Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-05

of the ineandescent globes. caught my
eye, and examined it again. In the
solitude OF our cabin | had a better
opportunity to study the Senorita
? face. and ii attracted me
strangely If she had any Of that
charm Of manner possessed by the
Senorita Palacios. L thought, my stay
r,-o~ The isiand IF Gina ian MIGHT be
anything but unpleasant; 50, between
the anxiety to be accomplishing some
thing and my speculations concerning
the people 1t Agana, / was rather pre-
occupied at the dinner-table.
Padre Sebastian began presently TO
chafT me a little as being poor com
pany. | noticed that he was watching
Dick and the senorita very closely, as
if trying to detect a triangular under
standing between us three, or at least
some Indication Of rivalry between the
captain and myself. The padre had
kept track of my movements during
the day. but / was positive he could
not have overheard anything, so be
gan to Ply him with questions concern
ing social conditions in the islands.
He seemed to have accepted my rea.
sons for making the voyage, but my
sharing the captains quarters, also
the fact of our being the only Amer
icanos on board, evidently led him to
favor us with a closer observation
than if We had been his own country
men. Your Spanish priest is the most
companionable and interesting man in
the world when he wishes to be, and
Padre Sebastiano was no exception to
the rule. Having overcome my repug-
nance to him for obvious reasons, 1
found myself rather liking the man.
lie spoke so frankly upon even church
matters that | began TO consider him
harmless. and faucied my first impress
sion a mistake
Halstead was too reasonable man
to claim more than fair share of the
senorita's society, much as he liked
her: SO, as Don Silyestre retired to the
smoking-room after dinner for tobac-
60 and cards, took her aft, where we
could watch the hosphorescent foam
from the screw and talk without being
overheard: for saw she had some
thing 10 say
She had been listening atteutively to
my conversation with the padre, and
had been trying to recall sundry
scraps oftalk which she had overheard
between him and his Jesuit compan
ion; but before mentioning them she
questioned me in regard to my pro-
posed movements after leaving the
steamer.
II heard sou the padre tell Senior
Enrique" She said. that you were this
voyage merely taking as a siesta from
your affairs, and | too many of los
Americanos have seen to believe they
do rest very long. They do work. work
work like slaves. all of the time. And
when they get rlch-oh, 50 very rich
still they do work, and no siesta take
Yet the senior Enrique does one take
which Will last Il month, surely. with
his very good friend el captain; and
when he on land goes at 81 Qua jan, il
will three months be such long. long
months before lie will again see FL
vapor in which he may return. Now,
I'M Americana, the senior will not
rest for AT these long months; not so.
What then. viii he do in Fl Guajan.
whore one never works? Make love
perhaps 10 Ia seuorita whom he
never has seen? But even that work
is not How"
One moment. senorita; why should
You think ! have any intention Of
staying in Guaiau?"
"Oh. but t SO simple is! Amigo milo"
(here she laid her pretty fingers on my
ARM, ''los Americanos generosos are;
II so kind was OF you TO think Of la
pohrecita's dresses. | doubt not that
IL your goodness OF heart was. yet
even such i'm hombre could not resist
at the least seeing Ia senorita when She
does wear them. And she Will not them
wear before the steamer shall go
away. do you not seq FL Captain Dix
did for her feel. also. but II was not he
who TO think tried how he la senorita
might help az once-ai, but he TO see
her was not. long enough
well. that's pretty clever line OF
reasoning. mia scnorita. But don't
YOU thinl. YOU are giving that photo
graph the credi; Of being pretty
strong attraction. to make me think
OF leaving YOU to Capt. Dick, and bury
ing myself among those out-of-the
way islands for whole three months
Just 20 get acquainted with the orig
inal?''
THAT not is SO. Enrique MIC" blush
ing warmly At this audaciouS familiar
iN). II 1 am alive aud Xop shall 10
he with me have for two of the weeks
vet. I thinks NOT yon would me leave
for but photograph II | said YOU
should uot have I Ia gran couceits
tShe looked 50 bewitchiug in the
thar 20 save my neck [
couldn't avoid giving her waist gen
tge squeeze "No, YOU some affair
in e Cualap have though never could
| guess what 10 may he u something
which of more worth Is 10 sou thau
Your affairs in Manila. Or you neglect
them won't rot for 50 long. IL some