The Holly chieftain., 1899-07-14
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AOh, yea, good friends Enriquits
milo; but not 20 noticeable you should
II make. The Spanish stiquetts you
do not understand. When particular
attention the gentleman has paid TO the
young girl ~ but yesterday aud the
days before you hsve done, he 70 boldly
should NOT 60 to her father. On the
land. the liberty to see you 90 much
alone Of the time ~ on el vapor Ne
have done never should have; II u
not the custom. That IL why las So
noritas the gentlemen like to be 80
friendly when tbe-the opportunity
they do have; II 10 seldom Il. But when
to the senorita's father the gentleman
20 boldly does GO. people do think that
for his wife he does wish her."
well, suppose they do. guess |
can stand II II you can"
"Ah. but Enrique milo. you do not
mo wish. Not now, am quite sure.
But II the people you do make to think
30, you would mo have to take or else
tA6 o0GlAO " ukak WIN III RdQAGs lucy
would say: Behold. e' senior the gran
admiration has for Ia senorita. But un
honorable he Is: the respects he does
not pay TO su padre; much alone It IL
pcrmitido that he does her see. Then
he does and that she il not as he did
think: remain he will not with her;
and su padre must the senior then kill
por la honra de 10 familia.' Do you not
see, Enriquito mio?'
'I'm beginning to. dimly. You
know I'm not az familiar with your
Andalusian customs as l should be.
But see. the sun must be at the zenith.
Here, let Inc adjust the sextant for
you. Now look. Isn't the lower edge
just touching the wnter?"
As she peeped through the glnss. Hal
stead, on the bridge, took the sextant
from his eye and said: Strike eight
bells. 1usrterlnaster." Then he and
the mates went into the wheel-house
to figure up the reckoning.
For perhaps half an hour longer we
stood talking in the shadow OF the for
ward life-boat. Then. just as the stew.
ard came along with the lunch gong,
there was the muffled sound of q
crash from the engine-room gratings,
and the machinery stopped. In an in
slant heads appeared at various VIM
dows and doors; the passengers. with
pale faces und questioning looks. crowd
ed out upon the decks. Echoes of
voices shouting excited orders came
from come wnere below, and the good
old .hip. having lost her headway,
rolled ureasily upon the long. CLASSY
swell. Haistead stepped quickly down
the starboarI ladder and aft 10 the
ensine-room gsaraay. The senorira
chung tightly 20 ny arm with one hand.
while with the Other she fished her
beads from, their warm concealment
ana held tLe,n ready for instant use,
Her bosom "as pressed SO closely
against my sid. that could feel her
heart beating about a hundred and
forty to the minute. She looked aft
With dllnted eyes toward where the
captain mad disappeared. then beseech-
ingiy. into my face. as she whispered:
"Madrs de Dios. EpriqueI what Ia
IT.? Shall el vapor in the water sink
Is It la muerre? Ricardito-why goes
he below into the danger2 tell mel
Por Dios, tell mel"
was beginning to think, my self, that
for bluff ii wa pretty realistic. Per-
haps may have caught some Of the
senorita's nervousness. The crash be-
low was wnat puzzled me; that hadn't
been ON the programme. comforted
the girl ~ well a. could by saying
l didn't think the steamer was likely
to sink right away, though there was
certainly something wrong with the
machinery. aud then suggested our go-
Ing alonP to the engine-room, where
we might look down and see what the
trouble was. l was considerably more
shaken up than ! cared to admit, es-
pecially a. tho quartermss,erA and
stewards, In obedience to the disci-
plins which Halstead always enforced
ut sea, had taken their stations for the
signal: "All hands stand by to aban.
don ship"
When It came to actually approach.
iug the vicinity Of danger, the senior.
ita's curiosity, with possibly an un.
confessed nndety for the captain. got
the better of her fears, and she fol.
lowed me as far as the gratings over
the cylinders. No one else had the
tcmerity to accompany US, If. indeed,
they knew where the gangway led to.