San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-21
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81 hope you never may be-" put In Ro-
land laughing; "for you couldn't escape
by the window-it is q clear descent Of
fifty feet-and you couldn't drop through
the trap to this floor without the certainty
of breaking limb"
lima made no reply to this; and the Wis
itors descended the stairs, took leave, and
rode away. But Roland fingered be-
hind under pretence of tightening his sad
dle-girths, and Zeph was standing near to
him.
"Zeph," he said, 'what ails you? What
harm has lima Costello done your!
"You know BEST" replied the girl with
q savage CLEAN in her black eyes.
"PoOh, you fancy that am in love with
her"
Clancy? Why do you change color even
now, and why do you look 50 black at Dark
Darrell? But if he wants her, he'll have
her, be certain"
"Will he, by Heaven" began Roland
| passionately.
Zeph's short hard laugh checked him,
showing him that he had betrayed HIM
self.
"You're not in love with her, eh?" she
said, clenching her hand before her. "No,
you needn't tell me any lies; and don't be
afraid I'll tell of you. Father would throw
me over the weir if he knew you had been
making love to me; but it is q sin and .
shame; and Pll have my revenge yet on
you and the foreign missy"
"Zeph, dear Zeph-"
But Zeph had run of, and Roland was
fain to mount his horse and ride afer the
others. Darrell, glancing back, saw that
Roland was talking to Zeph, and he drew
nI,ts h,t ho
and the party rode up to the Larches al
most in silence. Mrs. Sabine wanted H.
ina and her companion to remain for the
rest OF the day; but lima did not like to
absent herself from her aunt for so long.
Moreover how could she pass the evening
in her riding-dress? At first therefore
she refused, till it was suggested that Miss
Durnford should be sent for, Us we'll IS a
change of apparel. Perhaps, too, Sir
| Philips quick, low on can surely stay?"
helped far more than she would have cared
to acknowledge to make her consent
This was as they were dismounting. Then
Sir Philip left lima to her cousin, and at
tended to the Sabine girls.
elbow good Of you to stay" said Ro-
land, looking up with beaming eyes,
| though he wished Darrell had declined the
| invitation. "PrOmise me game ut chess,
| lima"
| "If you like, Roland" she answered,
thinking = great deal more about the flow-
ers still remaining in Zuleika's ear-faded
| now, but not dead-than about Roland
| and his request. She Would have taken
| them out il she had dared, but with Ro.
land there, and Sir Philip close by, she
felt afraid somehow. Roland, however,
had not 10 g>.t;a them; ali, when he had
helped lima " aliSht, de turned back
| with assumed carelcssness, and catching
the mares bride from the hand Of the
| young groom who was holding it, took
out the flowers, and threw them upon the
| ground.
lima saw the action, and such blaze OF
passion glowed in her eyes and flushed her
very brow that Roland recoiled, startled.
She sprang forward swiftly, and picked up
| the flowers, her little hand trembling with
the grief and anger which she yet cOntriv-
ed to keep from passing her lips. She felt
Just then as if she hated Roland she felt
it seemed to dash upon her like q sud-
den light-that he had thrown down the
| flowers because Sir Philip had given them
| to her; and there was enough childishness
in the wOman's passion that shook her
! to make her wish that she had been o boy,
! and so could have struck her insolent
| cousin.
"My dear girl" said Roland, seeing that
he had made grievous mistake-Darrell
| talking to Rose, did not seem to have no.
ticed the episode-''pray forgive mel I
had no idea you wanted to keep the fow-
ers; you left them there yourself. They
are all dying"
off l did, what then! why did you 60
| out Of your way to touch them" she an
| swered, and without another word walked
straight away and up the terrace-steps.
Roland stood still for few moments
| with as black a look on his face as ever
mans face wore but, as he slowly follow
| ed his cousin, his brow cleared somewhat.
After all, he said to himself, lima had Ell
| Their forgotten the flowers or cared too lit
| tie for them to take them from the horses
| ear herself; and her sudden enthusiasm
for them was something very like an out
break Of childish petulance at what she
| thought gratuitous interference. Roland
| Sabine understood much better the differ
ences between one soil and another and
the qualities that go to make good hunter
than the merest outlines of a woman's ma
| ture.
Not one look or action of either person.
age had escaped Sir Philip Darrell; but
his delicacy of feeling had forbidden him
to take any overt notice. Why should IL
ma be so angry with her Cousins act if she
had believed it what he tried to represent
it, simply the result Of passing thought?
Besides, there was more than anger in the
/ brown eyes, more than she was conscious
of; and it made the blood Of the man who
loved her, course swiftly through his veins,