"
She said nothing, but he clearly read a farther unasked question in her
face.
"I remain here, Miss Norvell, while you do. I shall be among your
audiences at the Gayety. I do not altogether agree that your choice
has been a correct one, but I do sincerely believe in you,--in your
motives,--and, whether you desire it or not, I propose to constitute
myself your special guardian. There is likely to be trouble at the
Gayety, if any drunken fool becomes too gay."
With flushed cheeks she watched him go slowly down the stairway, and
there were tears glistening within those dark eyes as she drew back
into the room and locked the door. A moment she remained looking at
her reflected face in the little mirror, her fingers clinched as if in
pain.
"Oh, why does n't he go away without my having to tell him?" she cried,
unconsciously aloud. "I--I thought he surely would, this time."
CHAPTER VI
THE "LITTLE YANKEE" MINE
A wide out-jutting wall of rock, uneven and precipitous, completely
shut off all view toward the broader valley of the Vila, as well as of
the town of San Juan, scarcely three miles distant.
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