The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-03-05
NUMBER 9.

hit of pressure
Can KEGS you?r Carlos asked. bald
ly-
Il suppose so-because we're cousins
you know" Betty assured him. as she
raised her innocent face to his hand
some Mexican one.
lie whispered: Il Iofe YOU. oh, 7
lofe you. You are beautiful. beeuti
full and Betty laughed a little. and
told him he was silly. when they had
only known each other for two davS.
Now, with Betty's beauty and Other
attractiveness. IL was natural that she.
should have great deal of attention
from the bachelors. but Carlos devotion
was so marked that they drew of one
by one, leaving he field pretty much 10
him They resented Betty's permit
ting the young Mexican to follow her
about inceSSantly, even though ne were
4 second cousin. As for the girl. un-
til il was too late she did not see the
harm she was doing. Then all the Off
GERS had deserted her and there was
only Carlos. Well, Carlos was hand
some and good enough game. 50 she
led him on
1t was not her fault. surely, that she
didn't know the ways Of Mexican
lovers. She had told plenty of
other men that she loved them.
and nothing had happened. But
one night she told this to Carlos
at his urgent request. and the next day.
at about stables" as she was swinging
lazily in the hammock on the porch.
she saw three buggies, containing two
men each, coming up the line. In the
first sat Carlos and his brother, in the
others. remoter male relatives
Betty guessed the truth at once. and
her pink checks turned white. She ran
into the house, and screamed loudly
for her uncle.
"Oh, Uncle Nat" she begged. when
she found him in his room, Carlos. and
Jose. and all his nasty old relatives are
coming here. Send them away. won't
you? Please do" She clung to his
arm
why shall l send them away? Are
they going to murder the poor little
girl?''
NO. no. no. But think they're go
ing to ask you to let me marry them"
'AH of them?"
Betty lost her temper and few into
/ a white rage. Stop your fool joking.
! and do what / say, You tell them I'm
sick. and tell that - Carlos that l
| hate him" She ran and hid just
the bell changed.
| Carlos found the captain, and made
| his demand in due form The young
lady's father not being there. he felt
that her uncle could take the place Of
. parent He " ished To ask the hand
of his beautiful niece. knowing that she
herself was willing TO bestow IL.
How do you know that?'' the cap
tain asked.
'-She tell me So
! When
Las night. She tell me dat she lofed
me. so to-day l come for to ask her from
YOU"
Are you sure she said she loved you,
Franquelo?"
oh. yiss, sairtinly. She KEGS me.
also
The captain left the room and went
tofind his niece. Elizabeth. that fellow
says that you told him you loved him
Did you?"
The old fool!'
Did you?"
..Supposing did? He made me. He's
an idiot to think 1 mean every little
thing l say"
Did you kiss hlm
No"
The captains face cleared-thcn he
bethought him of the ways of women
Did YOU let him kiss you?''
perhaps. | don't know"
He caught her hand Come in here
to Franquelo and explain yourself
You'd better say you'll marry him after
that proceeding"
Betty was frightened Her defiance
changed to pleading please don't
make me see bim, Uncle Nat, dear
Please"
Come on"
But, Uncle Nat. can'tsay I'll marry
him l was only fooling. I'm engaged
to another man."
Capt. Locke dropped her hand anl
returned To the sitting-rcom.
"Franquelo." he said. coldly. for h,
disliked his nephew sincerely. Il regre
that this unpleasant thing should hav
happened TO Won under my roof. NJ
niece tells me that she was not il
earnest. and she is soon to marry an
other man. However. she viii not sta,
another day with me To trouble YOU o
anyone else. l shall send her home To
night"
| NdIloS ldNN. ~ It SAAN4AAAA ANAN NAA
room, was an ugly sight
Betty was sitting sulkily in the wait
ing-room AT the Tucson station abou
1:3O O'Clock the same night. Her uncl
was seeing to the checking of her trun
outside When he came back. ma
whom he recognized even in the lat
twilight as Carlos Franquelo ran pas
him. toward a horse that stood in IN
street few yards away; and. goini
hurriedly to where he had left his niec'
he fouId her lying full length on tn
floor and dead Her yellow curls wcr
wet and dark with blood, and her fac
was quite disfigured because the pisto
had been held close TO ii.
When the news was broken to the sec
ond lieutenant he called Providence
great many hard names Which IL FIRE
auently all the thanks Providence get
for doing us a good turn--San Francis
co Argonaut-
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