Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-12-04


o1til so tl9 hrrdls and wcuici What
Sc wr-t vas dae'T, yon lnaw-and
thl Oh notice that Size hsrdlc i1ovcd.
N lsriCro Z concluded 30 was A
wc'a1l. lr hahlT % lcxic1n. - gas q
wsaau, or @ v.ry Tcur- ri-l. rcihcr,
arl adcu-Cl pretty o1o-a tlozical toe.
I ccrll fce that, even ia Che tuil.-ht,
fct her eyes eicaurd in tlo da-l a1 un-
y @ pair ci Ae.icau oyc5 csn uictl,
and thoso was t added hrisAtnos fer
the cyog wcis wet with tcevs How do
Ilrow2 I di@siouuicd all found ou'.
Of cOCtca. % iHu't lli-.lv i was COS. 10
SEQ @ woman rrclo on t-a a-orrd %
lo-g way from the roaross l.atiiaaoa
at nisht,all a-d ycl not offer her any
assistance 30 r.y power.
"We.l, IS 7 said, eho was crying
gtc-uily, ana I set about Lndi-g oat
Why. eho told % most blo.l curdlirg
taloci parental crucliy. I-wasnt t-Us.
Two found that ont since. she5yas only
l6, bat che could toll Gu Cytrgorlinau-
~ good l-c. 81 mattlrof fact. che lGl
found that a particular fame of bers
was going 20 take another grl to sCl-1
shindy. Bat the cruei treatment story
did nicely, aEd 7 confortod he~-sho
was such @ uero child. 1 honestly
Thought. Tho lie was innocent C4o5gli-
They AREN'T uugat to think n faischaod
anything serious. She was Just e triA3.
shy ana drinking. like g little airi1gbo
puts hor hands hchind Eor ana lowcrs
her lcshc8 40 tho altancesof e sr ger.
IN feet, ,hat is exactly what she a.I.
YoU sacold have soon these llsbcs.
You'd huyo bccn just as big @ focl as I
was and have staid u-.,il the moon
rose and made en- a-ppol-t-aalt for al-
other meeting, and eventually ycl'd
have fallcl Us badly i'm l3yo as J. did.
"Wo always met under this tree. 1t
vGs ON her fathers land, but quito cut
Of sight Of the louGe. Sine said that IF
he wCIa to dnd US together Eo would 10.
double his brutality, bat ( assured her
that ii VIC wore discovered We would
run of at once and got married. Tito
child was i'm cuo OF her uccaiescout
moods ard lowered lcr eyes md agresd.
OF course 1 could only manage 20 E5t
away on Saturday evenings or Suldavs-
this IFS the anniversary Of car meeting,
by the bye; you see i cling TO oljmen-
oriCa-5ut we uadc tho most ot our
time. / never had been so iuf.tua5ed as
I was with that Spanish child, vith hcc
tavdry. bright f-ocks, her shy ways,
her gorgeous eyes and her brokou L-H-
lish. She really was Spanish and not
Mexican, / learned.
"Ih,y all aIc, - 7 vcntErcd.
81 know, but your carc1sm is wasted.
II this case it was beyond question, and
there was Americ-1 blood III her veins.
too-a httlo cg it,.
81 insisted upon running away with
her and getting married at sea, and,
after nc cHd OF refu3als, she finally con-
sontcd. Oh, 1 was fur too ani,ten, too
onslarcd, to have IL occur 10 Ilo then
how a match % the cCrt would hanpcr
my career; how an irlorart country
girl would prove % thOrh In my 1lsh ia
the critical town clique; what % social
draE eAo Vc-ld be UTon ms. I l,.cv
the family would raise p3rtica!a- Cain,
bat when g lnau TGL.ts 10 marry il spite
Of his family no is apt TO lccs upon II"
az q small s,ouo 60 BE kicked olt cs bis
patti, and it takes him solao tsucto disc
cover that his pebble 10 @ good izcl
bowldcr.
"But we qua-rolod. A long paueo,
while Barry lit another cir- lr.m tho
old ono ard pulled it into glowing L
kept silence, and after awhile BE went
on ''N on may think most women tvo