The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02
With all his semblance of sentimental


girl he addressed.
"Lupita, he implored, "be as for
giving as you are beautiful. Alas, that
we separated How did l ever bring
myself TO part from you? was mad
with love and jealousy of you. Every
minute since our parting has been an
age of unhappiness 20 me. have come
for your forgiveness. Let me only see
you, kiss your hand, then, If you will,
send me from you forever "
Now she answered him, speaking in
a voice as sweet and Negotiating as his.
"Gaspar mic, all this is so strange
from you who forsook me And have
you really sought me? And do you real
ly love me?'
Love you, carissima. A thousand
times more than ever before, for i had
lost and have found you F"
"You are sure you care for no one
else? You love me wholly?"
There is no other woman on earth
fit to stand in your shadow. My heart
is yours alone "
"Ah. my heart, it flutters with emo
toni Why did you come to disturb me
when / hoped had forgotten you? Oh.
the risk l run in Trusting you again. If
forgive you, open the gate TO You, will
you be ever constant TO me? You will
not leave me again, Gaspar mio?"
II swear constancy and that my heart
shall be ever yours.
She shook the heavy Lar Of the gate
and partly lifted it from the socket in
which il rested
Felix and |, in our ambuscade, were
astounded at Lupita's sudden change Of
behavior. Was this fierce creatures
jealousy so easily satisfied, her resent
ment placated with a few fair words?
Was she indeed so readily deceived that
she would open the gate to meet in rec
onciliation this faithless sutton waiting
in silent expectancy outside? Open it TO
meet Lor death, mcrcilcss ard swift!
Sangrado's restless impatience had
given place 10 Il frightful calm His
features, no longer working with sup
pressed anger, had assumed an express
sion more ominous and terrible. They
were set in an expression Of deadly pur-
pose, his satisfaction at the change III
the situation being revealed only by the
CLEAN Of the white teeth beneath his
heavy black mustacho. He stood alert
and motionless. His cloak, thrown back
over his shoulder, left the right arm
free, and his right hand, held close by his
side, clutched long, glittering knife.
Our cooked rifles covered him our
fingers were against the triggers We
| Ii no or
ment, when it might become necessary
in order to save the girls life. But he
should not kill Lupita if our shots, de-
liberately aimed, could do their work
quickly enough to stop him. One thing
noticed, so alert are the senses of men
who wait thus in suspense. Closely
watching Sangrado's face, ready TO an
ticipate every movement of his that its
expression might indicate, / at the same
time was noting an indistinct some
! thing beyond him, almost wholly con-
cealed by the house, but which to my
mind seemed to bear the semblance of
a man peering round the corner of the
| building.
Once more Lupita let the bar fall
back into its socket. She then ratified
and partly lifted it again.
1.-THE bar is heavy, Gaspar MIC, " she
! complained. Are you becoming impa-
tient?"
Upon Sangrado the suspense of delay
was telling He found it hard work TO
control his voice as he said encourag
ingly: "Once more, carissima. Push
hard against the gate as you lift the
bar, and it will open'
Again she shook the bar so that it
ratified in her apparent effort to lift it.
What was the meaning of this perform
ance? We had seen her fasten the bar
in its socket easily enough when she
had entered the corral, and it was a
thing no more difficult to unfasten it.
Could it be that, after all, she was only
playing with Sangrado?
Hurry, hurryr' he urged, his impa-
thence increasing beyond his power to
restrain.
She struck the bar back with clang
into the socket Her laugh rang forth
loud, sexultant and hooking.
At the sound Sangrado started as if q
serpent had stung him.
The girls laughter continued as if in
merriment that she could not suppress
But such merriment! Nothing that the
human voice might utter could have ex-
pressed more that was haunting and
insulting to the man standing as if fro
zen, disappointed and dismayed, outside
the gate.
At last the scorn of her laughter
found expression in words:
Fooled and foiled, Gaspar Sangrado,
liar, traitor, perjured villain You have
truly done well to try again to deceive
me who know you. You say you love
me and came here to find me. Shall |
tell You how much you love me and
why you are here? You followed Senior
Bustamante's party from the Santa Cruz
valley and tonight you have come to
carry away his daughter. F"
Again Sangrado started and his half
stifed exclamation reached her ear.
She laughed.
"Ah, YOU wheel i have discovered