The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13
Of the incandescent globes, caught my

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!, Of the incandescent globes, caught my
eye, and examined it again. In the
/ solitude of our cabin / had better
] opportunity to study the senorita
Dorotea's face, and it attracted me
strangely. Ii she had any of that
charm of manner possessed by the
Senorita Palacios, thought, my stay
upon the island of Guajan might be
anything but unpleasant; so, between
the anxiety to be accomplishing some
thing and my speculations concerning
the people at Agana. was rather pre-
occupied at the dinner-table.
Padre Sebastian began presently to
chaf me a little as being poor COM
Il pany. / noticed that he was watching
Dick and the senorita very closely, as
If trying to detect triangular under
standing between US three, or at least
some indication of rivalry between the
captain and myself. The padre had
{ kept track of my movements during
the day, but was positive he could
not have overheard anything, so be-
Z gan to ply him with questions concern
ing social conditions in the islands.
He seemed to have accepted my rea.
sons for making the voyage. but my
sharing the captains quarters, also
the fact of our being the only Amer
icanos on board, evidently led him to
favor us with closer observation
than if we had been his own country
men. Your Spanish priest is the most
companionable and interesting man in
the world when he wishes to be, and
Padre Sebastiano was no exception to
the rule. Having overcome my repug
nance to him for obvious reasons, +
found myself rather liking the man.
He spoke so frankly upon even church
matters that l began to consider him
harmless, and fancied my first impress
sion mistake
Halstead was too reasonable man
to claim more than fair share of the
senorita's society. much as he liked
her; so, as Don Silvestre retired to the
smolSing-room after dinner for tobac-
co and cards, took her aft. where we
could watch the phosphorescent foam
from the screw and talk without being
( overheard; for saw she had some
thing to say
She had been listening attentively to
my conversation with the padre, and
had been trying to recall sundry
Y scraps of talk which she had overheard
between him and his jesuit compan-
ion; but before mentioning them she
questioned me in regard to my pro-
posed movements after leaving the
steamer.
81 heard you the padre tell. Senior
Enrique" she SAID, chat you were this
4 voyage merely taking as siesta from
your affairs, and l too many of los
Americanos have seen to believe they
do rest very long. They do work, work,
Il work like slaves, all of the time. And
when they get rich-oh, so very rich
still they do work, and no siesta take.
/ Yet the Senior Enrique does one take
which will last month, surely, with
his very good friend ell captain; and
when he on land goes at ell Guajan, it
will three months be-such long, long
months-before he will again see ell
vapor in which he may return. Now,
I'M Americana, the senior will not
rest for all these long months; not SO!
What, then, will he do in ell Guajan,
where one never works? Make love
perhaps to la senorita whom he
never has seen? But even that work
is not. How"
"One moment, senorita; why should
you think have any intention of
staying in Guajan?"
"Oh, but it so simple is! Amigo mio''
(here she laid her pretty fingers on my
arm). "los Americanos generosos are;
It so kind was of you to think of la
it your goodness of heart was. yet
even such un hombre could not resist
4. at the least seeing la senorita when she
does wear them. And she will not them
wear before the steamer shall go
away, do you not see? ElCapitan Dix
did for her feel, also, but it was not he
who to think tried how he la senorita
u might help at once-ai, but he to see
Y her was not, long enough"
Well, that's pretty clever line of
reasoning, mia senorita. But don't
you thinls you are giving that photo
graph the credit of being pretty
strong attraction, to make me think
of leaving you to Capt. Dick, and bury
ing myself among those out-of-the
way islands for whole three months,
Just to get acquainted with the orig
ipal?"
"That not is so, Enrique milo" (blush-
ing warmly at this audacious familiar
ity). Ell am alive, and-you shall to
be with me have for two of the weeks
yet. think not you would me leave
4 for but photograph if said you
= should not; have la gran conceit?"
(She looked so bewitching in the
moonlight that to save my neck /
couldn't avoid giving her waist gen
tie squeeze). "No! you some affair
in el Guajan have-though never could
guess what it may be. 1t something
which of more worth is to you than
your affairs in Manila, or you neglect