Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
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YOU that YOU are in error said Suther-
/ land
Then. senior. must thank you for the
compliment The maiden courtesed
/ gracefully. and Sutherland felt half in
clined to love her.
Evening came. and when Yarnal and
! Sutherland descended to. the ball room
they found the company had al assem-
/ bled.
! Heavens, how many beautiful WON
en-. exclaimed the latter, paying a just
tribute to the loneliness 81 the fairy like
creatures that crowded the apartment:
'Yarnall, did you ever behold such an
assemblage of enchantrcsses? But that
gentleman was not an adinirer of the
sex; and muttering a complimentary neg
alive. he moved over and stationed his
parsonage behind large punch bowl
that was reared on pedestal in one of
the ante-rooms.
80. Senior Captain. you have come at
last said Gariotta playfully; is it the
custom in your country TO delay your APP
pearance until so late an hourg
"A hundred thousand apologies. my
| friend-but really my time has passed so
pleasantly since have been here that I
am at loss to keep account of the
hours"
"A lame excuse. senior: but I suppose l
must admit it: and now tell me what
opinion you have formed of the ladies of
Tampico?v
THAT they are the most beautiful the
most graceful and the most captivating
creatures beneath the sun; and that they
are better suited TO the bowers of Para
disc fbon bo CalaS IF Naxico
"Senor. you are eXtravagant"
''Then It's the witchery of your sex
that has made me So
1t was the gray dawn when the dane
ing ceased; the guests retired. and Suth-
erland slept few hours away in dreams
of the beautiful Carlotta When he
awoke he heard the winds bowling in
their wrath, and through the easement
he saw the sky black with heavy masses
of dense clouds. On descending. he was
informed by the Governor that the Spar
row Hawk had slipped and put to sea.
One or two explanations of regret escap-
ed him. but smiling at length, he remark
ed that he supposed there was no alterna-
tive but TO wait until she should return.
And so. Senior Captain, you do not
leave us as early as you anticipated r
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Sutherland
''Senorta. no. the elements have con-
coded to me a pleasure that my duty
would have prevented me from enjoying
Blessed be the norther." playfully
calculated the maiden.
Amen" responded Sutherland.
you forgot to add. with all your
heart. Senior Captain"
/
''Stop. senor' said Carlota. interrupt
ing him with as sweet a smile as ever
woke to light and love upon the lips of
woman, you've already many peccadil-
loes for the next confessional |
! pray you. increase them"
Nay, senorita. | must protest against
you decision. You would make of me q
most confirmed sinner"
Not at all, senior; on the other hand
if it were not beyond all human agency,
Iewould create YOU a saint. and give you
a fitting place in the calendar
"Methinke, Carlotta, it were easier to
transform you into an angel"
/ ''Or a mermaidi' continued the maid
en-, glancing at him archly through the
long black silken fringes that shaded her
beautiful eyes.
|
ly daughter of his host was betrothed, a
pang of regret agitated him for mo-
ment although he had not previously
wished for more than her friendship. But
it is always thus with man. there is a
selfshness in his composition that never
fails to disturb him when any object OF
superior loveliness is bestowed upon an
other, even though his own hopes were
conferred in a different quarter
Now that an insuperable barrier was
raised between their affections, he felt
that he really loved her. and acknowlelg-
ed with a sigh the necessity of conquer
ing his feelings. and demeaning himself
toward her with even more formality
than he had hitherto used. The remem-
brance of Anna Hamilton, although his
love for her was a passion all blasted in
its hopes, had heretofore prevented him
from cherishing the hearts fondness for
woman; but, in the present instance. the
spell was broken; for what revolutions
viii not time, absence and mans way
wardness create?
Seven days passed away. the storm still
ragged, and the Sparrow Hawk was yet
buffeting the angry pillows Of the Mex
lean gulf.
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in few days afterward the Sparrow
Hawk was telegraphed off the mouth of
the river. Carlotta's heart sank within
her when she received the information,
and the feelings of Sutherland were per-
haps as agitating.
The hour Of separation came. Suther-
land took leave of the Governors wife
and her lord with calmness that was
well affected: but when he pressed the
small white hand of Carlotta. his voice
trembled, and he could scarcely master
the weakness that threatened to overpow-
er him. She was as pale as death for
one moment. but womaniy pride and a
/ sense of duty sustained her. and armed
her with a firmness. the exercise of which
blinded Sutherland to her love, but near
| ~ broke her own heart.
He entered his barge. and threw him
self recklessly in the stern sheets: she
was launched from the shore, and the
next moment glided swiftly down the
| transparent river: once he looked back, a
kerchief was waved from the easement OF
I Carlotta's apartment; in agony he return
ed the salutation. and when a bend in
! the river shut out the city of Tampieo,
he folded his arms. and with contracted
brows resigned himself TO lonely imbit-
tering reflections.
CHAPTER XVI.
The night wore placidly on: the noises
were hushed upon the forecastle. and no
sound but the measured tread of the SEN
! final hrakn fha Stiffness that nrpvailafi