The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-05
CHAPTER XII.

They had reached a dangerous polhI
in their conversation. Carmen ana heliX'
and no one can tell what the influence
of rho moment might have led my com
rade to say or do had they not been III
terruptcd by hen fathers call. her eio-
o,,cnt eyes and her musical voice, reveal
inc IN melodious Spanish her sentiment
of interest in him, were pcnlously capl-
voting 70 young man whose years
were not vet six and twenty Nothlng
of charm was lost by the naive frank
ness of her rcproof and warnings con
corning Felix's conduct with Sahgrauo'
,,b;cb mipht have sounded startling 10
q rorson of the supercivilized east. ller
sonti,nents and her manner or express
inc them were becoming and natural 10
| Veil IS thoroughly practical ana wise
in this girl Of the Santa Cruz Valiey' ,
reared among steel blades ana ilIe',rii'
NJ her fathers hacienda III TINS iii'ii"n 4
houpted. desperate infested region Oh
tho southwest To make such Worus
nerfoctlv fitting and quite the best thihg
tb,t conld be said 10y woman OF her
roco upder such circumstances IL hoeuS
-, tLe condition that she care greatly
for the man to whom she lhpar'S hei
condolences ,eao,,oo.
whether more intimate conhdences
r,;rbt have been interchanged between
fine two had opportunity been gwen
leave to the inference of the reaoer Dc
,opd the fact that they had peen 10
oothor in stress of danger where REM
was her protector it may be taken as
nrinciple that the average ana proPeil'
Constituted man not otherwise engross
od when thrown into association VIII
beautiful Spanish girl willing U
nleose him. will promptly fall Ill low
Nth her And this rule scarcely ADMIT
an oxcention among the men OF the III
a,t;c adventurous, far southwest.
One who knows that country ana !.
neople will fully understand why feii
and Carmen. with no preliminary Ian
o,;shments or conventional formulas
annroach, with 10 introspections or ana
, vses of motives, were III SO priei an az
!, or.;ptance. with so little said betwee
tham incidentally and greatly taken
n | with each Otncr. AliC",'J FF =,
wore 70 be trusted, they were on the 'ei
verge of lovemaking and had perhal
. rassed the border. Why not! "A nam
some voung fellow, brave and deponai
. ,,ro,v;ny well tho country and la lehg'
= Fsnanol their two days acqualn'ah
7 nod more than once given him chah
" TO display before the eyes Oh oa''i'
TIC address i'm the time OF danger.
!. In manifesting her interest IN nm
. nndisguiscdly and i'll speaking her mn
:, SO promptly and frankly she was s,m ~
" tbe spontaneous, impetuous juliet III
- overv one of her countrywomeh Is WI
. Ir come chance the care Of the duen
u lSnses. even if Romeo's bright swo
u and s;lken doublet have been repiac
; hv california jean and revolver
20 cartridge belt. What most OF All ma
IL 30 srsnect that the flower OF love v
>" blossoming by the savage prairie u
was the vehemencc of Carmen eApi
% s % of feeling against Gaspar Sangra'
= whose desperate and assiduous puis
~ 20 her may. before she met the MAJ
y, come American, secretly have plea
= even though it affrighted her.
=. Love and hate alike begin ana pio
,. and ripen all in day in sunny S'
nu ,ron;cal Arizona, like the riotous gro.
No of verdurc, flowers and poison VI
y, that make the valleys OF that re-