The Washington times., 1919-07-15

SPAhiaFos, she lnterpOlated. who
must garnish and dress the sim
plest thoughts with ll decorations
OF speech"
But he continued undeterred what
he had started to say.
There you are a baffIer. Leoncia.
which was just what I was going
to call you. I speak stzaight talk
and true talk, which is a mans
way. You BATTLE In speech. and
flutter like. q butterfly-which, I
grant. is a woman's way and to Be
expected. Nevertheless. IL 10 not
fair to me. / tell you straight
out OF the heart OF me. and you IN
derstand. You flutter and battle.
and do not understand. Therefore
you have me at disadvantage. You
know love you. I have told you
plainly. 1? What do I know about
your"
With downcast eyes and rising
color in her cheeks. she sat silent,
unable to reply.
You see"" he insisted. you do
not answer. You look warmer and
more beautiful and desirable than
ever before, more enticfng. in short:
and yet you BATTLE me and tell me
nothing OF your heart or intention.
Is il because you are woman? or
because you are Spanish"
She felt herself stirred profound
ly. Beyond herself, yet in cool
control Of herself, she raised her
eyes and looked steadily in his as
steadily she said:
I can be Anglo-Saxon. or Eng
hsh. or American. or whatever you
choose to name the ability to lock
things squarely In the face and to
talk squarely into the face OF
things" She paused and debated
eoolly with herself, and coolly re-
sumed. You complain that white
you have told me that you love me.
1 have not told you whether or not
l love you. I shall settle that for
ever and now. I do not love
you"
She thrust his eager arms away
from her.
'Waitp' she commanded. wa
Is the woman now? Or the Span
lard? I had not finished. love
you / am proud that / love vol.
Yet there Is more. You have asked
have told you part of the one.
have told you part fthe one. 1
now tell you all OF the other. in
tend to marry Henry"
Such AngIO-Saxon directness left
Francis breathIess.
In heavens name. WHY was ala
he could utter.
A Double Love.
Because 1 love Henry" she an
swered, her eyes still unshrink-
ingly on his.
"And you you say you
love me?" he quavered.
And I love you. too. I love both
Of you. 1 am a good woman: q:
least / always used to think so.
still think so. though my reason
tells me that cannot love two men
at the same time and be a COOL
woman. I don't care about that II
/ am bad, IL is /. and 1 cannot help
myself for being what I was b1rn
to be-"
She paused and waited. but her
lover was still speechless.
And who's the Anglo-Saxon
now! she queried. with a slight
smile. half, of bravery, half of
amusement at the dumbness OF con-
sternation her words had produced
IN MN nave told you. without
"ltHOuI HuIIerlng, my
heart full and my intention"
But you can'tr' he protested.
wildly. You can't love me and
marry Henry"
Perhaps you have not under
stood she chided, gravely. Il in
tend to marry Henry. 1 love Won
love Henry But / cannot marry
Doth OF you. The law will not per-
init. Therefore 1 small marry only
one OF you. 1t is my intention that
that one be Henry"
Then why, why he demanded.
did you persuade me into remain
ing?"
Because I loved you. I,have al
ready told you,'
III you keep this up 1 shall 20
mad" he cried.
Il have felt like going mad over
IT myself many times" she assured
him
If you think it is easy for me
thus to play the Anglo-Saxon Won
are mistaken. But no AngIo-Ssxon
not even you, whom 1 love so dear
ly. can hold me in contempt be-
cause ! hide the shameful secrets Of
the impulses of my being. Less
shameful ] find it for me to tell
them, right out in meeting. to you.
III TINS be AnglO-SaxOn. make the
most OF it. If it be Spanish. and
woman. and SOlano, still make the
best OF it. for I am Spanish. and
woman Spanish woman of the
Soianos-
But I don't talk with my hands"
she added, with a wan smile in the
silence that fell.
Just as he was about to speak
she hushed him. and both listened
10 a cracking and rustIing from the
underbrush that advertised the pas
sage of humans.
Listen she whispered hurried
Iy. laying her hand suddenly on his
arm. as II pleading Il shall be final
~ Anglo-SaXon, and for the last
time, when | tell you what I am GO
ing TO tell YOU. Afterward. and for
always, ! shall be the battling, fiut-
tering female Spaniard YOU have
chosen for my description. Listen:
| love Henry, il is true very true.
! love you, more. much more.
shall mary Henry because
love him and am pledged to him.
Yet always shall love you more"
Before he could protest the old
Maya priest and his peon son
emerged from the underbrush close
upon them. Scarcely noticing their
presence. the priest went down on
his knees, eNclaimiug in Spanish:
For the first time have nv ewes
beheId the eyes of CHA"