San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-16


But is there no wayE You are so
young yet. Ifyou are disconnected here,
why not go back to your own country,
where opportunities and career nat
urally await you"
Il want an incredible sum; will
never go there without it"
You do not do yourself justice in
these ideas" she said, simply
They got up and walked ON to spot
perhaps the most quaint and curious of
all. The princely founder Of the haci-
enda, father of the present occupant, had
spared no expensive caprice. He had
built here, beside a warm spring,
small pavilion made Of solid blocks and
columns of clear glass. This coquettish
structure was but the better for being
greened and broken by tim,
Il often come here in the afternoon,
when it is in shade, and sit either in it
or on the bench beside the SPRING" said
Amy; lit is favOrite place of mine"
1t was not to be wondered at. The
view, too, had its peculiar charm; vista
had been cut through the trees, and be-
fore the eye was spread like a dream a
prospect of agreeable solitude, ending in
the vast, twin snow crowned peaks.
Try Il now, i'll the sun, begged Walt
er; let me see the effect"
His companion. auiably complying,
mounted into it and stood in the ceuter.
OpaleScei.t and silyery CLEANS fell upon
her and enhanced the brightness of her
hair and the distinct blue of her eyes.
% ~,
her temple, or there was a mysterious
effect about the whole like flame burn
ing in the sunshine.
The basin is singular One," said
she, coming down. Sometimes, as
sit beside it, it GIBBS and flows before my
very eyes. | have heard them say its
level can be- affected even by the human
voice
Some Of the water is that coming
down from the hot springs above, but it
has much more than their ingulari-
| ties"
81 have not yet seen thos springs"
They started to go to them, when
Trinidad Jose, lately detailed to look az
ter that part of the place, came along
with a large dog, that was much his
companion, trotting at his heels.
"What is his name" asked Amy, stop
ping Us they passed to give the animal
friendly pat. She had a pleasant word
for everybody, by which she had gained
already 20 small popularity on the es-
| tate
The man, before replying, looked ,
cautiously this way and that, and then
at both of them in a searching way that
seemed to rnassure him.
CorcovrIo," he answered.
"'Corcov,' ~" repeated Walter ins
surprise. II You despise a man in this
country" he explained to Amy, "thej
most insulting thing YOU can do is to call
an animal after him"
Il wouldn't want to have it known, II
said the gardener DO you like the
Jefe Politico:" he asked
NO, l think him al odious man." re-
turned Amy
All, that is it, you don't find him AM
admirable person: Well, | think him a!
devil and the son Of devil; that is why
| call my dos after him."
But such nice dog! it isn't fair toI
him"
i cant help it; its the only way II
have, just call him Corcovedo ovezl
to myself a few times every now and
then, and it does me world Of good. I
| The old scoundrel don't know it; if heI
did he'd be too strong an enemy forI
| me"
While they were still smiling with
amusement at this simple way of reveng
ing ones ST upon an enemy, the yOungI
brother Angel cafe up. He had the
| hobby Of chemical experiments at pres
| ent, and he was in search Of Don Walter, I
to go with him to the upper sources of
the spring, and help him find among theI
| mineral substances, incrusted about
| those waters, some proper specimens for |
analysis.
Accordingly, they all went on togeth- /
er, following the little stream, which,
smoked, over a clear bed, among thicketsI
IF luXullant tropical plants. At the up
| per level nature, as usual, had been much
supplemented by art. The springs broke
out at the foot Of a cliff formed of col
umns like those Of Fingals Cave. A por-
ton Of the upper part Of the Cliff had
been rudely carved in the shape of a hui
| man face, and had balustrale and cy-
| presses on the top. The waters-hot,
| cold and impregnated with various min
| eral elements-ran out upon a terrace,
| with heavy ramps and stairway, andI
were led along to a DlaCa where ba tbinoI