San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-14

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he could not help adding.
"When found myself awake and in
utter darkness, she said. Il thought
you had buried me beneath the soil"
Buried you" he exclaimed with a
sudden perception that he might do
worse.
And in that thought was preparing
to invoke the forces that lie below the
soil to come to my aid, burst the masses
that impeded me, and overwhelmn you
and all this ugly swarming city in one
vast ruin!"
Il won't bury her." Leander decided.
"rm sorry you hadn't better opinion
of me, num-, he said aloud. you see,
how you came to be there was this way.
When you went out like the snuff of
candle, so to speak you left your statue
standing in the middle of the floor, and
had to put it somewhere where it
wouldn't be seem"
"You did well, :" she said ,indulgently.
"to screen my image from the vulgar
sight: and if you had no statelier shrine
wherein to install it, the fault lies not
with you. You are pardoned.
"Thank you, num-" said Leander;
"and now let me ask you if you intend
to animate that statue like this as
regular thing?"
$50 long as your obstinacy continues,
or until it outlives my forbearance, |
shall return at intervals" she said.
"Why do you ask this?7
= well, said Leander. with sinking
heart, but hoping desperately to move
her by the terrors of the law, its my
duty to tell you that that image yo' ur in
is stolen property"
Has it been stolen from one of my
temples" she asked.
Il dare say don't know: but there's
the police moving heaven and earth to
get you back again"
He is good and pious-the police
and if l knew him | would reward
him
There's good many hims in the
poiice-thatS what we call onr guards
for the street, who take up.thieves and
bad characters; and being stolen,
they're all of 'em after you; and if they
had a notion where you were they'd
be down on you and back you'd go to
wherever you've come from-some gal
lery, believe. where you wouldn't get
away again in hurry! Now tell you
what it is, if you don't give me up that
I'll tell the police who you are and
where you are. | mean what ! say, by
George | do"
1--WE know not George, nor will it
profit you to invoke him now" said the
goddess. "See, will deign to reason
with you as with some froward child.
Think you that should the guards seize
my image should remain within, or
that it is aught to me where this marble
presentment finds resting place while
/ am absent therefrom?' But for you,
should you surrender it into their hands,
would there be no punishment for your
impiety in thus concealing a divine
effigy?"
''She amt no fool, " thought Leander;
"she mayn't understand our ways, but
she's a match for me Notwithstanding.
must try another line"
Lady Venus" he began, eff that's
the proper way to call you, 1 didn't
mean any threats-far from it. III be
as humble as you please. You look a
good-natured lady: you wouldn't want
to make a man uncomfortable. I'm sure.
Do give me back that ring. for mercys
sake! If haven't got it to show in
day or two | shall be ruined
should any mortal require the ring
of you you have but to reply. i have
placed it upon the finger of Aphrodite,
whose spouse | am. Thus will you
have honor among 'mOrtals, being held
blameless.'
"Blameless!'' cried Leander. in pardon
able evaporation, that's all you know
about it. And what am to say to the
lady it lawfully belongs TOP
You have lied to me then, and you
are already affianced! Tell me the
abode of this maiden of yours
What do you want it for?" he in
quired, hoping family she might intend
to restore the ring.
ITO seek it out, to go to her abode, to
crush her! Is she not my rival?"
Crush my Matilda" he cried in
agony; you'll never do such thing as
that?"
You have revealed her name! have
but to ask in your street, Where
abideth Matilda, the beloved of Leander,
the dresser of hair? Lead me to her
dwelling And having arrived thereat
/ shall crush her, and thus she shall
deservedly perish!'
He was Mortified at the possible eff
fects of his slip, which he fastened 10
repair. ''You won't find it so easy to
come at her. luckily" he said; "there's
hundreds of Matthias IN London alone.
Then" said the goddess, sweetly
and calmly, lit is simple; l shall crush
them all. "
"Oh, LORI" whimpered Leander,
"here's a bloodthirsty person! Where's
the sense of doing that?"
because, dissipated reveler that you
are. you love them.
Now when did | ever say l loved
them? | don't even know more than
two or three and those / look on as
sisters-in fact" there he hit upon a
lucky evasion) "they are sisters-it's
only another name for them. I've a
brother and three Matildas, and here