The Pearl of Lima: A Story of True Love

scape death, his surprising strength, his insurmountable will, and especially his sublime coolness,

the current, and that the Indian must be carried down; but by vigorous strokes he succeeded in stemming the torrent; he dived repeat

lose his life, and, worse yet, Sarah. His decision was rapidly made; through the narrow streets and deserted squares he plunged into the heart of the city; but it was

of the city; a house still brilliantly illuminated presented itself: the port-cochere was open to give passage to the elegant

street, where curious zambos were thronging around, attracted by the carriages. The

, ornamented with valuable tapestry; the saloons, still illuminated, presented no convenient place of refuge

ly extinguished, and the ho

, and to find the surest means of evasion; the windows of this chamber opened on an interior garde

to take the diamonds whic

tature and of great pride of counte

niard, who stood unmoved, and, in a first impulse of indignation, raised his a

such words, I will kil

locks perceived so lofty a frankness, that he felt a strange sympathy fill his heart. He went toward

ou?" said

cked me, and levelled him to the ground with a blow from my poignard. This mestizo is the betrothed of

os; if you please to accompany me, you will be for the present safe from pursuit,

ldly without manif

" resumed Don Vegal; "no one here will s

generous; he yielded himself entirely to the protection of the marquis, and without thinki

ers for his departure, and summoned the Jew Samuel to c

s, seventeen monasteries, and four beaterios, or houses of retreat for females who did not take the vows. Each of these establishments possessed a chapel, so that there were at Li

as so much of grief in her depression, that the marquis could not look at her without emotion; and he was prepa

al, pray do no

h, who followed him to an o

was returning, he thought involuntarily of the deep sadness of the kneeling maid

ce with his request. Samuel seemed to have forgotten the events of the

hip's will?" asked

y thousand piaster

m! By the holy king David, my lord, I am f

without noticing the language of the Jew; "besides I can

ultivate them; the Indians have withdrawn to the mountains,

do you estimate

igh the stones with scrupulous skill. As he did this, he continued

for these costly ornaments? I am obliged to send such merchandise to the United Provinces! The Americans would buy them, undoubtedly, but to give them up to the sons of Albion. They wish be

, with a sovereign air of scorn, "that

ot give you a

omplete the thirty thousand piasters which I need, you will t

to earthquakes, one knows not who

self fall on his heels several times

although, at this moment I ought not to part with money; for I am about

u to send me this instant, the sum

receipt for the

to the adjoining ro

lence, as I disperse thy riches! By Solomon! I am a skill

und Martin Paz in profound dejection

tter?" he asked

daughter of the

laimed Don Vega

sadness of the

we will talk of the

costume, left the city, accompanied by Don

s of the fashionable Limanian society. Public games, interdicted at Lima, are permitted at Chorillos during the whole summer. The se?oras there displ

az retired to a pretty cottage, built on the sea-shore, could li

countenance bore the impress of profound sadness. After having mingled for some time in political affairs, he had felt an inexpressible disgust for the incessant re

m him; that carelessness natural to the Spanish race, joined to the ennui of a useless existence, had rendered him insensible to the menaces of the future. Formerly the husband of an adored wife, the father of a charmi

aring of the Indian suited the chivalric hidalgo; and then, weary of the Spanish nobles, in whom he no longer had confidence, disgusted with the selfish mestizoes, who wished

; but, looking on his attachment for the Jewess as worse than death itself, the Spaniard

eart, Don Vegal avoided all allusion to the past, and c

by his gloomy preoccupation

o-Capac, whom his patriotism placed in the rank of heroes, your ancestor? There is a noble part left for a valiant m

Indian; "and the day when my brethren shal

e city, arms in hand-and will be conquered as they have always been! See how your interests will disappear amid these perpetual revolutio

ourselves," exc

longer have the energy necessary to elevate and govern a state. It is therefore yours to triumph over that unhappy Americanism, which tends to reject European colonization. Yes, know that only European emig

kind of dominion which I exercise over them will be without effect on the day when I do not swear death to their oppressors, whoever they may be

se me that you will

peak only the truth, and I should perjure m

arquis trembled to see him incur certain death by re-appearing at Lima. He hastened by

, returned to the city, and learned that André Certa had recovered from h

ere he met Father Joachim de Camarones, his confessor and his oldest friend; he acquainted him with his mode of life. What was the astonishment of the good father t

sted on a young girl, enveloped in a

iful person?" aske

André Certa, the daugh

daughter o

ishment, and, pressing the hand of Father J

ess, the young girl whom he had seen praying with