The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-21

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TIE crimson axht sesf thronxh fhe draw
-s room wins$ows ara krf-7srlas ssfzr
seemed a raw depth n fstorta'S SrRi,es ans
made ore thsaS az Galzssa slowing from
nae~his 10 aeSh
she tur>@a 70 lock OK az fhs spsersor 81
agHt as3 exclaimed. as carriage az that
srfssasus srcprs@5 Se.o-x: WAY. there =
my aunt And whe-why. Il = TIE Nfthe
apple woman. On. 10 - General Piers
Pe.erSoz' He IS hsek-sc soon--fhey have
fst3ect They have f1fndt Ana where.
where. whore IS vs~wEioe''
almost SIS she spoke Mrns. D'Arco was
In tss room. majestic that moment WITH
love with grief, Win compassion. her
srzss ousStxsfehea 70 Gloria, AMI ire ger
eral towering behind her
Gaox5a Huqx out her hSadx as II 70 ward
them or II know il a1lf' she cried. as II
ths; nsiSht hinder them
Yes. sStd the general Rrd was silent
Ny Gsoris. ms Glorsas' sohhed Mme.
D'Arco.
Tel her. tel- her, gsneralv' cried his
wife. oh. Mrs. MacMichaelr'
There wis treachery." said the GER
eraL his voice deem with strange lnfuna-
eTors. The boat was seuttled As we
rose on the ro3fer Ia sight OF shore she
nltei. Some OF Us reached the Key ard
were taken of by passing schooner. That
is how I am here But he-fhere must
have been hiow-he ssuk-he was thrown
ashore. / myself heapef the sands over
that head" And Gloria feQ 70 the fioor,
as II the treacherons blow that slew Eir-
EiAo had struck her--as the statue she had
that Instant seemed might have fallen.
II wss . week Before they could tea
Harry Bensinok thai Gloria would I've
The congressional World saw nothing Of
him I'm that time he spent the greater pa<t
Of II in walking up and down Mrs. Mac
MichseFs drawing rooms. But when that
message was brought 10 him he hade Mrs
MacMichael gocd-by ard disappeared, and
Gen. Piers Peterson Disappeared with him.
lie went al once TO another city and hor-
rowed John VaaierwateFas yacht. which
happened 10 he IN commission for Med-
iterranean, cruise, taking the necessary
people and appur1enanees Along. and sailed
directly for tho Key where Vtrgilio was
buried. finding ii with little difficulty
evadlng a Spanish gunboat's interest IN
the proceeding, and returning With wnat'
he sought crease. in triple steel
And then there was a solemn requiem
mass IN 81. Matthews with the whole
splender Of tho church and its music.
with The chiefs OF ;he.Cuban iunta and
and other high dtgniiariss In attendance;
and out IN the Rock Greek burial ground
Harry Bentinck placed one long palm
branch. on the young hero's grave. and q
SON VI the flower OF the hoiyelQst.
Gloria lay on a lounge. surrounded hy
the flowers he had sent her. armfuls OF
white lilacs. white herself as the death
she had escaped her long hair streaming
10 her feet, when the day after this. be
was admitted 20 her presence.
She looked al him J moment, saying
nothing, ancr giving him her thin hand;
and then the eyelids fell ands two great
tears welled out He would have kissed
them away. bat he dared not. He was
not very certain of his own standing In
those days. Re only touched with his lips
the finger-tlps OF the hand ne held. And
be presently told her % the yesterdays
music and OF the SIZE. He had the
choir come the next day and sing for her
a part Of the music. the doors open from
room TO room. the voice OF prima donna
who was then in town soaring IKE a ris-
ing soul through IL all. He came again
the following morning. sitting IN a low
seat by thH lounge, and told her OF the,
voyage and OF the reef and the long roll
Of the Caribbean waters that had en-
tombed Virgilio, where the sspphire.deep-
ened TO amethyst and broke TO heryi and
powdered IN diamond spray upon the
coral rock.
And on another DAY he brought her a
little miniature he had had paiqted from
a photograph OF Virgilio that Mrs. Piers
PETERSEN htl- lie came every NANtfho&its
and stayed as !ong as ne could make ex
, cuse. He Ionged for her to confess herself
able TO drive out. In those vernal DAYS
when the immense sky OF Washington ia
full OF the high white light and the air is
full OF the sweetness OF. green grass. and
violets and hyacinths and springing life.
But one day he went in with more deter
r1liuation Her life perhaps depended on it..
he said. ne would allow no false deiieacy
to stand IN the way. Mrs. MacMichael
went into the adjoining room where Nine.
D'Arco was sitting. Il think, he said
gently 10 Gloria, that IL Is absolutely
necessary you should have a change. II
you stay here, you win never recovNF--
Il do not know that I want TO recover.
she sighed
II want you 10 do So" he said. And
you must come away with me for H. You
. pust break OF all these associations. You
AUST put the mourning, the past, behind
you. You must. come oyer seas and begin
a new life-witi me. Gloria"
Tears swan up she lay there and
clOuded the splendOr of the great black
eyes. There is something / VIII say 10
you" SO said slowly after a iittle while.
Perhaps when you have heard Il you VIII
want nothing more OF me. i have put the
past behind me. AS you say. My brother,
tin / see him again. The freedom Of Cuba
till a more sprtunate day. But that Is not
u 4
say 81 I, is this
When 1 FIRST let you love u1e-~when l.
when you-when I kissed you'll did not
love You. Oh. It Is shame 20 me. thought
only OF my country. and thought OF what
your influence might be ~ delaying hos
Tile action, in intimiiatiSg the gsministra-
fion ever so little and giving us iime. IN
bringing other friends IN your train. IN
adding TO our strength and numbers. And
7 thought If yoflr money ana az orr reed
~ aunbOats and Of guns. ] thought roth
Ink OF you-almosf nothing. that a. You
see I'D not love you then. let you
thisk I id. You can never trust me again.
And now, TOW. ! VIII tel you--it fs-ehame.
II IL huuEla ton. and you can cast IRE or
IL you wi,l-but I dove you with my whole
heart and SOUR And the next moment
the fact that she had ttlrned 70 the wall
was caught back between his hands and
VAS covered wfth his kisses. and life was
pouring through all her veins again.
sThere was very private wefdlns al
Mrs. MacMichses's not long after that;
ard Mrs Eenry Bentinck took certain
proud pleasure in making wedding Jour
ney to Havana. where as tas wife OF n
American member Of congress. very bean
riFuI. very lanE1id. vary sgn ptBously sT-
raysd. sae could defy al the power %
Spain with impgnlty.
II was not. however, a long visit; for
IL wa not altogether safe. and. besides
that she bad no id@a % Der husbands re-
sierfag his seat n congress. On the whole
the Csf,an business Rad given him credit
both for enthusiasm and sincerity 81 wssr
understood shst he vas ownsd BY none %
the great interests
Having occasion % 30 some important
service for the administration before hfs
term was over. he rad powerful back