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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Por fuerza de la Guardia Civil del paesto de
Vieques fueron capturados 81 dfa &c tres indivi-
duos autores, IL completes 3 encubridores de
hurto y muerte de dos reses vacuna de Ia pro.
piedad del Sr. Monnaille.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Sc ha despachado va en- Madrid por solicitud
Fdel diputado aCortes se6or Garcia Molinas ha
sido enviada esta Isle, la Real orden mandando
que empiecen los sstudios de Ia Carretera que
Sc ha de construir desde Bayam6n Sabana del
Palmar por Barranquitas La de Bayaman 4
Barros por Toa alta, Corozal Morovis ha sido
aprobada de6nitivamente en- eI Congreso ha
pasado al Senado -
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Por fusrza de Ia Guardia Civil del puesto de
Humacao fueron detenidos el dia % tres indivi.
duos por heridas el "a por Ia de Callejonea
haresl dos individuos DOR hurto
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

>--De Madrid nos escriben un Sr. diputado 4
C6rtes que el Sr. Ubarrl ha escrito desde Paris
al Ministro de Ultramar mostrandose partidario
en- 10 substantial de las reformas presentadas al
Congreso por ell referido Ministro. Esta noticia
confrma las telegrafcas via Habana, que va he
mos publcado.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Result6 muy lucldo 81 bale que dio anoche
Ia sociedad Recreo P~ertorrsqweo la calle de la
Cruz n1m.' 20. Asistieron 81 gran ndmero de
sedoritas j6venes de la apreciable clase de arte
sanos.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Ell Sr. Coronel SuDlnspector de Art;lleria sr.
Sanchez Castillo su distinguida esposa estan
difteria, su bellfsima h1ja Carmen, nina de diez
ahos de edad. Felizmente merced los her6i.
cos esfuerzos del doctor Garrido, secundado por
el inteligente doctor don Francisco del Vale, la
enfermedad que en- un principle revestfa carac.
ter gravfsimo, ha lido cediendo paulatinamente
hasta el extreme de ser hoy muy satisfactorio el
estado de la linda enfermita. Hacemos votos
por Ell complete restablecimiento de 10 Mia, y
por que la tranquilidad vuelva relnar en- Ia mo-
rada de los esposos Castillo. Il
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

En- la acreditada barberfa el Lawrak Bat
calle de San Francisco ndmero 42 SO venden los
dos dltimos ndmeros del chispeante peri6dico
.Blomeo g negro, recibido por ell correo de aver
Son dignos de leerse.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Ez Pals de la HaDana dice que los dsrecAis
tas de aquella Ciudad han dirigido al Ministro
de Utramar el siguiente telegrama: >.#.
"P-otesta contra reformas, nnanime. Su
blevaci6n de los Voluntarios anoche, falde del
Castillo del Principe. Descargas cerradas Sa
lida de la guarnici6n del castillo. Excitaci6n in
mensa. Urge retro proyecto para calmar Ami.
mos-M0rqt6s de ApesteqM50." 7
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Con carga de salAzones y naaderas ha entra
do al puerto de Ponce, procedente de Halifax, 9
bergantin inglss Deo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

De resultas de un parto ha muerto en-
Mayagdsz la apreciable sefiora doha Maria
Contreras digna esposa que fu@ del sehor
don Jose Robert.-R. I. P.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

En- Ia Gaceta de manana SO publicara un,
aclaraci6n Ia circular de s. e. I'll Gobernado
General relativa prevenir los incendios.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

A Ultima hora NOS dicen de Madrid en- tele
grama la Corufa para alcanzar la correspon.
dencia que trajo el Antonio Ldpsz, que los nuevoa
presupuestos de Puerto-Rico, repajan los impues
tos que pagan las haciendas de cafa en- la Isla y
hablan del canje de Ia moneda mejicana. En- los
asuntos de las reformas del senor Maura, los di
putados por Puerto-Rico estan completamente
divididos. #,,b r..
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Ha sido completamente restaurado Ell esta-
blecimiento de farmacia en- esta Capital de senc
res Sucesores de Teillard & Micard (antigua Ro
tica Micardl San Francisco ndm.o So, con traha.
jos tan primorosamente hechos, que, indudable.
mente, resulta ser la mas luioaa en- aparadores j
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

En- Humacao han sldo supr1midos los dere
chos de consume que venfan satisfaciendo los ci
garrillos.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Valentin Pereyra citado en- las noticias de
policfa que publicamos aver, dice que es incier-
to que 81 halla amenazado con un revolver Leon
Figueras.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Sc encuentra enfermo de alghn cuidado
nuestro amigo el Sr D. Tomas Agrait, procura-
dor de San German.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Aver fue encontrado ahorcado un hombre
Sn una pieza de cafe en$el barrio Rancheras de
Ia Jurisdiction de Yauco
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Por 81 guardia de Orden Pdblico Hip6lito
Vargas fue detenldo aver On esta Capital el indi
viduo Ignacio Diaz, por escandalo en- la calle de
San Sebastian 4 las l IL de la noche
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

En- Cayey sltio de Quebrada Roble, fue
muerto I'm paisano que conducfa una carreta car
gada de provisiones.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Dice Jacinta Cepero de Bonilla, vecina de Ia
casa ndmero IL de Ia cale de Ia Fortaleza, que 10
ocurrido en- su casa antes de anoche, de que ha-
bio LA CORRESPONDENCE, fu6 (estando ella fus-
ray entire una mujer que viva en- la casa y dos
hombres que pretendieron entrar en- ella.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

En- la pr6xima Gacsta SO dara publicidad
una circular del Gobernador recordando el cum
plimiento de la de 2. de Agosto de 1890 referen.
tie al uso del TELEGRAPH por las Autoridades fun.
clonarios pdblicos que tienen franquicias, fin de
bYitar los abusos que Sc cometen. -
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Desde antes de aver 10 de Julio han cesado
los derechos de consume en- San German. No
le ha sido admitida la rsnuncia al sehor Aldea,
alcalde de auuella Ciudsd.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

ssb0fsa sobtln5s ds Herrera, de- IL HabAna hax
retirado dehnitivamente 81 vapor Avil6s !" de
n1estras costas. Sabemos mas que aquellos
sefiores armadores de la hota de correos entire
Cuba y Puerto Rico, al enviar 81 vapor " Avi-
les 4 nuestros puertoa, fue por que contaban
con una subvenci6n por 81 servicio de correos
marltimos al rededor de esta Isla; no tan SO
lamente no han obtenido aquellos senores la ex.
presada aubvencion-a pesar de venir incluida en-
los presupuestos de gastos-sino que el Gobierno
Ia acababa de suprimir en- el ejercicio del Co
rriente aho econ6mico El vapor Avil6s" !" So
10 irrogaba gastos sus duefios, 81 estos gastos
no 90 compensation con Ia subvenci6n como era
possible que aquellos senores tuviesen en- esta Is
10 uno de sus vapores dnicamente para convenien-
cia benefclo nuestro? decimos que 81 " Avi-
les solo reportaba gastos sus dueaos, por que
sabemos que el comercio de esta Isla no daba 10
preferencia aquel vapor para sus embarques.
Cuando empiece en- Septiembre pr6ximo reeo-
lectarse el cafe y commence bajar de los pueblos
interiors; Ia costa, sentira entonces Ia nece.
sidad absolute de un vapor costanero para Ia con.
ducci6n rapida de aquel fruto & los puertos de
mayor exportaci6n. Yea ell gobierno 81 perjui-
clio que ocasiona 81 pals anulando la subvanci6n
I'm vapor costanero, no solo dtil para el servicio
de correos marltimos, sno para el comercio on
general en- la Spoca de los grsndes embarquss de
cafe"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

I'LL superiores acababas de
HUVuS SGCuS recibir, en- sacos de go
kilos mas menos ofrecen BAQUERO Y GAN
DARA .
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Por 81 correo liegado aver hemos tenido Ia
de haber fallecido en- Zafra, (Ex.
tremadural 81 que fue nuestro buen amigo
don Rafael Yafiez, Coronel de Ejercito, Ii
gado una respectable familia de esta Capt.
tai y que hace POGO tempo saliosde aquf para la
Peninsula.-Q ID. e. p. s,$
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Nuestro distinguldo amigo don Juan Bau.
tista Rodriguez ha quedado de Ingeniero Direc
tor de los ferro carries, durante Ia ausencia en-
Europa de Mr.. Basinaki, por 10 que le telicita
mos. <%.%
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

En- Ponce han circulado noticias de que los
detallistas piensan cerrar sue tiendas CON motive
de las nuevas tarifas. En- Ia Capital tambien,
pero siempre las hemos tenido por exageradas
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Suphcamos 4 don Pascual Delgado do Ma.
ranjito SO sirvs saldar Ia cuenta de impresos que
nos adeuda desds 28 de Diciembre de 1892.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Ha fallecido en- Barcelona el apreciable j6
-I-ven Sr. D. Jose Fabro Valdes, natural de
esta Capital A toda sut tdistinguida familia
enviamos nuestro mas sentido p6same.
p
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Ha fallecido en- Mayagiez de hebre anna.
-rilla, en- ell Hospital Milltar, el Guardia Ci-
vii Crist6bal Collado Luque, natural de Ma
lsQa.-R. I. i.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03
Julio AndinO Ortiz

PreciOs convencionales.--E6 -E6mero en- la ensefian-
"a pnntualidad. 15-l0
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

De Madrid nos escribe un amigo 10 que
sigue: tia actltud del sehor Ubarri frente les
reformas de Maura, SO explican perfectemente.
Sc dan grandes atribuciones & Ia Diputaci6n Pro.
vincial y hasta 81 Consejo ha de componerse de
diputados provincisles Y como Ubarri es y
sera la Diputaci6n. de ahf que estara mas &
sue anchas. Lo gracioso del cuento es que Ell
Ministro cree CON sus reformas matar el Cacl.
quismo en- las Antillas II
Son extensas y muy lnteresantes Las noticias
de 10 Ultima decena peninsular que nos comunica
nuestro active corresponsal de Espana. Empe-
zaremos pablicarlas manana.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

A su sstinabls farnilia snviarnOa nuestro p6saine
p6r tan tremenda desgracia"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03

Recortamos de La Region de Aguadilla:
MSabemos de una manera positive que lo
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-03
Hemos sido favorecido con un eiemplar del

Hemos sido favorecido con un ejemplar del
fnlleto IsdustrSas AsracoIGs que mds convengG rea
sar nssdsos Prdctscos de planteaslos, por 81 Lii
cenciado don Miguel Planelas, farmac6utlco de
Cayey. Dicha Memoria fue premiada On 81 Ger
t&nen de la Sociedad Eco 6mica dc Amigos del
Pals celebrada on esta Capital 81 II de Octubre
del afo pasado. Agradecemos mucho el obse.
quios
Recortamos de "a Region de Aguadilla:
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as long as yo are with the comp an %
Aunt Miranda and me! here r,ustn'e
be more there mustn y even seem g To ~
more between us. a e. g
But then may hope!'' he said, eager
II, grasping her hand.
81 promise nothing for you must
not even have that excuse for speaking
OF this again, either from anything u
do, or may seem to do" She stopped.
released her hand, as her eyes were
suddenly fixed on the distance. Then
she said with slight smile, but with s.
out the least embarrassment or Inn
patience: There's Mr.. Champney
coming here now. reckon he's look
ing to see If that wreath is safe.
CORTLAND looked up quickly. he
could see the straw hat Of the young
Englishman just above the myrtle
bushes in path intersecting the.
avenue. A faint shadow crossed his
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sI5sf1J nusn rising TO ner sarlow cheek.
The young man muttered something
from the hall which Courtland did not
catch Its Cousin Tom Higbee," she
explained, half disdainfully. 'He's had
some ugliness with his horse, reckon,
but paw ought to teach him how to
behave. And don't think he likes
no'th'n men," she added. gravely.
CORTLAND, who had kept his temper
with his full understanding Of the in
truder's meaning, smiled as he took
Miss Reeds hand in parting. ''That'a
quite enough explanation-and don't
know why it shouldn't be even an
apology"
Yet the incident left little impression
on him as he .strolled back to Redlands
1t was not the first time he had tasted
the dregs of old sectional hatred in in
civility and discourtesy, but as it sci.
dom came from his old personal antag
onists-the soldiers-and was confined
to the callow youth, former non-com-
batants and politicians he could afford
to overlook it. He did not see Miss
Sally during the following week. Some
metallurgical experiments he had been
making with ore found on the estate
had taken up his time. He was am
bilious to develop the resources of the
property beyond the expectations Of
the company. Miss Sally was right in
attributing to him capacity for alb
sorbing work, which few. knowing hi:
quiet, reposeful temperament, had
imagined, but she was wrong in sup
posing-if she did-that it should pre-
clude romantic and even dreamy ideal
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have said we were good friends: I want
you TO let me hope to be more. want
you, to overlook my deficiencies and the
difference Of my race and let me meet
you on the only level where can claim
to be the equal OF your own
people that Of loving you. Give me
only the same chance you gave the
other poor fellow who sleeps yonder
the same chance you gave the luck1er
man, who carried the wreath for you to
put upon his grave"
Sally had listened to Courtland's dec
laration with prettily knitted brows,
the faintest air of color and half
laughing. half superior Misrepresentation.
When he had finished, she uttered q
plaintive little sigh. '.Yo' oughtn't to
have said that, connie, but yo' and me
are too good friends to let even that
stand between us. And to prove it to
yo' I'm going to forget it right away
and SO are yo'.'
but cannot" he said, quickly, 'if
could should be unworthy of even
your friendship. If you must reject it,
do not make me feel the shame of
thinking you believe me capable OF
wanton trihing. ! know that this
avowal is abrupt to you, but it is not
to me. You have known me only for
three months, but these three months
have been to me the realization of three
years dreaming!'' AS she remained
looking at him with bright curious
eyes but still shaking her fair head dis
tressedly, he moved nearer and caught
her hand in the little pale lilac thread
glove that was nevertheless too wide
for her small fingers. and said. appeal
ingly:> but why should you forget it?
Why must it be forbidden topic?
What is the barrier? Are you no longer
free? Speak, Miss Dows--give me some
hope. Miss Dows-Sally!'
She had drawn herself away, dis
tressed, protesting; her fair head turned
aside. until with slight twist and mar
rowing of her hand she succeeded in
slipping it from the glove which she
left prisoner in his eager clasp.
'.There! Yo' can keep the glove,
connie" she said, breathing quickly.
'sSit down! This is not the place nor
the weather for husking frolics! Well
-vo' want to know e0Ay yo' mustn't
speak to me in that way. Be stil]-and
I'll tell yo'." s. -....
She s1noothed down the folds Of her
frock, sitting sideways on the bank,
one little foot touching the road. 'Yo'
mustn't speak that way to me-" she
went on slowly, because it's as much
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1--WE LOST MY GLOVE SOMEWHERE.
face. LET me know one thing more.s
he said, hnrriedly. II know have no
right to ask the questionable has
has-has Mr.. Champney anything to
do with your decision?"
She smiled brightly. ''Yo' asked
just now if yo could have the same
chance he and Chef Brooks had. Well.
poor Chef is dead, and Mr.. Champney-
well-wait and see." She lifted her
voice and called: .'Mr. Champney."
The young fellow came briskly
towards them; his face betrayed q
slight surprise, but no discontinue, az
he recognized her companion.
ooh, Mr.. Champney," said Miss Sally.
plaintively, Give lost my glove some
where near pooh Brooks tomb In tho
hollow. Won't you go and fetch It,
and come back here, to take me homer
The connie has got to go and see his
sick niggers in the hospital" Champ
ney lifted his hat. nodded genially to
j CORTLAND. and disappeared below the
expresses on the slope. ''Yo' mustn't be
mad,'' she said, turning in explanation
to her companion, ''but we have been
here too long already; and it's better
that ! should be seen coming home
with him than yo'.'
*"Then this sectional interference
does not touch him?' said CORTLAND.
bitterly.
..No. He's an Englishman; his father
was known friend of the confederacy.
and bought their cotton bonds
She stopped, gazing into Courtland's
face with pretty, but vague impa~
thence and a slight pouting of her lip.
''Co'nnle!''
''Miss Sally
'sYo' say yo' had known me for three
years before yo' saw me. Well, we met
once before we ever spoke to each
other!''
eyes with admiring wonder. s'When?"
he asked.
'sThe first day yo' came! Yo' moved
the ladder when was on the cornice
and walked on yo' head. And, like .
gentleman, yo' never said a word about
it. reckon stood on yo' head for
five minutes"
mot as long as that said Courtland.
laughing, ''if I remember rightly"
EYES, said Miss Sally, with dancing
eyes. II, a so'th'n girl, actually set
my foot on the head of q no'th'n scum
of connie. N.Y.
LET that satisfy your friends, them"
'No. want to apologize Sit down,
connie"
"But, Miss Sally
''Sit down, quick!''
! He did so, seating himself sideways
on the bank. Miss Sally stood beside
him
''Take off yo' hat, SIR
! He obeyed, s1nilingly. Miss Sally
suddenly s1ipped behind him He felt
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perfection here. Perhaps from the
heat. the overpoWering perfume or
some unsupported sentiment, the young
lady became presently as silent and
preoccupied as her companion She be-
gan to inger and hotter behind. hover
ing like butterfly over some towering
shrub or clustered sheaf Of lilies. until,
encountered suddenly in her floating
draperies. she might have been taken
for somewhat early and far too be-
coming ghost. It seemed to him also
that her bright eyes were slightly
Swallowed by q gentle thoughtfulness.
He moved close to her side with an ir-
resistible impulse OF tenderness, but she
turned suddenly, and saying: Comet"
moved at a quicker pace down narrow
side path. CORTLAND followed. He
had not gone far before he noticed that
the graves seemed to fall into regular
lines; the emblems became cheaper and
more common; wooden head and foot
the place of carved freestones or mar
BILE, and he knew that they had reached
the part of the cemetery reserved for
those who had fallen in the war The
long lines drawn with military pre-
cision stretched through the little valley
and again up the opposite hill in an
odd semblance OF hollow squares, ranks
and columns A vague recollection of
the fateful slope of Snake river came
over him. 1t was intensified as Miss
Sally, who was still preceding him, sud-
denly stopped before an isolated mound
bearing broken marble shaft and a
pedestal with the inscription: Chester
Brooks" A few withered garlands
and i1nmortelles were lying at its base,
but encircling the broken shaft was a
perfectly fresh, r,nfaded wreath
'You never told me he was buried
here"' said CORTLAND, quickly, half
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HE LEAPED TO HIS FEET.

the soft imprint Of her little hands on
his shoulders. warm breath stirred
the roots Of his hair, and then the light
pressure on his scalp Of what seemed
the lips Of a child.
He leaped to his feet, yet before he
could turn completely round diff
Guilty the young lady had evidently cal
culated upon-he was too late. The
floating draperies OF the artful ana
shameless Miss Sally were already dis
appearing among the tombs IN the direc.
ton Of the hollowl 7s'7S
TO Be CONTINUED 1 b
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TO BE CONTINUED |.

The severity Of British justice W.
well illustrated at Northampton recent
y, where trial for murder was ii pro-
SRress. The jury haying been permitted
to parta eof 9 lunch ii their room, ions.
.of the number profted 81 the gop II. tun-
5ity e step out g doors and pos { llstter
The judge, to- whom thiis III WI n To-
port 60 prompt 8 ,u.aliDe
juror SHARP lect,re, II MA liil pI
"a
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as yo' companys wo'th, as much as our
property's wo'th, as much maybe as yo'
life's wo'th Don't lift yo' comb,
co'nnle-if yo' don't care of that, others
may Sit still, tell yo'! Well, yo'
come here from the moth to run this
property for money-that's square and
fair business. That any fool here can
understand. It's no'th'n style. It don't
interfere with these fools family af-
fairs. 1t don't bring into their blood
any no'th'n faint. It don't divide their
clannishness. 1t don't separate father
! and son. sister and brother; and even
if yo' got foothold here and settled
down they know they can always out
vote yo' five to one! But let these same
fools know that yo're courtin so'th'n
girl known to be union during the
woh; that girl who has laughed at
their foolishness; let them even think
that he wants that girl to mix up the
family and the race and the property
for him; and there amt young or old
fool that believes in so'th'n isolation as
the price of so'th'n salvation that
wouldn't rise against yo'! There. isn't
one that wouldn't make shipwreck of
yo'r syndicate and yo'r capital and the
prosperity of Redlands for the next
four years to come and think they
were doing right. They began to sus-
. pect yo' from the first. They suspected
yo' when yo' never went anywhere,
bnt stuck close to the farm and me.
That's why wanted yo' to show your
, self among the girls. They wouldn't
have minded yo' flirting with them with
the chance of yo' breaking yo' heart
over 'Tave Reed or Lympy Morris.
They're fools enough to believe that a
snub Or a jilt from so'th'n girl would
, pay them back for lost battle or a
ruined plantation.
For the first time Miss Sally saw
; Courtland's calm blood fly to his cheek
+! and kindle in his eye. '...Yon surely do
not expect me to tolerate this blind and
insolent interference" he said, rising to
, his feet.
| She lifted her ungloved hand in cepre-
! cation. ''Sit still, connie Yo've been
| soldier and yo' know what duty is:
| Well, what's yo' duty to yo' company?''
| ut neither includes my private af-
| fairs nor regulates the beating Of nv
! heart. ! will resign. .
And leave me and Aunt Miranda
! and the plantation2'
No. The company will find another
| superintendent to look after your aunt's
affairs and carry out our plans. And
you, Sally will let me find You /,
home and fortune north. There is work
for me there there is room for Won
among my people. fss IS
She shook her head slowly, with q
sweet but superior smile g No, connie.
didn't believe il the woh, but the
! least 4 could do was to stand BY nv
folks, and share the punishment that /
knew was coming from il II despise
this foolishness as much as 70, but /
can run away from il Come, connie,
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