José — page 288: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

JOSE. 281 waiting for you. Another will have taken my place by the time you arrive, but if I should be mistaken, tell them not to wait for me, nor to mar their happi- ness, since Pepita, who was so sadly out of place there, will never more return, and believe all that they will tell you of the wild prairie bird, for it will all be true.” For amoment she seemed on the point of giving way to her emotions at the closing words, but her voige soon recovered its steadiness, and when she arose her eyes sparkled as over the result of a victory. The hunter coughed, and waved his hand at Green, who made an attempt to gain his feet. “So this is bidding your uncle farewell? I am glad I have found out why I came all the way down here,” Bob said, nodding his head. “All you say is solemn gospel truth, and I know just how it is,” he added, as Jose opened her lips to speak. “To tell the truth, I’m not talking for myself. Iam justa bit curious to learn if this decision is also meant to cover the case of a friend of mine who met an honest woman like an honest man, and began to have hopes of making her his wife. If it comes to a matter of separating let it be with candid hearts and let them that have no secrets to conceal come out openly and state their minds.” The blood retreated from Jose’s face, and for a second her lips trembled as from a forcibly sup- pressed emotion. “T have no secrets to conceal, and if I must I will speak out as candidly as I have to God in the silence of the night,” she said, in a voice that trembled despite her efforts to control it. “You speak of an- other, Uncle Bob, and he knows that my heart is | Comicbooks