The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

Get weel tell Carlos Ious., .,.r
At the moment her mother called q,
her from the adobe. She threw her
plump arms about the Americans ne,l,
and said clin@ing good-bv. A. If her
heart were sadly wrung And for 1b,.
time being she was in desperate earn
est
At daybreak he saw two horseDer
both MeNicanS, ride up To- the. bouNc
He guessed that they were the men
Manara and Carlos; and he hitcb.d ur,
the team quickly and went. in "a fash
ion that suggested flight. taking the ring
with him
Now IL happened-aS such things VIII
happen i'm the n,Ny yycst-that Carlos
Valera grew very rich within a f.,,
months and went Ia live I'm san pies-o
with his wife. and that they were much
courted and sought after. for Valera, ,,as
generous and wcll-mauuertd and moi
Unlocking. and Sonora Valera was be-
Nitching. type. more than locally f=-
nous for her beauty. and -essr.! If
charm THAI * peculiar to- women of b,.r
race who have learned the usareS of
the world. They kept open house. IN
the grand way of he wealthy Su3riSlt-
Americans OF not so long ago. Ncy,-
day passed that more than one total
stranger WAS not entertained. Thus II
came about that, upon "a spring evening
some Years after her uarriaa.-
Sonora Valera greeted with lovely ,ss,.
and grace a guest whom her hu- band
brought home with him. "a Mr.. Richard
Lowell. of Los Angeles. But as sh., greet
Ell him she glanced down al his lands
and saw that he wore the o-..iI Sl,ull.
She turned TO her husband and said I'D
English that WAS perfect now. though
made dainty 10y a slight lisp ~CaIIaS.
dear, viii You see if 1 left my ouaI-anG-
diamond pin on my drvS-ing stand.
l think | took II out to wear. and for
got IL / cont want ii To get lost iE,
that ot-sI C. c.@l YOU gave NE isl lsre va.
were IL; ID cd I'm afraid they are really
unluc-.E --.Les; don't YOU think 50. Mr..
Lowell Would YOU mind going for
it. Carlos
Waller: left he room.
MIR Lowell. take off that ring while
YOU are here" she said. calmly.
i have never taken IL of. And I'm
sorry that cant do 50 now"
If Mr. Valera sees IL. he will be apt
10 Kill YOU as not He is very Jealous
i fancy he has good reason.
Kindly keep your opinions where
such unpleasant ones properly belong
in your own consciousness. Nou
viii he wise u do a. | say. and 10 be
quick Do you know that the five years
i up tonight -
Il doubt that sort of superstition. A.
told YOU before, I'm not afraid. Per
haps you are. though? l. l. natural
YOU should Ee- 1 viii tell Nau what
viii do. I'll take the ring and put IL in
my Pocket''-hc slipped IL OF and held
il between his thumb and fingcr-..if
YOU viii kiss me again a. YOU did ON
That night"
i viii not You would have forgot
ten that Stiffness of mine bv now. if
YOU had been fortunate enough To I,,.
= gentleman
''Never,-not. all those cares~c~ and
protestations- Come, kiss me again.
and I'll hide the ring
No Mr. Valera viii finish hunting
for pin that ism, there I'm moment
more. and if he comes hacl, 1T may 90
i'll with you-it certainly will If he sees
the ring
Then kiss me-
i viii not Be quick. I hear him
coming. Quick"
Kiss me. You'd better. for your own
sake
No"
Then don't"
oh. hide that ring-do. for me-
Kiss me-
We'll. kiss me. then"
He put his hands on her shoulders
and bent his head. He did not seq
Valera step into the French window.
but he knew that the woman pulled
away from him with a loud How dare
you'" and a scream: Carlos. Carlos.
help me-
And then he felt something sharp
driven deep between the shoulders. and
aS he fell backward Sonora Valera
graSped At the ring and caught II from
his hand She put her own hand to
her throat in the accepted fashion Of
the conventional faint. and a< she did
20. dropped the jewel into the bosom of
her gown. Then she lost conscious
ness.
The story she told her husband WAS
one Of unprovoked impertinence on the.
part of an utter stranger. a man she
had never seen before. and the story ne
told the world was much tho same. but
Slightly embellished. It was not plaus-
ibie. Vet it passed II excused the muir
der without any great difficulty. and =
was something of a feather in the cap /
Of the beautiful MeNican-for this was
in the early days.
Sonora Valera ground the opal skull
10 bits with heavy stone, and kept the
chips in a locket. until one dav she
found an excuse to drive to the Gem
atcry and scatter them upon LovelI's
Overton. in San
Francisco Argonaut.