San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-17

they're cleaner"
"No," she said, vehemently; aI viii
seek no further. This is city of dark
ness and filth. i am in a land, an age
which know me not; this much have
learned already. The world was fairel
and brighter of old"
"You see,n said Leander, "if you only
go about at night, you can't expec
sunshine! But I'm told there's cleaner
and brighter places to be seen abroad
if you cared to go there!" he insinuated
"To one place only, to my Cypriar
caves, will / CO." she declared, "ard
with you'll"
"We1l talk about that some Other
time, " he answered soothingly. "Lady
Venus, look here, don't you think
you've kept that ring long enough
I've asked you civilly enough, good
ness knows, to and it over, times with
out number. / ask you once more t.
act fair. You know it came to you
quite accidental, and yet you want tC
take advantage of it like this. 1t ain't
right"
She met this with her usual scornful
smile. Listen Leander," she said
"Once before-how long since l know
not-a mortal, in sport or accident
placed his ring as you have done upon
the finger of statue erected to me.
claimed fulfllment of the pledge then,
as now; but force l could not with
stand was invoked against me, and
was made to give up the ring, and with
it the power and rights | strove to eX-
ert. But | will not again be thwarted
no force, no being shall snatch you
from me; so be not deceived. Submit,
ere you excite my fierce displ.asure;
submit now, since in the end submit
you must!"
There was dreadful force in the
sonorous tones which made him SILVER;
a rigid infiexible will lurked in this
form, with all its subtle curves and
feminine grace. If goddesses really re.
tanned any power in these days there
could be no doubt that she would use
hers to the full.
Yet he still struggled. al can't make
You give up the ring" he said, but nc
more you can't make me leave niv-my
establishment and go away under.
ground with you. I'm an Englishman
i am; and Englishmen are free, mum
perhaps you, wasn't aware of that?
I've got will of my own, and SO you'll
find it," - -
aPoor worm" she said, pityingly
land the hair-dresser hated to be adj
dressed as poor worm,) why oppose
thy weak will TO mine? Why enlist my
pride against thyself; for what hast
thou of thine own to render thy con-
quest desirable? Thou are bent upon
deiance,it seems. leave thee to reflect
if such a combat can be equal. Fare
well; and at my next coming let me find
a change!"
And the spirit of the goddess fed, as
before, to the mysterious realms from
which she had been so incautiously
evoked, leaving Leander almost frantic
with rage, superstitious terror and
batfied purposes.
al must get the ring off," he NUT
tered, land the cloak, somehow. Oh,
if l could only find out how There
was the other chap-he got off, she
said as much. If l could get out how
he managed it, why couldn't l do the
same? But who's to tell me? She
won't-not if she knows it! l wonder
if its in any history? Old Freemoult
would know it if it washes such a
scholar. Why, he gave me a name
for that 'airwash without having t.
think twice over it! I'll try anG
pump old. FreemOult. I'll do it to
morrow, too. I'll see if I'm to bt
domineered over by a image out of ;
tea-garden. Eli? IL don't care if sht
did hear mel"
So Leander went to his troubled
pillow, full of this new resolution
which seemed to promise a way o
escape.