News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-07-13

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I,..sT4Is5S h<S do CorreiO Tel
| MHEHBENEI egraphia." 1t wa
VIgNI 7SMsTlBHi not surprising
TNlIt iItGpfSS bgEg that she had no
SU(UHiI luz thought earlier OF
"t'' the necessity Of
,oh! SilI 'A"fhD' cabling to Liver.
| pool. She blushed and Looked invol
UNFAIRLY at Hozier.
81 must send a message to my IN
Gle" she said.
San Benavides, Of course, was anX
! ious to oblige Iris in this as in every
| other respect. He procured the requi.
| site form, told her the cost, which led
| to condensed version of the original
draft; smoothed away the slight hin
drance Of foreign money rendered in
payment and arranged the due deliv-
cry of reply. Perhaps he smiled
when he read what she had written.
The words were comprehensive even
to one who did not understand Eng
fish:
"Andromeda lost. Arrived here safe
~. AuuFeSS, OfKe, MacelO.
Among the four people, therefore,
who entered the Hotel Grande in the
Rua do Sui there were two whose
feelings were the reverse of cheerful.
But convention is stronger than the
primal mphses-sometimes it tri-
umphs over death itself-ard conven-
ton was all powerful now. 1t led
Iris away captive in the train of the
smiling and vOluble Senhora Pondillo,
and it immersed Hozier in Il tangle of
fearsome words which turned out to
be the stock in trade Of a clOthier
The mere male of Maceio decks him
self with gay plumage. Philip was
hard put to it before he secured some
garments which did not irresistibly re-
call the heroes of certain musical COM
edies popular in England.
The appearance of Iris caused some
thing akin to a sensation. The Dona
PondillO could not create English
clothes nor bad copies of French, but
her own daughters dressed in the
height Of local fashion, and Dom Cor
rias earnest request had made them
generous. The dark eyed, olive COM
plexioned women of AIagoas are often
exceedingly beautiful, but few of those
present had ever seen a brown haired,
brown eyed, fair faced Englishwoman. ,,
Iris was remarkably good looking, !
even among the pretty girls Of her own
county of Lancashire. Her large, linn
pld eyes, well nodded nose and per-
fectly formed mouth We're the domi- |
nant features of a face that had all the |
charm of youth and health. Her |
smooth skin, brown with exposure to |
sun and air, glowed into rich Grim |
son when she found herself in the |
midst Of so many strangers. The |
Eighty delicate semblance induced by |
the hardships and loss of rest which !
fell to her lot SINCE the Andromeda |
went to pieces on-the Grand-pere rock |
Ia noWise detracted from her appear
lnce. She wore the elegant costume of ,
4 Maceio belle with ease and distinc-
ton. If she was flurried by the undis-
guised murmur of admiration that I
greeted her she did not show it beyond
he first rush of color.
Dom Corria, dragging Schmidt with /
him, hurried to meet her. Surprise at |
his gala attire helped to conquer her
natural timidity, for the president was
gorgeous in blue and gold.
my good wishes are soon changed
nto congratulations, SENIOR" she said.
"Ah, my desr young lady, l am over
Dyed that you should be here to wit
less my success" he cried. Then, as if
he had waited for this moment, he
turned to the assembled company and
delivered an eloquent panegyric of the
crew and their deusa de-
Iiciosa-for that is what he called Iris
"a delightful goddess.
Hozier though by no means indiffer-
ent to the good fare provided. was
how many hours would
elapse before Iris cablegram reached
Verity's office, when some words
taught his ear that drove all other
from his mind.
Il am sorry to say that, in my opin-
on, there is not the slightest chance
# your message reaching England to-
lay, Miss Yorke," the president was
aging.
But why notw she asked, with an
that was not wholly the
outcome of regret.
"The cable does not land here, and
he transmitting stations will be close
y watched, now that my arrival in
Brazil is known. Even the simplest
orm of words will be twisted into a
'olitical significance. No, think it 4
'est to be quite candid. Until / con-
rol Pernambuco, which should be
within a week or ten days, you may
est assured that no private cable
rams will be forwarded"
ooh, dear, fully expected a reply
oday?' she said, and now that she
called the effect of a further period
anxiety on the Bootle partnership
be was genuinely dismayed. lC