The Mena star., 1899-08-24
CONTINUED FROM II wEEK.l !

the peak Of Iiniqtagainst the
 eern sky when we leErote behind
 uind Tn few mome it was light
 e1gh to see the horb. Moment
 ar moment strait my eyes to
 tlwestward until, fly, saw a
 II black mass that W more dis
 tt as 1 looked. THelief was so
 git that felt chillylick was real
 lpmlng, at last-cqg precisely
 WI he said he wouldInd the sus-
 pse was almost over Tow blessed
 Mherson and his faitp old engine.
 H l wanted to getick's honest
 hd between my owhgersl Then
 adden thought occle ed to me. and
 l gked at Dorotea. { had seen the
 sIKe; and if ever a han's face ex-
 pred the grief of aroaching sep
 aron, tormenting fls and doubts
 coerning the futureirs did at that
 ment. Her dark, ming eyes were
 smming in tears; arwith her arms
 tif about me she hi hher face in my
 brst, sobbing out:
 It true, querido b, that-you-
 aro-leave me? Ali, htisima Maria! l all die!"
 Q, you won't, Ddtea-Dorotita lhen. Halstead is ethat steamer; bend own her nowFe are going to sil the copra to-day q leave Guajan tn evening. But WI. we go away la Sera Stevens-la Ddtea Catalina de Cana Stevens-will with us."
 hiends. have you sr seen the sun she break over q bhtiful woman's fat? Have you evs seen the love ligt in her eyes strgle for mastery wh speculations abIt her trousseau at be end of fifteeminutes? Have yoiever been half singled by warm, pal arms, as red ii whispered shy, treulous questions, ,hich your imag- napn must supply Because, if you lafn't, it will be i'm mIssible for you to IpFsciate what ocgred that May ndIing, twenty mis from shore, shis the sun reddeid every stick of he lroa, and the Pd old Countess tetaed nearer andlearer. until her nclprs lowered ovehs and Halstead's wnl nlhands droppeSthe ladder by 'hih we climbed otleck.
 Apther beautifugirl stood with arms the doorway of icls cabin when ' mounted to it. gil whom Dick troduced as La apiana. la Sonora alstead-and who nbaced both Dptea and myself ithdelightful impttiality.
 So we sailed in Port San Luis Ara under Englh colors, and with mfst original hote-fag at the fore ak Ii bore, u5n white field, e lerfect represe etation of a Span l galleon, such s sailed the Pa ic hundred vars ago, and was e joint handiwor of Mrs. Halstead q McPherson.
 blasts ot the countess istle brought te gobernador hur- ng over from .gana without his sakfast-thoughhis daughter and son-inaw were careful to
 that lie suiferd nothing on that ount-aDd. by is orders, the load commenced bfore we rose from
 table. He ws most delightful n, as simple ad easy-going as q Id. He couldit account for the amer's sudden reappearance; the [ that his daugter was going to be rried and leav him that evening , ineXplica ble; 0 he gave up trying puzzle it all at, and smoked and nix wine with us in the best of q fellowship. The only question he ed me-and it tas asked in gentle, Iogetic way vas whether my po- m and prospects were such that ,uld undertak tor support wife. answered cautiously that l didn't e know howlfar a million would n that line, sdmuch depended upon girl and hd- requirements, but
 thought d risking it if he were sfied. The million he regarded as little joke, the of my American -es of speech. He had read of | ons. of courke. but that he should |
 be related to one was a de- us bit of hJmor which he often i ed 10 his friends over coffee cigars until we took him back 10 T in our own ship. the following ; then he began smoking cigars 20 the bundle. as became man is dignity md connections. He developed fondness for Cham n and grandchildren which lhope imor as long as he lives.
 rotea and l were married in the n after dinner. His grace. the D of Mindanao--otherwise Se- ano-and Padre Bartolomeo off 'g. as was eminently proper lone married every day by real s az sha and af ft. rxsnffdl and