San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-22
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the composition there seemed a tense,
nervous agitation in the performer which
betrayed itself to him he hardly knew
how. The tempo was quickened, and
the bow seemed to bite into the catgut,
while her smooth forehead contracted
into a faint frown, her nostrils dilating
slightly now and then.
Was she going to be overcome at the
moment of her triumph? Could nery-
business be asserting itself now after she
had triumphantly conquered her public,
and when the house was hanging breath
lessly on her playing?
He felt in himself a sense of discom-
fort, which he was attributing purely to
his sympathy with the young girl. But
it seemed to augment. At last by an
attraction which was almost against his
will he felt his head turned to one side,
as If drawn there by some subtle iniu-
ence
Not five yards away from him was DR..
Watson.
His eyes were bent with growing ear
nestness on the girls face. They were
hot, and seemed almost starting from
his head. 1t was evident that the hate
full man was concentrating all the power
of his soul into that look. BY his side
stood Mr.. Crawford.
Henry Henshall understood the stu
alton at a glance. HIS own creeping,
Disguised sense of being under some in
fuence seemed explained by the mag
netic attraction of this devilish man.
He knew, too, that his ideal, this nerv-
Gus, high strung girl whose artistic
temperament must answer to the faint
est impression, was being overcome by
that terrible glance which DIR. Watson
was directing toward her.
He felt that something must be done.
A little more of this occult violence and
Edna might break hopelessly down.
He was her knight, self constituted, to
be sure, but with the fond hope that
some time he might receive from those
soft brown eyes the sign that he was not
al u~ngrateful defender.
His course was quickly decided on. rs
walked behind the hateful form of the
doctor, and after standing a moment
turned around sharply and, as if by ac-
cident, struck the man in the back SO
heavily that he turned in wrath and sur
prise.
"Oh, l beg your pardon, DR.. Leo
pardi," he said, with a stress upon the
name. :
He darted a glance at him as he said
this that sufficiently conveyed his feel
ing. 1t was to be war to the knife.
DR.. Leopard looked at him in return
with a deadly hate.
"You are mistaken, sir" he said hotly,
without a moments hesitation. My
name is not Leopard"
Henshall felt hat his ruse had sue
ceeded in what he chiefly intended. He
had broken the fatal current which
streamed from DR.. Watson's eyes, and
which was slowly but surely unnerving
the fair girl who struggled so bravely
against the malign influence.
He stepped close to his ear and Kissed
into it: IF you do not withdraw at once
and cease prosecuting that innocent girl
| will bring one that will prove you are
DR.. Leopard and a thief and a villain.
Go, quietly and at once, and l will do
nothing more at present, but otherwise
beware, for l know you much better
than you do me. Cor
L~eopardi's brown face grew sallow
white and his eyes looked like an angry
snakes.
II will be even with you some day."
he said in a low tone of intense re-
v~engefulness. Il never forget a debt
like this"
Then he turned and said something to
Mr.. Crawford, who had been watching
his daughter too persistently to have re-
marked this side scene. After a mo
ment apparently of hesitation on the
old mans part he turned, and with an
agitated air left the hall with the doc
tor.
what did you do to that fellow"
asked his companion as Henshall re-
turned to his side.
81 scotched a snakey" he said, his lip
curling with disgust and scorn.
Edna Lewis had completed her solo
triumphantly, and twice she vas obliged
to return to bow her acknowledgements
to the applauding house. She was
deadly pale, and there was a strained
look in the dark brown eyes which
pierced Henshall's very soul.
He could not leave her unprotected.
He must wait and see her safely home.
DR.. Watson and old Mr.. Crawford were
nowhere in sight, but that did not dispel
his fear.
He waited until the crowd had disap-
peared. Then he saw a slight figure, a