The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-05-02


a note Of romance the bold expression
of his swarthy face did not belle. For
a few moments he watched the girl;
the changing eyes and lips, Swallowed
by hair that shone and flashed like
bright FURNISHED gold:. then catching
her gaze, the black eyes cleaned. An
instant their eyes fingered; hers
startled, puzzled.
Where have l seen him?" My
lady, in turning, paused to swing
over her shoulders glance.
"Whom?" asked her companion in
the dance-a fair, handsome noble
man of slim figure and elegant bear
ing.
That's just what can't tell you,"
she answered, sweeping a courtesy
that fitted the rhythm of the music.
Only face should remember"
"Should?" The marquis look fol-
lowed hers. II
But the subject of their converse
ton, as If divining the trend of their
talk, had drawn back
"Oh, he is gone now" she answered
"A malcontent, perhaps! One meets
them nowadays"
mo, mol He did not look"
Some poor fellow, then, your beau
ty has entrapped?" he insinuated.
Humble admirer!"
Then would remember himl" she
laughed as the dance came to- end.
Now in tented pavilion, servants,
richly CARRIED in festal costume,
passed among the guests, circulating
trays, bright with golden dishes and
goblets, stamped with the ancient in
sigma Of the Mount, and once the
property OF the affluent monks, early
rulers Of the place. Other attendants
followed, bearing light delicacies, con-
fections and marvellous frosted towers
and structures from the castle kit
| chen.
"The patron saint in sugar!" Merry
exclamations greeted these examples
of skill and cunning. Are we to de-
your the saint?"
"Ah, no; he is only to look att"
But the Mount In cake-2"
you may cut into that-though be-
ware!-not so deep as the dungeons!
"A piece of the cloisterI"
"A bit of the abbeyl"
And you, Elise?"
The girl reached gaily. "A little OF
the froth of the seal"
Meanwhile, not far distant, barrel
had been preached and wine was be-
ing circulated among|the people.
There, master OF ceremonies, Beppo
dispensed advice with the beverage,
his grumbling talk heard above the
light laughter and chatter of the
lords and ladies'.
Drink to his Excellency!" AS he
spoke, the governors man, from the
elevated stand upon which he stood,
gazed arrogantly around him. "Clodsl
Sponges that sop without a word of
thanks! Who only think OF your
stomachs Drink to the governor, l
sayl"
ITO the governor!" exclaimed a
few, but 1t might have been noticed
they were men from the town, directly
beneath the shadow of h. Excellen-
cy's castle, and now close within
reach OF the fat factotums arm.
Once more! Had / the ordering
of wine, the barrels would all be
empty ones, but her ladyship would
b. generous, and"
Beppo broke suddenly of, his wan
dering glance, on a sudden, arrested.
"Heinl" he exclaimed, with eyes
protruding.
A moment he stammered a few
words of surprise and incredulity, the
while he continued to search eagerly
but nov in vain. The object OF his
startled attention, ililumined, for an
instant, on the outskirts of the throng,
by the glare of a torch, was no more
to be deserted. AS questioning the
reality of a fieeting impression, his
gaze fixed itself again near the edge
OF Pickering lights; shifted uncer-
tainly to the pavilion where servants
from the Mount hurried to and fro;
then back to the people around him.
His jaw which had dropped grew sud
| denly Arm.
"Clear space for the dance!" he
called out in tones impatient, excited.
Its her ladyship's command-so see
you step blithelyl And you fellows
there, with the tambourin and haut-
bois, come forward"
Two men, clad in sheepskin and car