Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-11

' 7 M h. Il
st;rred tbe foliage, II wove marveiou1
e.,rrv Il trefoil and tracery for fancy
Is 6 play With Is with those maze ne ,;r y
H a. r = = crate. Now it was the INES
e : Gothic window, seen n an olu
cathedral almost forgotten, ana Ion ,
On crander scale, the design q Vs.
cate drawn work recalled from ny
lady's chamber. -, .s;aa
him. I could only half zee me -
vealad oval Of the face, but the nguIe
was slight and pretty, for caugn, lss
graceful outline later wnen 10y
passed me. .~h4r
,~asanted me- 70 Panchita. Together
thew we're dancing he and this pretty
animal, with eyes for him alone, -
the desert SO rapid is loves klndnng,
90 nnick and full its fame, no cnarred
= half-burned brands are here lett on
lova's altar. It is consumed, and wnat
survives must spring, ph@nlA ms
from fire or else descend from heaven
/ After the danza ended, Leighton
was standing in shirt'sleeves near
panchita. with the collar Of his Jersey
o,,en ~ the throat "A trick OF his that
made me suspect that he had seen
service in the navy. As he leaned over
her Panchita's eye caught sight OF the
locket chain, and he rem9ysd we
locket opened It, and handed it to
her: this time not indiffsrently, but
With all the pride Of priced conquest.
was watching Panchita closely as
she cazed fascinated by the portrait,
and ! saw her tremble. Only as read
her face then by what I now know, can
I tell how well it expressed all that
! homeless sense of loss which comes
, with the abandonment Of things loved
, or desired. For an instant her eyes
showed the rage child sometimes
, feels for an inanimate object, when
that object hashurt it. And ] thought
. abe would break the locket; then the
woman conquered, and she smiled as
/ she returned it.
From that moment her abandon
! ment toward Leighton was complete
q her cayety and grace became exquisite,
! while q look from him would lead her.
.sOh, You Eastern dervish ofhearts =
q I exclaimed to myself, as Panchita left
] him and skipped to get handful Of
7 cascarones and then returned, crush
ing the pretty tinsel spangles In .
shower over his brown head and throat,
!, She fitted about him with the grace
: Of a bird, and her eyes never left him.
. She was becoming intoxicated with hel
! own movements; her cheeks were
!, flushed with bright fever spots, ant
! her ewes shone like stars. On and OF
. they danced, seeing only each other
:. and she looked as if she could dance
. forever.
. At length Leighton proposed the,
j 90. and she obeyed his wish as !
= hypnotized or impelled to do it; and
i ignoring her duenna, they left to
q gether.
Z The next week I ruled Leighton
!. official epitaph in the L Troop record
thus: Deserted from hunting pas
!, August IS, 1885,"
= You see, the case was an awkwar
= one. The night OF the bale he ha
= been stabbed in the park. ] found hi
- body there, and my comrades wer
: about to string up Morales, Panchita
= local admirer, for the stabbing, whe
stopped them.
ssHold on, boys" / said s'remem
T. ! Der I promised the lieutenant no CON
i. plications.
~ SO Leighton became officially I'd,
- serter, z anu I kept my word.
70 Besides, | doubt if stringing u
~ would have been fair to Morales, K
- when / found Leighton's body, Il
= locket was lying on the ground besid
. it. The clasp was open and the portra
blood-stained and mutilated, as If b
- the point of a dagger.
- think Leighton half knew what
o. was doing when he. Haunted that pc
- trait at Panchita- he was carele
% chap, and loved danger in a way
= win any woman's heart But you q
- it was his first affair in this land, an
~ he was mistaken in their temper.
=, How could let his record renal
:. so? Well, what could ] do? Beside
- Leighton was not his right name, as
~ found ont afterward when reading b
r. ~ home letters to get his relatives o.
~ - dress. His name was Jack Langhorl
- and that locket the rascal showed n
- - contained portrait Of his younge
:. sister. found that out in writing
- his family, whom told that Langhol
,n was killed by the Apaches in the fig
=. at Chirachuca Fass-that occurred tv
'0s weeks before his death.
- Three years later Jacks. sister can
-, - to the States, where ] met her in Ct
l Inv orado, the year after left the servi
- and MADE the strike at Harqua Hal
-. - She is Mrs. Marlin now, and you m
~ her at dinner. But remember, 8
~, ou knows only half the story Of her pc
~ ~ trait, and Jack Langhorn was kill
s 1r by the Apaches. Let us join the ladit
= &C. Overton, in Argonaut.