The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-14

| to all appearance, the pressure put on her
| by her father, of whom she was very fond,
| and who treated her with surprising in
diligence, and even respect, had proved too
much for her powers of resistance Her
manner was now one of shy acquiescence
| in her lovers claims. Whereas before this
time you would have thought her less than
| kin to the eager Antonio, now l at least
considered her more than kind to him.
Unreasonable as it was, this state of
| things added, know, to the feeling of
| loneliness and depression which was grow
| ing upon me. put it to myself that was
| disappointed in the girl.
! Though still shy and timid in her lover 3
presence, my landlords daughter had alto
gether changed III her behavior to the
frequenters of the inn. Instead of keeping
to her own room when the house was full
of men, or going quietly about her house
hold duties, the young girl began to loiter
| near the bar, listening to the conversation
of the miners. Diez no doubt attributed
the change in his daughters habits to her
growing love for his charming nephew,
who was always there; at any rate he never
interfered / myself could only think as
he did, and acknowledge to myself with a
sigh that JUanita, too, was in the eneIny's
camp.
At last three weeks after my return to
Palos, the great report was finished.
handed it to the manager, and received
from him an acknowledgment in writing
Ny work was over, and | was heartily glad
of it. at least had done my duty; it only
remained for the directors to do theirs
The next day would see the last of Palos.
did not doubt that with the force at their
command the company would close the
mine before many days were past. l could
rot help being sorry. The village would
cease to exist, Diez would have TO close the
posada, and this lovely valley would be de-
serted for many long day to come. Still,
the company had other mines not very far
away; they could start new workings there
and use a good deal of the old machin-
cry. The miners, too, would soon perhaps
get work again, but they would be the
chief sufferers by my decision.
was in very good spirits that evening,
so that il seemed 10 me quite natural that
every one about me should be wondrous
polite and even cordial. Ny host was over
whelming with his attentions, forced his
company on me upon the slightest pretext,
and grew eloquent as he told me with gay
Oh lis plttAs AOE LIS St1E <AItR-
Mo. His nephew, it seemed. was a good
fellow If ever there was one. only little
too warm hearted and TOO sensitive. Did
he not seem TO me little sullen' I con-
fessed that he did. All. So I, too, had no
ticed i'll The poor fellow was in love, aud
all lovers were respondent at times. And,
would | believe i'll Antonio had actually
an idea that did not like him, and ne had
such respect for mel And so on. At last
the old fellow became so affectionate aud
so garruious that was glad 20 get off with
promise 10 drink 10 the health of his new
enterprise, hotel in a neighboring min
ing town, IN bottle Of has best cham
payne
Everything seemed for the best IL tGe
hest of all possible worlds As lay back In
my fayorite lounge on the versuda hob
nobbing with the genial old scamp, my
landlord The only thought which troubled