The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13

beautiful thought you were this aft
ernoon-beautiful enough to kiss
and he said that if attempted such
thing he'd punch my head.'
'Ai! said he that, the violent man! |
Ricardito-I like better that than
your Ingles Dix But why not should
he like to have you me kiss?'
'Oh, don't know; he's c peculiar
man. Possibly he'd rather do it him
self.''
"Ai, but never would the man dare.
He so quieet is-such "a But we must
talk of him not. shall be afraid. We
have the dresses about to decide. I
will another one wear ait the dinner,
and tomorrow another; then shall we
see if for la senorita they will do"
eff they will do! You mean if others
like them will do?''
mot so, senior; why should, la pobre
senorita whole three months wait
for her dresses? She shall three of
mine have. We directly home do go,
on ell vapor Isla de.Panay from Manila,
and not shall need them; plenty of
others have"
"And you will sell me your own
dresses for her, senorita! You are
even more generous than hoped"
81 nothing said of selling them,
senior. Can you not me allow the pleas
ure of giving, a S yourself??"
.'But, senorita! where do the cap
tain and I come in? We can't allow
you to make such an expensive pres
ent, just to please us!"
1.-THE expense nothing is; many plan
tations papa has. You and ell captain
have yourselves shown los generosos.
1t will IL pleasure be for me to do what
you would have done; if your friend
ship I may count upon. am the gain
er. Every girl it is not with friends
that so kind would be to an entire
stranger"
She looked so cool and pretty, in the
her little hand in mine and bent over
it for moment. Then hurried to the
upper deck with my bundle, and told
Dick he had better take my place be-
fore she went below. He relished the
suggestion so much that had con-
, siderable difficulty in first getting him
. into white duck suit; being power
fully built fellow, white and gold were
exceedingly becoming to Halstead.
After he left, stretched myself in
. one of the hanmocks we had slung
, 'thwartships, and felt rather jealous
I for few moments. There is charm
. about the Spanish temperament which
i. exerts a strong fascination over men
r of colder nationalities; and the Seror
tia Palacios, without necessarily be
: ing overload of either Halstead OF
q myself had a frank and cousinly
. friendliness of manner that banishe(
all suggestion of ceremoniousness a.
a the outset and led US into saying
: things which one usually says to &C
/. quaintances of many years. standing
a only. There is also a popularity O.
- tropic life at sea which has often i'm
!, pressed me. Wether it is the resul
4 of forced inaction. or the relaxing in
fuence of the climate, is immaterial
:, but under such conditions the formal
ity which custom has made inviolat'
:. in temperate countries is simply out o
- the question-as much SO as tight O
!, cumbersome clothing.
- Ny day with the senorita had beel
such pleasant one that it was diff
cult to fix my mind upon other mat
.. ters, but finally settled down to
:. careful examination Of the chart
=. which Halstead had left upon tn
;. table. Those dollars and doubloon
- beneath the heaving bosom of the Pa
- cific were. after all, chief mistresse
- of our affections at that time.
N CHAPTER v.