not dead and the danger is now nearly passed.
Her aunt shook her head, but kept her forebodlngs
TO herself. Even though Luz Valdez should have
es'aped death in the field Of battle, hoy was he
10 make his way ont of the country? Ii he
were among certain fugitves who were reported
| 10 have escaped. they knew that the pursuit was
| not behind them, for already detachmentS OF
soldiers were securing the country, and an officer
with some men bad actua ly taken up, his quarters
in one of their sheep-iarms in order TO
watch the road that ran to the river. Us9bar
renas guilty conscience told him why that meas.
| lre had been taken and he could only wonder that
| ne had not at once 10 submit TO the lhdlghlty
| OF having his house and grounds searched
The house, like most esIancia houses in Uruguay.
was surrounded by considerable extent OF woods,
| partly peach orchards. partly forest trees, with
their thick underground Of wild shrubs and bushes.
| The mone-as the woods are called-of Santa
Paula was of rather struggling nature. One
| clump Of trees, at distance OF nearly mile
from the principal building surrounded the rum or
| an old house long deserted and fallen into decay.
No one ever went near the place. which had
| become very favorte resort of Teresa ;, who
| could carry there her work and her books, and
| enjoy the solitude and shade, seated on an old
bench. in the corner of the patio. Moss had grown
| over the patlO-m0>S had grown over the DilcK
| balustrade of the well in the centre. Felipe who
| often accompanied her 10 tins retreat; Loved 1t
| ut least he was alone with her, away from the
| cOnemptuOus eyes Of others; there he would
| listen TO her low gentle voice and gaze without
| fear at the face which haunted him even IN his
dreams. There, too, he would come by himself
| and let his thoughts and imagination run wild,
| picturing TO himself an impossible future, ana
| forgetting his present unhappness, his past, his
dress, even his own identity On these occasions
the breviary would remain in his pocket; he never
| read il there. Teresa had deserted the place OF
Iate-her anxious watch Tor news thai never came
| kept her from straying far from the house-so
that Felipe on visiting their old retreat was not
little startled to see her there before him. Still
more startled TO see that she not alone.
| His coming had not been noticed. and AT first
| he had a mind to slip away un0bserved. Then
there came upon him an uncontrollable desire TO
| know who this intruder Alas for poor Felllel
Neither his education nor his own feelings for
babe him playing the part of an eavesdropper.
| He crept Stcalhy up under cover Of the house
itself until he found himself close 10 the bench
upon which Teresa and lie had 80 often sat
| together, where he could not only hear but SEE
| all that passing. AT the moment that he
got into position, Teresa stood up TO change hers.
When he first saw her she was sitting side by side
with her companion; now she rose 10 her feet.
still holding of his hands with both her own
then. settling herself lightly upon his knees, let
his arm fall round her, while she claSped her own
! round his neck and nestled her head against his
shoulder with soft sigh of content Felipe
| clutched at his throat, If to stifie the cry
| that started 10 his lips Steadying himself against
the wall. he stared at them with strdining eyes.
| The stranger was young and ell.lOOlng, III
| spite of his dirty and tnvel-Stained appearance.
| He wore the usual loose dress of a 9auchO, IN
his rather torn and by no means over-cean;
but his military boots and spurs at betrayed
| bis disguise His unshUrn face was grmed black
| with dust; arm hung useless 10 his side
bandaged with blood stained rags another 3and4gc
! equally stained and dirty almost concealed his
forehead. 1t needed no words from Teresa for
| Felipe 10 guess who il was.
| Lniz Luiz,7 she was saying IN broken
fences All think what / have suffered; B,HiIii
| come back to me My aunt deSpaired, and Elena.
an poor Elena! how she cried. But Il knew
that thou wouldst come back to ne. But, oh
Luiz-the fear, the fear it was cruel Sleeping
and waking, waking and sleeping. II was always
with me, until | thought should 20 mad with
H. An crue.' a cOnVulsye sob shook her
| MI
body closer 10 hm while he kissed her haii-
! She went on murmuring brokenly.
Suddenly She sat upright and shook back her
| head with a resOlute gesture peculiar to herself;
| Oh, | am foolish to behave like tins, Ana All
this time ought to he thinking about your
escape oh my poor boy She cried, breaKlng
into fearful laughter. " if YOU could only see your
facet Did you never wash 1t hope II mas .
not come of on miDc.' She held ms mead De.
| tween her hands and examined II critically aN IL
TO find clean spot tor the kiss Which She finally
bestowed on the dirty bandagr round his forehead
| There was no time for washing he reloihed.
| 81 have not taken of my bOOts- nay. l nave
hardly slept-for sin days. Teresa, niue one,
| had | not thought of thee, should never nave
| got through those days.
| :" Yes. but there IS no more thought Of me now;
| il is OF you must think. You say lmt mere
is to be boat whiting for you to,hlGh. Oh ,nr
| from the eStancia They are Watching
ms on that side | suppose that We must
not let my uncle know that you are mere , =
| No no No one at the estanca must Know H.
! Don Geronimo is sufficiently compromised already.
| Indeed, / ought not to have come here at an put
| | could not bear TO pass 80 near 10 You ana no.
| trv to See Won What n happy chance II was that
brought you here this afternoon. Already was
| deslairing of finding the means 10 warn you
| But how to get away now On, cduhou
| think of ANYTHING 1t Is terrible to be ~ near
safety. and yet 50 far from it Still. LUZ "hat
| are 10 do - III, 80
| Never fear nina, A horse and guide are
| all that | want | shall get safely enough 10 the
river But | must have some one to help me TO
| cut the wires Of tine fences II 90 not I0ilo" the
| road One arm Is no arm to a clumsy fellow like
| me There must be more than one man whom
| YOU could trust
All YES. But was thinl'ing-li11Sleli, h t,o