Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21

AOe nOW uS u iOues l..Ste mdus WltllOut
home. chick, Or .clsilcssonly the money.
She Is trepse 4eom her dainty
head dow silk-bowed
Spanish s1pS6F1 IN 0inc that "El
Largo" is t1eturi1hs ~ cGS(ous, paw
ing bull with M sl6Gx5v h6nAerillas.
She clasps her hands tehtly 1eSether,
as. finally, firing 81 tie bGndeE4lla tsork
which. in fact, has ben sQmeWAaA
long drawn out, ION aecsuntS oe IT,
mntador. Eel Chatto's,' sudden sickness
and faintness"-the public of the sunny
side begin to clamor for "El inatador!
Mute el toro! Que venga ell matadoft
FL matador!!"
The gate swings open ut last, and
"El Largo" still leases the bull us .EI
Chatto" moves forward slowly, and
bows first to the President and then to
the public. In spite of his magnificent
silver and violet costume, lie looks
deatlly ill-his face is white and
drawn, and under his eyes great black
rings show, that extend almost half
way down his face.
But EEL Chatto' is game, If he is sick
-hSA AANISo IllC YICSCuSC VI Ills WIG Ill
spires him with fresh courage. for he
u%nsheathes his bright, keen sword, mods
briefly to "El Largo" who gets out os
the way, smiles one mt Lolita, who ~,
beneath her mantilla, fur winter than
he, then makes II tantalizing movement
Mt the bull.
After all. no one can fight a bull as
| 6nnS fho Cpon}c1, ,,oto<Jov A. Io,.<
during "El Chatto's' splendid work Of
the next seven minutes that is what the
people think. All of them are on their
feet %shriekfng. some breathless with
delight! Silver dollars and hats and
flowers rain down into the ring, but
Gel Chatto" has no time to bow his
thanks; he is too busy.
On her feet. as is everybody else, for
that matter, Lolita is watching every
motion. her heart beating in grent
leaps, and so excited and wrought up
now that she has forgotten to feel
afraid. Bull and matador are just un-
derneath her. and twice her husband
has glanced mt her significantly; she is
watching with her heart in her eyes.
One Mss of the sword backward over
the shouldcr-Aow. then, Dios help
a-h-h!
For all in a second 1T happens; the
matador. suddenly Keeling after fancy
pass mt the bull, has cast one agonized
look up MT his wife and fallen prone on
the ground The bull does not see, for
the furious impetus of his last charge
has taken him several feet beyond the
matador.
But before the people have we'll seen
that. there is IL quick leap and a flash;
a slight figure is in the ring, her man.
tilla is cast back, the pink rose has
fallen into the dust; her tiny. white
hands have caught up the sword. AS
the bull swings madly forward she
meets him.
He is an enormous beast, and to be
on IL line even with his shoulder she
has to rise on tiptoe. She does it. Her
face is white and calm as the brute
PUSHES at her, lowering his head. She
springs forward and upward; the
sword sinks out of sight in the bleeding
shoulder-no fancy passes for hes..
And the bull topples YER on his knees.
the blood gushing out in torrents. He
is dying-dead!
The mantilla is trampled into the
dust, the pink rose is now a faded, red
dened scrap, but the woman. her hands
blood-stained and her face white as
death. knows nothing about that. On
her knees, sobbing like n baby, from
overweight passion and nervousness,
she is holding her husbands uncon-
scious head in her trembling arms.
AS for the populace, they have passed.
from horror-stricken silence and terror
into hysterical shouts, screams, APP
plause, and even tears.
Out comes purses and dollars, and
even jewels from the rich ladies' pres
cnt and masses of flowers. Amid
shouts of ''bravo;" down it all pours
into the ring. AS for the great banker,
FranquillO. who is so excited that he
can hardly %move-down goes his foot
mar with n message to Ella Espanola!"
Not waiting to bow OF to thank the
people, so overcome is she with her
tremendous success. bona Lolita flies
from the ring. 1t is all she can do to
tremblingly thank the bearer of n
check from the Banker Franquillo. who
has filled 1t out for $4,000. Bravo!
So that Dona Lolita's little plan work.
ed well after also we'll that five days
later she and her husband left for
! Spain, where, having added much more
money to the bankers $4,000, they
have now retired and are great peo-
pie.
And Gel Clatto" says always that he
owes his success to his esposa-which
is not understood, naturally, by the
| Spaniards of Spain.-The Argonaut.
Remarkable Cla'rvoyancy.