The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-05

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Ines may ~ angry u you stAys and 70
Ike hsr nicrs than ron do ma
Carlos denied this IN words that wen
nsither kind nor Just 10 Ines, but Bett
damned her with isipt praise.
She was not clever conversationalist
nor was Carlos Ffapquslo, but they KEEP
each other Interested until very late an,
when Carlos went home Betty stepped GU
TO the front porch with him and put he
hand In his with the least bit of pres
sure.
"Can I KEGS your" Carlos asked badly.
II suppose 30, because we're cousins, 70,
KNOW" Betty assured him as she RAISED
her Innocent face to his handsome Mexican
one
He whispered: II lofe you, oh, lof,
you'll You are beautiful, beautiful" And
Betty laughed little and told him hi
was silly when they had only known eact
other for two days
Now, with Betty's beauty and other at.
Effectiveness, twas natural that she should
have great deal Of attention from the
bachelors; but Carlos devotion was 30
marked that they drew of one by one,
leaving the field pretty much to him.
They resented Betty's permitting the
| young Mexican to follow her about inces-
sanity, even though he were second eous-
In. As for the girl, until 1t was too late
she did not see the harm she was doing.
Then all the officers had deserted her. and
there was only Carlos Well, Carlos was
handsome and good enough game, 60 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 oth& men that she
loved them, and nothing had happened.
But one night she told this to Carlos at
bis urgent request, and the next day, at
about "stables," as she was swinging Ia
ely 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 cheeks turned white. She ran into
the house and screamed loudly for her
uncle.
"Oh, Uncle Nat, i" she begged, when she
found him in bis room, "Carlos and Jose
and all his nasty old relatives are coming
here. Send them away, won't your Please
do" She chung to his arm.
why shall send them awayp Are they
going to murder the poor little grip"
"No, no, no. But Think they re going
to ask you to let me marry them"
GAN of themP"
Betty lost her temper and few into a
white rage. "Stop your fool joking and
do what I say. You tell them I'm sick,
and tell that -- Carlos that hate him."
She ran and hid just as 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 a parent. He
wished to ask the hand Of his beautiful
niece, knowing that she herself was will. !
ing to bestow it.
"How do you know that9" the captain |
asked.
"She tell me So"
"Whenp''
"Las' night. She tell me dat she lofed
me, 80 today come for to ask her from
you"
care You sure she said she loved you,
Franquelop'
"Oh, yiss, sairtinly. She KEGS me Also"
The captain left the room and went to
find his niece. Elizabeth that fellow
says that you told him you loved him. Did
yon9''
''Ths old fool"
"Did your"
Surprising did? He made me. He's
an idiot to think mean every little thing
| sayi''
Ibid you kiss himp"
"No"
Tho captains face cleared; then he be-
thought him of the ways Of women. "Did
'ou let him kiss your"
Perhaps. don't know"
He caught her hand "Come In here to
franquelo and explain yourself You'd
letter say you'll marry him after that pro-
ceiling"
Betty was frightened. Her defiance
hanged to pleading. please don't make
ne see him, Uncle Nat, dear. Please"
"Come on. )"
"But, Uncle Nat, can't say I'll marry
i'm. WAS only fooling. I'm engaged to
mother man."
Captain Locke dropped her hand and 70.
arned to the sitting ROOM
"Franquelo, he said ooldly, for he dis
ked his nephew sincerely, II regret that
his unpleasant thing should have happen
! to you under my roof. My niece tells
10 that she was not in earnest, and that
le is soon to marry another man. How
yer, she shall not stay another day with
10 to trouble you OF any one else l shall
md her home tonight"
Carlos face as he silently left the room :
as an ugly sight
=
Betty was sitting sulkily in the waiting +
'om at the Tucson station about half past |
O'Clock the same night. Her uncle was y
eing to the checking Of her trunk out G
lie. When he came back, man whom r
recognized even In the late twilight rs
.rlos Franquelo ran past him toward a
rise that stood In the street few yards y
7ay and going hurriedly to where he
d left his niece he found her lying full 7
1gth on the floor and dead. Her yellow n
rls were wet and dark with blood, and a
r face was quite disfgured because the il
'tol had been held close to 1t. II
When the news was broken to the second q
utenant, he called Providence a great Il
my hard names, which is frequently all E
} thanks Providence gets for doing us a
ID turn. -Gwendolen Overton in San
ancisco Argonaut