The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-04-19

hear of that. and then Sonora Mendez
said why shouldn't I stay at their house
all night? SO II was agreed. and Es-
trella. looking like a little dancer. in "A
yellow gown sOwn with twinkling
spangles. came running and hurried
me upstairs TO take off my cloak.
The ball was a large one-one of
those affairs that is so big II makes
you feel lost. | danced, danced madly.
but a forlorn conviction kept growing
on me that I did not have that same
joyful feeling that ! could dance on
air which other parties had brought
me. Every young man who looked ut
me was not a possible sweetheart. yet
more looked at me than ever did be-
fore. When Senior Mendez. Estrella's
father, who is fat. but dances like
thistle down. took me for a urn around
the room, You are having quite n sue
cess. eh, my child?" he said. THE
young men are beginning to wake up.
You are coming out"
That was all very pleasing. and my
wits were never any too sharp at a
dance. being in II dreamy and delicious
state of obedience to the music and
the swimming atmosphere. so that
did not keenly take note of why Laura
Burnet did not return my bow. Jack
Tracy took me in TO supper and fused
until he found seats for us in the big
a beyond the supper room 1t APP
peared he was wanting to propose to
me again. and. as | was ready for
anything as far as only making pro-
posals went, / did not try TO stop him.
Behind us n curtain hung. the only
thing between us and the ballroom,
but the orchestra was still playing
softly. and there was hardly any one
in that room, SO | thought 10 one could
overhear us.
In the midst of it Aleppo Mendez put
his head in the door and asked what
had Jack done with his partners pro-
gram. Jack, not discovering it in his
pocket, very much vexed at being in
terrupted, went to look for it with
Aleppo in the supper room, and | was
left alone.
Fol a few moments | sat listening to
the music. Then this ended with a
soft chord. and on the other side of the
curtain | heard the quick rustling of n
girls frock and a girls voice: Just
wait. | must put one more hairpin in
it or it never will stay up"
/ recognized Estrella's tones. There
was a little pause. and then, evidently
resuming the main thread of her dis
course, she went on: "Of course, as |
was saying. it was awfully brave of
her TO do ii. but how could she. Why.
IL | had been in such a position just
thinking what ii would have meant to
him | know | couldn't have made a
sound
well If | could | wouldn't have"
1t was Laura speaking with great bit
~terness. ut wasn't as If she had to
tell. She was the only one in the city
who saw it. No one would have known
anything if only she had held her
tongue
"Oh, but" Estrella broke in in a
d%eprecating voice, lit was an awful
thing he did,
"Oh, was it," Laura retorted scorn-
fully. Lots of men do the same
thing and aren't so very bad, and lots
more would do it if they dared. Just
because he is handsomer and Drawer
and has a higher temper than most
lots of people hate him. And because
Ellie Fenwick is little and looks young
and every II was saying how pale
and pathetic she looked and how CON
vincing it was the way she told her
story, oh, | heard the talk all around
the courtroom-she just worked on the
sympathies of the jury. 1t wasn't
justice that convicted him. 1t was
Ellie Fenwick.."
/ sat perfectly still, grasping my
cold little ice can plate in one hand,