The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-23

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= to zee her lace. sad be dti not kaow that
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turued 90 II and isll Eletp again, Bat
I sols sst thinking. Long sitter her brother
I was dreaming ia the neIt room she orouoh
90, looking into the darkness, with her
: Rtest, vide eyes seeing nothing. And
J IN her brsin tan the olluk OF the coins ss
the youag Grngo bad PIT bis band to
bis belt There wAs purpose 10 her no
lliuobiug mind. That she debated II
therein wss due only only to her uncer
tsiuty as to how many coins had ellnked,
rs TO whether there we're enough 10 bny
Autonio Msscsvol Five hundred dollars
would do II for q time. After that he
might kill her, on he might let her live
aud 90 away with Reiuglo which would
be worse He was a gambler through aud
through, and none the less so because OF
being luokless. few hundred dollars 10
actual cash would present to him nnlimit
cd possibilities Of the wealth that It might
wD. And there is always the poor
chance, 10 woman's mind, that the man
may learn to love as she loves. He might
forget Reiugio, or she might mary some
Que else.
She went slipping across the esrtbern
floor and CROPPED IN a corner behind 3
string Of cities. Her hand came ont
from the shadow holding a knife that
cleaned as she moved back through the
strip OF moonlight and toward the willow
bough pallet where the iucsutious youth
lay, eeplng heavily nov.
Fifteen minutes later she went ioto the
room where her brother lay upon bed
like her own. She reused him with her
bare foot He turned with sleepy gruLt.
Get up aud como here. she said. She
was not q osprcious creature. 1t was
her way to DO little. but that in dogged
earnest SO VeIar sprng up and went
with her. She stopped beside the bed and
pointed down to the body.
| have killed him. she said.
Vrj4r made no answer. He did not un
derstand
have killed him. she repeated. You
take him away and bury him,
1t flashed upon Veiar tina. what his sis
ter said was true. He was frightened.
He dropped down beside the body and
dragged it into the streak Of moonlight
Take care, Sola warned him; if there is
blood 90 the floor it can be seen. | can
burn the blanket that is on the bed; aud
no ole saw hlm come.
Vrj.r let the body fall and stood up fac
ing her She could see the dreadful light
10 his eyes, but he did not care.
You can torn bis horse loose and it will
never be known, she said indlflerently,
he had money, There is eight hundred
dollars. have counted it. Antonio
will marry me for that,
Vejsr struck her down With blow on
the breast. She sat upon the floor as
quietly rs il she we're bosking in the sun,
dreaming the eternal Mexican dreams.
II you hit me again shall say that you
did il. They wodld believe me.
Yejar stood thinking, with the body
and the woman at his feet. He knew ,
that she was right. The Gringoes would
believe a woman. 1t was the custom of
the fools She held bis life in her hard
broad hands, and she would give it for the
the soft eyed gambler as calmly, as relent
lessly as she had given that Of the boy be
tween them,
He carried the body ont and buried 1t (
before dawn, far from the adobe. and so {
skilltnlly that there were no traces OF the t
spot Then be turned the lame
horse loose and be wandered into town. {
For the sake Of the forty gold pieces {
- X ali VI ia hat sha had Ii.
come by he did not AK how-nor care
hat coDIured up visions Of limited wealth v
10 be won, Antonio Msscavel consented to !
take her and let the upellded beauty OF (
Refugio Gsrfss go I
Many Americans disappeared in those
days, aud we're never accounted for. II 8
" a. 80 With the one who had started from s
The San Fernando district t Los Angeles, i
ioolishly carrying large amount Of gold e
md dollars. Tue sheriff and posse n
,esched and dii not and him that was all
Antonio lived with Sols for year, and Y
,he was happy though no f4ult OF his
HIS luck turned, and he Won, with her o
lsst egg, The fortune be had dreamed Of, 0
Having done so, be went across the Dor b
Ter. a
Fore long time SoIs mourned, sulleuly g
nd deeply, then Fe!.r having been kil
"a ct q roundup by so euragod steer Il
he took up her sbods with Beiugio, snd /.
became devoted and patient nurse to G
ler children. I
For Reiusio had mrtled the rich Amer b
can, vnd had long since forgiven the dc II
eetlon Of Mascsvel and the woman who
I'D caused It, q