Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-04-11

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 re-
quest, 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,
Betty guessed the truth at once, and
her pink cheeks turned white. She
ran into the house, and screamed
loudly for her uncle.
ooh! Uncle Nat" she begged, when
she found him in his room, "Carlos,
tives are coming here. Send them
away, won't you? Please do" She
chung to his arm.
'Why Shall I send them away?
Are they going to murder the poor
little girl?"
"No, no, no. But I think they're
going to ask you to let me marry
them"
Cali of them?'
Betty lost her temper and flew into
white rage. "Stop your fool Joking.
and do what I say! You tell them
I'm sick, and tell that--Carlos that
I 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 willing to bestow it.
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 I come for to ask
her from you.
care you sure she said she loved
you, Franquelo?"
"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 you?"
'The old fool!'
Did you?"
"Supposing did? He made me.
He's an idiot to think I mean every
little thing | say
Did you kiss him?"
mo"
The captains face cleared then
he bethought him of the ways of
women. did you let him kiss you?"
Perhaps I 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 def
ance changed to pleading. Please
don't make me see him, Uncle Nat,
dear Please"
Come on"
But, Uncle Nat, I can't say 1 will
marry him. | was only fooling. I'm
engaged to another man.
Captain Locke dropped her hand
and returned to the sitting room.
"Franquelo,' he said coldly, for he
disliked his nephew sincerely. ''I re-
greet that this unpleasant things should
have happened under my roof. My
niece tells me that she was not in
earnest, and that she is soon to marry
another man. However she shall
not stay another day with me to
trouble you or anyone else. ] shall
send her home to night.
Carlos's face as he left the room
was an ugly sight.
Betty was sitting sulkily in the
waiting room at the Tucson station
about half past seven o'clock the
same night. Her uncle was seeing
to the checking of her trunk outside.
When he came back, man whom he
recognized even in the late twilight
as Carlos Franquelo ran past him, to-
ward horse that stood in the street
a few yards away; and, going hur-
rledly to where he left his niece. he
found her lying full length ON the
floor and dead. Her yellow curls
were wet and dark with blood, and
her face was quite disfigured because
the pistol had been held close to it.
When the news was broken to the
second lieutenant, he called Provi-
dence a great many hard names.
Which is frequently all the thanks
Providence gets for doing us a good
turn.-The Argonaut.