San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-17


last departure, nothing but necessity could
have induced me TO return Money, how
ever, rs that which | must have. You will
not give with a good grace; well, have the
power 10 force il from you. Inside of a
week, without leaving purr1sdeer, will find
out where these fools are fled to. | will fol
low; and, when have run my quarry down,
| will drive a wedge into that family that
shall once more burst il into shivers shall
see then whether my Lord Durrisdeer'' said
with indescribable scOrn and rageI Twill
choose 30 buy my absence; and you will all
see whether, by that time, | decide for profit
or revenge"
was amazed to hear the man so open. The
truth IL, he was consumed with anger at my
lords successful flight, felt himself To figure
as a dupe, and was in no humOr to weigh
language
do you consider this entirely wise r said L
copying his words.
"The.s twenty years | have lived by my
poor wisdom" he answered, with a smile that
seemed almost foolish in its vanity
And come out a beggar in the end, =" said l.
''if beggar be n strong enough word for it"
81 would have you to observe, Mr.. MackeL
lar" cried he, with a sudden, imperious heat
in which could not but admire him. that
am scrupulously civil, copy me in that, and
we shall be the better friends"
Throughout this dialogue lad been inCom
NODDED by the observation of Secundra DaSS
Not one of us, since the first word, had made
a feint of eating. our eyes were in each others
faees-you might say, in each others bOsonIS
ard those OF the Indian troubled me with
certain changing brightness as of cOmpre
hensiOn. But brushed the fancy aside. tell
ing myself once more he understood no Eng
lish, only, from the gravity of both voices
az tho o""@siOu"l s"Orn ard anger il the
masters, smelrd OUT there was something OF
import in tine wind
For the matter Of three weeks We continued
To live together in the house of DurrIsdeer
the beginning OF that most singular chapter
Of my life-what must call my intimacy
with the master At first he was somewhat
changeable in his behavior. now civil now
returning 10 his old manner Of tlouting me to
my face, and in both met him half way
Thanks be to Providence, had now no meas
ure TO keep with the man. and was never
afraid Of black brOws, only of naked swords
So that found certain entertainment in
these bouts of ncivihty, and was not always
i'll inspired in my rejOh.lers AT last lit was
| at supper ] had drOll expression that en-
tirely vanquished him He laughed again
| and again and Who would have guessed
he cried, that this old wife had any wit
| un1c: bis retticoets"
1T is no wit, Mr. Bally, said . "a dry
| Scots humor, and something of the driest.'
| And indeed never had the least pretensIOn
| to he thought wit
From that hour he was never rude with me
| but al III" ed hetvean Us IN manner Of
pieasaG.Iy CISCO or chief times OF DAZZLING
| foohnsi was when he required a horse, another
bottle, or some 7l""ey. he world approach
me then after the manner OF sCaOUl 10y
and would carry it on by way of being his
| f2.hc". IN L,th sides, with an inhutv Ut
mrJA could not but perceive that he
| thought more Of me- which JIck!od that poor
| part of mankind, the vanity lie dropped
besides Il must suppose unconsclOuSlyI INTO a
manner chat wss not only familiar, but even
| frlcudlv and this, on tie part Of one who
| had ~ long dctestcd me. found the more IN
| sldlOuS he went little abroad. sometimes
oT-n "c:usins Invitations No." be would
sly. what do | care for these thick headed
| bonnet lairdsf | will stay at home, MacEel
| lar and we shall share bottle quietly and
have one OF our good talks"
And indeed meal time at DurriSdeer must
| havo been a delight To any one, by reason of
| the brilliancy of the discourse He would
| often express wonder NJ his former indffer
snco to my society But, you see" he
would add, I've were on opposite sides
And so We arc today. but let us never speak
| Of that | would think much less Of you il
| you were not stanch to your employer" You
Sre TO consider he seemed to me quite impo
| tent for any evil, and bow il is a most Ell
| gaginS form of fattery when afGer many
! years. tardv i-St!Ce is done 10 mans char.
| acCer and parts But | have no thought to
excuse myself | was TO blame. | let him
| cajole ms: and, in short, | think the watch
d. VS. 5G:.:S gc1nA a-scep, when he was
sucdenly aroused.
! should say the Indian was continually
travelling TO and fro in the house He never
spoke save in his own dialect and with the
| master: walked without sound and was al
ways turning up where you would least ex.
pet him fallen into deep abstraction, from
which he would start upon your coming) to
mock v0u with one OF his groveIing obeisances.
He see.ned so quiet, so trail, and so wrapped
IN his own fancies, that I came to pass him
over without much regard, OF even to pity
him for a harmless exile from his country
And yet without doubt the creature was still
sayesdropping. and without doubt it was
through bis stealth and my security that our
secret reached the master AsE$tx4
1t was one very wild night, atf{ IA Ser
and when We had been makinasg ian
usually merry. that the blow tea ~
This is all very fine, mys9elss Ht 49,
but We should do better "a hskRsk uis
ysllss.r 2$&
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