Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-22

All high and noble sentiments were
outraged"
Rosalia. but slightly wounded, was
removed to her fathers coach; her
condition was not serious, as q physi.
elan who came pronounced. Take
her home at once" he ordered. The
man of medicine feared the nervous
reaction.
Rio Seco had been tremendously i'm
pressed. All was rumor and conject.
ure. II was known that Donna Ramo-
ma had been sent. escorted by rurales,
to Las Palmas. more than ever pris-
oner. Don Lucas had disappeared. The
ball stopped at once, but the people lin.
gered to discuss the matter. The
young men who had stood outside the
windows, lacking the requisite 'frac."
pressed in. and one of them, q born de-
tective, found the paper the alcaldesa
had received, bit of note paper. with
these words, your rival, and a sue.
cessful one. is Rosalla Quevedo. The
alcalde visits her at night"
In the morning Rio Seco experienced
new and more thrilling sensation. 1t
was learned that Don Lucas and Ro-
salia had disappeared. The story soon
came to be told in sufficient fullness.
AS the coach of the Quevedos was
nearing Los Prados, bearing It's agltat-
ed and unhappy inmates. Don Lucas
and band of mounted men had sur
rounded the vehicle. Senior Quevedo
heard the frank confession OF the al
calde and his daughters avowal Of
undying love for him.
ITO save your daughters honor.
dearer to me than life, senior. l must
here and now take her for my own; We
shall leave you. perhaps forever. l
swear to love and protect her, to give
my life for hers II need be. Allow me,
you who alone may give permission. to
assume the rights that our love freely
acknowledge before all these witness.
es, confers."
Senior Quevedo. a venerable and
handsome man. looked into his daugh-
ters face, seen In the faint glimmer
Of the coach lamps, and said, broken.
ly:-"My child. light of my heart and
home, 20 thou with God. Love did He
make to rule the world. Rest thy head
a moment on thy fathers breast, and
let him clasp thee to his heart for the
last time"
The girl fell into her aged fathers
arms; they gazed into each others
eyes; blood called to blood; the tie
was strong, and Rosalia hesitated.
Dear little father, cannot go from
thee and dearest little mother"
The old man held his daughter from
him, looked with infinite love into her
eyes, and slowly said: "The world Is
very broad; there is peace somewhere
for thee, II not for me. Let us leave
ii to Time, the great doctor, to heal
the wound of our hearts. Go with Don
Lucas and. II he falls thee, my curse
be upon him. Cherish him, be all to
him his heart has lacked. have been
happier than he" And turning to the
alcnlde, the father said: 81 yield this
tender girl to you. 1t is best that you
20, and at once. Kneel both Of you
and take my blessing"
The lovers knelt in the road, and the
father prayed and then extended his
hands In blessing: go. children; love
opens new roads. There are fair coun'
tries beyond Mexico"
The cavalrymen had raised their
hats reverently; In silence they replat
ed them.
Senior Quevedo rode to Las Prados
on Don Lucas horse, Ell Cid, with tT :
troopers, detailed for his escort. Tb"
coach took the lovers to the State ca
ital, where they found conveyance u
the nearest railway. They left Mex
leo as one turns the leaf of book Alt
presses ON into the heart Of the story
In a little city in Central Americ1
the new life OF Don Lucas and Rosalia
opened and has since been lived, AMI
letters from the far country have
reached the aged Quevedos. "The
Prisoner of Las Palmas" remained
year In her place Of Punishment and
then died, and her children were taken
to Los Prados, where they have re-