San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-20
AN AZTEC HEIRLOOM.
BY REBA GREGORY PRELAT.

Continued from Seventh Page.
Sadie went to Bella's room. The girl
was sitting by the window, her habit
unchanged and her hands with the
long gauntlets lying in her lap.
What is the NATTER" asks the ell
der woman, breathlessIy.
Bella pointed to the little silver cup
standing on her desk which Foster
had given her in Eagle Pass.
He said l had drunk the waters of
the Rio Grande and that I would
come back. He wanted to bring me
back to marry him. told him all
the horrible mistake; that loved Mr..
Dupree and was engaged to him. o!
Sadiel Sadie! why did you not let
him know"
"You love Mr.. Foster, dearest" Sa-
die said, dropping down to the floor
and putting her arms about the girl.
You never did have more than liking
and respect for Mr.. Dupree. Don't
make three people miserable instead
of one.n
~ have given my word" Bella
said. II am not girl to fiirt and
change my lovers with the passing
hours. L tell you Sadie, con science
makes towards of us all. L have new
or acknowledged that L did not love
Mr.. Dupree, even to myself, aud /
never will"
Sadie saw that the Puritan obstin-
acy which she had Inherited was now
combined with the Puritan conscience.
The little woman's wrath rose.
at is wrong Bella" she said:
utterly wrong and wicked. would
not do such a thing. Suppose Mr..
Dupree is knocked up about it. Bet
ter one than three?"
Don't talk Sadie" Bella replied
YEARLY. "YOu are one kind of q
woman and l am another. Your
standard is not mine. promised to
marry Mr.. Dupree with my eyes wide
open. He has done nothing to de-
serve the fate you prepare for him. L
never gave Mr.. Foster encourage
ment. We were good friends. He
| acquits me OF couquetry"
Sadie made final desperate effort.
bella you were only sixteen at the
time but don't you really remember
| Arthur Clarkew
Bella blaZed up.
"The man you threw over 10 marry
| Frank. of course do. saw how he
suffered. will never forget his face
nor the pride with which he covered
his pain. You did not care. You are
| selfish"
"Why, he was a millionaire and
much the best match Frank was
poor beside him." He has married
since you know and has four children.
Mr.. Dupree would do the same"
Sadie spoke, with q cheerfulness
which seemed to dispose of the mat
| ter.
Bella laughed drearily.
How kind of you to settle his
future for him. Go away, Sadie for
once you cannot influence me. L
thought you had told him. Promise
me you will never mention it to me
again. 1t has upset me a little that
Is alp.
Her face was deadly pale. She
longed to be alone. The absolute i'm
possibility of explaining TO Sadie or
gaining any comprehension Cypress
ed her.
Half an hour sfterwardsH Harry found
his sister in-law weeping wildly on
the sofa in the smoking room. Now
it is one thing to abuse person OF
Sadie's stamp yourself, and quite
another to suspect third party OF
like offense. Harry always defended
her from others.
She stated the case with an ava
lanche of self condemnation, and
wound up by Bella's quotation Con
science makes towards of us all"
"You think it would be best, there
fore, to have no conscience at all
like yourself" Harry observes Pc.
htely.
sadie lifts up her tear stained face