The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-01

scarcely remembered afterward. Hs danced with her, he walked through the courtyard conservatory with her he talked with her, he applauded hel and his heart leaped with delight as she danced a fancy castanet Spanish dance, and he had eyes. ears and tongue for no one else during the even ing.
 That some of the young natives mutt tered imprecations on him for his mo- nopoly of her did not concern him.
 T do not care" he said, recklessly She is worth taking desperate chances for"
 He asked permission to call and see her. which was granted, rather more than willingly, he remembered after ward
 T am live with distant relatives" |" she told him when he called. Do not mind them-they are nobody-I not in- troduce you. My father one fine gran dee; my mother, Hispano sonora Santa Maria! both dead, poor souls. He was so tall and stately, like you. senor only more slender; she was graceful, like what you call it--a willow-and with such canaille!"
 Nothing could have been more cer- tain to win Appleby's attention, if not indeed his love, than this sort of tall. . He had theory, that. like parent, like child. The law of hcredity, in his eyes, was one in which he most de- voutly believed. While he could amuse himself at a ball, or in filtration. either innocent or otherwise, with such a person as this Senorita Mercedes, he could not think of going any further with one of the race if her father was squat and her mother fat and dumpy The senorita had fathomed him whether unconsciously or otherwise may not be known. But probably this was not her first love affair, and possi- bly the opinions and acts of some oth- CT Americana had opened her seeming ly innocent eyes very wide.
 And those eyes,
 How glorious." exclaimed Appleby often to himself. as he contemplated their 1uster and their tenderness, when spending the evening and not Il small portion of the night in the plrlor of her relatives, or with her at some of the native balls. Her eyes would woo one down to hades!" was his rather profane expression: and later in the night, away from thelr seductive wiles. his mind would revert to other eyes. and he would say: Nothing can save me from their witchery. but those oth- CT eyes away back in New England, SD full of Heaven that they could woo me back again"
 Did he wish to have them woo him back? In the mines, and in the quiet of his own apartmnets. yes; when in the presence of the Lady Mercedes. as he had begun to call her, in which he was encouraged to do so by the girl herself. no.
 His love-making had grown to di- mensions far beyond the casting of gIances and the pressure of hands.
 He had been picking up considerable Spanish, and she was teaching him more, in addition to teaching him to make love to her.
 'Poco amado." he said to her one evening as they sat in the little Mexi- can parIor.
 No. no-nO pOco. no little" she re- piled. "I tall, stately. fit for illustrt amante such as you." rising to her feet and displaying her really fine propor. tions to their best effect. Yes. I little i by the side of grand senor like you. as he seized her in his arms. and sh, | threw back her head and cast at hin one of those looks which it would b,