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A silvery laugh broke suddenly on the silence which had fallen between them, and Savitre, leaning lightly on Panteleone's arm, stood before them. The rajah's young widow made a strange contrast to Lianor, gay with rich colors. Judging from Panteleone's ardent gaze, he, at least, saw some beauty in the dusky, changing face. "What, Sampayo!
Good-by, and thank you for your generosity." Miriam hastened her grandfather to the ship, shocked at his feebleness; but for Sampayo he would scarcely have been able to get there. Only once he spoke to the girl ere he retired to his cabin for the night. "The money and jewels, Miriam what have you done with them?" "They are here, grandfather. I brought everything of value away with me."
Sampayo, pleasantly. 'Was that Argentiferous Copper Company in sixty-four yours or his? 'There were a good many people concerned in it. 'No doubt; it takes a good many people to work that kind of thing, but I fancy you and Montesma were about the only two who came out of it pleasantly. And he and you did a little in the shipping line, didn't you African produce? However, that's an old song.
The woman came forward with a bright smile, holding up her face to receive his caress. "There can be no doubt. It is Jarima, and the man who sold the poignard." "Luiz's murderer," Diniz added between his set teeth. Almost feverishly Sampayo hurried Miriam away. He was anxious to tell Lianor of his success, and bring the assassin to justice.
A kind hand-pressure from all, and Sampayo walked quickly away; while Lianor, her heart somewhat lightened by this news, returned to her father's guests with Satzavan. Savitre would have followed, but Panteleone held her back with a few whispered words, and, nothing loth, the little widow sauntered with him through the shady grounds, apart from the rest.
"But think, Vincent: my poor grandfather has done no harm, and he will perish in that horrible place, though innocent. And the Senor Sampayo, as I have proof, bought the poignard himself from my grandfather. Why, then, should you say he stole it?" indignantly. "It is not I who accused him; my duty here is to guard the prisoners not to try them."
"Yes, but he is useless; when we arrived, some one had been before us, and not only blinded him, but cut out his tongue, so that he could not speak." "How horrible! How could any one have been so cold-blooded?" Diniz gasped, turning pale. "Evidently it was done for some purpose. But come, Sampayo, I cannot wait here." "Will nothing I say convince you I am innocent?
For days and weeks Lianor kept to her rooms, seeing no one except her father and Sampayo, whom she looked upon as the avenger of Luiz. Long and tenderly was her lover's memory sorrowed over, until the once beautiful girl was but a mere wraith.
"You could not be so hard, knowing how my happiness is bound up in him. I will never, while Luiz lives, give my hand to another." "Thank you, Lianor; nor will Falcam let you," a deep voice broke in suddenly, and Luiz, his face flushed with mingled pleasure and disgust, came toward her, followed by his bosom friend, Diniz Sampayo, a young and rich noble.
After his friend, Miguel Reale, had chosen the jewels he wanted, Diniz hurried him away. Not many hours later, as the young Jewess sat alone, her grandfather having gone some distance off on business, she was startled by Sampayo suddenly reappearing, a look of intense anxiety on his face.
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