Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23
you WILL STAY HERE NOW TILL DIE"

dress myself to dying as it becomes one Of
my race to die" He smiled at me. one
must die In peace 20 die Christian. Life
has treated me rather scurvily, only the
gentleman must not repine like poor man
of low birth. l would like to do good
turn to the friend who is the brother of his
sister, to the girl cousin whom do not love
with love- but whom I understand with af-
fection--to the great inheritance that is not
! for my wasted hands,.
l looked out Of the open door Of the room.
| There was the absolutely quiet inner court
| of the palace, a colorado of tall square
pillars in the center the little thread or O
| fountain. Round the fountain were tangled
| bushes of fowers-enormous geranums,
enormous hollyhocks, riot of orange mari
| Colds ,
How like our flowers at home!' 1 said
mechanically.
IL brought the seeds from there-from
your sisters garden" he said.
| ] felt horribly hipped .
"Ah. YOU have had sad life, my Carlos"
! said, after a long time.
He opened his eyes and smiled his brave
smile. 'Ah, as to that ne SAID, one keep
! on One has to husband ones voice,
| though, and not waste 1t over lamentations:
| / have TO tell you-ah. yes He paused
| and fixed his eyes upon me. F1gure 10
yourself that this house this town, an I'M I'M.
mense part of this island much even yet
| in CASTLE Itself. much gold, many slaves,
a great name-a very great name,aie
what | shall leave behind me. NOW tnihk
there
who has been very great in the world. who
| shall die very soon; then all these Things
| shall go to a young girl. That old man -
very old, is little foolish with age; tnlt
young girl knows very little OF the woria.
| and is very passionate, very proud, very
helpless. =
add. now, to that great Menace
very dangerous crafty, subtle parsonage,
who has the ear OF that old man ~nose
aim it is to become the possessor Of that
Young girl and of that vast wealth. ms
ole man is much subject to the other Oin
men are like that, especially the very great.
They have many things TO thinK OF, II 70
| necessary that they rely on somebody. l
am, in fact speaking OF my uncle ana inc
man called OBrien. You nave seen MIN.
Carlos spoke in a voice hardly above
whisper but he stuck TO his task with IN
domitable courage IF die and leave him
here he will have my uncle TO himseii ne
is a terrible man. This is the greatest dls,
tress of ALL" He swallowed painfully, ana
nut his frail hand on TO the white rune at
| his neck II was in great trouble TO ma
how to thwart this o Brien. My uncle went
| to Kingston because he was persuaded ~
| was bis place 10 see that the execution OF
those unhappy men was conducted with
| due humanity. O'Brien came with us as his
| secretary. / was in the greatest horror Oh
mind. l prayed for guidance. Tnen my
! eyes fell upon you, VINO were press ~
| against our very carriage wheels. II was
| like an answer TO my prayers carlos
| suddenly reached out and caught my mana.
I Thought he was wandering, and j was
| Immensely sorry for him. He looked at me
| so wistfully with his immense eyes he
J continued to press my hand
"But when | saw you" he went on after
! a time, sit had come into my head, Ihat
| is the man who is sent in answer 10 my
| PRAYERS l knew it, i say. IL you could
| have my cousin and my lands, l thought,
| 1t would be like my having your sister-not
| quite but good enough for man who is to
1 die in short while, and leave no trace but
| a marble tomb All, one desires very much
| to leave mark under Gods blessed sun.
| and to be able to know little how things
] will go after one Is dead ar
! ranged the matter very quickly in my mind.
There was the difficulty of o Brien. II i
| 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 l
\ said to him very quietly, Look here, Senior
| Secretary, that is the man you have need
| of to replace your Nichois-a devil to fight;
! but l think he Will not consent without a
| little persuasion. Decoy him. then, to RAJ
mons, and do your persuading. o. rien
| was very glad, because he thought that at
( last / was coming to take an interest in his
/ schemes, and because II was bringing hui
| initiation TO an Engiishman. And Seraphna
| was glad, because / had often spoken of
! very honorable. Then / made that man
| Ramon decoy you, thinking that the matter
| would be left to me-"
That was what Carlos had expected But
| OBrien, talking with Ramon, had heard
| me described as an extreme separatlonist
4 so positively that he had thought 1t safe to
! open himself fully. He must have counted.
! also. on my youth. my stupidity, or my
| want of principle. Finding out his mistake,