San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-31
ONLY GIRLAT OVERLOOK
BY FRANKLIN FYLEs.
copyright. All rights reserved.l

to his own superior strength was exas-
peratingly accompanied by glance not
free from contempt.
"Eet was-a all cen fun" Kayelh
smilingly explained to Mary, and then
his eyes turned darkly upon Gerald.
"Eef eet had-a been one earnest fight
The different result was vaguely indi-
Gated by hard clinch of fists and a
vicious crunch of teeth. jrj b, '.t.-E.
aItwas beyond "a doubt that Ravelli
could not bear to be belittled to Mary,
but she and Gerald We're alike ,inatten-
tive to his exhibition Of wrath.
. "No prisoner was ever more exultant
to escape" Heath went on, ethan was
to get out of that dark, noisome hole into
clear sunlight. ran to this very spot,
and-wen, the landscape was on view,
Just as it is now. 1t was like getting
from gloom out into glory" ...
The young mans exuberant words were
not spoken with much enthusiasm, and
yet they had. sufficient, earnestness to
prove their sincerity. He had stopped
whiting, and his knife lay on the desk
as he turned his back against the sapling
and rested both elbows on it. .s'
80 I've been writing to the president
of the company. urging him to defect the
route a trife SO that passengers might
come out of the tunnel to see a landscape
worth thousand miles of special travel,
and to be had by going less than as many
feet. This is the very latest day for
changing the survey. Tomorrow will
be too late. That is why I'm telegraph
ing SO urgently" ,''t ~. '.. ''' A''''.- -.
Click, click, click! Mary went to the
Geographic instrument. She delivered
the message by word of mouth, instead
Of taking it down in the usual manner
with pen.
Gerald Heath, Overlook" she trans
lated from the metallic language of the
instrument; .'your idea is foolish. We
cannot entertain it. Henry Deckerman,
president" ..HDre DIX G1nl1tN
Gerald looked like man receiving a
jury's verdict involving great pecuniary
loss, if not one of personal condemnation,
as he listened to the telegram t"'i .'"
= Sat ees whata l theenk," remarked
.Ravelli, with insolent elation; 'you
ARE one-a fool, as re president he say"
Gerald was already angered by the
dispatch. The haunting epithet was
timed to excite him to fury, which he
impulsively spent upon the more imme-
date provoker. He seized Ravelli by
the throat, but without choking him,
and almost instantly let him go, as
though ashamed, of having assailed a
man of not much more than half his own
strength and nearly twice his age. With
Italian quickness Ravelh grabbed Ger
AIDS knife from the desk, against which
he was flung. He would have used it,
too, if self-defense had been necessary,
but he saw that he was not to be further
molested, and SO he concealed the weapon
under his arm, while Gerald strobe
away, unaware of his escape from stab
"He is one beeg bully" said Ravelli,
with forced composure. "Eef a lady
had-a not been here
you tormented him." the girl inter-
rupted. Il once saw the best natured
mastiff in the world lose his temper and
turn on a. She stopped before say
ing "cur," and added instead: IF he was
foolish you were not very wise to tease
him" ~
He is-a what to you, Eat you take-a
hees part?" Z / = = l..
She bit her lips in resentment, but
made no reply. ; : ia
"Pare-haps he is one-a lover oof you?"
Still she would not reply to his imper-
Thence. That angered him more than
the severest rejoinder would have done.
"Oh, am sure-a Eat he ees one sutton"
She gave way at length to his provoca-
ton, and yet without any violent words,
for she simply said: "You are insulting,
while he is at least reasonably polite
when he needs me at all, which isn't
often"
"Not-a often? But somewhat closely
he media you. See zat."( ,-,i,I.,r.
With an open palm he struck the place
on the saplingiwherei Gerald had whit
tied. The spot was on the outer edge,
where Mary could net see it from her
seat, She went, round to the front of
the primitively constructed desk or high
counter to crafty her curiosity. There
she saw that Gerald had carved hand,
her own hand, as she instantly perceived.
The small and shapely member was re-
produced in the fresh pale wood with
rare fidelity. She had unconseiously
posed it while working the key of the
Geographic instrument under the jack
knife sculptor's eyes, and there had been
ample time for him to whittle fac-simile
into the birch.
HE is almost as impertinent as you
are" she said, and turned to see how
Ravelli took the comment.