The Jasper news., 1907-04-11

with the. loose end Then he swore:
"Carrambo, sacre-e, damn"
Lawler, leaning moodily on the rail,
turned and looked at this man who
swore in three languages,
The mans countertype could have
been found anywhere in the Mediter-
rean form 1.-THE, complexion
swarthy, eyes black and : swapping,
lips full beneath jauntily twisted
mustache.
He looked roguishly at Lawler.
Pardon, Msieu," he said in English.
who the devil are your" asked
Lawler.
Francois Majoie of Marseilles,
M'sieu, mais l spik all language, In
glis, Espanol, Americana
Lawler gazed steadily into the
mans dare devil face.
"Majoie," he asked, "if | give you
hundred pesetas, what would you
do?"
Mon Dieu, Msieu would live long,
for would drink his head 100 times.
You stand watch tonight, Majoie?"
From midnight to four, M'sieu."
Il could then say few words to
you in private?"
Mails certainment, H Msieu should
be on deck at such n time
When the steamer Patricia sailed
from Montevideo for Barcelona she
carried three cabin passengers which
was unusual. Travellers from the
La Plata to Spain generally went by
the mail boats from Buenos Ayres,
and, again. the Patricia was cargo
boat, and even Capt. Ybarra never
styled her cabin as luxurious in its
accommodations The three passen-
gers were Donna Puanita Nalos, Sen
ora Espinosa and Thomas Lawler.
Had Sonora Espinosa known that
Lawler intended sailing on the Patri.
cia she would preferably have put to
sea on raft. Had Donna Juanita not
been on the boat Lawler would have
been looking after his herds on the
Pampae
Lawler was an American of errant
disposition and had finally settled
down to raising cattle in Argentina.
Hard by his grazing grounds was the
hacienda of Donna Juanita, and one
fateful day LAWYERS blue eyes looked
into the liquid depths Of Juanita's
black ones. He fell madly in love
with her on the spot, and set about
winning her in way that made that
austere lady, Sonora Espinosa. be-
come convinced that the world was
deteriorating in its manners and Gus
toms. When Juanita's father died she
had been left to the care of her broth
er Leon. and he being a ship mas
| ter, had in his turn committed her to
the tutelage of the Sonora.
The Sonora was, as we have said,
austere She had never loved man,
and. to her best information, no man
had ever loved her. She deeply de-
plored that she had not become a
nun, and secretly prayed that Juanita
would forswear the world and its
temptations. In the midst of the holy
calm that pervaded the hacienda Val.
los came Thomas Lawler with his ar.
dent wooing. He cast Castillian eti
quette to the four winds, and sought
the love of the Donna much as he
would have gone. about love making
in his native Texas.
1t would be fine commentary on
her vigilance as duenna IL Leon re-
turned an found his sister engaged to
a foreigner and hereto and more
than all man of the American race
a people which had inflicted loss and
disgrace on the name of Spain. II
must not be, 1t should not be, and the
Sonora laid plans. She would take
her charge to her native Spain ant
place her in care of a friend, ar
abbess. Behind the grim walls o.
the convent Juanita would be safe
from predatory Lawler until Leor
should arrive in Barcelona, to which
port his vessel expected to sail from
the East Indies, and then he coult
manage affairs himself Accordingly
she departed without loss of tim,
for Buenos Ayres, intending. to TAX,
the mail steamer for Cadiz. To he
dismay, she discovered that Lawle
had gotten wind of her plan and hat
| also started for Buenos Ayres. TIL,
willy duenna then made a flank move
ment, and finding that steame
would sail from Montevideo for BARGE
Iona, hied herself and charge thitheI
and embarked on the Patricia. Blu
she had not given Mr.. Lawler du
| credit for pertfnacity, and when sll