The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-07-11
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must FURNISH all luc uOuScuolu cleCLS
reuuired. the wedding feast and all
the wine that the guests can drink. In
addition to this, he must provide the
bride with trousSeau.
IrSnkline OSmore, civil engineer,
went 20 Mexico to assist in the survey
and construction of railroad. While
tA;iS enga ged he met Marina OlmedO, a
{ II Uho had been we'll born, but whose
father had died and left his family
" i little or nothing. Marina was at
s..i> She arrived at a marriagea BILE
a,e. and it behooved her to select a
l,u al who would take care of her.
s.ar AiI not think of love or, if she did,
conzi cred it in her case out Of the
Guest ton But there were no men of
means in the place where she lived.
and she could not go elsewhere in
0Yast Of a husband At home there
wee several young men Of Indifferent
ability to make a living, any one of
whoa would be glad to marry her. So
sic settled upon Diego Escobar as the
most promising of the lot and engaged
herself to him.
Now, Marina, it will be seen from
this preface, was practical young
woman, and it was her purpose to help
the man she married to obtain this
worlds goods Osmore fell in love
with her and asked her to marry him,
but the fact that he was not of her
race or religion, that as soon as he had
finished his work in Mexico she would
probably have to go with him to some
benighted land most probably the I'M
cOngenial United States, caused her to
decide against him. But Osmore was
In receipt of a good salary, and she
would have liked to share it. She re-
GREETED that she could not marry both
men, remaining in Mexico with the
one and being provided for by the 9th
err Either would have suited her if
be had had the qualifications of both.
Marina, being, as has been said, of an
acquiring nature, concluded to get as
much as possible out of Osmore in the
way Of household effects and trousseau,
then send him off and marry Escobar.
Osmore, WHO was madly in love, fell
into the trap He was self made man,
and Marina, though of different ma
tionality, was a lady and at the only
age when most Mexican women are
beautiful He sent her to the City of
Mexico with ample means to spend in
any way she liked. She did not need
much for household effects, for she
owned the furniture that her family
had possessed in their halcyon days.
She spent most of what her lover had
given her on a trousSeau.
After her return, instead OF fixing
day for the wedding, as Osmore begged
her to do, she began to cool toward
him and within another month broke
off her engagement with him. Now
came for her the critical moment.
Would Osmore try to take back the
keep 1t? She offered to return it to
him. He would not accept It.
Later he was informed that the girl
had not intended to marry him and
was intending to marry Diego Escobar.
Osmore would not believe 1t till the an
nouncement of Marinas engagement
to Eseobar. Loverlike, he threw all the
blame on the man and resolved to take
revenge upon him. He sent EscObar
an invitation to walk on the line OF
the railroad st 6 o'clock in the morn
ing, armed with rife, and he, Osmore,
would meet him, armed with similar
weapon. A reply was sent stating that
the challenge was accepted.
At the appointed hour the engineer
took his rifle and proceeded on his
way. The stretch over which the COM
batants were to walk was straight for
q MILE Presently Osmore saw small
f1gure-Escobar, like most Spaniards.
was notwithstanding, bearing a
rifle. The Americans rifle would have
carried a ball for the distance, but
he did not fire. The figure kept adj
vancing, and Osmore finally stopped
and raised his weapon. After time
the Mexican did the same, but took
80 much time about. it that OsmOre
: could easily have shot him. At that
moment the manner in which he had
been tricked came up to influence Os-
more, and, taking aim, he pulled the
trigger. The figure fell.
Regret at once took the place Of pas
sion, and Osmore ran toward his enc
my, who was stanching blood oozing
from a wound in the shoulder. AS Os-
more joined him he turned his face
and revealed the features not of Esco-
bar, but of Marina Olmedo.
In moment Osmore had the girl In
his arms, imploring her forgiveness.
Hastily examining her wound, he saw
that it was not in vital part.
'Why did you come instead of Esco-
bar?"
''Escobar had nothing to do with your
wrong 1t was l."
'But why did you come at ALP
Because I would have been asham-
ed to keep you from your revenge"
''But you were not ashamed to ac-
cept from me a Overs gift when you
Intended to marry Escobar."
81 did wrong. 1t shall all be yours"
Osmore was astonished. The girl had
deliberately tricked him, then to make
an honorable amend permitted him to