The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-14

the reason why will only ask you that when yon
ready to receive the papers you will ~ email red pen
nan from the little hasstaG among the rocks. Believe
| me your friend aud grateful debtor. WV.
Mrs. Bunker cast hasty glance around her.
and pressed the letter to her lips 1t was a
sudden contamination Of her vaguest. half.
formed wishes. the realization OF her widest
dreams. To lie the con!dant OF the gallant
but melancholy hero In his lonely exile and
persecution was to satisfy all the unformu-
lated Romantic fancies oi her grlish reading.
| To be later. perhaps. the Flora Nh donald of u
middle.agod Prince Charlie did not. however.
evoke any ludcrous assarit'i,c 5 IN her mind
| Her feminine faHcy exalted the escaped
ducllist and alleged. assassin into u social
martyr His actual small political intrigacs
and ignoble aims Of Office seemed to her little
different from those aspirations OF royalty
| which she had read abont-as perhaps they
were. indeed, II Is TO DO feared TINT in foolish
little Mrs. Bunker. VINEYARD Marion had found
the old feminine alteration Of pretension and
| privilege which every rascal has taken ad.
| vantage Of since the food.
| Howbeit. the next morning after she had re-
| turned and Iephas had sailed away she few
red bandanna handkerchief on the little flag
| stan before tho house. A few hours later u
| boat appeared mysteronsly from around the
| Point. Its only occupant "a common sailor
! asked hor name. and handed her Il sealed
package Mrs. Bunknr's invention had al.
ready boon at work. She had created an aunt
| in Mexico. for whom she had. with some osten.
tation. made some sinai purchases while In Snn
Francisco. When her husband spoke Of going
as far south rs Todos Santos. she begged him
10 deliver Ky parcel 70 heI aunt messenger;
bs o efen psT NC e
which With h neW ts and amaz la dihidsnse sns
TIC oS sGS%s sss tS s s
Whatever, your oppressors or enemies may DO.
deepest sympathy sisns herself ever. Moliie Re.
sale MacEwnn." The snbstitutton Of her maid
ss ~ he1 o tss
.,os eyes serT Ths U@ s5 70 Ms s.
called for BY hand at Todos Santos" also
struck her as q marvel OF ingenuity; The
81 aephss. Who brought BACK small psskes
.lIreetes, to her. which on private exsmnetiop.
kAs0A os Ss jn tsaa2 WIZ A sf SunP Ps
written s sss4 he nfh Ss s sfsS
remained still uniormulated. The next day
she ran up signal: the same boat and soil;
took the paeGsSs; week later. when her her
husband vas ready i9r sea- she again hoisted
Mexico. which she enclosed and readdressel.
a az, gave to her husband The recurrence o.
| sls inclusnt npgarentiy strueA prlght ioea
"Ioos s f here. Moilie. why don. YOU come
%ho
cost a heap o red tape, for they've got q 1lli-
buster scare on down there inst now; but you
foryea thore for twenty: four hours" Mrs Bun
Sm Hna 4! s Ss
excuse tho distrs snggesstea by her husband
| There DerhlDS brief tWinYa OF n
science in taking this advantage q Zepl,as's
Kindness. but the next moment. with that Pc
| cuiar logic known only to the sex. she made
the unfortunate mans suggestion condonn-
3ion Of her deceit. She haln,t asked to go: IL.
nag offered to take her. He had only himself
But tho political excitement in which she
Or even conviction. presently eliminated With
the prssidentiHi campaign and elestion OF
AeTaham v Ihe infriGnes OF Southern
Southern birth aud extraction who had long
We're pumor s Of secession. OF California; joining
the South. or Of her founding an independent
formed Mrs. Bunker that she was carefully 10
retain any correspondence that might be in
same time that Zephas as resretialiy told her
that his projected cd Southern trip had been sus;
MRS Bunser WAS 70 AMI
rion was postponed. It is to DO feared that
that in the magnitude Of political events her
own pretty pc rsonalty might be- overlook ed
hy her hero tended somewhat to her resigna-
Meanwhile the seasons had changed The
to thu the thy soax
although strengthened. enlarged. ana made
more Comfortable through the good fortunes
citfi. but was exposed. TO the full, strength Of
the Pasihc gales. There were long nights
ly on the shingles. or startle her with short,
sharp reyeiIIe g. on the Windows: TIER, there we're
slime. and intervals Of dull gray sha.low. when
the heayjnS white breakers beyond the gate
eseStsd soude M BanSer
up to strange moods aud singular visions: the
Tie alt2eaIity shs was SPssinnins to hsys n
lilly q; WySnysra Mar"e s u.s. She ptEEs new
It IN her one interview. had become very
sT When faint e DAYS Se1 G Ssn:y t
sometimes saw herself standing BY his side in
me- t59pSs a and hasd
She knew not what! Exactly how this5 was to
etfncemen, from the scene, never troubled her
childish fancy. and. it is but fa!r to say. her
iuded 10. it seemed to her that ali ethical re-
sponsibility for her actions rested with the
5sy we sa"s s oW %sHy as01 h #. Ma N
defamation Of that exciting epoch which
filled the newspapers. there was talk OF short
srt %i.m 81 ." .fre More 1nyS wren
window caused her to start as II shO had heard
tho sharp lsillado OF that lille of mnskets Of
which sh0 had sometimes read In history.
ono day she had n singular fright. She had
heard tho sound Of oars falling with IL pre-
cision and regularity unknown TO her. She
was startled 10 see the apnroacll Of large
eight oar barge rowed bv, men in uniform.
with two officers wrapped in coaks in tho
stern sheets. and Dcfor" them tho glitter OF
Inuskct barrels. The two officers appeared to
be. conversing earnestly. and occasionally
an instant shn trenlLed. and then an instinct
Of revolt and resistlnce followed. She hur-
riediy removed the ring. which she usually
wore when alone. from her finger. slipped it
with tho pac;ct under tho mattress Of her bed.
aah prepared with hlnzing eyes TO face the in
truders But when the boat landed. the two
officers. with scarcely u glance toward the
believed. yet it must he confessed u little
| piuued ut their lnditrerence. She snntchhd up