The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

his greatness, nor my cousins, nor, in
deed, my own" He smiled again.
But I shall be very soon dead, and to
me it matters little" He frowned a
little, and then laughed. but you
should have seen the faces of your Of
ficers when my uncle refused to go to
their governors palace; there was to
have been a fiesta reception Is it
not the word? 1t will cause a great
scandal
He smiled with a good deal Of fine
malice, and looked as if he expected
me to be pleased. 1 said that did not
quite understand what had offended
his uncle. -E
"Oh, it was because, there was no
priest" Carlos answered, when those
poor devils were hung. They were
canaille. Yes; but one gives that much
even to such. And my uncleawas there
in his official capacity as "a pleni-
potentiary. He was very much dis
tressed; we were ALL You heard, my
uncle himself had advised their being
surrendered to your English. And
when there was no priest he repented
very bitterly. Why, after all, it was
an infamy"
He began to ask for news from home
from my home. I told him that We
ronica had baby. and he sighed.
She married the excellent Rocks
by?" he asked. "AI, what a waste"
He relapsed into silence again. There
was no woman In your land like her.
She might have And to marry that
that excellent parsonage, my good
cousin. 1t is a tragedy"
1T was very good match" I an
swered.
He sighed again. my uncle is asleep
in there, now" he said, after a pause,
pointing at the inner door. 1--WE must
not wake him; he is a very old man.
You do not mind talking to me? You
will wait to see them? Dona Seraphina
Is here, too"
You haveno married your cousin ?"
1 asked.
wanted very much to see the young
girl who had looked at me for mo-
ment, and 1 certainly should have been
distressed if Carlos had said she was
married.
He answered, what would you
have?" and shrugged his shoulders gen.
thy. A smile came into his face "She
l do not know why. Perhaps she has
| seen too many men like me-
he told me that, when he reached
cuba, after parting with me on the
Thames. his uncle -in spite of certain
Influences" had received him quite
naturally as his heir, and the future
head of the family. But Seraphina,
"hO1I1 ny the laws OIL convenience he
| ought to have married, had calmly re-
fused him.
Il did not impress her; she is ro-
mantle. She wanted a very bold man,
a Cid, something that 1t is not easy to
/ have.''
He paused again, and looked at me
with some sort of challenge in his
eyes.
"She could have met no one better
! than yOu,' l said.
He waved his hand a little. "Oh,
! for that he said deprecatingly
Besides, l am dying. / have never
been well since went into your cold
! sea over there after we left your sis
ter. You remember how / coughed on
! board that miserable ship"
| / did remember it very well.
He went to the inner door. looked
in and then came back to me.
"Seraphina needs a guide--a con-
troller-someone strong and gentle. and
kind and brave. My uncle will never
ask her to marry against her wish;
he is too old and has too little will.
! And for any man who would marry
| her-except one-there would be great
dangers, for her and for him. 1t would
| need cool man, and a brave man, and
q good one, too, to hazard, perhaps