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glow of the setting sun. H# was not even aware, that the little Mexican was staring at him with a frightened look. like a tiny pigeon, wounded Just enough to prevent its flight "Next month, Marina, end I leave tor my home. Four weeks, child! Ah. they win be long!" And he sighed, yet all the while gently caressing the girl's small pretty hand. "Ton go away — away from — from r this?" and the big black eyes swept s ' quick look over the tiny bnt and its ; surroundings. 1 "But the mine, senor, what will the • mine do without yon?" r He laughed happily and rubbed the soft palm of her hand against his ; cheek. "Ah. they will do withdfit me. little ' girt, for a time! You know, J am go- > Ing borne to be married. Now. I ; must go and mall this letter which t tells to*"* how epQg jo evp*"' " [ And playfully raising the pretty Mexican's hand to his Hps.' he ran down the steps and mounting Ma bronoo, was away, waving his hand with careless esse to the girl sitting upon the steps r Late in the qflernoon. when La [ Marina had finished her work, she - slowly gathered it up and crept into ' the hut Lighting a candle ahe went • over to the desk where his books and [ papers lay. She picked np the little framed picture and gaxed at it ln- . tently tor some moments. At first She was too grevtonsly stunned to think as the looked, bat presently her woman's mind began to grasp the - hold this other had upon him, hoV much, too, stie evidently meant to Mm, tor was he not going all that distance to see her, to marry her? ' while she. La Marina, was too be left ; probably never to see him again. She. La Marina, who had mended 1 and washed, and given all the little loving touches to Ms private life? ' Had he not only now, said so himself? Ah. It was bitter! And the scalding tears which came for a moment were burned out by the hot, angry passion of the woman. *1 hate yon! hate yon!" and with ■ clinched hands she stamped her foot with surp reused rage. "Yon shall not have him! No! No!" ' and turning she fled from the little i hut, away, away from the sweet eyes , of that pictured faoe, out into the darkness. Two years ago Howard Wade had i come to Mexico, to superintend Ms father's mine. He had been there bat a short time when the little Senorita - 3a Marina glided In a quiet way into i his life, that la the life away from the mine. She was. Indeed, very beautl- | ful to see, of s full, rich Mexican type. 1 From the first she secretly cherished i s love -tor this fine looking American fellow. He, however, went along In Ms plodding business way apparently indifferent to any of the pretty Mexican girls. But La Marina intended that he should see her and know her. so in her own way, Bhe. brought it rfbout that she should have the priv- ! ilege of attending his hut. and tn a hundred little ways make him by degrees realise that those little comI torts were owing to her foresight. I Every day tor two years she had dusted the desk and repeatedly had she said to herself while dusting the little framed picture. "I hate you!" For weeks she prayed against thin j hatred, but as the weeks gathered themselves Into fnoothB, and the r months into years, and as he still greeted those American letters with delight. It became unbearable to her. When Holy Week came about, together they always attended the serv- j ices at the beautiful Church of Tacuba, and her prayer uttered silently by his side was that be would forget that other. ' It was always Marina to whom he came when tired; it was with her too, be. chose to float in their little sklfi up and down the canal. No! I she was determined he should not go. Howard loved this slow, pretty Mexican life, and in a way was loathe to leave It He loved, too. the Iittie black cMld that played about in Its half-nakedness and reveled whenever he went In the town. In gathering the Iittie half-breeds about him. seeing their glee when he scattered a few ftnlsr to them Weeks paksed. To-morrow Howard Wade was to leave for his American home and bride. La Marina went about faithful as a dog She seemed to be taking his departure now, almost as a matter of course. Occasionally a strange half-frightened, half-wild look came into the flashing | black ayes as she watched him. She had packed the last of his books and pictures. As she turned the little framed pictured face downward In his trunk she muttered. "He will never go. never!" The next morning she served him last breakfasi in the shade of the | vines about the porch. [ "This,, senior." she said, as she - j poured the tea. "Is' a' most delicious j drink. It is made from the Toloache , I weed, and is a luxury we only give to | i one starting upon a long journey. You will like It as it is most pleasing to , | taste." And she handed him a cup of steaming, sparkling liquid. \But what j she did not tell him was that those ] | jyho drank thereof, became as little ( I children, forgetting the .more lmme ( ■ dlate past and absolutely the present, , 1 and what might- be -planned tor a , future. , 1 Raising the cup he looked over its j j into the eyes of the senorita, • j said: j . "This is to little La Marina; may . ahe bring the same oomfort and pleasto. each stranger that she. has to ] this one," and he drained the cup. , La Marina stood transfixed. At the moment ahe moved as though to , daah the eap from Mm. but hesitat-

ed til! too late. He sat for a few moments with bis chin resting in his I hand ; then as though roused by a j thought, pushed tie dishes away somewhat impatiently, and rose, j passed down the shady walk to the ; spring. j Breathlessly La Marina crept after till she saw Mm sit upon a small j mound and begin to throw rocks into j the pool, laughing like a happy boy ; over the ripples in the water. j Some weeks later they touhd him — she of the little framed picture and his father— found him ' romping and playing in high glee, about the little hut. with a beautiful dark-eyes Mexican girl. STONES IN THEIR POCKETS. Nevada Mine Promoters Are Eamil- . -Pauiva In the . Motele. . Mine promoters from Nevada are familiar figures In the hotel lobbies in Kansas City these days, says the Kansas City Star. Many of them are coming here to blsplay rich collections of gold and copper-bearing rock ■wd to hea<- some of them tell about the richness of the mines they own or represent gives the impression that about all a person has to do to get rich in Nevada is to file a claim. The rich strikes made in Nevada In the last year or two have caused hundreds of promoters to flock to that country, file on some kind of a claim and then organise a corporation and Issue stock. Then begins the struggle to sell this stock. "If a policeman" were to come In here and arrest some of our guests he would find stones In their pockets," a clerk" at one of the large hotels said. "These stones are nqt carried around as a means of offense or defense, but rather as a means of expense. Now. you might not understand what I mean by that, because yon have never bought any mining stock. These stones the promoters carry around in their pockets represent the richness of the .mines out in Nevada. Now there is no joke in that; the stones that some of the men carry in their pockets represent about all the mine la worth." What She Taught Him I Original ) Captain Gerald Donovan of the — th ' "United States artillery took the ground' that all girls were unreliable In matters of love and a man abonld deal with them according to their own methods. Donovan was stationed at Fort Monroe, where he studied at the artillery school by day and. flirted with the girls at the hotela during the evening. Among other girls he sew a great deal of Lorella Bertrand, the daughter of a retired army officer living in Washington. Miss Bertrand was quite young and very unsophisticated. Captain Donovan was the first grown man who had ever been especially attentive to her. and her poor little head was soon turned. He was her constant attendant at dress parade In tjjp afternoon and in the evening was always ' seen Bitting in one of the luxurious | chairs opposite her at the hotel where she was staying with her parents. I Then one day , came Miss Olcott a New York belle, and whisked most of | the young officers of the fort in her following, as a train of car* will draw | papers on the track flying in the air | after It Captain Donovan at once became the favorite, and he made no more of transferring his attentions from Miss Bertrand to Miss Olcott j than of changing his uniform of khaki | to full dress. Poof Miss Bertrand met j her first attention and her first deser- j t'on very near together, but if the latter troubled ber she did not show It j Outwardly . at leant she accepted the situation, and. as she was Just grow i ing into attractiveness, she found no difficulty In filling up her time with j other officers. From Fort Monroe Captain Donovan was ordered to the Pacific coast. He remained there three years, when he was transferred to the war department at Washington. On the evening of his arrival at a reception of the secretary of war he met Miss Bertrand. Three years had filled out her- figure god stamped beauty on her face. She was the game retiring, gentle creature that she bad been when Donovan had first met her, and when be approached and spoke to ber. after a slight appar ent embarrassment, she received Mm not unkindly. As Donovan surveyed ber critically from head to foot he re- j gretted that be had not taken ber when j . she was* reedy to fall Into his net. I However, not being troubled with backwardness, he manufactured a cock and ! , bull story about bis conduct, hinting ! , at excuses greatly to his credit, and j asked permission to call and explain, i Miss Bertrand told him that she would j be at church the next (Wednesday) aft- j ernoon at 4 o'clock and be might see | , her there. . — . . Donovan went from the reception to i 1 the Army and Nary club, whfere be j met Major Price, with whom_*e had! passed some time In the Philippines when they were both subalterns. Tbpy ' sat down together- at a table for re-t freshment and Donovan, who was at | the moment full of his former love, spoke to Price '-Of having met ber. Price ! smoked In silence while Donovan gave | him an account of . his attentions to Bertrand. his switching off to fol i low Miss Olcott— "couldn't help It; she such a stunner"— and ended by telling of toe appointment between and Mias Bertrand the next afternoon "Oh, ahe wouldn't hurt any one's feel for toe world." said Price. "She's '

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a lovely girl and has recently Inherited ! a fortune from her grandmother." The two officer* parted with exprea- ' Hons of satisfaction at having met after so long an absence, and the next I afternoon at 4 o'clock Donovan went to the trystlng place. The street before the church' ^raa filled 'with carriages, which surprised the captain, who could ^ not understand bow so many people would attend service on a week day. | Then, seeing a canopy stretched from the sidewalk' to the church door, he concluded that some friend of Miss 1 Bertrand was to be married and this 1 and not the ordinary service wa^what : had brought ber to church. He had scarcely entered when a wedding march came rolling out from the ^organ. Who should Donovan see proceeding as the groom down a side aisle but-hls friend Major Price. Astounded, be turned to the corresponding aisle opposite, and his wonder wa« tenfold at seeing in toe bride toe lady be bad come to meet. Miss Bertrand 1 j Donovan was entering a pew at toe 1 Inoinent and caught at Its back tc : " steady himself. In a twinkling he saw himself from being about to be lifted ' into heaven cast down Into hell. He ' stood during the wedding service sup porting himself on the back of the pen ( In front of him, and when the bride and groom walked out through toe center aisle, passing witl^ln a few feel of him. be stared at toe bride like a " condemned man at bis executioner. But she mercifully kept her eyes to the front. t Captain Donovan went to his rooms 9 a sadder and a wiser man. He bad , flirted with women who had vented upon him toe wrath of a woman scorn . ed. Their treatment had ouly flattered , his vanity. Providence had sent the , gentle Miss Bertrand to tfeach him , that no pain Inflicted ou the body can equal that which may be Inflicted upon i toe soul. f Captain Donovan met Mrs. Price ocr rasloiutily in society, but she never no r tlced him. Indeed, she seemed unr iware of his presence. On one occasion he was presented to her by a > friend, who knew nothing of their past i relations. She received Jiim without I the slightest embarrassment and with 1 I the unaffected maimer for which she f ; was conspicuous '"'AMY B- KENNEDY. | Swift Vengeance.! i *4 t ( 14 4 4 (Original. 1 Traveling In New Mexico. 1 stopped - one evening In a hamlet. A number of i desperadoes had ridden Into the town J - and were in possession of the saloon, [ from which came a chorus of yells. \ 1 was sitting ou toe veranda of toe • tavern when I saw a young Mexican ' : man and woman go by. The man was ' > good looking, and the girl Was a beau- ! > ty. Though I could not understand I the Spanish lingo they talked, it was 1 plain they were lovers. They separat- 1 ■ ed almost la front of the tavern, not i scrupling to embrace^ at parting nor J I caring that unv one saw them in each - other's arms, apparently oblivious to i ! aU except themsel ves. ' > j Ten minutes later the young man - was passing the saloon when several I of the brawlers came out roaring ' ! drunk, brandishing revolvers. I I "You say you caD beat me sbootic'?" ' ■ j yelled one to another. -I'll show you J I what I can do.". And. aiming at the young Mexican, he tired. The boy * 1 j sank down on toe ground with a moan. ' i u.-inl n sli-icl; and, looking toward

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a bouse the girl bad entered, saw ber staggering toward her lover. But she made only a few steps when she sank down in a swoon. Her mother -came out and carried ber back to toe bouse. Several people put their beads out of tbelr doors and windows and, seeing toe young man lying on the ground, gathered round bits and carried him into toe nearest dwelling, where be died in a. Tew minutes. It was toe shock of my life. I burned to see swift retribution meeted out"T5~1he murderer, but there were only a few peaceable Mexicans in the town, and I knew it was Impossible. I would gladly have left the place at once, but there was no conveyance except mj horse, and I did not care to risk a Journey at night alone. I saLduring the evening on toe tavern vraqada. endeavoring to quiet my Indignation fc-ltb tobacco. There was c | half moon in the sky. The air was I balmy, and perfect quiet reigned. Hie [ people of the town were all indoors. ' The desperadoes bad drunk so hard that j they were all doubtless In a stupor. At I any rate, they mude no noise, and : toey were still in the saloon. I knew I would uot sleep If 1 went to bed, so continued to sit where I was, lighting one cigar from another. At midnight I was still there. The moon was blood red, just above the horizon and gave no light. There was a flaring lamp on a post in frout of the saloon, which partly illumined the street It was near morning when toe men cyme out of the saloon, a few at a time, and staggered past the tavern to a stable below, where tbey bad put their horses. Presently one went by aJone. whom, though the light was dim, . I recognized as the murderer. He had scarcely passed the tavern when I saw a figure— I could not tell if it was man or woman— emerge fro in behind a house opposite and scud along behind i him. keeping so far as possible in i shadow. | Curiosity got the better of me. and I i followed the man and bis sbadower. i The former— 1 did not see the latter— i was drawing near the stable, when I a soft voice call : i The man pansed and turned. What there was shone directly on his - face. I can see that face now. brutal, with a background of long tousled hair and a beard falling below his broad brimmed felt hat. He wore shabby coat over a dark blue woolen shirt. His trousers were tucked in his boots-

Then I caught a glimpse of another > figure whom I deemed to be the abad- ; ower. The back was toward oe, and > by the silhouette I knew tha. U was a woman. I could hear her talking to ' toe man, part in Spanish, part In Bng- ; lish, but was net near enough to boor , what she said. Two more men came out of the ' saloon, and the man and the woman I watched moved into shadow. The men went on past the place where the couple had been standing and entered the stable. By this time' toe gang began to lead their horses out and were making preparations to mount, some tightening their saddle girths, some , looking to articles strapped to their saddles, while others went back to the ! saloon for a last drink. Half on hour 1 went by before toey were all mounted and ready to depart Thai I beard one | of them ask : * "All here?" [ A few minutes later a yolce sold. : "Sam is missing." j "Ob. I saw him go off with a gal," said "a voice, i "Well, i reckon be'll come when be gits ready." Then tbey ail rode away. I waited till toe clatter of tbelr bones' hoofs bad died away in the distance, then strolled along, taking care to keep in shadow, toward toe place where toe murdefer and the woman bad disappeared. I listened, but could hear nothing. I waited, still Ustenlng and peering into the darkness. All was still. I entered a lane through which I thought the couple bad probably gone. There was nothing but toe stars to light toe way. and, passing a dark point, I stumbled against something lying en toe ground. I tuned and, looking down at my stumbling block, saw that It was the shape of a human body. I put my band down on a man's breast and against something wet. I started to get away, bnt a desire tn fix my suspicion conquered my dread. I struck a match, and it flashed In the asben face of the" murAn hour later I left the place wlth»ut a word of my find. F. A. MITCH EL — i_ertuce In the Frames. I find when thinning out lettuce plants In the frames the plants that are left undisturbed will grow better, form a better bead and come Into maturity much sooner than those transplanted. he that done ever so carefully, j -E. S.. New York

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