Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-05-22
count Of your love for me-"

hung loosely by her side and felt O
current running from her arm into
mine. Then it was all over with me
drew her toward me and kissed her.
The next few weeks were the most
delightful to me of any period of my
life. l was constantly stealing inter.
views with Donna Inez, knowing all
the while that If caught in one of them
I would pay for the pleasure with my
life. True, there were moments when
the abyss on whose brink stood
would appear beneath me in all its ter.
rible reality. But had it not been for
these moments would my enjoyment
with the girl loved have been &c
keen? l think not. 1t was the one
that brought out the other.
The bliss of one of our meetings was
Interrupted by a terrible scare. We
heard a step in the adjoining room
Inez chung to me, clutching me like one
drowning. We heard the same steE
retreating.
Its father!" she gasped.
Some moments passed. There was nc
recovery for us, for we did not know
but that we had been discovered
Finally she said:
IF there has been false alarm and
you will not be torn away from me ia
die l VOW that l will never again ex.
pose you to such danger. l forbid
you to speak to me Of love again."
She persisted till had promised tc
obey; then, after long parting kiss
she left me.
When I saw the president again he
showed no trace whatever of having
discovered the situation. Inez and !
had received terrible warning; we
had both been brought to a realization
of our danger and had determined new.
er to expose ourselves to it again
Our resolution lasted forty eight hours
Then we found ourselves again clasped
In au embrace. For two days my de-
sire to caress my love once more had
been increasing until the last moment
when not a thousand garrotes could
have deferred me.
Heavens" gasped Inez, I'VE are
again in the maelstrom! The pitcher
that goes often to the well is at last
broken"
There is but one course for us to
pursue" 1 replied. IF you love me
living you must love me dead. / will
leave you and at last your love will
die
NO." she exclaimed; 1T will live
forever"
Then suddenly the blood left the
cheeks Of both Of us. Again we heard
the step in the adjoining room, the
same step We had heard before.
1--WE are lostv we both cried in g
hoarse whisper.
Your father has been watching u.s.
said. 1.-THE last time he caught US
he was not sure. He has waited fol-
more conclusive evidence. He has
caught us second time. 1 do not ex
pect ever to see you again after this
one last parting"
She sWOOned In my arms. I carried
her to lounge and laid her on it.
dared not call any one; indeed, I feared
that some one would come in and fine
us there together. She soon opened
her eyes, but the moment she remem
bered what had taken place was about
to swoon again, when spoke reassur
ing words l did not feel, and she re
gained control of herself.
1 had now not the slightest doubt
that Senior Sanchez knew Of what was
going on between me and his daugh
ter and would choose his own time az
to fulfilling the conditions he had i'm
posed when had come into his fam
lily.
l was kneeling by Donna Inez striv
ing to convince her to the contrary O.
what felt when again the step wa,
heard. This time it was coming di
rectly toward us. Abandoning al
hope of keeping our secret longer, W.
chung to each other and awaited tn,
blow. In another moment Senior San
chez stood in the doorway. He saw
his daughters arms fall from abou
my neck, limp. She had again passed
into Inconsistencies
He rushed toward her and, replacin!
me, took her in his own arms. Whe1
she came to herself he began to reas
sure her:
Pardon, little one; pardon! l die
not intend to put this strain upon you
l was led into it by a desire to tes
the strength of love-" He took be-
wrists in his hands and folded hel
arms about his neck. "When the tutol
was about to come to us saw that h,
was just such a person as would cap
ture a young girls fancy, and l en-
deavored to ward off such a result
having other plans for you. Thel
when I saw that love was proving it
self stronger than the fear of death
kept my eyes upon you both, not from
a desire to spy on you, but to observe
the power of the bond that united you
Kiss me, my darling. l promise you
shall not oppose that which even tn
fear of the garrote cannot subdue."
My neck was encircled, but not b,
the garrote. A wedding garland wa
thrown about me and Donna Inez'
arms as we'll. l became a stanch sup
porter of my father-in-law and tough
for him when he was again attacked
by revolutionists. He swears by me
telling every one that he does not know
how he could get on without me.
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