Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05

some other Americana had opened heI
seemingly innocent eyes very wide.
| And those eyes!
How glorious" exclaimed Appleby
often to himself, as he contemplated
| their luster and their tenderness, when
| spending the evening and not a small
portion Of the night in the parlor of her
| relatives, or with her at some Of the ma
tive balls. Her eyes would WOO one
| down to hades!" was his rather pro-
| fame expression; and later in the night,
away from their seductive wiles, his
mind would revert to other eyes, and he
| would say: Nothing can save me from
| their witchery, but those other eyes
away back in New England, so 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 apartments. yes: when in the
presence of the Lady Mercedes, as he
had begun to call her, in which he was en-
couraged to do so by the girl herself
no.
His love-making had grown to dimen
sions far beyond the casting Of glances
and the pressure of hands.
He had been picking up considerable
Spanish, and she was teaching him mora
in addition to teaching him to make love
to her.
POGO amado, he said to her one even
ing as they sat in the little Mexican par
lor
mo, no-no POGO, nolittle," she replied
L tall, stately, fit for illustre amante
such as you" rising to her feet, and dis
playing her really fine proportions to
their best effect. yes, little by the
side OF grand senior like you," as he
seized her in his arms, and she threw
back her head and cast at him one of
those looks which it would be difficult
for any man to resist when his blood
was inflamed with passion. 81 look up
to you; look up to no one else in all the
world. You look down on POGO amado;
no one but you do so''
AS she threw her arms about him, while
he clasped her still more closely, she
buried her face in his neck, and began tc
cry Historically.
The rest was easy, even to the forget
ting of Appleby's lode-star to the far
north for the time being
"Yo carino vosotros," he said, as he
took his departure that evening.
"Adios"
AS he turned from the door he noticed
that the squat Mexican and his fat
dumpy wife, to whom she had referred
as her distant relatives, stood just out
side, where they had seen the leave-tak
ing, and heard his endearments spoken il
Spanish. They turned away, seemingly
having taken no notice.
81 say, Appleby," said the only one
Of his associates at the mine, who pre-.
sumed on speaking of such matters te
him, you will pardon me, old man, but
| have strong reasons for asking. How
much are you committed to that Mexican
girl with whom you are flirting so des-
perately and about whom the entire
town is talking?"
Appleby flushed, and at first was dis
posed to resent the remark
II am afraid it has gone beyond mere
filtration. Besides, she is Spanish girl
not Mexican
Spanish grandmother! Do her father
and mother look like Spaniards?''
Il have never seen them She told me
they were dead
why, they are not dead, and you see
them every time they watch you come
and go from the house"
Those old people; she told me. were
distant relatives
They are her father and mother. Dc
you want such looking old crone as
that woman around your house. to dc
the honors. dozen years from now. il
you are foolish enough to marry this ad.
Venturess?"
Are you telling me the TRUTH"
Il am. Everybody knows it but you
What shall do. The old man would
probably kill me if l should attempt tc
break with the girl"
There is but one thing to do. Re.
sign your position here quietly and Sake
the stage tomorrow night for the north
You can catch the train at some station
% or 30 miles away. They will watch
the trains, but will not think Of the
stage"
"All right. Thank you. | shall bt
glad to get away from her wiles TIL,
sweetness was beginning to cloy. ex,
cepting when was tasting it,
Take no baggage. We will send that
| on afterward"
The next night. instead of making his
usual call at the home of Mercedes. AID.
! pleby disguised as a rough miner
boarded the stage, and the driver cracked
| his whip and started northward
Half mile on the way just in the edge
of the town. stood the home of Mercedes
where he had passed so many happy
| hours in the company of his enchantress
| He sat we'll back in the stage. with hi.
hat pulled down over his eyes. to avoit
recognition.
Directly opposite the house. stage
was halted by musical feminine voice
the owner of which opened the door O
the vehicle. and gave glance inside.