The Portland daily press., 1890-08-12

| "But as money came nealtn went; he
was sick and suffering and could not
bear his daughter away from him. He
| was Jealous of her love, also, and he suf
fered her not a lover. This is one thing
l allow not myself to speak about. I tell
you, alcalde, this woman showed
through many years one great. sublime
sacrifice. Upon my honor, senors" and
the little gentleman laid his hand upon
his heart and bowed to Mary as if she
had been queen.
mot for myself; that is one infamy,
one scandal too great to be believed. AS
my sister, as my friend, honor Miss
Mary Forsyth. AS my wife? Impossi-
Bile! Does not all San Antonio know that
l adore alone the Incompatible Dolores
Henriquez?
zone day as l sat reading by my
friends bed he said to me:
Doctor, that is pitiful story, and
| too true. We think it a grievous wrong
not to give our sons trade or profess
sion, but we never think what is to be-
come of the poor girls
81 said, oh, we expect them to mar
ry.'
but they don't, DOCTOR he said,
they don't, doctor; and the most that
do are left by death, i'll usage or misfort-
ure to fight the world some time or 9th
er with no weapon but needle, doctor.
1t is sin and a shamer
"It's the way of the world, my
friend, said
:" 4 know. 1 spent thousands of dol
lars on my boys, and then divided all
had between them. If Providence had
not blessed my work extraordinarily or
If had died Ave years ago what would
have become of Nary
$50, gentlemen, said:
esquire, your sons do not know that
you have made more money; they
thought they had got all you had, and
have not visited you or written to you
lest you should ask anything of them.
Do justice at once to your loving, faith
full daughter; secure her now from
want and dependence, and give her at
length leisure to love and rest
"And my friend, being good man,
did as advised that he should do. For
that he died in good peace with his own
conscience, and made me for once,
senors, very happy that I gave good adj
vice, free, gratis, for nothing at ALL"
$50 you did not profit at all by this
willr'
"Not one dollar in money, but very
much in my conscience. Santa josef I
am we'll content"
miss Mary" said the alcalde, kindly,
ssl,oxyo xyo1, onx,fhiNoy fo
Mary raised her clear, gray eyes and
looked with yearning tenderness into
her brotherS faces. David pretended to
be reading. George stopped over and
spoke to him. With sigh she turned
to the alcalde.
"Ask my brothers what they value
the homestead at"
1.-TWO thousand dollars, promptly an
swered David.
"Too much-too much," grumbled all
the es Jury. .o,,..,,a ao,,o,., ,.oo..o,..,,
David; and George added, "Bare value"
~ will buy it at two thousand dollars.
Will you ask my brothers If they have
any daughters, alcaldeS''
Gentlemen, you hear? Have you any
daughters
David said surlily that he had no chill
dren at all, and one of the jurymen NUT
tered, with queer laugh, that he was
sorry-didn't see how his sin was ga
going to find him out"
George said he had two daughters.
ASK their names, alcalde."
"Mary and Nellie"
The poor sisters eyes filed as she
looked in Georges face and said:
"Alcalde, give to my niece Mary ten
thousand dollars, and to my niece Nellie
ten thousand dollars, and hope you
and the good men present will allow the
gift to stand. know my brother David
will never want dollxr while there is
one in the country he lives in. George
Is extravagant, and will have always
ten-dollar road for five-dollar piece;
but his boys can learn his own or their
uncle's trade; there are plenty of ways
for them. would LIKE to put the girls
beyond dependence and, beyond the ne
cessity of marrying for living.
David rose in fury and said he would
listen no longer to such nonsense.
"You forget, Mr.. Forsyth, that you
have put this case into our hands. think
you will have more sense than make
enemies of thirteen of the best men in
the neighborhood. Gentlemen, would
you like to retire and consider this mat
ter?"
"Not at all, alcalde. am for giving
Miss Forsyth all her father gave her."
"And l." "And l." "And l." cried the
whole twelve almost simultaneously.
81 shall contest this affair before the
San Antonio court" cried David pas
sionately.
you'll think better of it, Mr.. For
syth. Do you mean to say you brought
twelve men here to help you rob your
sister, STRIP
II mean to say that that Mexican, Zav-
ala, has robbed me. 1 shall call him to
account"
The doctor laughed good naturally,
and answered:
eve have each our own weapons, my
friend. cannot fight with any other.
Besides marry me a wife next week"
And the doctor leaned pleasantly on the
alcalde's chair, and with joke babe
friend after friend "Good-by."
Mary Forsyth carried out her inten-
tions. She settled strictly and carefully
$4,000 ON each Of her nieces, bought her
homestead, and then sat down to consider
what she should do with her $1,000.
"If | were Frenchwomau and San
Antonio were Paris" she said, 81 would
rent store and go to trading. know
how to buy and sell by instinct, and If 7
were born farmer I could plant corn
and cotton and turn them into gold; but
! am not a farmer-I never made gar
den and got decent meal out of it.
calculate twill be best to get John Doyle
for head man and put my money in
cattle"
Just as she came to this decision DR..
Zavala drove hurriedly up to the door.
MARY Maryw he cried, "come
quickly! There is an old friend of yours
In the timber too i'll with the dengue
fever to move"
"What do you need, DOCTOR"
"Need? l need you and couple of
men to carry him here. Do you know
that it is Will Morrison?"
"Oh, doctor! doctorr
"Fact. Heard of your fathers death
In Arizona and came straight home to
look after you. Poor fellow! he's pretty
bad"
Well, Mary did not need to hire John
Doyle as head man, for Will, who had
loved her faithfully for fifteen long vears