The Springdale news., 1889-06-07
A FINE HAUL OF FISH.

l Will Catcu nun DcIOFe ne 5penuS It. \ will come up in the morning in time to take out the fish Of to-night's catch. Ed, Carmelita. God be with thee"
 "Good-bye, Damian." said Carmel ita, mechanically.
 They hed mover before parted in this way, but to both 1t seemed quite nat urai. Damian took his hat and staff and crossed tho walnut-wood bridge way and the losses of the castle The sun was still gliding the peak of dis tant mountain.
 Twelve hours later the sun once more shone over the cabin. All the sadness and foreboding of the day before had been pure farce. There was the sun again. red and joyous as ever. climbing up the heavens as blithely as fl this was his first journey there, and shedding life and movement wherever his rays reached. This WAS the sun that, in those hours of absence, had crossed the ocean. had called the monday in the Americas. had served az a god for the idolators of the Pacific. had lighted the way for mariners in China, had gilded the spices of hindostan, had kissed the stones of the Holy Sepulchre. and had marked the hour of death for some modern Greeks; and now that sun was returning. full of curiosity to DS people of Upper Aragon. whom he had left the night before seated at tho door of their hut
 As 10 Damian, he, like the sun. seemed iu better humor than on the preceding evening. If he might be judged by the lively and frolicsome manner with which he ascended the terraces of the castle. followed by some other fishers. all singing the most vii. lainous ;ota that hnd been produced in their country. They reached the draw bridge. crossed the courts of the castle. still lying in silence, and reached the plane fronting Damian's cabin.
 "How loud the cascade roars!' said one of the men.
 But what has become of the bridge2" cried annthcr. True for you! Look, look! it has slipped from each end, 1t has sunken into the cut ting-it has broken!"
 But how can that be? Such beam -so long, 90 we'll supported by Its length! 80 heavy! and of walnut-a wood as strong as iron!"
 Il shall have to buy nnother," said Damian, struggling his shoulders; ''bu, come, boys, let the bridge be, and helI me with the seines before it grove lnter.T And. taking up the thread oi his interrupted song he began with the other 10 draw up tho eel-nets.
 ''Thc devil! how it weighs then!' fried one of his comrades; thou hast done we'll with this haul. Damianciton'
 At least it is ten arrobas." said another. "oh, fine catch! unheard orr
 Il helievo you!" shouted third; ii, is more likely he has caught, not eels, but the bridge Of walnut wood!'
 Damian only smiiel without speak. ing.
 Do you say that net Is heavyT cried one Of the men. pulling on the second seine; well. this one is not be hind it. This weight Is not less than twelve arrobas- of threo hundred weight
 On! it's q couple of big rocks tha, have fallen in!" said an envious- led fellow
 Damian was gloomy. trembling, covered with cold sweat "So one seine weighs as heavy as the other. he muttercd. .'oh! bat 1t can not be!' He sterpod up out of the wator and slowly took his way 10 the cabin
 By this time the first seine was com ing up to the bank. md in it appeared. truly enough. the bridge of walnu, wood. Not all Of 1t. but the half IL was not 10 bo doubted that during the night the bridge had been sawed across  out were staring with surprise and terror; they started back with horror stricken faces, shricking.
 At the same moment, Damian ap- pearcd in the door of his cabin. with his hair on end. his eyes fixed and starting. and a look Of utter stupid. Ay. yet screaming with laughter n laughter like voice from Bed. lam He had found his homo deserted and the couch of Carmelita untouched by her since the day before. And the fishermen had seen in the net with the walnut timber tho pallid face Ot Dou Jairna-
 A moment after. their frightened mates drew out the second seine, with the other half of the bridge and the body of CarmelitA
 She, also?" Damian shouted; "oh I did not look for that. though! thought she would wait for him In the run to meet him. But she did. you ece. Sho was impatient to meet her lover, and she went on tho bridge to meet him. But had been there be- fore them. sawed it! sawed 1t! sawed it! Oh! what a fine haul we have made to-day. boys. good catch of fish is this we have made. bOys" And. shricking. he ran and shut himself ir the cabin.
 When the officers of the law came tc arrest him they found him still grasp. ing saw, and the cabin drenched with blood. Tho eel-Gshor had sawed of his left hand. md with tho right he still drcw his weapon across 8 gaping wound in his throat, while ha gAsped. with dying voice; "A grand catch ol fish we have made to-day. boys!@- 1ran&ldt.d by Y. X AtIdis for Argo- Qdut.
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