The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-03-14

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"You haze no home, nor has your fa-
tIlCT."
cry moment and bursting in thunder
into clouds of wind driven, kissing
spray on the rocks beyond the point.
Wind and wave were both against their
good ship, and every officer and man
was at his station awaiting the order to
weigh anchor. The mail sacks were
aboard, the consul had gone down over
the side, and still Don Ramon seemed
unable to part from his loved ones and
the Idaho's champagne. 1t was the cap
tain who had finally to put abrupt stop
to the lingering leave takings.
81 must be of at once,'' be said.
Come. Don Ramon; We'll take the best
Of care Of these ladies and land them
all at Frisco within the fortnight
Kiss EN- all around now and jump for
your boat. Come, Senor-I die ut catch
the name-ah, yes. Escalante-the ia
Their of the Senorita Pancha, suppose?
No-only her uncle? Well, I'll be her
uncle now, aud so Eaying he led the
way to the deck.
Loring saw the lively party come
surging forth from the companionway,
senoras, senoritas gray haired men and
gay young gallants. There was mo.
ment Of clasping, clinging embraces Of
straining arms and lingering kisses, of
crowdings ard murmurings here and
there, some little eobbing and many
tear wet eyes as the father was finally
hurried down the ladder, and then
there was further delay and shouts for
Escalante, and not until then did Lor-
ing. silently watching the animated
throng on the port side, become aware
of two dark forms in the shadow of the
deckhouse on the opposite quarter. One
was that Of slender girl, and she was
sobbing, she was praying in eager words
not to be sent away, she was imploring
pitifully to be taken back to the shore.
Loring had studied Spanish long enough
TO understand almost every word, and
even before he realized that he was an
unwilling listener he had heard both
her sobbing plea and the abrupt. almost
cruel answer:
lyon have no home, nor has your IA
Their You may thank heaven for the
chance to get away"
The second officer came busting
round in search Of them, and leaving
the girl shrinking and sobbing on the
narrow bench in the shadow the Mex
lean was hurried OIL Before the little
boats had fairly cast adrift and the
swinging steps were raised the throb Of
the screw was felt churning the waters
Of the bay. and az the steamer slowly
gathered way and her bow swung grad
ually seward women and girls, ker-
chief waving, came drifting back along
the rail, leaning far over and throwing
kisses to the tossing shallops on the
dark waves beneath; then, gathering
about the stunted Flagstaff at the stern,
calling loudly their parting words, all
unconscious Of Loring, who had step.
ped aside to give them room, and so
found himself close to little Pancha.
lost to everybody in the desolation Of a
loneliness and grief that Loring could
not see unmoved. yet could not recon
cile with what he had believed Of her
Up to this moment he had heard of
her only as an artful girl. the confeder-
ate of thieves and ruHians: up to this
moment he had seen her only once, the
afternoon che threw herself on Blake,
as Blake and he had both come to be-
lieve, to prevent his drawing revolver
on the two rascals at the ranch Yet
never had Loring heard such pathetic
pleading; never had he seen child OF
oman in such utter abandonment Of
woe; never had he thought it possible
that Pancha-the siren Of Sancho's
ranch, cold. crafty. Turing. designing.
treacherous as any Carmen ever since
pertrayed upon the stage-could be ca
J able Of such intensity of feeling
rawing his uniform cape snugly
Sont him-for now the sharp sea vino
ssas whistling through the cordage ant
chilling his fever weakened frame
iering leaned against the rail, gazing
back at the receding shores, trying no.
to hear the girls sobbing. The chatter
If the flock Of women was incessant
TurnbuIl and two Guaymas merchant
had joined the group, but all were in
tant on those harbor lights now fas
glimmering to mere sparks upon tn
sea, and the lonely girl sat there for
gotten. Not once was voice uplifted il
question as to what had become of her
Every moment now the stern was lift
cd higher in air and then dropped deep
er into the roaring, kissing waters, an
women frightened their hold upon tn
taffrail and gave shrill little shrek