Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-02-28

BETWEEN US
How o Spanish Girls Presence Of
Mind Saved Trouble.


Am ! too bold? Have | presumed
too much?
oh. no: | fancy not-for an Ameri
can. a stranger. And yet the mere
presence of n man at my window and
at this hoGr is compromising"
But no one has seen me. The grove
Is as silent as at midnight"
"Ah. yes" She sighed. lit is always
silent-only the Whispering of the
wind in the branches. only the wall of
the storm through the limbs or a 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 meT
She regarded me Il moment ~curiously,
silently. with what EN- to me II
melting tenderness in her melancholy
eyes. the teveled Chances shooting
sayahkHAH. - ms av.r the ssn- - '..- e.
You are a strange In Spain?'
The voice was low Ii clear and
vibrant The question might imply re
proof or pardon. perhaps both. foi
what woman does not delight to intiic;
the one that she may hestow the other
"Yes. a comparative stranger. but {
have wed here iong enough To fikt
your people. aud | love your language.
"Only the ianguageI Have you found
nothing else to comnendE"
Indeed. yes: the climate. the
churches. the glorious ruins"
But the climate is from God: the
ruins were left It's by the Moors. What
what do YOU think of the ladies'
ALAS. l have mel so few. Like Your
self. they are so closely immured IL
their inaccessible dwellings that
know less of them than I could wish
But from the glimpses | have caught
from the fair faces | have seen. | have
concluded that IL is well for me ! dc
not know Them better"
All. then you must be a woman
hater. My aunt has told me that the
Americans are cold and indifferent.
She has been in cuba"
Not so. lady: not 50. They are more
truly lovers of your sex than perhaps
the most inspa>sioned OF -FOUR country
men. But those cruel walls. these iron
hars-these barriers to freedom be
hind which you are imprisoned appall
us. In America women are free"
1T is quite different here" she sigh
ed again w are never trusted II
Of sight. Even now. | hay NJ doubt.
some one is watching you. here at my
window. SO close To me. I can see my
arnt'~ eyes now peeping Mt us through
the Ialousies. and as for Felipe. why.
he will be mad with jealousy"
"Rut what will they do to your ! de
handed.
-Do2 To me? Nothing. They will
not dare. But you-arc you afraidE"
Il do not know why | should be. do
your"
Yes"
well. then. do not tell me. for If you
de-
"WhatT'
oh. my brain might be filled with
visions of outraged relatives demand
ing satisfaction. of Toledo blades WELD
ell by practiced hands, of myself lying
wounded. PROSTATE. and all for a brief
moments taste of transitory bliss"
The black eyes dilated. the red lips
parted. showing pearly teeth. from be-
tween which she breathed a crisp ex-
clanation: -Dios, But that is what l
should have said. Beware OF Felipe.
my cousin. He is indeed praeticed
with the Toledo; he could cut you TO
pieces"
Bother Cousin Felipe and his Tole-
DO! | can care for him. If he doesn't
sneak up behind and stick me in the
back with a Spanish cuchillo. But why
'bewareT"
why? Az de mi, I told you TO go
long minutes past. Why did you notT'
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 a of a smile
6ickered across her face. but in her
eyes was a suggestion Of troubled
thoughts.
There is something between u.s." |
murmured- -You do not deny it,"
NO. cannot" she replied. .but yet
It Is something tina will serve to keep
US forever apart Adde'S Go now
.Do not send me away" | pleaded
And with a half glance over my shout
der l added. -on the other side OF the