Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-14

pushing wider yet the open doors. He glanced around ''Ahl the senorita," he said, as d lady rose and advanced from the farther end of the long room.
 As she came toward him it seemed to Derwent as if he had not before had the least Idea of her surpassing beauty. Not even In the Alameda of Mexico. when she walked past him like a princess draped in rich black lace, had he fully recognized the perfection of her Ioveli- ness, But here it fairly dazzled him. The foreign, semloriental room, with it's shadowy corners and the circles of shin ing light from it's hanging lamps, made an harmonious background for the grace ful figure that, clad in soft white India silk clasped by silver g1rdle at the waist and fitting high to the throat, un- der silver collar wrought with the fairylike deIicacy of Mexican work, moved over the polished floor with the ease of a grande dame and held out a slender hand to him
 'l am very glad to see you, senor. she said with gentle graciousness. "and more than glad that you have recovered suffi. ciently to be able to join us Pray take this chair"
 W 'bA1 ANi N"i SLC IuONSu TOT ward a large wicker char, fitted with soft cushions of crimson silk, and Der went was glad to sink into it, with a murlnured apology, while she sat down on a divan opposite and looked at him with her dark, beautiful eyes full of SO licitude
 You are very pale" she said Shall l not send Ramon"-who still fingered at the door-"for glass of wine?' "Oh, no. thanks, he answered. You are very kind, but am only little weak l have felt more weakness from my wound than would have been the case had l not lost so much blood" he added ! apologetically.
 And then the fever" she said. Con sidering both these things. think you have made great strides toward recovery It was only week yesterday since you were brought into the house insensible- we almost thought dying man." "l owe you many excuses for making 1 such sensational entrance" he said smiling 'lt must be very unpleasant to have an apparently dying man brought without any warning to your door. But then what would have become of me if \ the senor, your father, had not met and succored me in the most truly Samaritan fashion? am afraid the dying would soon have become grim fact"
 "There Is a strong probability of it, 7 she answered; and therefore we are very grateful for the chance that brought | you here 1t has been a great pleasure to do what we could for you, and to | know that you were getting better" II GSWhot i hoy Io oq l did not get better?" he said. 1t is the only way in which 1 can show my ap preciation of your great kindness"
 ''Let us not talk of that, she said with a slight wave of the hand. Our kind ness is nothing In Mexico it is not con. sidered remarkable to show hospitality to any one-especially to a wounded stranger. The remarkable thing would be if one failed in it. But probably yor do not know Mexico well, senor?"
 He perceived that she wished to change the subject, and followed her lead al once. "No," he answered, "l cannot say that know Mexico well, but have at least the desire to know it better. The mere idea of the country always exercised 8 great fascination over me-"
 "Then you did not think of us as bar. barians, as l have been told that the most of your countrymen dop" she said smiling. ~
 "The most of my countrymen are very ignorant of Mexico, senorita, he replied "but really do not think their ignorance leads them as far as that"
 ~poes 1t notp she sad. rather in ! GCn6uloQGly. 'l have heard that in the