New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
A PACIFIC ROMANCE.
From The ArG0naut.

From The Argonaut-
By all the laws of the true romance she should
have fet upon opening ter eyes a rremcnition
that this 10 be day of destiny But sne
merely fe't that the engines had stopped that
the ship was at anchor. and that, therefore. I
was MOSTLY. insGfferably warm. The curr9ins
across The stateroom windows did not So much
as move. She came down from her berth and
pulled th"m aside The coast of Cfuat enlala vas
before her-2nd the port Of san Jose.
There had been rain IN the night. i troUic
shower The clouds We're lifting away. Thcy
were m3ssed ia white and gold behind the TWO
volcano PEAKS that had sent forth the one fire.
the other water. in their time. And the peaks
themselves were side by side two 1onas II glow
ing pink
They were miles inland. many miles. ard The
thick, lush tropic green was between, reaching
To the curve of the sand. There war- some white
houses by the beach-whice. with red tiles They
made the port If san Jose But .he hi0 uas
no craft IN sight save a rowboat or two Ora Nn
up on the sand. and one that vas starting out
from The pier across the faint blue va +er that
showed back the clouds Of white and gold. The
wake and the cars silstened n th- new sun
li.tt
The EirI leaned her bare arm m tho sill and
stood looking out. She had seen many beautiful
things IN her life. but never So lovely the
coast and volcano peaks OF san Jesr j. Cuate-
mala Al the hreak of day
The row boat came near ana she saw Tat The
quarantine officials sat IN the ft--l. Blu hx the
had long since gone There was M on" al All
IN sight either aft Or amds4ips. but " aen she
was forward Of the bridge she saw SOM. ore
standing near the bow He was p2s>cn-
ger. He turned and looked al her
There vas a breeze. the faini.st South Sea
morning breeze. that rippled hin VIII
gown and moved the loose fen1rl-s Of her HAIR.
He raised his STRAW hat CiviIIy mi tura--i back
u ms consideration ~ The sh .r- Presently tie
purseT J med h-'n ana ne stood .alHiAs. his
hands JaIntnfd into his sack olt poo keCs ~
his tan shad feet wide apart au me i-Ck. Then
he Went int1 the saloon
That MAS all Miss Strathmor- e.0- OF him but
les IN nor ia her t1.t
erthe-ess-
Hes ~ only Latin eyer sl~ 0ha .oosed
as though he c.u.d 81 thiEgs- ana n.- talk "a Ut
II after"aTd- Ills skin Is very rnl-e and hs
hair Is black His nos. Is bie ana a,s Jat. shuts
hard Ana moreover though his yes -.r- Hrot. =.
they are neither sparkling ror soft''-She ujscteI
u hoth---they arr le. 81 and h2r5 That I- may
speak English is MY fond II wishA
He did H W4s nut beside la: n ur lkt -<t
Merida
You saw M this morning h4 said wren
l was looking hack upon my Iou~e MY home.
my heritaS- my lands
And the laughing DANES in whom you did
delight - - she followed II up
he gave h~r qut-k ionk Perhaps" n
said and turned snort about u talk 10 the man
al the other side, little Chl.Ian y nom Mss
SrrathEnore III not like. They talked Spanish
together. anu sn@ could not understand So
sne ate her uTeakl2st- and wondered why me
Guatenalan should have objected 70 having his
qLotaroE finished out Had she hit some naH
too neatly The head H. had rlsk-cl that
But h. knew his Byron apparently and MS
English had not So much as An accent. II there
Nssls 10 - a--- further conversation II Law with
-in- 10 tegin IT, lIe did 50 presently but ne
kept 70 Fer-ra-.tls-. ana refused 20 Je drawn
cut about nm.
Ihe captain was more communicative on the
subject later on He belonged To the general
seadoE tyr-- Letter make up tp young Merida
Miss Elizabeth n ADVISED. coming 20 stop
in front pf her steamer chair. ne owns about
every thing n sight over there his swept
th- sic" II dense sr--n from the beach curve