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To appear in public with Rosita was the tribute for which Mary had come out, so she readily agreed; and thereupon the Senora digressed into the subject of dress, and required of Mary a display of all her robes, and an account of the newest fashions of the English ladies.
She told him where she had gotten it. "I just gathered it up, at the time, and gave it to Geoffrey and Rosita to photostat; this is the first I've really examined it." The old man got to his feet, brushing tobacco ashes from the front of his jacket, and came to where she was sitting, laying the title page on the table and leafing quickly through the stack of photostats.
At the end of an hour, during which he fretted over the undue delay with the same impatience as did the horses, Rosita appeared and informed him that the Señorita Van Ashton would not ride that morning; she was not feeling well. A wild alarm seized him. The thought that she might have been stricken suddenly with some serious illness, quite unnerved him for the moment.
"Why, it is simply this in the first place, for the reasons I have given, the fellow will hang around the settlement. He may visit now and then the old hechicera, but not often. The other would be a better decoy." "You mean her?" Vizcarra indicated the direction of the room in which Rosita was confined. "I do. He is said to be foolishly fond of this sister.
In the shadow of Bridget's cot was Rosita's crib Rosita being the youngest, the most sensitive, and the most given to homesickness. This last was undoubtedly due to the fact that she was the only child in the incurable ward blessed in the matter of a home. Her parents were honest-working Italians who adored her, but who were too ignorant and indulgent to keep her alive.
Why, Mex, just two weeks ago I dreamed me and Rosita was married instead of her and him; and we was living in a house, and I could see her smiling at me, and oh! h l, Mex, he got her; and I'll get him yes, sir, on Christmas Eve he got her, and then's when I'll get him." "There's other ways of committing suicide," advised Mexican. "Why don't you go and surrender to the sheriff?"
As soon as the Indians had gone away from about his own premises, he stole out; and, trusting to the darkness, made his way in that direction. He had not gone far before the blaze of the building came under his eyes, causing the blood to rush cold through his veins. He did not stop. He was afoot, but he was armed, and he dashed madly forward, resolved to defend Rosita, or die!
"Ye ain't afraid o' bein' left alone with the ghost that haunts the garden, Miss Rosita?" "After YOU never-r-r." "I'll find Mrs. Demorest and send her to ye," said Ezekiel, hesitatingly. "Eh, to attract here the ghost? Thank you, no, very mooch." Ezekiel's face contracted until nothing but his bright peering gray eyes could be seen. "Attract the ghost!" he echoed.
"But I was not laughing, Dona Rosita," said Demorest, smiling sadly, however, in spite of himself. She made a little grimace, and then raised her elbows, slightly lifting her shoulders. "As it shall please you, Senor. But he is gone thees passion. Yess what you shall call thees sentiment of lof zo as he came!"
"Ha! ha! ha!" still laughed the little blonde, "but did you notice nothing odd about the officer?" "I think I did. He looked as though he had ridden through the chapparal; but I had scarce a glance at him, he passed so quickly. He gave me one that was anything but friendly. No doubt he remembers the loss of his gold onzas at San Juan. Ha! ha! But, dear Rosita, what may you be laughing at?
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