The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-27


From the mother superior of the
/ convent"
A dreadful change came over the
I chiefs face.
/ Enough, You are lying to me-
She fell on her knees before him.
/ Hear me. I sweaT-let me tell you
/ how I heard il. 1t was when she could
not hide it. She was ill. I was always
/ her favOrite. and when she feared de-
/ lirium, she directed that I alone should
/ stay with her. In the night she wan
! dered, and I -heard-all."
She hesitated, then rushed on.
! I promised her I would never speak
/ o, Mother of Heaven, forgive me- At
/ terward she gave me the signet ring
TO bury out of sight, for it was to her
/ an occasion Of mortal sin. / loved her,
/ senior, she was so sad and beautiful. /
could not part with it. I kept it for
her sake because I loved her"
. Yet you could betray me"'
DOna Anita rocked upon her knees
! iE a passion of sObs. Then suddenly
/ she sDrang up, defiant.
| If it were to do again I should do
! it, A thought came TO me that / had
! one weapon left. You forbade me to
/ whisper that name to these dead walls
! What if I have told it to living ears?
I was right" she laughed exultantIy.
I went to Diego; I spoke to him of
f A<AACAd NJ AAIDEhEu me- lHCll 1 lOlu
+ him the secret-yOUr secret"
-''Why?"
Because knew that by doing so I
was securing on my side the fiercest
/ champion in SPAIN
! Don Q.'s head fell on his breast. You
might have done the one without the
/ other" he said Sadlv But finish"
4 told him because I knew the man
who heard that secret must die. You
| will kill him - she cried out. Z boosted
! TO him that it would be his death SEN
| tence.'
And he2"
He swore, on the contrary. that 1
had made his fortune" she walled.
The chief moved aIertIy. Good! He
! will not share his knowledge until he
first tries to make use Of it with me-
/ When did you see him ?''
! To-day. He is at his farm, six
/ leagues away, where he came to look
over the herd of bulls he bought
! from"
"Yes-yes. Farewell, DOna Anita. I
wish you had trusted me before you
betrayed me"
She clasped his arm XIII me! de-
serve it. But for Lucia's sake 1 would
do the same again Kill meT'
Don Q. gently pushed away the cling
ing hands.
I cannot deny that you have de-
SCl Cu DullASAllIiCllA. lt Sdlu. lOI YOU
! have done more than kill man: YOU
have perhaps killed a very ancient and
noble name. Yet you are but a wO-
man. Farewell DOna Anita. I go to
/ find this Diego. who has indeed COM
mitted frightful crimes-the first, in de-
ceiving and deserving your sister; the
second. and greater, in learning my
/ name"
The sound Of his light football had
scarcely died away when DOna Anita
/ heard a confusion of voices. a pistol
. shot and a cry She started to her feet
and hid herself in the dim corner by
the chimney, drawing the screen closer.
AS Don O was stepping from the
/ great gate he stumbled against a rope
! tied across it In spite of his fra gility,
/ and the fact that he borrowed his
strength rather from the spirit than the
/ body, he was not an easy prisoner to
capture. He leaped rather than fell into
the courtyard, but a stone crashed
/ after him. striking him on the head,
We, as he sank down his mind tele-
/ gTaphed danger TO his hand and he
/ fired his revolver at one of the three
dim shapes towering above him.
! When Don =. came to himself he
( found he had been carried back into
the great hall and laid within the cir
/ Gle of fire light His weapons were
I gone. his hands and feet bound. and
/ the blood was already drying upon his
/ face. At first he half believed it must
be a dream. but remembrance reused
1 him thOTOUghly-Was he not fighting
for his name?
Now, in all his life Don Q. had never
been in bonds before, and it may safely
/ be declared that the danger of his posi-
ton was entirely swallowed up in the
sense of the indignity thus put upon
him. Two men stood talking by the
fire while a third lay upon the ground
behind him. He could hear faint
( grOans. from which the brigand gath
cred that his shot had not gone so far
astTay.
Impossible The exclamation broke
loudly from one of the two at the fire
Why. the mans dead, heaven knows
how long ago"
so it was given out" said the other:
but i'm any case, NicanOr. this fellow
will be worth something. for he is IN
doubtedly Don Q. Did you see how he
Fought"
so would you. my dear Diego. under
the same circumstances, laughed Nj
CanOr.
True. but not so adroitly as he did
This is an expert in the struggle for
existence Come. if he is not sufficient
fy awake to question we must rouse
him"
II LIliS De TeduN DDl ". put IN
Nicanor. 1T would be safer to kill him
as he lies"
All in good time. First let us ex-
tract the dollars" He stepped across
10 the brigand and kicked him. Wake
up rascal. I would speak with YOU"
The chief opened mis- eyes and closed
them again feebly. He recognized the
lean, fine-fea tUred face with it's light
sinister eyes as that of PaIomoro.
Come. bandit. you will browse no
longer when you hear il is a question
( Of your treasure. I hold you captive,
a. you have held many a one I know,
1 and it is your turn TO pay ransom
The chief lay silent
-'DOna Anita lUred you here and I
} followed Dona Anita; only just in time.
or you would have escaped us. The
fact that YOU are Don O. is proven: we
have the witness of your features. -
Diego pulled the brigand roughly UP by
J the collar and held his face to the
light. THE observation-disclosures cannot