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relations Of pighted troth with Dona Francisco
Vedapulse, the lady was deprived OF her liberty
and restrained by the preJudices Of her father.
Wherefore he, Noriega, va now appeal 10 the law
of the land for SuccOr and redress
Micheltorena then recapitulated the matter and
called upon Francisco for her statement She
rose up. pale, slight, attired in black, with her
head covered with a mourning veil Her
countenance was ghastly with the traces Of weep
ing, but it was now devoid OF all expression, and
her Voice even and passionless
1t is true" she said, was aiiianced TO Cap
tain Noriega. But now-the counses Of my
family. and my own sense of what is best, have
decided me to break the bond 1 no longer wish
to marry him."
But-pifl PAT pun the warrior exploded in
dismayed and furious remonstrance. This was
COLA snare-ths was never her own decision. A
traitor stood between them
For the first time glimmer Of feeling played
over Francisco face, as she looked at hm-had he
but known itl-with something Of the same dis
dain that had been her humiliation when she saw
through the branches and the vines, in the dusk
of the arroyo, her lover writhing and leapng under
the blows of the alcaldes sword-hat.
This is quite my own resolve" she declared.
firmly; given without coercion or compuIsion, on
account Of somewhat known 10 me. but not to my
family. Even if had not been brought in from
the grotto, | would not have welded Captain
NOriega."
Clearly there was nothing more TO be said here.
Even Norega held his peace within the house
but. after the manner of his kind, away from her
natural protectors, he broke into vile insults and
SiuT6 against Francisco, untll even MS own COM
panions were ashamed, and senced him.
About II Of the clock that night the alcalde,
on his rounds TO look after the patrol, heard him
self called by one who came running. breathlessy-
his friend. Louis Arenas
Mariana! for the love Of the good God DO
thou cautious! There is one would STAY thee
he has all but stabbed me for thee As went
through the narrow street before thy dwelling, he
sprang upon me. and the steel was at my throat
when my hat fell off and he saw my face by the
light OF TIE lantern over thy doorway. We are OF
one size, thou knowest, and doubtless he was de-
ceived moreover. by the likeness of the zarapes'
For exactly similar were the wraps these two
wore: long, narrowish blankets with q corner
tossed over the shOulder-the fine densely woven
almost waterproof wares Of FL Salto.
Don Mariana Hidago turned back to the corral
of friend, whose horse he mounted, and present.
ly came into the dark, narrow street from the OPP
posite direction, and, contrary to his custom at
night, on horseback. So it happened that the man
sitting crouched at the alcades door took little
tice till the rider was fairly upon him, with pis-
mered and sputtered, and vowed he was but nap
ping there in innocence, being overcome by liquor.
But the wary alcade" nsistence presently brought
out Of the sleeve Of the miscreant Of the bayO
nets used on the guns Of the presidarIos. And the
fellow himself being marched to barracks. con.
fronted with Louis Arenas and subjected 10 press.
ure, perhaps none too gentle, confessed the at
tempted murder, and showed the moneu Noreigs
had given him earnest of what ne agreed to
pay on the death Of the alcalde
Notwithstanding this disclosure so troublOus
were the times and so delicate the position Of
the governor, that the only punishment he saw bis
way to intlict on Noriega transfer TO the pre-
sidio of Montgomery. Here the scoundre afterward
married lady whom he subeequntly abandoned
at MaZatlan, on the way back TO Mexico, where ID
was learned he already had a wife ere he came to
California.
Francisco Vedapulse seemed to have lost all in-
terest in life; less, it was always believed, he-
cause of her unhappy episode with regard to No
riega than because she was hopelesslv in love
with the young alcalde She passively submitted
20 marriage with man Of her fathers choice,
once more accepted husband at the hands of her
family-an American this time, honest and kind
". if somewhat shiftess. But the strength and
her entreaties, when dying, that Don Mariana HI
dalgo might watch over her helpless children.
And they, now grown TO full maturity, have ever
found indeed a true and faithful friend in him,
now the only survivor Of all who figured in this
little drsma.-(The San Francisco Argonaut.