The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-10-18
,.oreR xxViI--Continued.

Il
.tcb, was bright with stars.
1ns al day. isn't it, Because her
'b a1s mas curt. ana sh" had not used
sol'a aome the rising Injection helped
hls s, . Hateful to stumble over n
MT n the road! OF &C. course 'r,,..a e q '"""'
~, ~, d take his arm OF course
p' n,crord grasped her elbow. she
m along. her head high, her
WIS 1pass aamlng, anger surging through
ssr nj his touch,
~ enid TO press this companionship,
=, ga awkward silence on her. II he
u''' .., she was going To entertain
u'o'e e Gerty did, with her swift chat
a u. he'd !" be surprised Any other two
s y. would fall into easy give-nnd-
"a "a but what could she. innes iiar-
a,d 70 chatter about with this
u.s. US stalking along, grimly grnsplng
sar arm7 Close as they were his touch
.,,ndlne her every minute. between
. walked her brother and her
s.o,her,s wife--and there was the
wsyIcap-hntcful memory! or course
Gould not be casual. And she
s'.,,d not force It. He had brought
,A,s about. Let him talk, then
nr,resslye that silence. Then II
..ma "a her that she would ask him
the question that his coming had abort
"a A glance ut his face found him
smI,ing. He found 1t amusing? Not
~ worlds, then, would she speak. And
,hev sralked along. Unconsciously she
MA nulled herself away from him. He
,ook her hand and put 1t In the crotch
:, his arm. "That's better" he said.
Che wondered II he were still smiling.
Their path led by his tent. Neither
~ tbem noticed n subducd light
,hrourh the canvas walls. AS they
,oached the place n figure darted from
the door.
"Oh, senior. | thought you would
never come" II was the wife of NAL
donado. Her expression was lost on
lupes. The face WINS quivcring with
terror.
aMr. Richard" lines words like
Iclcles, II will leave you here. II IS
oulte unnecessary to come farther"
Quite unveiled her meaning
Il came SO quickly that he was not
ready; nor indeed had Gerty's innuen-
foes yet reached him. But the situation
was uncomfortable. He turned sharp
ly to the Mexican.
"Come In" he took her roughly by
the arm. She would wake up the camp
with her crying. He put her in chair.
4Now tell your story The woman
had got to be a nuisance. He couldn't
have her coming around like this. He
had seen that look In the girls eyes
'Murdered2 Who did you say was
murdered2'
She lifted a face, frightened into
haggardness. "Maldonado and the
GIRL
The night was stripped to the trag-
edy. "You found them2"
Her face was lifted imploringly to
him. "0h, senior, It was not /. BY the
Mother Of Christ, It was not l."
Richard was not sure. Her fenr
made him suspect her. "Who was Il,
you thInki"
"Felipe," she gasped. "He got away
from the rurales-he came back. He
went home-there was no one there.
Some one told him where she had
gone He came to Maldonado's. Luz
crezia, the eldest, opened the gate. He
was terrible, she said. He rushed past
her. And when he came out his hands
we're red. The children heard cries.
They were afraid to go in. l got there
last night went in. They were not
quite cold--I was afraid to stay. It
would look like me, senior. VIII they
lake me. senor?" She was a wreck
II terror.
Not II what you tell me is true.
NOW, get to bed. I'll give you some
ming that will make you Sleep" He
lustied her out and prepared the
lraught.
ne wondered as he got into bed as
2 tne truth of her story. Disgusting,
'ucn animal terrorl Awkward hole.
nat Fate seemed possessed to queer
Inn With those Hardlns!