The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-06-06

so well that she had come all the way
from my beloved Spain for me was
like new birth to me. With this girl
for companion would be willing to
I've on In my changed existence.
said no more to her as to the rea-
son for her coming. In any event 1t
was her secret, provided she chose to
keep it secret, and not mine. / found
that she was stopping at a house not
far from mine. and there later on /
left her, having arranged to call and
walk with her the next morning.
And 30 l did. In that mountain air
we strolled, invigorated not only by
its purity. but by the companionship
Of Dolores. But while / grew strong
she seemed to be wasting away
Something was distressing her. l ask
ed her to confess it to me. and she
declined. I pressed her to do so. and
in a spasm of feeling she cried:
-'If you don't leave l shall go mad"
To express my sympathy took her
hand In mine. but she snatched 1t
away.
zone would suppose" said, wound
cd, that viper had touched you
"Or that you had touched a viper"
she replied.
I was looking her In the face at the
time she said this and saw her bite her
lip. Perhaps the words and the &C
ton should have given me a clew to
her secret. but they did not. was as
much puzzled as ever.
One day when we were walking to-
gether we met woman with dark
hair and eyes.
"Thnt woman" / said. came either
from Spain or Mexico. At any rate.
she's Spanish"
I turned to look at Dolores and saw
that she was struggling with some
emotion. But by this time had CIV
en- over questioning her upon these
strange matters and said nothing. To
attempt to extract from her their
cause seemed only to madden her
We met the same woman again the
next day. and l saw on her face
look that assured me that there was
some understanding between them:
but, as before. refrained from speak
ing of it.
One night l awoke with a start.
The moon. shining in at the window,
showed a woman's figure standing
near. She held something in one
hand, while with the forefnger of the
other she was smearing what she held
Then suddenly she flung the article
out of the window. A ray of moon
light struck it and revealed what |
took to be knife.
l rose, supporting myself on my el-
bow, and asked:
'Who's thereY'
A hand grasped mine-a hand cold
as ice.
"Hushi / am Dolores"
"What are you doing hereT
Don't interrupt me while tell you
and what to do. Our lives depend
upon 1t. l came to America ordered
by the circle to kill you. A woman
was sent with me to see that l did the
work. She is the Spanish woman we
met Tonight / told her that I would
come to your room. plunge a dagger
into your heart and throw the dagger
out of the window to prove to her
that i have done the deed. I have
smeared It with beef's blood. She Is
to leave by one route. by another;
she by the stony Glove and by the
Glove leading down eastward. Good
byr
"Doloresr' l cried. 81 viii go with
your
"Where-to deathT'
1--WE will hide ourselves from the
world
Hide yourself. If you are discov-
cred alive must die"
"But, Dolores. darling, this wom-
an, not hearing Of murder here, will
know that you have not done the
deed"
--'T have thought Of that. But she
will not stop till she reaches Madrid
"Go with me, sweetheart love
you and so far as I can will protect
you"
That was many years ago. recall
how, long before day we met at the
mouth Of the Glove; how we walked
ten miles to railway station and.
boarding a train. went so far as those
who had known us were concerned
out Of existence.