Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-06-13
finished sketch Of the view beyond, the
silent canary, the intense repose I'M
pressed tho locker on.

idleness of the hour
At last, some electric sympathy must
have passed from the intruder to the
sleeper, for gradually the dark eyelashes
Enclosed, and the eyes shone out clear
and starry.
"Sir Geoffry! Or am still dreaming"
1T is 1, Carmen, humbly beseeching
your forgiveness"
"Nay, not my forgiveness"
Eyes, your forgiveness, for my brutal
behavior on that terrible day, more than
two years ago. But if you only knew
what have suffered, you would at least
pity me-"
Then she stood up and confronted him
with her sweet gentle face.
II was so greatly to blame, so wicked;
I have realized 1t since, but ! sinned in
ignorance"
Carmen! Have you no word for mes
Are these two years Of misery to count
for nothing?"
But she answered him not, and her
eyes were cast down.
Carmen, you did love mo once" he
asked with passionate anxiety, as he
gazed at the lovely downcast form.
eyes, I did love you once"
Carmen, Carmen, Is that oil that you
can sayY and he seized her hands and
made her look up, and in the limpid
depths Of those brown eyes he saw that he
was still loved. In q moment his arms
clasped her, and there was no moro fear.
no more arrangement; tout comprendre
c'est tout pardonnerl
The band Of the -th struck up On old
English air. "Haste to tho Wedding.
Tho breeze brought it to tho myrtle
bower with great distinctness.
"Love, do you hear those strains
1.-THE band, you mean7 Yes"
"They are playing Haste to the We'd
ding They have done It on purpose.
and what day is ours to be?'
"Oh, Geoffry, time enough for that by
and BY"
Pardon me, my liege lady; wish to
DO back at Estcourt place for tho shoot.
ing; your father is coming, and Lady
Estcourt must be there to receive heI
guests in person"
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with very rosy flush on her face.
"ExactlyI"
"But have nothing to be married In
no trousseau, or anything"
"Be married In the gown you havc on
Can anything look moro pure or sweet
Do, dearl We can supplement every
thing in Paris or London; only let US h
married, that is the main thing"
"But dear old dad. What will ho say?
"He said, Go in and win, Geolf.'"
However, we must conclude he 60
his own way. for society papel
stated that "a marriage had beer
solemnized between ir Geoffry Est
court, Of Egtcourt Pl e, and the ONLY
daughter and heiress Of Col Mas ng
bird, G. b, lato NJ P etc. within tin
specified month Of \ ust).
Again September come round. q
Then my credentials were ample and in
order. Among them, too, note for $50
pesetas had somehow slipped, which had
disappeared when they were handed
back to me. Need say after this how
It ended? Or that while the police officer
bowed his courteous "Adios" to me, and
bis men gathered up the watches. and
the crew scowled. the prisoner was re-
moved by force to the boat fairly foam
ing at the mouth, and screaming out to
the last horrible threats which my ears
were long in forgetting. I walked up
and down the deck, brazening it out, but
very sick at heart.
However. the San Miguel, despite her
engineers mishap. duly left in half an
hour-a nervous half hour to me. With
3 thankful heart l watched the fort
crowned hills about Carthagena change
from brown to blue. and blue to purple
behind us. until at length they sank
down in the distance.
But officers and men looked coldly or
me: and that evening. at Almeria, l tool
up bag and baggage and left the Sar
Miguel had had enough Of the thanks
and more than enough of the company
Of my cabin fellow, whom left where
had found him-or nearly so-behind the
sailcloth. believe that he succeeded ir
making his escape: not that have since
seen him or heard from him But fully
. month later q friend of mine staying al
the Hotel de Ia Paz, at Madrid. wa.
placed under arrest for some hours or
suspicion Of being Morrissey; so that the
latter must at that time have been al
liberty.