Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-01
ON THE THROW OF THE KNIFE 4 story Tn Which an American Cir. aad an Indian Girl
 Are Rivals.
By GwENroLES ovEEToS.

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 = atl the laws of true romance sae shou!d ha@e felt uqon opening her eyes pro..ca.tia} tat this was to be day of destiny, htft :s.c merely felt tHat the eHgire4 lad stopped. th8t tie ship Was It aue4. @d t,Iat t.srafore it waS no.se.F. 9s..etalIy warm. The cu-'- saias aeress ..sa statnroofa windows t. not 1=}.=s.ef1 a, f=.aFo. sss.-e cane dow 5ss4e4 5.ai. t.easa a'.a ,.z..,.z,l them aside. zt..es az af fs,.s5#@# .#...I Was befere her ag.s .ae Pags Cf s..:l
 's5z@,2e =. seea f..zs n the night, I .roa... szuG.rf Inc clouds were lift .a@ afs4=as. They were rassed in white aad gsld bea.ndt tie tWo volcano peaks that had sent f5rsh the o"e fire. the ethei. water. n thefs ti!ae. and the pcss..s themselves were stt,e V side, two cones ef glowing pink.
 They were ul.ies inland. many miles, and the tll.ek lush tropic green was be tween, reaching to tie eUr12= of the sand. There were sotlee Ei.te houses by the beach, white with red tiles. They made the port of San Jose. But the skip Wa:i anchored well ont in deep water and there Were no craft in sight, save q roWboat CT two drawn up on the sand and one that was stars .ng out from the pier across the faint blue water that showed back the clouds of No T f I,I glisteacd in the HcF9 sunlight.
 He girl leaned her bare am on tie sill and stood looking out. Sine lad seen many beautiful things in her life, bHt nothing so lovely as the coast and vol eano peaks of San Jose de Guatemala at the break of ely.
 'The roH-btat came fcay. and she saw that the quarantine officials sat ia the stern, but by tile time she WAS dressed and cane OH deck theEhad I3Hg since gone There WAS no one Tt all ill sight either aft CT alaidships. hGt when sine was forward of the bridge she saw some one standing near tie bow. He was q new passenger. lie turned and looked at Le..
 .here WAS breeze. the fa.ntest south sea morning breeze. that riFated her thin white gown and moved the loose .eH4Iriis of her hair. lie r;Gsed his staaW lat ciy.llr and turred back to his consideration of the shore. Pres ertly tle parser joined him, and he stood talking. his hands jaMmed into his saci. coat pockets and lis tan shod feet wide apart on the deck. Then he went into the saloon.
 That was all Miss Strathmore saw of bial, but she described him to her mother accurately nevertheless. Hes the only Latin I ever saw who looked as though he could do things and not talk about it afterward. His skin i5 very white, and his jaw shuts hard. and. moreover, though his eyes are brown. they are neither sparkling nor seft" She objected to both. They are level and hard. That he may speak English is my fondest wish"
 He did. He was put beside her at breakfast. and the captain presented him. His name was Merida.
 You saw ne this morning" he said, "vhen l wa; looking back upon my house, my home, my heritage, my lands'''
 And the laughing danes in whom 1ou did delight+' she followed it up.
 He gave it q quick look. "Perhaps,'' , he said and turned short about to talk to the man on the other side, little Chilean whom Miss Strathmore did not like. They talked Spanish together i and she could not understand. So she | ate her breakfast and wondered why | ttle Guatemalan should have objected | to having his quotation finished out Fad she hit some nail too neatly on Che head? lie had risked that But he | Knew Byron apparently, and lis Eng | fish had not so much as an accent. If | there was to be any further conyersa- tion, it lay with him to begin it. He | did so presently. but he kept to gener- alities and refused to be drawn out | about himself.
 The captain was lAore communicative to the general sea dog type. Better make up to young Merida, Miss Eliza beth,' he advised, coming to a stop in front of her steamer chair. He owns about everything ill sight over there His arm swept the view of dense green from the beach curve to the mountains far away Half Guatemala belongs to his brother and him. The other brother is marred-to q Spanish prin- cess. too-but he's not and you'll do the best two weeks work you ever did i'll your fife if YOU each him between here and Frisco bay
 The captain liked the topic eyidsrs-