Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-13
HIS SPANISH SWEETHEART.
A Homnncc of southern California,
Told on the spot bs one of
the rsriuclOnls.

fond OF gayery ard pretty girls; ana there
room. wondered, too. where his wife was
for he had told me he was married. !,
had been boys together, just out OF college.
and had visited him for summer in the
had always been. and where his family was
one OF the few "oid'' ones which could
tightly lay claim to sen,ili,y OF other, than
gone back to san francisco, and to q. truly
San ftancisco system OF work. with the
s,cadily decreased, and at the end OF these
haif dozen years | WIS obliged TO come
/ had chosen this delightful and quie.
hotel in The hope iha, ! might not have
acquaintanecs: but here, the first thing,
came down upon us in our. retreat a crowd
of worldllnss. from town. hent on dancing
anTy haa sS mot T'h N lhe sdp
room and where wns hts wife? Perhaps
she dil not dance But IN that case why
Bedlam?
For u moment longer ict my gaze fol-
low a girl in white satin. who had iasc!nat.
! ed me. She was very young and brilliant
and erect, with the face q painter would
white forehead, with very black and very
straight, thin brows, eyes long and flashing
ana cruel, large more. suggestive OF the
| Hebrew, thin red lips continually parted IN
a wild sort OF smile over wonderful teeth:
parted and twisted low on one OF the
most columrar nccks had ever seen. 1t
| far from beautiful. but IL was rarely in
| rerose. and her laugh was the most hcwlld-
5 6s magnaSs II shS wdn had ssSn sssn
| loved her and hated her to the extent OF
The, shcdding Of q great deal Of blood but
| faces that accomplish that. | took one
las, look at the demoniacal young face.
H 'nS snd Wfn SreaGy % nnl met m IN she Office bu,
| had not had time to exchange n dozen
words; l wanted to talk oyer old times me.
| scraped my feet and -coughcd, as being
The approved method Of breaking in upon
started. | said: 'iiullo' That you Bar
~ and took a seat beside him on the
SsnGh & ss sreG 9o Which s sss sfarreG eGd ssxs Sx
"wha, are YOU doing incoming under q
in@fe i! your line. or. doesn't the madam
YES, she Dances" ......
proceeded TO avoid It, CAME down from
i.own tonight with the party. didn't you?"
..yss; 9yss9;
..Hs Heaps Of pretty women, s,,- can. xor,,
ton. 100, Ours fade early, besides. ,,
makss up for gnf conny Gi o ed sG
that witch Of ilirt with the black hair
and the very bare SHOULDERS , W. whp Is dane; e.
have some one ! like better in the city.
think "a 60 in for her" ,,.
No? Who's the proud possessor'"
You don't say? Since when"
since live years ago. nearly"
Well; its a lIttle late but permit me to
lenGe. Iin and rejected upon the facility with
which a well-meanins man may put his
You wonder At my no, aanlriTrg; don't
Eoou?'' he said ahruntiy. ,Wsli ! nse@d dc to
aT Barry u was mir aircady Sm ensased, so there Was
nothing for me to do but to order flowers
gracefully and step out hereto reflect and
'Do you know" he went on. ~ had n
romantic meeting and parting on this spot
just after | LETT you, SIX. years ago-the
meeting, / had ridden out from town on
SH;0cinrnSyS" rsmembG,r S,n her bo ,he a,oIs s'a
road which ran about six feet from here,
Just about where that Bon silene bush Is
when all of sudden she SHE'D at what
locked Ike q bundle Of oid clothes under
This tree. None, l wasn't thrown and !
NOT much OF a shy. Just enough to make
me look again at the bundle and wonder
what IT was-it was dusk, YOU know-and
then to notice that the bundle moved.
''Wherefore concluded II was wsman
probably a Mexican. i was woman. or
pretty one--a Mexican, too could see
ihat, even in, the twilight for her eyes
an added brightness. for the eyes were wet
with tears. How do know? I d!smomnt-
o1 and found out, of course. 1t Isn't like
~ was going to see a woman prone
on The gronna' a long WAY from the near,
offer her any assistan"e in mv r:'I powor ''o'
Well as | said she was crying storm
ilS' and :et about fnding out why. She
on. since she was only if, but She could
la flame Of hers was going to take an
other girl 10 some shindy But the cruel
treatment story did nicely, and ! comfort
catly thought Tho lie was innocent
enough. They aren't taught, to think a
Il tTiiie shy and shrinking, like Il little girl
who, puts her hands behind her and low
or. In fact, that l. exactly what she did
You should have seen those lashes! You'd
AMI have stayed unti the moon rose, and
anq Icy. .yenia4llE, you'd have fallen as badly
We always met under this tree, 1t
sS on hfE tb iannrs bn iggSd S but pIts opt Of
were to lind us together, he would reiouble
his brutality; but | assured her that II we
and Ee sfred We wo9f gha rIn as on n at
her acqucscent moods, and lowered her
eyes and agreed. or course j could onlv
manage to get away on Saturday evenings
or sundays rhis Is the anniversary of our
meeting, by tn, bye. You see | cling 10 old
memories. but we made the most OF our
time l never had been so infatnatsd as
was with that Spanish child, with her
tawdry, bright irOcks, her shy ways, her
gorgeous eyes, and her broken English
She really was Spanish and not Mexican.
learned"
They all are" ventured.
II know, but your sarcasm is wasted: In
this case IT. was beyond question, and there
was American blood in her veins, too-a
little Of 1t.
Insisted upon running away with her
ana gettlng married at sea; and, after no
end OF rcfusals. she finally cossented oh,
was 'Hr too smitten, too tnsnared to
have 1t occur to me then how a match of
ignorant country girl would prove a thorn
IN my hesh in the critical town clidue;
what "A social drag she would he upon me
knew the family would raise particular
'hlni hnt when man wants to marry in
spite of his family, he is apt 10 look upon
path, and II takes him some time 10 dis
cover that his pebble is a good sized boul-
der. ~
But we quarrclcd." ) long pause. while
Barry III another cigar from the old one
ana puffed II into glowing, ! kept silence,
ana after a while he went on: You NAV
think most women are fiery, hut you should
Try a spanlird. She got the cruel father
a harmless. shrivsled up old fellow-to take
her into town behind one OF hts trotters one
day, She wanted to buy a gown, which she
told him was for some kind of bale out
here, but 1t was really to get married in
] mad brought her sample of the stun |