The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-06-24
A MANS LOVE.


is lone mans life in Mexican min
ing camp. Which thought, in all its
force, struck Savitz in the commence
ment of his second year in Pinal de
Amoles. The first year he had not
noticed 1t so much. When man has
hitherto mismanaged mine and con-
centrating plant to put on paying
basis that will please gentlemen of the
ilk of those who owned the London
Mining and Concentrating Company,
Limited. he has not time to speculate
over the loneliness and general melan-
choly Of his headquarters, And Savitz
was not man who particularly mind
ed loneliness. He thought he had a
future anead of him. There was a
fortune to be made for somebody in
this abiminable, walled-in Mexican
camp, and he was the man to make it.
Besides all of which, there was a girl
off there in London who was waiting
and praying for his success and the
raising Of his salary. He was very
fond Of the girl.
There are some God-forsaken spots
in Mexico. Pinal de Amoles was of
these the most forsaken. And when
Savitz, after fourteen months desper-
ate struggle, finally had the mill and
the mine running in tiptop order and
began to see rosy visions Of rise
within the next twelve months-the
directors were not gentlemen to be
hurried-the dreariness began each
day to sink deeper into his soul.
To get an occasional newspaper and
the weekly letter in big square white
envelope, Savitz had to ride forty
miles over a rough trail road to the
station to which the burros packed. He
could have sent mozo, but he pre-
ferred to go himself-it broke the
monotony. Not that there was any
thing to see en- route, save cactus and
clumps of mesquite and the bleaching
bones of cattle, and now and then a
heap Of stones, surmounted by rude
cross marking the place where some
lonely traveller had been robbed and
murdered.
Halfway between the ferrocarril and
Pinal there was a sort of Indian pue-
bio, however, where lived old Joaquin
the owner of several burro trains. And
coming back from the station, one
glowing hot day, Savitz stopped to
speak to the old rascal about the hir-
ing of some burros for the freighting
of minerals to the railway. Joaquin,
unfortunately, was exceedingly drunk,
so was his wife, and Savitz was per-
force obliged to speak to very pretty
half-Indian girl who was taking care
of the couple of Shameless ones"
Her name was Dolores, she told
Savitz, shyly, and she was the niece
of old Joaquin. Her home was over
near the coast-oh, many leagues away
-four or five days; she did not like
her home; it was very triste. She
likes the amusement and the dancing.
And Joaquin, her ito, was very ami
able"-but for the drinking.
Now Dolores was more than pretty
she was downright beautiful, with
an appealing mixture of Indian and
| Spanish charm, and eyes and hair of
old CASTLE, and she was spotlessly clad
and sweet and fresh-in fact, the first
pretty woman that Savitz had laid
eyes upon for many long month.
Wherefore he told her that perhaps he
had best do nothing about the burros
| ~ hop in
covered. And he would come back
again in few days, the day after to-
morrow, perhaps manana. And then
he said "adois-hasta la VISTA senor-
ita," and rode away; sweet, dark
face, with Spanish eyes and crimson
lips, haunting his eyes and fancy.
Of course he went back and hired
the burros the very next day, The
day after that he found that he need
ed several more animals. That neces-
| STATED another visit. Something else
came up, too, in few more days
again was it necessary that he see Don
Joaquin, who by this time was begin
| ming 10 chuckle to himself, seeing op-
i POI lOl d 6OOu Ual Soiu. IlC w dS
a poor man; why, therefore, should he
support a muchacha who could do bet
ter for herself than could her poor ito?
Besides the which, he (Joaquin) need
ed badly the sum of 500 pesetas to in
vest in new burros for the trail. Surely
the senior could afford that? AS for
the girl-carramba he would arrange
that
Now, Savitz was not thorough
scamp He had thought it all over to
himself and reasoned out matters, and
finally told his conscience that the
thing would hurt nobody. Here was
the girl, born lady at heart, and
pretty as Jney make them, In the pow
er of this dirty old Indian thief who
would sell her to the diablo himself
for 100 pesos. Why not engage her as
his hcrsekeeper, to look after his
Clothes anG keep the place decent
There could be no possible reason
against it. He would see that she was
well paid and her life would be pleas
ant. What wrong was there? AS well
his housekeeper as the abused and
beaten wife of some brute of mule.
teer.
So Tic Joaquin received the sum Of
300 pesos, with Dolores in exchange
under the strict understanding that
the senior was in another year to b,
married, when his wife, perhaps, NIGH
object to housekeeper, at which tint
Dolores would be returned to hel
uncle or her coast home with full ant
sufficient pay for her services. Tt
which the worthy ito assented eagerly
with assurances that the above would
be explained at length to Dolores
Which, of course, the old wretch hat
no intention of doing. Dolores was {
good girl, and wore the image of thu
Virgin around her lovely throat-wel
knew the ito that she would never con
sent to anything but good.
So he told her that in the country
of the white senior the marriage Law
consisted merely in taking the woman
Won cared fnr To VOur own homo uuo1