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The Spaniard was a dignifiedsense of hu between the few survivors on board the Kansas should

be disturbed by reason of any failure on his part to acquiesce in

Elsie's right to bestow her affections where she listed He wondered

if the girl had come on deck after supper; her habit was to retire

early, as she rose soon after the sun He had seen her for aout of the saloon, and there was a suspicious

brightness in her eyes for which solicitude on the dog's behalf would

hardly account Why not put his fortunes to the test that night and

have done with it? Yes, that was the right course He would cease

this petty watchfulness, this ca lest

others should monopolize more of her smiles and pleasant words than he

A simple question would determine his fate Either she was

heart-whole, or not; at any rate, he would receive a straight answer

So it was on the cards that Elsie would be the a, which is a better average than most women are

favored with in a lifetime Christobal had entered the chart-house

with the fixed intent of warning Boyle that he was going below for a

moment to ask Miss Maxwell to coe companion caused the imminent words to be withheld