San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-06

II nave ever round him lacking in 10y
atty and friendship.
In truth, never, senior. ="
''Then why should you imagine l
mean to quit you now when you have
more need of friend in this house"
with sideward glance as toward
Moll's chamber) ethan ever you before
had?" Then, turning toward Jack, he
says, What are you going to do, Cap
tain Evans?"
Dawson pauses, as if to snatch one
last moment for consideration, and then,
nodding at me, You'll not leave my
Moll, Kit?' says he, with no attempt
to disguise names
"Why should leave her? Are we not
as brothers, you and I?'
AYE, I'd trust you with my life, ("
answers he, "and, more than that, with
my-Molll If you We're her uncle, she
couldn't love you more, Kit, and You
will stand by her, too, senor?"
The don bowed his head.
"Then when you leave tomorrow I'll
go with you to London, says Jack.
81 shall return the next day." says
Don Sanchez.
"And 1 shall not, God help me I" says
Jack bitterly.
"Give me your hand" says the don,
but could speak never a word and sat
staring at Jack in maze.
"We'll say naught of this to her, I"
continues Jack. "There must be no fare
wells. could never endure that. But
it shall seem that have gone with you
for company and have fallen in with
old comrades, who would keep me for a
carousing."
but without friends, alone, what
shall you do them" says /, heartstricken
at the thought of his desolation. The
don answers for Jack.
make the best of this lot with a
stout heart, like any other brave man, !"
says he. "There are natural hardships
which every man must bear in his time,
and this is one of them. " Then, lower.
ing his voice, he adds, "Unless you
would have her die an old maid she and
her father must part sooner or later?'
"Why, that's true, and yet, master, {"
says Jack, Il would have you know
that I'm not so brave but would see
her now and then.
THAT may be ordered readily
enough" says the don.
Then do you tell her, senior, have
but gone a-junketing, and she may look
TO see me again when my frolic's over. "
The don closed his eyes as one in du-
bitation, and then says, lifting his eye
brows: "She is clever woman-shrewd
beyond any 1 have ever known. Then
why treat her as You would foolish
child? You must let me tell her the
truth when come back, and warrant
it will not break her heart, much as she
loves you.
LAS you will, " says t'other. Twill
be all as one to me-" with sigh.
"This falls out we'll in all ways, ="
continues the don, turning to me. "You
will tell Simon, whose suspicion we
have most to fear, that we have handed
over 1000 of those pieces to Captain
Evans as being most in need, we our
selves choosing to stay here till the rest
of our claim is paid. That will account
for Evans going away and give us a
pretext for staying here"
"I'll visit him myself, if you will, 3"
says Jack, land wiring his beard to
show my gratitude. Warrant I'll make
him vince, such grip will give him,
and I'll talk of nothing else but seas
and winds and the manner of ship I'll
have for his money"
The following morning before Moll
was stirring Don Sanchez and Dawson
set forth ON their journey, and /, going
with them beyond the park gates to the
bend of the road, we took leave of each
other with a great show of cheerfulness
on both sides. But, Lord My heart lay
in my breast like any lump of lead, and
when Jack turned his back on me the
tears sprang up in my eye as though in
deed this was my brother and l was
never to SEQ him more And long after
he was out of sight sat on the bank by
the roadside, sick with pain to think Of
his sorrow in going forth like this, with
out one last loving word of parting from
his dear Moll, to find no home in Lon
don, no friend to cheer him, and he the
most companionable man in the world