The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-25

l liYefed . sealed packet luto Ion En-
riaue's hands; received with great
thanklusness his receipt for the came,
and with many bows and applications
Of "Peaeo be upon this house." tangled
and elattered down into the court with
hearty "Dlablo 10 q compahei" from
the count, who stepped out upon the
moonlit gallery % MAKE sure Of their
departure.
Returning, be found bis gucst in pos.
session Of cheques for $1,000 pesOtas, q
command that no should continue to 70
main away from Spain, and brief
postscript expressing the hope that the
Writor, his father, might mover be per.
mitted 10 look upon his face again. Tho
letter, which contained no auperduouS
words, was sigued, 'GeOfrsdo, Duke Of
Teruel."
Perhaps three months had passed
without special incident to tho sworn
friends. The young noblemon, with
ample means. yielding to Don Enrique'a
spirit OF unrest, were now tho honored
gues.s Of the ariatocraCy OF Havana
For Don Enrique there had been bu.
Joy In leaving hated Spain and in the
new life and beauty oil the Cuban met.
ropolis. II there wore clouds behind
the placid features Of Count Basil. no
one could knewik. Two tritiss 10 such
rs he, might have haunted his inner
life.
One was that biack.eyel serving
woman, or querlda, or what-noL called
GriseIda, Of Monte Carlo, had been
found dead at tho house Of an absent
croupisr with d stiletto in her breast
whoreupon some Callahan Gipsies
had stolen the body away and buried it
over tho border in Spain, aftor their
own barbaric fashion.
Again, as the steamer upon which tho
young nobleman embarked lett the bar.
Dor oil Barcelona, shaggy fisherman
whom tho sHiloTs knew as Pancho was
found socretd on board. In his pos.
session was noticed q blood-stained
atiletto, whose pattern and ornamental.
ton showed it 10 have boon tho weapon
Of different man than no; for such as
Pancho are never fastidious about u
knife. Ho was put in chains. Then
storm arose and he was liberated, for
his giant strength was servicoablo. But
his freedom was OF short duration.
Cuuut Basil, restlcasly walking the
dock late one moonlit night, had seen
his face and eyes full OF Gypsy vengeance
40 tho atoaway had crept stenithiiy
toward his cabin. A word 10 FL Capt..
tano from o count was enough. The
rest Of tho way 10 Cuba Pancho sat in
the hold, with mighty iron links rivGted
to huge grilloa upon hia legs. But
Pancho, in tho hold, forgot nothing.
At dobarkation in Havana tho differ
ence in tho temporary relations Of these
two mon to society sent tho man from
the hold to tho chain-0ang OF Cabapa
for brief period, and the other, with
Don Enrique, the generous banker and
loyal friend, to tho splendid homes Of
tho Spanish nobility in Cuba
In this atmosphere Don Enrique and
Count Basil lived and five yoars fitted
away as in dream.
Tho impulsive, grateful heart Of Don
Enrique had nevor openly doubted. At
times sense Of oppressiveness came;
oppressIveness aud dread. as II the very
cords OF fate were binding him to 70.
voting presence and companionship.
But beneath tho don's iifo OF daiiiance
was truly chivalrous soul.
Events had occurred that had also
touched q deeper sentiment; senti-
msnt OF compassion. Attempts had
been made upon the life Of Basil dc
| Orense. In one Of these he was badly
wounded. The name OF fisherman
outlaw aud contrabandist had been
whispered as ono concerned In these
mysterious affairs. But nothing came
OF Investigation savo this:
A Catalonian known Us Pancho Marti
among the peseaderes Of Havana had
gained strange and secret power among
all tho lowly in the Cuban seaport
cities. No one know just whom no had
como to Cuba. Ho had stepped from
tho Cabana chain gang to a harbor
guadana, thence to u fsherman's coast.
or, and, while no had made rich hauls
Of fish in tho coyes and inlets, his wife,
the necress Tomasa, fried the sweet
meatod robalo aud the juicy guaguan-
cho and sold them at homes and upon
the strcots.
Marti finally disappeared, whom tho
widest tales OF his subsequont soa.pira.
cies wero everywhere told. but Tomasa
rernuinod. In her hut beside tho sou In
the Bnluarte quarter were often seen
tho Gipsios of Cuba. Her own lilo was
blamcIess; and secretly dreaded as wore
her com panlons, old "Tomasa," aa she
vas called, went and came without hand
or voice being raised against her; while
in one noble quinta OF Josu dol Monte,
whore lived the family OF Tomnsn's ono
adorod human in all the world, Donna
Folisa, she was still tho beloved Cuban
many" Of tho ravishingly beautiful
being she had nursed from tho cradle,
and whose own fair hand had aigned
the document which set the old black
nurso free.
Another event, the groatoat TINT can
come to any man'a life, had turned Don
Enrique'a nature to whole-hearted trust
and iondcrncss, aud this drew him
closer to tho only man on whom no felt
he could rely.
In tho nightly carnivals in Havana
thousands Of gay equipagOs, Glled with
richly attircd and morry occupantH, may
BIO seen upon tho Gales and Prado.
Officials and nabobs in tho saddle loiter
at their sides, exchanging greetings
with friends and acQunintancos:
On such an evening, when Don En-.
riquo and Count Basil woro thus on.
gagged, tho latter suddonly exclaimed:
Santa Mariai ilSpain has not such
lovcliness"
Don Enrique. following his friends
look and gesture Of admiration to tho
streams OF carriages coming from tho
opposite direction down tho Prsdo, saw
tho object OF Count Basil's exclamation,
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