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STOR 1 OF A HIRTHRIGHT © *+Madrid has not i sat down your improved | | up a pen, politeness, Fernando.” that time Tow and Mas -d my composure complimented her r, that I may tear ami her immage from my heart !’” ched At compil- Mut:- ox to my desk, i began to write. ts occupied in Suge Ue I tried to sacres exquisite contralto voice and wished my don my subject, but in vain. Pi her good night. Fernando accom- ; Two figures st :0 between me and ; panied me part of the way home. the paper —Juanita, pale, indignant, On the road he told) me that, his | with augry averted eyes aud scorn- mother being dead Juanita would | ful gestures. waving me from her; and by her s1 situ jon as governess, demoniac sm he had come up to Madrid | ior that purpose. ized face, --T am glad to have her near me,’ beckoning ’ | last, by a tremendous effort, I tered my mentai ogony and de my brother, ile On nis Coarse me on. mas- fied my | he ed. ‘And listen, Alphonso, | you will prebably see her at my lodg- | attention on the page before me. } ings from time to time: but it is not | How I managed to do it I cannot | necessary tor her to know your real | say: but I wrote all that day and far | name, if you don’t wish it.’” | into the might. vouchsating no answer | “It as better she should not.’’ Ij to the repeated knocks at my door | replied in a low voice. and my Jandlady’s petitions for aJ- **Not that 1t would make any dif-| mittance. My pulses throbbed, my | j ference to Juanita,’”’ continued Fer- | brain was dizzy, my head burned nando hastily; ‘tshe is too noble | like fire, and my eyes felt as if they minded tor that, and would never | were starting from their sockets, i pause to ask herself what people | while fmy imagination created a | would sav, as long as she acted’ up | crowd of mocking spectres around | in her own sense of right. But | me, and the familiar objects in| my { it would make you fee! awkward.’ ; ro6m took untamilar torms. And | -But you heard what she said | all this time the chocolate and the about Carlos? That shows what | bread remained untasted beside me. her feelings are on the subject.’” At length my mind began to give i way, and I h the wind and ‘Pooh, pooh! You are not Car- jos. If you were, why. of course it would be different! You are too sensitive by half.’’ and tootsteps *‘No, thank Heaven, I am_ not | was telling that unfortunate individual,’’ I said, | fingers could m reply to the first part of my triends qi speech—-*‘at any rate, tor the time | room, making me start trom my seat j i being. But who knows- what may | in agonized fear, believing that they | ting there, or I should not have | mediate departure. Twas afraid ot | Is now Running a fit be my fate in the future ?”’ —the phantoms of my brasm-—were | spoken as I did.”" appearing m the streets, lest Pshould | Dp ble Daily li 4 ‘Don’t be a fool, Mendoza; leave | commg to take me—where?—to| ‘*But, darling, tell me what is the | be recognized by those in pu rsuit of | att) Se LE ee | the future to unravel itself. Good | whom ?—why!—oh, Heaven. to re- | matter. Tell me, tor I love you }me: so Fernando went to my ledg- | [Or hI night old fellow’’—and we shook | place my brotaer—to do his work! | dearly—oh, so dearly! —tell me cy lings for such things as I -quired, PALACE SLEEPING CARS | hands and separated. I fell backwards on the fluor, and for | ervthing, dearest.”* sum of money Thad thid rece St. iL s to New Yoork i Cuaprer I. atime reason fled, and dehrium | Then sn an instant my resolution expe ot | withe se. oaiiiaremainedwiin ler) broth reigned. j never to marry flashed across iV his sister ¢ on morni press via the ere fortnight, then entered on her | For many weeks 1° knew neither | mind, and I dropped the little hand oentan putting hundreds of on ene express, viz. | newiduties.. We mct everv evenin= where I was or by whom I was tend- ; lain so unrestingly in mine. n between us! Tt was 1 to ‘: { Reieecnande Slndcines. andiall eee | ed--nothing, absolutely nothing i -*Forgive me for what ! hay leave the girl I loved so dear nd i to some place ofa panenment togeth- i The first thing [ remember was / * Tresumed, in: voi vho was have been my wife in a of Cars for any cass of t ee. Conmbercre the cad ob “hae hearing a woman’s voice behind my | Mforgive me; Iwill trou ew hours: but we consoled "rst pod. Berond-cass pas- a fortnight I began to dread her ap- ja « mere whisper; but | knew | you again.” And I tarned to leave other with vows of fidehty and t! ape NE seepitine Hi proaching departure, and, when we } Whee SOURS SERS Nes | pee Bb aanarne oe 8 eae ne comiorable Hal said goodbye, the wiole world seem- | passed before I recovered; and dur-y} — **Dou't go, O,;° she da > last words were | : eiroush with Hon Gi aecOtd to cies dh ke ed thien'| ing my tedious convalesence, Fer- H pered. {f come to you, Alfonso, as | i i how truly and = smeerely T loved nando came to see me every even-; | did noi biy soon as you can have me; and, % 5. Pf ae Juanita Torrodeas, and 1 believed | 8: He told me T hed been at! the door, and continued? nember, I den’t caré how poor our | phe onyiiné® by which you can xe it, was nokquite wiificrent to ee, | SMM dowewith: brain tever, and| “i have said to you what I o1igght 5, for we shall Share it”? ugh cars from St. Louisto Cincinnati 4 For a few happy hours | gaye way | little by little, gathered from him | never to have said: but, for the sake iH disguised, left Madrid by EADS Fue tere tn adaitionate Hl he sweet delirium : but soon, alas, | #!! the details of my illness. My ! of my great love, you will f and reached St articuar | iene theliwler awakenins | ravings had all turned on one sub- | me. and forget the son ot —o e time to eau REE OL SOO neer | Spacers? (repented hits eer blood spilt by me and flow- | The word stuck u: my throat: 1 church tc ror & ae N eee ii as I tossed restlessly on the bed | ing through ay hands on to the white | conid not give it utterance Juanita {my route, and ed i wow. peABODY 1a here T had thrown myself without } robes of Juanita—whom I believed | came and stood close Bese me. atirun. Althoug oe Gen "TM: una meer he ment atiee™ her dest to be my wite—and on to her child. Never sed whose son you aie 1 ory, Tcould : rest, W- - SHATTUC. parture. “Madman that I have | He said my cries were appalling! Alfonso.’ ried to Paris: aed thence. via Gen'l Pass. Agent heen to dream for a moment. that | ten in delirum, I strove to stop the | -+13ur the brand is on me,’”” I said, nd Dover, to London. Ouck General Western Passen- she would marry me if she knew my er Su caus and afove im vain- ania quivering voice. ‘If my broth- he capital ot England, L breathed ale 33-tt parentage! She would pity me, ifI | ou your sister hear this, Fer-} er and ins boy should die —" sate, tor T knew no — were te tell her, but would shrink i — * Tasked anxiously. | *Thev are living and well. ”’ could touch me i from a union with one of my race. | ais | But they may die, i hat had nothing more | phe Aichi 1, sey See = Anh, that horrible birthright! ee | That is well? I said: sit is bet- | case, } : y he in t a ; Phe sircsuagh ge 2 & Santa Fe and by what dark Boom: did it) be- j ter So.7" Then presently—--what | “Then.—then Heaven help vou I took aall lodging in a aige! | SERVES Risceyrcdacer wins come ours ?”” ad ue aay . | Alfonso, and me too. for i love you ; Steet vit Strand, went at once to | Three Praius Daily through Kansas. My Santence. serativeness en | "Pitied you, as every one who jas you love me, and shall be with ithe bouse of wellknown Spanish ‘Pwo Trains Daily to Colorado. | magnified the evil, and) cxused = me | knows you must.”” | you'”’ H edec. and told him my story. He | ee rains Day 2 New whee to pass many solitary hours 1m be- “Did she leave me when she= dis- ! She laid her band im mine as she | #5 i to do what he could | — tr We and ne ot 1 Me z moaning ‘ny sad tate. ! ——— my nage i spoke the last words, and I opened for aad wiibm a month took me | On in to Utah. : ae “And the birthright may be mine | “No, surely! She wept by your | my arms and clasped her tomy heart. | ® his secretary. Soon afterwards, 'One t ain Daily to Nevada. some day!’ repeated, shuddering i bedside, and said, ‘Poor fellow, poor } 2 a 5 . : - Juanita Yorrodeas became my wife, Two Trains Dz Aily to Calitornia. for the hundredth time that night. | tellow: he is so sensitive and feel- | It was the eve of onr wedding-day , for love of the executioner’s ane ee by stage. rail or steam- “Tcould not bare it. Every fibre of | nee = ennstibe hard tobeat-" ! Thad been dining with Juz ae and heir, bade an eteral adieu to ber na- age ped Heo Spates ria my frame revolts against it. Flight, | Brie she come to see me atter- j her brother, and we were sitting and | UVe country. | ONLY “ONECH ANGE OF CARS death—anythine rather than that! boVe# os atita asishe could." eae of we morrow, when Senoit \. M. Heary. [of any class from Kansas City to When morning dawned, I sprang } une cid nae or aoe ater, the | ae t > aon si ae Tits? ) oe a ee eee ee z ‘Gauae. oak a ee Es ee ene Sere i PULLMAN SLEEING C . ‘ ae Sas | nando told me she was not happy in | eee ee ee : ae [ee SEEING Cans walked up and down the room for | her situation; out he offered no facet € marriage. Mrs fferson Dayis has the io Denver, Colorado Springs, Pue- hours. Presently my — jandlady | ther explanation. | pve bye, toe ~ sagacious dog in Mississippi. , Ploy Deming and El Paso. present me my breakfast, a2 cup ot! Atilength my heaith was Cone | he said, as he ros: his jeave 7 a ; “TH THUNDERDOLT,” chocolate and a roll. She looked at ! pletely re-established. and I resum- ave you stcn evening pa : gave New Orleans ice: is the fast through train be- me caraestly, evidently amtzed at | ed my usual occupations. The first e lez usually forms there ae ie ey aes Denver, my manner, and asked if she could | time Pwentesseomeeda ae i ioiea “Now or ¥ ive —— C olorade Springs. do anything for a him hastily leaving the house. He there anythin 3 ae serae pierre alas a can go,” was all the #n- | told me he had received a letter trom ees he : ae E pet ranbit has | en es fete he She proposed Sending ioe a SOMERS important fo com a ie 2s reed ; Coe Sere a fs aie Pp nding doc- municate, and heg him te gow | death. \ 3 te to Pueblo, tor, telline me I look eS Sere sO_ Bineoe cat : ers, i oe ; Wk a : Leadville, Gunnison, Salt gard. “It was impossible for me to eet | i oS terior pe = A Ogden, iat Veg Tpabared & td: the doot, sayir 1gz-— away during the day.” he sai es Seg are two women coud aes Nid doctor’s boa aerate, El Paso, i . ay. sind--sa ‘ n condemned to ree , bDuahua, ucso. Guaymas Raye. ait wantsdon't d@istarb Tam off now. Await my return Cei¥e copital punisiaent the Son ao ‘Angelos. and San F E ee Pee te Gece bere 8 cea occ ene sonnel 5 s pt oe epee — & Santu Fe - = \ Neheaska gin-miller g: a Tailroad. e Grand Canon of tn: The; woinan made no further re; ao eee l took my place by “The new peer sch car noe epee a Arkansas, the nealihess ae 2 Hs mark}but glanchd Wete Seine mv tnend’s hes ane in the semi- Mered Fernando, turning pale. wisiie R inks. j Springs at Las Vegas, the ancient} she heroorte! ‘Shelmivinent shed obscurity gave fu Scope to my im! # deathlike sickness ce pe over os s catches many men: city of Santa Fe, the Rae cepa had crossed ~ threshota, I shut the | *#!!#tion on the subject of Juanita’s | and Juanita looked ready to faint— Ape SRE: j of the Cliff-dwelers, the quaint pu- J z , eblos of the Zunis, the Grand Canon! door and tarae@ the key inthe lock. “To. works N work. ? L_exclaimed excitedly—""to work jharder &:tWhat can than} over again. i rain against the window the pen, some one forcibly entered eard in thé murmurs of the pattering of the groans of those whom my pen Then, as my trembling | longer grasp the the nv mag ds steriOus Communication. Z she have to tell her! BPs etme T asked myself over and Thea the most unpulat- | another i hour, when the door suddenly op railway aimed, itself to my mind, and I exc he married! ne is going to ht that Juanita was me unmitig, go- The thoug! gave {nvain I mys could not ima difference to me. since I had That re tye only me more des miserable ; for did f not love Ju my nita Torrodeas with all heart, ‘and was not the idea of her belonging to bitterness itself. 1us IT had sat musing t ed, and the object of my | entered the room. in an **Fernando,”” she said, ex- ited manner, as she approached the comer where I sat; ‘*why didn’t you come to me as -I requested? The Senora has dismissed me perempto- rily—she is cruel, unjust Then seeing who I was, she stopped short, and exclaimed, *‘Senor Mendoza!’ It was the first time we had met moment that | since my illness, and for a I felt 11] atease, remembering she had discovered my real and parentage. But all thoughts of self were forgotten, as I saw, by the give you back your promise.’ dim light to which I had grown were red customed, that her eyes and swollen. Scarcely knowing what I did or said, I rose and c her hand. caught | << cet EAL ETE EOE OA a ss able solution of the enigma presented yesterd: ys name ! broke from my trembling hips. ac- laven’t you I © papers but I se you have been to busy suppc wedding to with preparations tor And now I really senorita. I read then. night, 2: good face in my hands, while tears of eny, which I did not attempt to cc ceal, forced their way through my fingers. °*Vhe birthright has de-! scended to me. Oh, Heaven, that T should have lived to see this day!’ **Altonso.”? said Juanita tender- ly coming to mv side and taking my | cold hand in hers, ‘*Altonso, my af ' fianced husband?’ “They are on my track, and may H minute.”” + ele ws 2) ‘be here to take me any all over betw us. Juani en “Do you think me capable of de serting you in your hour of sorrow, Alfonso ?"” replied the brave git al | most reproachtully. ‘No, no: this | calaonty shall not separate us? You | i “Juanita, my darling, my darling | must leave this country at once and have they insulted you? She stood abasbed and silent tor moment, then agitatedly replied: “I thought it was my brother sit- le new executioner! What ccome OF the old o7 “ile and his son were killed im che ident Salumauca near Play approaches : for ever, and I will soon be with yeu i | come what may.’” ted Juanita’s courage communic ‘itself to me, and I det rmined on im- reed the man with prep- ¥ #tong the river, as he looked up that “tiiry say but this is 'The Ohio & Nississipp1 * Made to Order 1 Lin J. E TALBOTT, Failor 7 Merchant 47 19 UNEQ!) ALED FAST TIME! Via the Onro& Mississippr R’y From St. Louis to all points East. run ing palace The O. & M. Ry is now change trom ping cars without St. Lours in 10 HOURS TO LOUISVILLE. 1O HOURS 10 CINCIN 30 HOURS TOWASHIN 31 HOURS TO BALTIMORE. 38 HOURS TO NEW YORK. 2 hours the quickest to Louisville and Cincinnatti. 7 hours the quickest to Washington. 4 hours the quickest to Baltimore. Equal Fast Time with other lines to | New York and without change of cars. ZIOATILY {| TREAINS. to Cincinnatti and Louisville. 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