The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

1ouF Drother- ln-IaW, my cousin
Rooksby, was the very first to believe
that was a pirate. l, vulgar pirate!
|, Carlos Riego! Did he not believe it
and you?" He glanced q little ironi-
cally, and lifted a thin, white finger
towards the great coat of arms. THAT
sort Of thing" he said, amigo milo.
does not allow one to pick pockets"
He suddenly turned a, little to one side,
and fixed me with his clear eyes. MY
FRIEND" he said, 'if / told you that
Rooksby and your greatest Kent earls
carried SmugglerS' tubs, you would say
l was an ignorant fool. Yet they, too,
are magistrates, The only use / have
ever made Of these ruffianS was today,
to bring you here. 1t was a necessity.
O'Brien had gone on to take you when
you arrived. You would never have
come alive out of Havana. was saw
ing your life. Once there, you could
never have escaped from that man."
II never disliked you," l protested. IT
do not understand what you mean. All
l know is, that you have used me ill
outra geously i'll. You have saved my
life now, you say. That may be true;
but why did you ever make me meet
with that man O'Brien?"
And even for that you should not
hate me- he said, shaking his head
on the silk pillows. Il never wished
you anything but well, Juan, because
you were honest and young, Of noble
blood, good to look upon; you had
done me and my friend good service,
to your own peril, when my own cousin
had deserted me. And I loved you for
the sake Of another. / loved your sis
ter. We have a proverb: A man is
always good to the eyes in which the
sister hath found favor"
looked at him in amazement. you
loved Veronica" I said. But VerO-
MICA is nothing at all. There was the
senOrita."
He smiled YEARLY. "Ah, the SEN
Orita she is very we'll; man could
love her, too. But we do not command
love, my friend
I interrupted him. II want to know
why you brought me here? Why did
you ask me to come here, when we
were on board the Thames?"
He answered sadly, "Ah, then! Be
cause 1 loved your sister, and you re-
mind me always Of her. But that is
all over now-done with for good.
I have to address myself to
dying as it becomes one Of my race
to die" He smiled at me. "One must
die in peace to die a Christian. Life
has treated me rather scurVily, only
the gentleman must not repine like
poor man of low birth. / would like
to do a good turn to the friend who
is the brother of his sister, to the girl
cousin whom l do not love with love-
but whom 1 understand with affection
to the great inheritance that is not
for my wasted hands,"
I looked out of the open door of
the room. There was the absolutely
quiet inner court Of the palace, a colo
made of tall square pillars, in the GEN.
ter the little thread of a fountain.
Round the fountain were tangled
bushes Of f1owers-enormous gerani-
ums, enormous hollyhocks, a riot of
orange marigolds.
How like our flowers at home!" I
said mechanically.
Il brought the seeds from there
from your sisters garden he said.
l felt horribly hipped.
Ah, you have had a sad life my
Carlos" 1 said, after a long time.
He opened his eyes. and smiled his
brave smile. "Ah, as to that" he
said, zone kept on. One has to hus-
waste 1t over lamentations. / have to
tell you-ah, yes. ." He passed
and fixed his eyes upon me. Figure
to yourself that this house, this town,
an immense part Of this island much
even yet in CASTLE itself, much gold,
many slaves, a great name-a very
great name-are what I shall leave be-
hind me. Now think that there is a
very noble old man, one who has been
very great in the world, who shall die
very soon; then all these things shall
go to young girl. That old man is
very old, is a little foolish with age:
that young girl knows very little of
the World' and is very passionate, very
proud, very helpless.
Add, now, to that a great menace
a very dangerous, crafty, subtle person
age, who has the ear of that old man:
whose aim 1t is to become the posses
sor or that young girl and Of that vast
wealth.. The old man is much subject
10 the other. Old men are like that,
s the very. great They have
many things to think of; 1t is neces-
sary that they rely on somebody. I
am, in fact, speaking Of my uncle and
the man called O'Brien. You have seen
hlm. Carlos spoke in a voice hardly
ABOVE whisper, but he stuck to his
TASK with tndomitable courage. 'Tf I
die and leave here, he will have NV
uncle to himself He is terrible man
This is the greatest distress Of all"
he swallowed painfully and put his
IRAN hand on to the white ruff1e at his
neck. Il was In great trouble to find
now to thwart this O'Brien. NV uncle
went to Kingston because he was ner-
suaded 1t was his place to see that the
execution of those unhappy men was
conducted with due humanity. O'Rrinn
came with US as his secretary. I was
III the greatest horror of mind praved
Tor guidance. Then my eyes fell 11non
you, who We're pressed against our very
carriage wheels. It was like an answer
to my prayers" Carlos suddenly
reached out and caught my hand.
thought he was wandering. and 7
was immensely sorry for him. He look
eo at me SO wistfully with his i'm
mense eyes. He continued to press
my hand. COS
But when I saw you" he went on.
AFTER time, ut had come into NV
nead' mat is the man who is sent
IN answer to my prayers I knew 1t.
l say. II you could have my cousin
ana my LANDS, / thought, 1t would be
IKE my having your sister-not quite.
put good enough for a man who IS to
ole In short while, and leave no trace
put q marble tomb. All, one desires
very much to leave a mark under
Coos blessed sun, and to be able to
know little how things will go after
one Is dead. l arranged the
matter very. quickly in my mind,
There was the difficulty of OBrien. IF
l had said, Here is the man who is
to marry my cousin, he would have
had you or me murdered; he would
stop at nothing. So said to him very
quietly, Look here, Senior Secretary
that is the man you have need of to
replace your Nicholas devil to fight:
but L think he will not consent with
out a little persuasion. Decov him
then, TO Ramon's, and do your per-