Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-02-16

those which obtain in 1taly-neuiraiI
on the surface, distrust beneath
Then, it seemed as though the senorifa
must know too much 70 look upon
Sebastiano in other than his priestly
character; and If the friendship be-
tween us was warming a. rapidly as
/ thought, it was reasonably safe 10
stake her woman's heart against her
head.
Finally, deciding to risk it, ] asked
her if she cared to spend Monday upon
the water with me; and she accepted
the invitation with such evident pleas
IRE that ] showed all worry about the
padre clear Of my mind for the time.
When Monday morning came, we
breakfasted in the patio and made an
early start before Sebastiano ap-
peared, sailing leisureiy around Cocos
reef as If we had the day before us and
were disposed to take things easy.
When / asked Dorotea if she had ever
sailed into the bays on the east side,
she said that, as ii was usually rough
and windy there, few Of the islanders
cared about it, only remaining in the
little villages during the wet monsoon
or while they were gathering rice and
sugar crops. She was willing to go
anywhere | chose TO take her, however,
and had no suspicion Of my object
until we headed into Paicpouc cove for
the instruments and diving apparatus.
Then, before taking them from the
assure. | told her of my intention to
search for something under the sea at
Santa Rosa reef. and asked if she would
help me. Looking straight into my
face for a moment, she said:
Does not Senior Enrique know of
reason why | would do anything in the
world for him?"
Nothing more than the evidence of
your friendliness, senorita mia
so! Put you Go have the bad mem
DRY. 1t may seem nothing that you
try to give great pleasure to 10 senorita
whom you never have seen. suppose
men do think il matters little TO a wom-
an whether She does appear like other
women or like una barbara? Yet you
must have known, Enriquito, or you
would not have tried to do me la gran
benevolencia oil ell vapor, when mias
primas despreeiables did me defraudar
ACCOMPLISHMENTS"
"Why, how the dickens did you find
out? WHO told you?"
yourself, senior"
q? How? Impossible."
You did just tell me. by your eXcla-
macion. | but guessed before. True,
Senorita Palacios did say that you were
un generoso-t that you did like my pic
ture all of the time-also that if / die
find anything which could not under
stand. you all about it would know.
Then, mias primas in Manila did write
the letter about the trimming they did
have put upon las yestidas. Y contem-
lar! they were as described. But there
were others. not of the style antique.
And of them there is no explanation
in the letter"
"0h, well, don't say any more about
it. You caught me nicely. must say.
1t was the senorita's generosity, not
mine. She was very kind, and it was all
her doing. Now make yourself COM
Portable. and wei try to find Santa
Rosa
The dress business was dangerous
ground. and didn't want to discuss it;
there was the possibility of her resent
ing an implication that her appearance
in the picture wasn't perfect. Then,
again, / couldn't tell how the other
girls having made such a present,
merely frcm the desire to please Hal
stead and myself, would strike her.
return 10 Poin. Orote. to get my
bearings. would have cost a good hour
nrd half: 20 7 deem ired to trust the
chart, which was laid out on a scale of
three sixtv-fourths of an iuch TO the
mile, and make a straight run from
Tarofofo. Knowing as | now did the
exact position of the reef, it was sim
pie matter TO figure the distance ex-
actly--l9 miles, south-southwest quar-
ter west-and steer accordingly
My calculations proved correct, the
lead touching bottom at about half-past
eleven. With my former dangerous
experience in mind, determined to
locate the wreck, if possible, before GO
ing down, and steered directly along
the precipitous face of the shoal with
firm grip on the sounding-liue, which
told the instant that we edged off over