Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-01-05
CHATTER KY.

IL was early morning. and Antonio st.
Mare sat alone In his large private room.
lie sunk into n seat, and with his head
bowed he pondcrcd upon the incidents Of
his last interview with Irene. He was
far from being Il happy man; and yet
there was no contriteness In his soul.
There was disappointment there. and
much anger. Thus he sat when the door
of his apartment was suddenly thrown
| open, and Jilok Tudcl entered. st. Mare
| started up and faced him. Both the men
were pale. and both stood for few mo-
mcnts like fixed statues. Tudcl was the
| first to speak. lie drew note from his
| pocket. and showing il to the host, he
said: did you write that, scnorY'
81 did," returned st. Mare, without
| moving Il muscle. save such as were nee
cssary to the formation Of speech.
"And YOU sent III"
~ did,"
"And you mean to fight mc?'
III you dare"
"Dare! Dare to stand before you?
You--Antonio st. Mare! I only wondered
| IL you were not out OF your senses when
! you wrote 1t. / doubted your courage to
, face me In such work"
"Say you hoped would not meet you
| and I shall believe YOU"
| "Ah--yOu can use your tongue. but
we are to have no more Of that. Come,
senior. Ii you are ready. let us be on
our way. for I have business 10 attend
10. and should like to get through with
this affair as soon as possible"
II am ut your service Immediately.
We will meet on the marsh at the angle
of the great road. | will be there as
soon as you.'
"San Benito is below" said Tudcl, and
with these words he turned away.
As soon as the pirate was gone San
Bcnito came up, and st. Mare ordered
two horses to be brought to the court.
II have engaged surgeon" said the
second.
THAT is proper" returned st. Marc.
~ thought So" resumed San Benito.
lyon are both good shots. and 1t will
hardly happen that both, IL either, can
escape untouched"
"YOu IRE right" answered the host,
thoughtfully; and as he thus spoke he
bowed his head and leaned his brow upon
his hand.
"Senor," spoke the second. after a few
moments OF silence, ''have you not some
directions you would like to leave!"
my dear friend" uttered st. Marc,
starting up, ''that Is just what l have
been thinking OF. l cannot hide from
myself the simple fact that Tudel IL a
good shot. He may get his first fire. II
he dOes--but never mind. There Is one
thing Of which l would write. may
detain Tudel longer than l promised; but
l must write 1t now. Sit you down here,
and ! will write all l have to write as
quickly as possible.
st. Marc opened small cscritoire and
sat down before It; and having rung for Il
: servant and ordered u lighted candle, he
drew ont sheet Of paper and commenced
to write. lie wrote very rapidly, but he
i, was longer ut 1t than he anticipated
However, It was finished at length, and
having reviewed 1t he folded 1t carefully
and then sealed 1t with wax. Then he
superscribed 1t rs follows: For Martin
,, San Benito--it | fall"' lie then placed
it In the inner pocket of his velvet doub
let, and turning to his companion, he
said
, IF fall--if die-yOu will take this
packet from my bosom. But be sure thai
/ / am dead before You open II. Will yot
. be faithful in thisT'
II WILL" returned san Benito. But
D he added, anyiously, suppose You fall
, and In time to come should fall In will
IRENE"
c II have written all there" st. MARI
I returned. ut is all concerning Irene
= And now let us 20; we have no more TIM
o to spare. Tudel is on the ground ever
n now, waiting for MS, aud ! promised t
Z be- there as soon rs he"
81. Marc went to his cabinet and tool
}, out II richly ornamented case In which h,
kept his pistols, ana having secured thes
d he went down to the court where tn
horses We're in waiting, ana where the,
:, found the surgeon ready to accompan,
Q them. st. Mares horses were fleet ones
and they We're not many minutes Il
y reaching the ground, which was only
y mile and a half distant from the city.
4 "How now, senorT cried Tudel, In
half-mocking tone, were you doubt IL
I, about comingT"
"Never mind about that" was 81
70 Mares reply.
q "He had business to keep him, senior,
interpOsed San BenitO.
t. "Aha-been preparing for his death
ehT
It These words grated harshly upon Al
toniO's ears, but he made no reply. A
0. this moment two priests We're seen az