The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-15

the angry gaze Of young Ramon, who,
| with a bright kerchisf about his olive
| neck, was stretched out upon a pile Of
| fishing nets and leaning on his elbow.
Ramon said nothing, but his face was
| eloquent enough. The passions there de-
| picted were easily read, and Harrow read
them at 81 glance. But in them he saw
| neither a warning nor cause for fear. He
| had within him large measure Of the
| Anglo-SaXon contempt for the Latin
| blood
| At the church on Sunday Dolores was
not surprised to see Harrow enter the
| choir and take seat in one of the
stuffy little pews. She would, in truth,
| have been much disappointed had he not
kept his promise. So, when he looked
| around at her during the service, there
| was a glad recognition in her eyes which
| she was powerless to conceal, although
/ she had formed a Enthusiastically fem
| mime resolution to reward him by dis
| dainful stare.
IL OF course he spoke to her In front Of
| The church after the service Though
| brief. 1t was to her delicious triumph
| standing there before every one, talking
| to the handsome stranger. She affected
| not to see Ramon, who was waiting for
| her on the board walk, quite stiff with
| rage and new suit of store clothes On
| the way home she answered the voluble
questions Of her mother With considerable
] tact and brevity, and ignored Ramon
| altogether, as punishment for his mani
! festations Of displeasure. Manuel walked
beside them To his wife he had always
| lett the supervision of his daughter
! conduct, but the incident at the church
! caused him to contract his shaggy eye
| brows. He was silent, thoughtful, and
perturbed However, his only comment
was, les malo."
| But In one short week Harrow had OBJ
| ta1ned an Endorsement in a high quarter,
and at once became persona grata to the
whole congregation excepted He
had called upon Padre Ventura not
| cnce, but twice, and had sent him a box
of fragrant cigars. Moreover Sonora
Pirez learned that the padre regarded the
young man as very probable and prom
| Using convert to the church
| 1t was not difficult for him after this
to meet Dolores. He was invited. to the
Pirez dwelling, where her mother-wl1o
| mad already constructed many air-castles
| since the incident of the church yard
| received him effusiveiy, and afterward
| dropped momentous land exaspera ting
hints of the affair among her envious
! neighbors. Harrow joined the choir and
sang with Dolores both at rehearsals and
on Sundays. He walked and drove with
her, and went with her to the Spanish
Tails. He was foolish young man, but
1t was filtration he enjoyed with all
| his heart.
| When the summer began to wane and
he knew he must soon make his depar-
ture, he found to his amazement that
he was entangled in a net. 1t seemed
to him incredible, but Dolores believed
| he seriosuly loved her and Intended 70
make her his wife; her mother believed
| 1t; Manuel believed it; Padre Ventura
believed 1t. He confessed to himself,
J with pang Of conjunction, that it was
true he had often lightly told Dolores
that he loved her. but, of course, she
knew-good heavens! couldn't she-iidn't
| these people understand? The idea was
absurd! The idea might have been abb
surd, but 1t was reality.
Though foolish, Harrow was a brave
| young man. He stood his ground and
raced the consequences of his folly
Gently as he could he told Dolores the
truth. She was stunned, but made a