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

ter1ngs come up through the hatch a
rustling, then silence. If he was afraid
OF me at all he carried it off very we'll
apolog1Zed to the young girl for hav-
ing awakened her father Her color
was very high, and her eyes sparkled.
II she had not been SO very beautiful
should have gone away at once She
said angrily:
He is odious to me, the Senior Juez.
Too long my father has suffered his
lnsolence She was very SMALL but
she mad an extraordinary dignity of
command Il could see, senior, that he
was annoying you. Why should you
consider such a creature? 2" Her head
dropped But my father is very old"
turned upon Carlos, who stood all
black in the light of the window
why did you make me meet him
He may be a judge Of your marine
court, but he's nothing but a scoun-
drelly bog trotter."
Carlos said little haughtily, you
must not denounce him. You should
not leave this place If l feared you
would try thus to bring dishonor on
girl IN public scandal" His manner
| became soft. For the honor of the
house you shall say nothing. And you
snail come with US. l need you"
There was something deep there.
something deep; something dangerous;
0OIiIS AiflIISue5 ludC could not con-
CeIye even the first notion of But
that Carlos wanted anxiously to make
use OF me for some purpose was clear.
L was mystified to the point of forget
ing how heavily l was compromised
even In Jamaica, though it was worth
remembering, because at that time an
indictment for rebeIlion-under the
black act-was no joking matter. I
might be sent home under arrest; and
even then; there was my affair with
the runners.
1T is coming to pay visit" he was
saying persuasiVely, while your affair
+ here blows over, my Juan-and-and
haps."
looked at him; he was worn to a
shadow shadow with dark, wistful
eyes: Il don't understand you,'' 1 fall
tered.
The old man stirred, opened his lids,
and put gold vinaigrette to his nos
trils.
"of course. I shall not denounce
O'Brien," I said. Il. too, respect the
honor of your house"
You are even better than l thought
you. And if l entreat you. for the
love Of your mother-of your sister?
Juan, it is not for myself. it is
The young girl was pouring some
drops from a green phiaI into a silver
handed it to her father, who had leant
a little forward in his chair. Every
movement of hers affected me with an
intimate joy; 1t was as If I had been
waiting to See just that carriage of
the neck, just that proud glance from
the eyes, just that droop of eyelashes
upon the cheeks, for years and years.
mo, 1 shall hold my tongue, and
that's enough I said.
At that moment the old Don sat up
and cleared his throat. Carlos sprang
toward him with an infinite grace Of
tender ObsequiOusnesS. He mentioned
my name and the relationship, then re-
hearsed the innumerable titles of his
uncle, ending and patron of the bish-
opric Of Pinar del Rio"
l stood stiff1y in front of the old man.
He bowed his head at intervals, hold
ing the silver cup carefully whilst his
chair rocked little. When Carlos
mellow voice had finished the rehears-
ing of the sonorOus styles, l mumbled
something about "transcendent honor"
= He stopped me with a little defer
entially peremptory gesture of one
hand, and began to speak, smiling with
a contraction Of the lips and a trem-
bling of the head. His voice was very
low, and quaVered slightly, but every
syllable was enunciated with the
same beauty of clearness that there
his ancient gestures.
THE honor Is to me-" he said, "and
the pleasure. l behold my kinsman,
who, with great heroism, l am told,
rescued my dearly loved nephew from
great dangers; 1T is an honor to me to
be able to give him thanks. My be-
loved and lamented sister contracted
a union with an English hidalgo,
through whose house your own very
honorable family is allied to my own;
it. is a pleasure to me to meet after
many years with one who has seen the
places where her later life was pass
ed"
~ 1t grew dark. The old Don fell
the silver buckle of his hat, he had
disappeared into the gloom of the
place. 1 remembered my engagement
to dine with Williams on board the
Lion, and I moved to withdraw. There
did not seem to be any chance of my
talking to the young girl. She was
once more leaning nOnchalantly over
the lizard, and her hair dropped right
across her face like clusters of grapes
Carlos came concernedly towards me
as I looked at the door.
But you must not go yet" he said
a little suaVely; Il have many things
to say. Tell me-"
His manner heightened up my IN
easiness to a fear. The expression of
his eyes changed, and they became fix
ed over my shoulder, while on his lips
the words, You must come, you must