Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

fearful Of trespassng upon some work of
the government. no doubt secretly guarded
by the police. A few mornings later he
was surprised TO see uLcn the beach, near
tfi. same locality, a small heap of lumber
which mad evidently been landed in the
early morning fog. The next day an old
tent appeared on the spot and the men
eNldeht!y hsherinen-began the erection of
rude cabin beside 1t. JarEIan had bean
long enough there to know that it was gov
eminent land, and that these manitestly
numhie squatterS' upon it would not lie
lnterfered with for some time to come He
began to 5e uneasy again; it was true they
were fIiiy half a mile from him. and they
were foreigners; but might not their reck-
less invasion of the law attract others, in
inns Iawiess country, to do the same? II
ought TO he stopped. For once Richard
Jarman sided with legal authority.
hul "fieh the cab-1 WIS completed it was
evident from what he saw of its rude struc-
tuie lIlat II vas Crly a temporary shelter
Tor the fsherman's family and the stores
and refitting of the fishing boat more con-
Venieh' 70 them than the San Francisco
Wfarves- The beach was utilized for the
hencIng Ct nets and sails, and thus be
came half picturesque. In spite of the
Keen northwestern trades. the cloudlcsS
sEnshi1Iy mornings tempted hose southern
ers back to their native al fresco existence;
they not only hasked in the SUM- but MANY
OF their household duties and even the
mysteries OF their toilet were performed in
'At 'f''ii an iley U1u not seem to
TO penetrate into the desolate region be-
Find them: their DETERMINATIONS habit
Kept them near the waters edge. and Rich
ara JarHan. after taking his limited walks
Tor the first few mornings i'll another df-
rection. found 1T no longer necessary to
avoid the locality, and even forgot their
propinquity
But one morning, as the fog was clearing
away and the sparkle CT the distant sea
vas beginning 10 show from his window. he
rose from his beiated breakfast to fetch
water from the breaker outside which
had to be replenished weekly from Sau-
cento, as there was no spring in his ycin-
ity- As ne opened the door he WAS mex
ihcssibly startled by the figure of a young
woman standing in front of it-who how
ever, half fearfully, half laughngly, with
drew before him. But his own manifest
disturbance apparently gave her courage
4 Jess was lookiie at that thing" she
SAD basffully, pointing to the semaphore.
tie was still more astonished-for looking
at her dark eyes and olive complexion. ne
lad expected her TO speak Italian or broken
English. And, possibly because for a long
time he had seen and known little of wo-
men ne was quite struck with her good
looks He hesitated, stammered and then
said:
Won't you como in?"
she drew back still further and made q
fapld gesture of negation with her head
her hand and even her whole 1.-the figure
Then she said with decided American
lntonation:
NO. sir
Why not?' said Jarnian. mechanically.
The girl sided up against the cabin, keep
ing her eyes fixed on Jarman with certain
youthful shrewdness
'Oh, you know she said
Il really do not. Tell me why
She drew herself up against the wall q
little proudly though still youthfully. with
her hands behind her
Il amt tina; kind of GIRL she said SIM
ply. o---'
me blood rushed to Jarman's checks.
DisSipated and abandoned as his life ha
peeh-snal respecter of women as he " as
ne was shocked and shamed. Knowing
too. as he did. how absorbed ne was in
otnef Things. he was indignant because not
guilty. Ao'
DO as you please, then" he said. shortly
and re entered the cabin But the neYt
moment he saw his error in betrayine an
irritation that was open to misconstr,Ic-
1ion; he came out again. scarcely looking
Ut liie GIRL who was lounging away
DO you want me to explain to Won how
the lining works." he said indifferently. II
cant show you unless a ship comes in"
Inc slrfs eyes frightened softly as she
turned To him.
DO tell me-" she said. with an anticipa-
tory smile and flash of white teeth Wont
you?' oi
She certainly was very pretty and sweet
In spite of her late speech. Jarman briefly
explained to her the movements of the
semaphote arms and their different sisnifi
canoe She listened. with her capped head
and her arms unconsciously initiating the
signs Certainly for all that she spoke like
an American. her geStculation was Italian,
And tnei, she said, triumphantly when
he paused. when the sailors see that sign
up. they know they coming in the har-
bCr." $500
Jarman smiled as he had not smiled since
he had been there. He corrected this mis-
take OF her eager haste to show her intelIi-
gence. and, taking the telescope, pointed
out the other semaphore-a thin black out
line on distant inland hill He then ex-
planned how his signs were repeated Inv
that instrument to San Francisco.
My, Why. / always allowed that was
only the cross stuck up in Lone mountain
cemetery" she said.
''Yon are Catholic?''
Il reckon"
And you are an Italian?"
Father is. but mother was Merriam
same as me. Mothers dead"
And your father is the fisherman yon-
der?'' IVA
"fes-but," with a look of pride. hes
got the biggest boat of any"
And only you and your family are
ashore herey'
Yes. and sometimes Mark she laughed
an odd little laugh.
Mark? Who's hep he asked quickly.
He had not noticed the sudden coquettish
pose and half-affected bashfulness Of the
girl; he was thinking only of the possibility
of detection by strangers.
"Oh, he's Marco frankfurt / call him
Mark: it's the same name. you know, and
Ii makes him mad said the girl, with the
same suggestion of archness and coquetry
But all this was lost on Jarman.
''Oh, another Italian" he said relieved
She turned away a little awkwardly when
he added, But you haven't told me your
name. you know"
Cara
"Cara-thats dear in italian, isn't it?'