The Washington times., 1910-12-03
CHAPTER XII.
The Sinister Souvenir.

kDE appeared al l4ALEEEOB = dUdA =
ment, and II was easiIy apDaren.
he was consumed bv excitement
although he suOve as bCss NJ could 10
conceal the fact He had come ia MS
own carriage, ana when Ine young mar
had dOnnCG his OVerCOat the Two were
driven rapidly in the direction OF the
AIillingtou. where ClaTita now liz ed
They found the girl ct home and e1r-
peCtinE them, for LathTop Eau seilS
word OF their coming lLuIleolatetS n+-
loveffueSS OF face and the splendid
purity or the dark eyes cast their spell
over the nna-cier- Indeed, Hc IaiTlE
o. his introduction TO her. and after He
had taken her slender hand in ms ne
held II for long time IN 2 warn GASP
strangely silent ali the while as he stood
LOOKING down on her with q steadfs-Sr,
peneIranI gaze that had IN IL not1iIlS 20
offend
Very like, uaTvelOusly Ike he muT-
INJURED al last And Jh~n- without seem
ing to perceive the O-ditE OF the duSS-
tiOn, he demanaer- child, DO you e
TEe girI -eearG,d hIrn IN com~Iete as
Nv Inother-- she repeated CON
fusedIy NO. sir. Z do rot rs--leTlloeT
NY mother never saw ner. SsnoI-
But 90 you not resemble ner2 came
the eager question 90
''I do LOt know. ClaTtta rep-ied,
Etupefied with amazement
These were, In Soot1s most curious
interrogation - put To her hN oLt "iiV
q
she found nersel5 altoSeJher puI1Leu;'
even a little indignant Sne liEns q
her ewes iuQuirirEly toward Norris
but he was apparently 0eeplH OcSG
MED nv the 1a-eS of q book unheed-
Ing what tOS place about nm
and your father, my dear Eirl
What Of him. Trevor asked, trenu-
Il never saw my father. sir was
the reDIv But tell me, # you please,
she continued with sudden courage
.. -
'sYou must pardon me, childs' the
old man urged contTlteiy- -BuJ YOU
look so Ike p lady whom once knew
that I fauCied I must have known
your mother Surely you have not
lived always in New York? You were
"Ohf nc, Indeed CIarita returned,
readily. q was born in Seville, in
Spain Ny childhood was passed In
Cuba. and in Mexico remember
Mexico the better for II was there
that lived the greater part OF the
time came here about IouF years
ago She gave the explanation vOlu-
biv for her self-aSsUTaUce had been
restored IN a measure by the visitor
explanation Of his iuquisitiveness-
The girl. as well as her queStiOHer,
had remained standing since the IN
PRODUCTION Now. however, she with
drew her hand from his and sank into
will you tell be how old you are,
senorits - Trevor requested as he
TOO seated himself.
a was tweuty-three years old last
June was the immediate response.
although the girls eyes widened
somewhat In new wonder at the init
macy of this question But Morris
she continued. thinks I look much
younger than that
''Yes, you do the hnancier agreed.
You are more OF child than Edna
and she IS only eighteen
''Edna2 An. yes She IS your daUgh-
ter I have seen her" Clarita's brOws
H.
q pleasant one
You have met Edna2" Trevor asked
in surprise Where"
She hesitated, and then looked inquir-
ingly at Morris. He. however, was stIIl
studying the pages before him, and did
not appear 10 have heard
Morris VIII tell YOU about L" she
said At last dHTnurely- We met by &C
Cideut- She did nos Ike me, and 7 aid
not ike her II waS-whaI you call
mutual But I DO not choose my words
so discreeLly in English
Would you prefer your own Ian
guage2' he said rapidly in Spanish IT
IS the same to me-
"OhI yes Il Is the language OF my
thoughts I am glad that YOU under
stand it And now sir. can I not offer
YOU some Tefreshment2 I have been
very remiSs- You viii Eave-what2 :
glass Of sherry And biscuit Morris
viii give YOU a cigar 7 do not object
TO the smoke And ROW. for one mo-
ment, you VIII excuse me-
She went rapidly out Of the room.
leaving the two men alone together.
Morris said George Trevor LLen,
rising and crossing the room and de-
Hber2tely taking the hook from Lath-
r0p'S hand, You told me you knew her
father Did you speak the truth 2''
''I did LathroD declared His ewes
met those Of the dnancIeT SQuarely- with
a challenge in their depths.
Then he is alive2' TrevOr suggested.
He ist
But she does not know it,
'sWhere-~ the old man left the oues-
ton unfinished, for at this moment the
girl Te-entered the room
She went directly to him. holding in
her hand an old-fash'oned breast pin.
the size Of gOOSe-s egg At sight OF
II Trevor's face took on the color Of
ashes. but ne did not speak and she did
not notice his agitation
You asked me about my mother" "
she said 'I do not remember her, but
/ have hg-e g portrait which. 1 believe
Is hers o. 0-.id YOU like 10 see it, Per
haps, # you once knew her, you VIII
recognize il and assure me that IL IS my
mother It might have been made for
me. might IT uot2'
yes, yes he said. huskIIy. ''It
might, indeed. Can yOu tel ule moth
ing about her, my Chjld2 Do YOU not
know when she died and where she
died.
NO, Sir know nothing" the girl re-
piled, sadly 1T Is strange is II nOt2
7 90 not even En0N her name
DO not know her naUe2 Was Il no.
the same as EOur own
NO, Oh! no. came the eager answer
'i1Iy name IS not the name Of my par
euts- The Holy Mother gave me nv
name. at the cathedral in Mexico SO Il
IS truly mine. but il Is not the name to
which I was born That Is hidden Il
Is lost 7 do not know how nor why
Even my first name vas changed. for
I remember when 1 vas 2 little child
7 was called CarlOrIa- but. when was
taken to the cathedral Il was made into
Elarita- 1 Ike & better 7 think Nor
Us saws that some day shall know
who my parents were Sometimes 7
think that he knows now and viii no-
tel me II that be 50. T do not com
plain He knows what IS wisest an
best for me- am assured Of that