Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-24

sued from the door dared and bewildered. AZ |
my wits end what to do. A few p,e,-s an. |
ward ran against some one, and, inuttorinx
"ferdone ustedI would have passed on with.
out looking up II the man had not seired me
by the nm. Il was Client what is il. Mr.
Lyntonf he cried good hurnorclly. aHave
some scnuritaS eyes shot ho,noi Or-but
what is III Can | help yout And he drew
me out OF the sunshine into the shade Of the
covered way which runs round the loco
dover, tho great square OF Toledo.
Some one has intercepted my lettnrs,r
sianincred. "A SrnniHrd called for them
this morning, presented one Of my visiting
cards, and said was at the Fonda de Limo
where did stay one night An that can
get out Of the postmaster is that he gave up
the letters and that all was done in order.
Confound his ssolidityl One of thom con.
tanned e50w
He whistled. "Then there Is no time to be
lost, MI. Lynton,r be cried "fct Us 90 frst
g the Fonda. 1t q possible that some busy
body, knowing you did not get your letters
yesterday, has fetched them for you on the
chance OF getting peseta for his pains
gladly assented, and we went together TO
the hotel But no one there would confess to
knowing anything Of my letter, No one b. .
gone for them As we leftthe yard noticed
that my companion looked kecniy at tho
waiter, who was not too civil "Do you sus-
poet himr' asked, when we wore outside
~ hardly know Client answered slowly
Possibly you mislnid a card the night You
slept there, 80 that he is one OF the people TO
be suspected, But como, we will 70 now TO
the postotiice. will help you as far as cans
And indeed he did. His knowledge OF the
language was perfect, and It was wonderful
20 hear him scolding questioning and com
planning, without end Of the wrongs his
influential friend, whose passport he was
waving under their official noses, had srf-
fened. But when presently everything had
been tried, and for the time tried frultlcssly,
we stood in the square and looked somewhat
blanlly at one another
81 say, Mr.. Lynton,p he began, ''fifty
pounds Il q large sum 10 losc.n
81 wish II were less l replied, with an at
tempt at sprightlincss.
alt does not cripple you nltogethcrls
81 can afford it, il TINT Is what you mean.
But-but 1t is little inconvenient at pres
ent,r answered.
ut puts you in a difficulty for few daysTn
Precisely. ! cannot receive another re-
mittance for five days at least In the mean
timc have six-yes, seven pesetas and a
halfr
"umphl Call II sir shillings and three
pence, he replied, laughing. THE cathedral
vergcrs win soon ease you OF It, even were it
more. But look herel We ART next door
neghbors, and you must let me help you. In
a strange country always keep few pounds
by me; they are at your service"
! AS he spoke he drew from an inner pocket
n shabby letter case and took out 200 pesta
noto--the only note, saw, that the case con-
tanned.
~ am afraid" said, doubtfully, 'that
am mountaineering you. And besides, you
do not know Insr
al shhll not need tho money, y he replied,
quickly, "and as to my knowing you, think
do--not you, personally, but your kindn
"Thnt is well saidin exclaimed with
heartiness. land accept your offer on ono
condltion-that IL you want the money before
Sunday you will tell mo son
"why, II do, he replied, laughing merri-
", ''you Will lave spent half OF It.
$50 SHALL" said, laughing myself "but
have q watch, and Toledo, no doubt, has a
let me call 1t a Mont do Pictor
"Ciertamenteln he cried gayly, and with q
word about meeting Mt dinner walked rap.
idly away, leaving mo to my thoughts,
watched him ns he threaded his way across
the square between laden asses and graceful
girls with pitchers, and comparing his slight
upright form with the somber Spaniards who
Strutted up md down, keeping, oven on thb
sunny day, q corner OF the capa over the
mouth, | felt proud OF my countryman.
~ do not think, = said ponitently to jock
Il have not mentioned Jock before, although
lie wns at that tins my constant companion
collie dog With tho long Scotch head and
tho tcndeiest eyesl, ~ do not think that ]
shall he so qui IL to Judge the next man we
meet-And do not understand All, these
hasty Judgments, Jockn and i shook my
head, and Jock his tail.
In due course n second remittance came TO
hand, and repaid my friend BY that time
some OF tho wonder had felt at his solitary
life In Tolcdo-Toledo the sofnbor - bad
passed away. He was not altogether solitary,
| putting myself out OF the question More
| than once In the archway or on the veranda,
| / met a priest coming from his roon-a
small, dark, thin faced man with vivid eyes,
q Spaninrd, OF course, who lifted his low
crowned beaver to me and bowed politely.
! Once, too, had glimpse Of a potticoat
whisl.ing out Moreover, Client seemed TO
be doing a better trade than ! had judged
probable from the specimen Of his work
Z which l had seen. Not that he told me this
himself. He was reserved on the subject,
neither offering to show me his pictures nor
accepting my proposal that we should do
some work together But our letters some
times lay on a slab inside the outer door, and
could not avoid seeing that he received sew
eral--dealers' letters | WINS sure-fron art
centers-from Dresden and Munich, for In
stance. Once there was 4 letter bearing tho
postmark Of St Petersburg. This seemed
strange in man Of his caliber; in man who
was not known 10 mo And, perhaps, be-
sides pulling me, II little nettlod mo also.
Ny name was not altogether unknown.
Client himself had said pretty things about
his acquaintance with It Yet | had no con-
tinental patrons no market outside Great
Britain.
II Ihad fallen in with him nt Madrid or
Seville should have known what TO think,
: I should have set him down as one Of those
copyists who live by all great galleries
And something upon which III one day in
bis room persuaded me for a time that this
was the case, few as were tho works in
Toledo that could pay for the labor Of copy
ing. 1t was u picture, and the only one
saw at any tiine in his possession, fayc the
sombor landscape of which have spoken
had run abort Of chrome yellow, and
bearing him 20 TO his room followed 70
ask him II be could let ne haye some. II