Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-09
lIURCIELAGO.


on, when began to fear and dread him,
II yyas as one of those great vampire bats OF
equatorial countries.
-, 49,, 100 afraid ~ him M first
e,s't, - 1,..,,,,.,. he so,,,, s,,,,,r.
uu''i's i' VIZ -, 80 %.
Jar nyphotisIh NOV oVsil " ,'l''',
little, delicate, haIuWorAlnE ishoell my
poor little sistePl no came 70 l'e WIN US
iof roy my yii''V W. ~ ssa,'' M
ing Isabel ana were iar iorl IlVu
hnd iairly eogu postum WV Pl"7Teeyo,
advancement put hienuer suIary iatpel
Kept mouse ior me- uiu lyPe"Ilting VI ny
typewriter machine AIiu war Svuuy ~ ~
biography. She meant 70 VaNe pOeIuio" a.
soon as got my hi'"noeiiien'' anu We
We're TO hire servant
Murclolago came III anu upset our P,'lis
somewhat. we uoIe 10 pAtiehsiy w irs..
Presently II came 10 oe so'het1lns oi aii
lmposition-out tneh IL Wus zoo iaVe,
IL was now that MuIcieiaso pe9u,l 70 con-
slder himself "a poor lorelgher' helpiess III
strange land without parents or proV9'
efs, lie was AZ years oiu ut'u up'ep0N lul
isabel tender heurteu liv',e ming, Mns
sympathetic. IL was s,u 70 DC III strunBo
land without KIN without money OF eii,
ployment. ANA hurcieias0 haI NOT le''rne "a
TO speak Engllsn "ell' ne h'u peen AZ
years IN the country perhaps ne laSheu
aptitude. lsaoels heaie soiteneI 70 nm M
lie was very clever az Ielllng 'aies Vi nls
troubles ana sorro"s' itc aiSo plni1eN ~
cookery. Ihere Is hothinB oester W 'n9
way oil hattery 10 one Who Is uolO.iui VI
ones culinary aolllty, ye6 anxious TO I'M
prove lsabels Puddlhgs were certainty
very good. Ana Murclelago was very io''u
nu1dlmUE
Heneyer mad tod me inucn Oh ms history
but had confined hlihselI 10 mining vague.
ly at political exile, conilscated estates YET
to be recovered and consequent greaO
wealth, wastoo busy topay much atleh'
ton to any mans aualfs Dut my own
Murcielago, on the contrary, haa nothing
to do ana was iona Oh spenulns hie "Vpi
moons in telling Isabel stories OIL MS carly
life.
did not think II was OF any great con,
sequence-his doing lo-she hau dlsllheo
his appearance so greatly at the beginning
And so began his Othello tales OF lands lar
away. And day by day, as he told thosg
tales, he continued to remain with us ana
feast and fatten upon us.
One night we were all sitting in our lit
tic parlor. 1t was hot weather for June,
and all the windows We're wide open. "A
bat new in from God knows where in tho
heart of the city. Isabel gave little
scream. think she had never seen one
'Hah said our guest, you have them, too,
here in this country And they do suck
the blood of other animalsf"
Yes" assentcd rather shortly. we
have them here" seized an umbrella
from the corner and struck the wheeling,
frantic thing and knocked IT senseless.
Then Murcielago told story OF the de
struction Of cattle on the great fields OF the
Argentine. dreamed of him that night
in the shape of tremendous bat that was
yainly trying to hght away from Isabel,
| The next day | came home little earlier
| than usual. In the small dark inner hall
] naused ut the sound of voices Murciela-
20 was weeping
"Oh, YOU see me--here am lon my knees
i embrace yonr feetl Oh, do not, do not
turn me away. But you are my only hope
my only hope in life. Oh, Isabel, II you
desert me, shall kill myself"
~ do not mean to desert you,p said Isa.
bel almost painfully but have my du-
ties Please-oh, please, get upl Don't
knecl that wayl Get upl 1 am your
friendn-- Her voice shook little. l
coughed loudly and went In. Murcielagu
had fled to his room.
Isabel | said that night, what was
that fellow begging of you this afternoon?
wish he'd 20 away"
She changed color He was afraid you
would send him away But we've can be
patient little longer, can't we, Nathaniel?'
Again that culver in the voice,
a few days passed.
Isabel had some savings of her own. l
was asking her about them. She blushed
violently and evaded the question.
came home one night at last to find the
house dark-very dark-very silent There
was motto for me that found by and by;
NNrnAsIEr,-Be mercifull lie won't AWAY
this morning early. An accident has hap
pened, and he has sent for me to nurse, must
go, ISABEL
His note also was there;
MY ALIe-I am nearly dead. Como quick to
save me. Come with the messenger.
There was no trace where she had gone.
Walked the house all night long. In the
morning reported the matter to detectives.
Another night--I thought l should 60
wild, trembled lest he had harmed the
poor, ooniiding girl.
could not go to my work. tried to get
some clue OF my own. My limbs trembled
beneath me / returned home and fell ON
the floor, sobbing.
AT dawn Isabel came in very pale aud