The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-05-14

| FAIRER GIRL NEVER LOOKED UPON.
passion She has vowed to the Virgin
that she will never give her hand to an
other. Indeed, she is ready to die If
she cannot marry me-"
"And why do her people objectT' l
asked, thinking that if his looks did
not belle his character any father in
Spain might be proud of him for son
in-law.
at was feud between our fathers,
senior, partly political and partly bust
ness. There was bad blood. and, though
my father died years ago, Don Rami-
nez still holds his bitterness. He has a
son with whom l have fought a duel,
and that ! wounded and vanquished
him has but added to the bitterness Of
the situation"
"Why. this Don Raminez is a gov
eminent official of some sort, isn't hep
"He is governor of the province of
| Cadiz, senior"
"If he is rich and powerful and OPP
posed to the marriage, your cake Is
dough. You seem to run more of a
chance Of being shot than of becoming
his son-in-law"
Senior Da Costa, as he had given me
his name. looked troubled for mo-
ment, and then fash came to his eyes
as he quietly asked:
"In your country. senior, what do they
do In such casesY'
1.-THE lovers? Well. If the old folks
are opposed there Is generally a run
away match"
'T have heard so, and there will be
one in this case. We would both have
it otherwise but 1t is the last resort. |
must take the senorita to Brazil to be-
come my wife, 1t was settled that way
last evening"
"But have you counted on the old
man?" I asked little annoyed by the
young mans GOODNESS in disposing of
the case. Hell be after you in two
hours, and he has the legal right to
take his daughter off the steamer and
put you behind the bars. | should say
he would be bad man to fool with"
Listen, senor." quietly replied the
lover You will find In this port a
! craft for sale or charter She may be
small, but she must be fast. 1t will be
better for many reasons that she is a
] sail vessel You shall buy her and
clear her for some western port. and
will sail away with the senorita. and
she will become my wife"
"But we shall be pursued" said.
He shrugged his shoulders and smit-
ed
"And if captured it will mean years
of Imprisonment for me-"
"Your pay will be commensurate
with the risks, senior. Let us waste NJ
more time. Set forth at once and fine
a craft"
At the end of another half hour W.
had the details arranged as far as pos
sible, and I was ready to begin my
share of the work. Within "a hours
had found schooner yacht from th'
Mediterranean, an English built Graf
whose owner had tired of playing sail
or and left her In the hands of bro
ker for sale. 1t required a week to re
paint, repair, find crew and put provi
sions aboard, and Da Costa was read.
with 50 wherever there was need To-
81. 1t was given out that yacht hat
been bought for a resident of thu
Azores and was to be delivered there
and there was no trouble about he
clearance.
While knowing, Of course, that ID
Costa was in Cadiz, 1t appeared tina
Don Raminez had neither imprisoned
his daughter nor set an extra watch OF
her movements. To dodge her duenni
and escape from the house and ground
and make her way to an appointed rem
devious must have been a difficult mat
ter, but she accomplished it, and tw'
hours after dark one evening boa
brought the pair of lovers aboard. Tel
minutes later we were under way. 4
fairer girl never looked upon, and sh
was as brave as she was fair.
We left port with fair wind am
carried 1t all night as we headed GU
into the Atlantic, and the yacht slippe'
along as If driven b. steam. We ha
got away so quietly that | did not loo
for pursuit, but daylight had scarcel
broken when we found steamer i
our wake. AS afterward ascertained
the girl had been missed early In th
night, the sailing Of the yacht discoN
cred. aud while. one steamer was bead