The sun., 1894-09-16

| far from the table at which remained and was
served with spirits and cigars; Here he eat
the t'O~s cousters srV looked innocent enoush"they
were cocoa beans-and listened TO the converse
ton Of the gamblers In which he Joined from
The talk was not good to hear, for as these
wretches grew more drunken they began 10
boast OF their past exploits in various parts Of
| the country. One man told how he kidnapped
another % how he had murdered law a woman Of whom, hon,
| he was Jealous; and third OF the sue
cessful robbing Of a coach load Of travellers and
| their subsequent butchery by the driving o. the
| coach oyer the edge OF a precipice. All these
stories however, were as milk TO brandy com
growing confidential in. his cups, poured forth
after the ether, till the selor, unable TO bear
'S All this while sat sat at the itttle table where
| my dinner had been served, saying nothing for
none none spoke to me, but within hearing OF every.
folded ON my breast, listening attentively to the
tales OF outrage, wrong, and murder practlsed
| by these wicked ones upon my Countrymen.
10, them was only member OF o despised
and hated race, pdmitted TO their company on
in due course, but in my heart looked on them
| with loathing and contempt, and felt far above
dercd how long the great God would suffer His
world to be outraged by their presence.
for presently SefSer smith called out: 0''''
Look at that Indian rascal friend, he Is as
proud as a turkey coSk in spring timc; VIII, he
seilora and her party. You remember the GCh-
now" and he laughed brutally, and added !:
Come, King, have drink"
"Gracias, senior, VI answered. have drunk
"Thcn smoke cigar, O King"
"Gracins; senior. do not smoke tonight"
My lord cocique 9f all The Indians won't
we will offer him incense" and taking plate ho
filled it with dry tobacco and cigarette paper to
the table before me, so that the fumes Of the
tobacco rose into the mir about my head.
AIuerican6. clapping his hands; II say, jose
LEI us make a nacrihce to him. There is the girl
WHO run ran away last week, and whom we caught
NO no, comrade." broke in JOSS; "none OF
your Jokes to;night; you forget that I we have e
this old dcmonio OF nm Indian himself" he
added, in an outburst of drunken fury, Curse
yonder on board the ship"
-, And are you going to put ". with that from
Your place, by now would have filled him as
full Of holes as coffee roaster, Just to let the
That's what ! want to do said Jose, gnash-
ing his teeth; "he has insulted me and threat
ard SaEht to gsy 2T h. T. s bSes
did G not shrink from it; I did not so much as
suffer my eyelids to tremble, though the steel
II once showed fear he would strike. There
i!S Yoa @ are pleased to Jest scfor and your jcsts
are somewhat rude. but l pass them by, for
xonr sas yI ,Sase who Xiii e yues are not
ssntlsmen; but but murdsrers. which the hish.born
% "stick Tick S the piS. 'J Jost. said smith. "He is
insnltina Won again II will save trouble ' 10
win The ar tDife ~ snSaen ihs seS'or spran9
M from his chair and stood between us,
"Come, friend" he said, "a joke Is Joke, but
CUSTOM" and seizing the man by the shoulders,
he put ont all his great strength and swung him i'm
iong fable with bis tbiohs he rolled On to and
over IT, failing heavilS 10 The ground on the
furtber side Whence he rose cnrsInu with rage
Rv now DoD Pedro who had wakened or AZ
fected 20 waken from his sleep, thought that
Peace little ones. peaceN he cried sleepily
from 6is hammock. Remember that the men
he'd |. IL is time for them to 90 10 he'd and tbev
need rest and nv tomorrow your differences
WI" pe ,be bipt s,d Tho sesor with forced
pavety "Come Ipnatio let us sleen OF our
hosts hosts; good vine. Gentlemen en- sweet dreams to
Nv m,yseIf Ae "e>' ''' 'A' i0''"
AZ the door I turned NV head and looked
back. Every man in the room was watching
enness had passed from no their me faces scared
nc 10 be workcd Se6orSmi,b was whisnerinu
into the ear Of jose. who still held the knife ia
ns 9 9II sne sesi were re bs scao Us eo
Even Don Pedro wide awake nov sat mn
in his hammock and peered with his horny
ewes while tho Indian 1iri Juisa her hand
upon the cord, watched our departure with some
siich faca ms pnnrnars >ya, toll ths M, h.a ring IN
a cornse Ali this I noted In n mnmcnt "a /
crossed the threshold and went forward down
the nassnge and no Wen, 7 sbiyarcJ 1or tha
scene WAS uncanny and fateful -O' ''''
Presently we were i'm the abbGt's chamber our
sleeninv niare and hnd iocke ed the door behind
us iNparr The washstand ON wbicb hurned a
single candIs set in The neck er ~ n hotiie sat
NoIas, his face buried in his hands.
Wavs thay brnn"ht ran n" snnror that Won
Ioot 40 sad ~ astaS the ;seSor SN'Po' ' '0N
"GTb. woman Iuisa gave me IN eat 1" he an
svered y" Listen lord and xnr SeSo, SiricL
land our fears are we'll founded: there Is a plot
to murder ns tn-nigbt. of thts the woman ia
sure Tor she bearS snme words nsso between
Don Pedro and a White man called smith: also
shn savv ons ~ The hall breeds snn,a snades
from The garden ms and place them In raediness'
which shades are 10 he rnssd in The hoiIovina ~
our yra e. benestb .bis eoor +" '.AN -
Now when we heard thiS our hearts sank for
"a va tarrihis 90 ,bint ,bat No ,rara doc,mad
Within SOM. few hnmrs to lie henssth tbe grnnnd
xhereon nrr living yeet Iyera restinu Wei IN
these nssassinS We're determIneS nnon onr ~
sianyhter nur sa,o saarncd rartain sanioa ,bat
,ye bsd onIy, njyaa yrharauvIth 20 'doSan5 o'nr
scIyes % for 2hnnnb 20 haJ saYsa tbe nstnIs aud
sons nowdcr in n fnsE tbs damn 'hd hal eacbsd % a.
durinT The shinwreck 40 that n couii moi he
reiiaI mn 'P"'N' ~ '' ~ ~ ~ "
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