The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-24
SOMETHING
BETWEEN US
How q Spanish Girls Presence Of
Mind Saved Trouble.

- 0luo SaVeo 4Toup1cs T
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"Am I too bold7 Have l presumed
too muchT
"Oh, no; l fancy not-for an Ameri-
can, stranger. And yet the mere
presence of a man at my window and
at this hour is compromising"
"But no one has seen me. The grove
Is as silent as at midnight"
"Ah, yes" she sighed. ut is always
silent-only the whispering of the
wind in the branches, only the wall Of
the storm through the limbs or bird
voice, but no human sound comes to
my ears. All day long sit here and
sometimes all the night, while my
heart goes out, out, and long for
wings to fly away after it"
"But would you fly with me?'
7 She regarded me moment curiously,
silently. with what seemed to me
melting tenderness in her melancholy
eyes, the leveled glances shooting
straight at me over the tips of her fan.
At last:
"You are a stranger in Spain?"
The voice was low. but clear and
vibrant. The question might imply re-
proof or pardon, perhaps both, for
what woman does not delight to infiiet
the one that she may bestow the other?
Eyes, a comparative stranger, but
have lived here long enough to like
your people, and l love your language"
"Only the language? Have you found
nothing else to commend?'
Indeed, yes; the climate, the
churches, the glorious ruins"
"But the climate is from God; the
ruins were left us by the Moors. What
what do you think Of the ladies?
"Alas, / have met so few. Like your
self, they are so closely immured, in
their inaccessible dwellings that l
know less Of them than l could wish.
But from the glirnpses l have caught,
from the fair faces have seen, l have
concluded that it is well for me / do
not know them better"
"Ah, then you must be woman
hater. My aunt has told ME that the
Americans are cold and Indifferent.
She has been in Cuba"
"Not so, lady; not so. They are more
truly lovers Of your sex than perhaps
the most impassioned Of your country
men. But those cruel walls. these iron
bars-these barriers to freedom-be-
hind which you are imprisoned appall
us. In America women are free"
.Tt is quite different here she sigh
ed again. "We are never trusted out
Of sight. Even now, l have no doubt,
some one is watching you, here at my
window, so close to me. l can see my
aunt's eyes now peeping at us through
the jalousies, and as for Felipe. why.
he will be mad with jealousyw
"But what will they do to you?' de-
| manded./
"Do? To mel Nothing. They will
not dare But you-are you afraid?
II do not know why l should be; do
you?"
Eyes"
"well. then, do not tell me. for if you
do
"WhatY
ooh. my brain might be filed with
visions of outraged relatives demand
ing satisfaction. of Toledo blades WELD
ed by practiced hands. Of myself lying
wounded, PROSTATE, and all for brief
moments taste of transitory bliss"
The black eyes dilated, the~red lips
parted. showing pearly teeth. from be-
tween which she breathed crisp eX-
clamation: "Dios! But that is what
should have said. Beware Of Felipe,
my cousin. He is indeed practiced
with the Toledo; he could cut you to
pieces!'
Bother Cousin Felipe and his Tole-
do! l can care for him, If he doesn't
sneak up behind and stick me in the
back with Spanish cuchillo. But why
'bewareY"
"Why? Ay de mi! l told you to go
long minutes past. Why did you not?"
There was but one reason-your-
self"
"Then"-she leaned forward and
whispered, her breath upon my cheek
"there shall be no reason; will with
draw it." She thrust forth her hand,
white. slender, jeweled, and allowed
me to touch the tips Of her fingers
with my own. The trace Of q smile
fiickered across her face, but in her
eyes was suggestion of troubled
thoughts.
''There is something between u.s."
murmured. 'You do not deny it?"
"No, i cannot" she replied, 'but yet
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