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Frank Bryant was the orphan-brother of Mrs Carlton, and al Elliot A few months before St ----'s day, he reached San Antonio, on a visit to the sister, from whom he had been separated several years Soon after his arrival, an epide the lower order of Mexicans; and as there was no resident physician at that early time, his services were speedily in requisition The Padre, who nue ofaround hi the flattering esti so formidable a rival in the affections of his people, he left no means untried to underratitude is a distinguishing trait of Indian character; and though apparently obeying the injunctions of their Padre, to follow no directions save his own, they reverenced Dr Bryant as a being of superior order

It was beside the bed of a dying friend that Inez first ether, and when at last death freed the sufferer, with ratitude she thanked him for the attentions conferred with such disinterested benevolence She could not avoid contrasting the conduct of the cold and calculating Jesuit with the warer

In a few days it became evident that she had herself i physician to restore her With unwearied patience he watched over the beautiful Señorita, whom Mrs Carlton and Mary low of returning health

The idols of her youth were neglected and forgotten; one ie filled Inez's heart, and before it she poured out all the passionate love of her ardent nature; hence her aversion to a union with Mañuel Nevarro

Dr Bryant early perceived her attach full well that he could never return it, avoided her society with a delicacy peculiarly his own When thrown accidentally into her presence, his manner was frank, kind, and brotherly

Inez did not deceive herself for athat he would ever return her love She knew too well the nature of the barrier which intervened To remain unfettered, to see, to love, and one day to serve hiratification she dared the rage of her father, and the hatred of her Padre She fancied he loved another, and with the characteristic jealousy of her nation, an aversion to that object settled on her heart