The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-07


sitting FOR so minutes in an isolate,
railway station In the mountainou
section or Spain with $4,000 WORT
OF Jewels In ones travelling bag 4
Iot u cheerful outlook. glanced
ut the stapid-looking agent. but h,
Was doling peacefully In his chair
No danger from that section, at an,
rate.
chen, once more, my thoughts re-
Verted TO a girl had met In Sc
. vile week ago a girl with a face
Ike a queen OF heaven, aud great
gombre, inscrutahle dark eyes. Even
before ! had talked with her, real.
lied that she Mas the one woman
and ! determined to return To Spaiu
as quickly AS possible after | had
deposited the jewels With my bank
ers in England, and endeayor to win
4 ms hover OF Spain. as / called her,
for my wife
a rant tapping against the win
do" Suddenly attracted my atten-
ton, and glanced up, ueryoush. A
pair OF familiar dark eyes, sad and
luminous, We're leering III al me,
and With glad er. rushed out TO
her
SenorItA" cried. joyruily. thls
is indeed an unexpected pleasure. .
She clasped my arm with both
hands. and | saw that She was treai-
bling Violently Senior. our life is
in danger ! have come ali the Nay
prom Seville 70 warn you, They are
determined to get possession OF your
rubies. and they viii murder yoa If
necessary Her Voice trembled and
broke. and my heart throbbed with
a sudden. fierce JOY.
And YOU have risked your life
10 bring me this warning?"
That does moi matter ii is OF
no account. senor Tlere is no time
To lose Aou must come with me at
once"
She had already started down the
cleaning tracks. and stumbled
along behind her, my travelling bag
grasped tightly in one hand.
Half an hour later we reached
cave in the mountains. aud my COM
laaion sank down wearils on one Ut
the Undiscovered -ocks. stood be-
lore her, looking down at her. and
some of the tenderness which was in
my heart must have been mirrofed
In my eyes. for the color suddenly
famed up into her face and she rose
to her feet ncryously
Won are SAFE hero. senior, until
tomorrow. / must Leave YOU nov.
! felt ms face whiten at her words,
Leave me perhaps forever and /
had only just found her | drew
nearer to her and took one of her
hands 'senoyi'a. YOU are span
ish woman, anl should know Wat
love means. Can yol then UNDER
stand mt when | tell ou that have
loved YOU from me min lte saw
you In Seville that want soa 10
retdrn 70 England With me IS nay
wife,"
She started back from me and put
her hand up to har throat You
must not speak OF love 10 me, senior!
Ii is iGpossibe,"
sniled confidently. Every gest-
ure proclaimed her love for me. and
that WAS sufficient II am very ces-
tain that can teach yul 10 care for
ms If YOU will give me permission
to t.y."
She looked at me silently for a
Minute. with htr great. sad, black
eyes. and wondered it, In all the
worlt, there We're another woman
as beautiful
II is impossible senior. because
the chief OF the hrigands who in
tended TO murder sou Is my hus-
band"
The world seemed to grow sud
denly black and sitting ! turned
abruptly, and walked few PAGES
from her to regain my self-control |
\ long silence, then You under
stand now how impossible il is?"
Yes"
"Good-by. senior! God bless and |
keep you always"
| knew sne had gone. and yet | |
remained there. motionless. staring |
before me with unseeing eyes At
last turned and walked slow ly back |
to the rock where she had sat aud /
as / sank down on il. my eyes fell |
on the travelling bag. which | had /
placed by the side of the cave. Ny !
rubles they alone were left TO me |
Perhaps their rich. red beauty might 1
dali the ache In NY heart drew |
the bag over to me and opened it. /
And suddenly my heart seemed 10 |
stop beating. and | felt faint and /
sick, The bag was empty stag |
ger-d To my feet. slowly realizing |
what IL meant. had bean tricked.
deceived BY the woman ! loved, but |
even at that moment there was no /
anger In my heart against her
only Overwhelming love and pity /
! put my hand back into the bag.
hoping that ! might have been mis-
taken and drew out tiny. folded /
slip of PAPER.
The, have forced me Ia do this /