The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-18

10 her. I have decided 10 try you
Next week yea depart from Madrid.
aud shall give ny last bun night
here on sunday. Yon win doubtless
be present, and Implofe sou To
give a favorable hearing 10 mx plea
II Ynu aeerds "a ny prayer. | beg
yoa. az any time during the fight
90 touch your iips with your closed
fan. shall note V Immediately and
shall understand it. meaning uuf
II you continue 10 treat my request
with disstsin. solemnly declare -
you that { shall net leave the huEi
ring alive. Ponder what I have
said. and remember that Antonio
faeuteN i a man who always keeps
his word
Mime. Marianl treated the matter
as a joke. but the ball fighter voui8
not iisiea 10 her. ard wlth = curt
ness al spanish bail fighters pos
sssa. he declared. What IL said IL
said. Consider the matter ueli.~
And 80 be left her
Meanwhile. a jealous friend had
written % Mue. Fusntes. wife 81 the
bull fighter. ia Seville. telling her
what vas going on IN Madrid. Nine
F'azntaa came immediately tn the
capital. and accused the actress Of
trying % steal her husband from
her. but WA convinced after tins
that her suspicious Wsre uufaanded.
Then she learned Of fhs TaW Faaeniez
had taken % kiIi hlmseif. and u i
said she iuaploTed the actress % 50
70 the bull ring and give the agreed
signal that would save her husbands
iife. The actress. however. contu-
u~f to make light Of F'uenfes re-
solve.
on the Sunday set for The bull
nrhf Madrid was IN gala dress
There we're $4,000 psrasns on the
seata rising In aFnphlsheater fashion
about the ring. when Fuentes made
his appearance In one Of the pri-
vate boxes sat Mime. MarsanE sur
rounded BY a court d admirers. In
the royal box was King Alfonso and
his aunt. the fnfanta Isabella. while
IN Z. third box. sad eyed. ard accom-
/ panied b. a relative. who had vain
~ AHaHNAs FsAffHa u ~ Ha4atHAH tHA AHsA -
attend the flRht. sat Mime. fNsutss.
six bulls were Z. BE- killed for the
/ sdification % the crowd They were
+ all superb animals. from the stock
f farm Of the duke Of Neragua. the
+ descendant OF Christopher Coium=
bua In succession. after the ban
+ derfEleros and plcadatcs had gpaded
the bulls into fury. Fueutes stepped
F ouf, and Nith superb SKILL drove hts
short sword into their necka. Kill
+ ing them almost instantly. Nov ard
+ then be looked a. the box where the
actress at. but found her always IN
animated conversation with those IN
+ her box.
/ Finally Il came the turn Tor the
+ nfth bull to be Killed. I'aentsa
+ 9raared bis sword. approached the
animal and began To maueuveF
+ vaIianiiY. But before ptunging his
steel into the bull he gave one final
F glance In the direction Of Madame
f Msflsnf. A change had come over
I the beautiful actress. She had
stopped talking and her fan vas not
+ in use. Instead, when she felt
+ Fueufes vas looking al her she
! quickly raised her opera glasses
and ieveiing them Al King Alfonso
! peered through.
H ~ this the bull fighter seemed 10
have siJne mad. He rnised his
sword and stabbed II the bull With
out apparently knowing what he
was doing and then with a furious
bound threw himself upon the goad-
Cd and blood dripping animal. The
+ enraecd bull lowered his head,
caught Fuentea under the left arm
ana rolled him round two or three
times. Then. getting his horns
firmly planted under F'ueutoa' body