The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-15

was sent for. Rather than go hack and
marry that hateful woman 1 would work
ny fingers to the bone-die in the WORK
house. IL could only get work of some
kind would settle down here aud attempt
TO repay you and your daughter for youi
kindness
"What kind OF warkT Velazo asked
with a grim smile on his bearded face.
ANY sort-at least any sort that a-e
respectable man MIGHT do.n
81 heard that his lordship wanted an
underkeeDer. Lord Marlconbe l mean
Would you take that placer
| "Gladiy"
Then will speak to Symons, the head
keeper. about IT,"
There was silence Of some moments
length, and then Sydney said:
II thought of speaking to you about
Salome.n
NV hat of hersn
81 love her-she returns nv love-if ]
were to settle down l might repay you for
all you have done for me-"
You love-would marry SalomeT
| Pedro Velazo exclaimed and his long, lean
brown fingers tugged nervousIy at his
beard.
"If 1 had the chsnce-if you think me
good enough-under present circumstances
for her"
''If Salome wishes it, have nothing to
say against it."
! bou IL 10 agreed. snail 90 my DeSt
| for you aud her. Some day, when | and
my family are reconcIled, you will perhaps
be proud of the man your daughters good
ness and beauty and your own generosity
| have won.n
Il am satisfied" was Velazo's sole re-
| joinder. -...
On the following morning the lovers were
seated on the bench under the elm, and
were whispering soft words to each other.
They were engaged now and the wedding
| day was fixed. After a little breach in their
conversation Sydney said:
| 1t appears such a strange thing, Salome,
that you and your father, who are pure
Spaniards, should be settled down here III a
quiet humdrum English country place. Tell
me how it came about. dear"
Has father never told your'
| mot syllable-in fact, did not care to
ask him, and he never Is very laxative,
| you know"
| ut is a rather uncommon story" Sslome
returned, as she leaned back and nestled
| against her lovers shoulder, land if you
wish TO hear 1t there is no reason why
should not tell it to you. !, of course, never
saw Spain. l was born in the cottage there
and consider myself in every way an En-
glish woman"
| Never an English woman possessed such
eyes and hair and cheeks as your" he cried
| with fond caress. but go on"
4
one OF gypsy band who knocked about the
country between VaIladolid and Madrid
He has told me the story Of his own life
many times, and shall never forget it, In
the course of his wanderipgs he met my
| mother, who was peasant in the village of
Olmedo, and fell in love with her. They met
| frequently whilst my fathers people were
in the neighborhood of Olmedo; avowed
their love OF each other, and when circum-
stances parted them swofe to be faithful to
each other unto death.
when my father pext appeared in the
village, nearly a year later, he found that
his sweetheart had disappeared-had gone
to far away England" @@@
| ITO England"
| YES. 1t seems an Epglishman and his
| wife-Lord Marlcombe and the countess
were spending their honeymoon In Spain.
| While passing through the village the lady
wac thrown from her horse and severely in
| jured. For lack Of better place she was
carried into the nearest cottage which
CHANGED to be that my mothers parents
lived in. For many days the lady had to
remain in the cottage, as her injuries were
| of such nature as to render her removal
dangerous; and during her illness my mother
| waited upon the countess, who became very
| fond of her,
when she recovered she urged my
mother TO accompany her to England, Of
| fering her high wages and other thinA 3
which the poor peasant girl was unable to
resist"
80 she went TO England-came here to
| Marlcombe," be broke in, and left your
| father disconsolate" $751;
mot quite.n che replied, with a little
musical ripple of laughter ''She left few
words behind saying that she loved him
still, would return soon--had, in tact, only
| gone away in order to save money which
| would enable them TO marry and begin
married life in comfort
And your father was not satisfied with
those promises, Salome! He followed her
| to EnglandN 1-S.
Eyes, and found his love at Msrlcombe
hall, over there among the trees, acting as
| the countess maid. He went boldly to the
house and demanded to see his sweetheart.
| Then my mother had TO explain and in the
end my father was taken into his lordships
service. Afterwerd they married and came
to live here. My mother died when / was
only child and since then my father and
| have lived alone y--s--- ,
quite a romance he said, as she fin,
ishe1. 49,
mot more romantic" she answered,
'than our own love story. " hat could be
stranger than our meetIng3 Only fancy me
finding you that morning by the roadside
your illness aftcrward and being carried
| Eere." f-.-t '.- --F..
Yes, ii isnll very strange" he responded
gravely, his thoughts fiyil x acro-s colin-
try Co { arslaad bail. "Lfe,n he added, as
he strokel her raven hair. SIS fill of strange
| things. S me time, dear Selome some
thing stranger still may happen TO u.s. Who
Knows" He Lowell her very much then,
and he wes thinking of the Joy she and her
father would experience when they learned
thst his father was Sir Nicholas Carslaud
the wealthy owner of coal mines in Lance
SHIRE. Some day he would be nble to reveal
the whole truth to the trusting father and
| loving girl -.-' Z
A week later the man who called himself
| Sydney Barrlnghanl started work on Lord
Marlcombie estate as a sort of under keeper
and two or three weeks after that the hand
some Englishrnan and the beautiful Spa uish
girl were married. Pedro Velazo insisted
that the cottage was large enough for them
all, and there the newly welded lovers
! settled down to their new life ..
The autumn had worn itself away aud
winter was now come. In che woods the
trees stood out in the frosty air ragged anil
bleak, and undertook the dried leaves lay
thick. In three weeks more Christmas
would arrive, already the rustics of MARI
combe were making preparation for the
coming of that festive season.
Sydney Birmingham felt happier and
! better in every way than he had done for
years. His beautiful wife adored him, his
life was pleasant enough, and all the old
| vicious cravings had died down He was