Rita

CHAPTER I.

THREATENING WEATHER.

TO SENOR,

_Senor the illustrious Don John Montfort._

_Honoured Senor and Brother:_--There are several months that I wrote to inform you of the deeply deplored death of my lamented husband, Senor Don Richard Montfort. Your letter of condolation and advice was balm poured upon my bleeding wounds, received before yesterday at the hands ...