Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1857-03-28
T NUMBER 8

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Erection Of the Mountain Lake ] was as
is our custom, playing upon my li,e to
While away my time, when suddenly ny wat
'h!ul dog lcapt out and barkcd most Mrious-
y at some thing which at first could not
see. In few minutes looking in the d,rcc-
lion that the dog barked, ] discovered So
tary man coming towards Santa Fe: | be.
ckoncd away the faithful animal, and follow.
ing my flock down deepraync, turned be.
hind a projecting rock which hid myself and
Hook from his view, When he came in front
OF my hiding place he stopped and gazed A.
round as il some what dismayed. This eaus-
ed me to watch him more closely. lie then
started on, but he left the beaten path, and,
took his way over the most uufrequent,d
parts Of those rugged mountains, and the last
| saw Of him he was clambcriug downn deep
prccipicc which shut him out from my views
Perhaps, said the shepherd, this may be the
same man, about whom you have been talk.
Ing.
Would You recognize lin again were you
to see him? asked the Doctor
think would, answered the shepherd if
he has not changed his clothes.
Then, Sr. Fernandez, let us take along with
us this shepherd to thelMountain Flower and
see if he is the same person. 10 this propo.
siton Sr, Fernandez asented, and Tie three
Sc: out for the hotel AS they were on their
way thithcr, the Doctor informed Sr Fernan.
dcz, that learning from the stranger that /.
was born in Madrid, Old Spain, he and Mr.
Faust Penn on last night had sent DIES.
patch to that city addressed to the principal
clerk Of the telcgraphic Office there, enquiring
if in the lust thirty wears any person by the
name OF Juan Paez llurtado had lived there,
and to remit us an immediate answer As
; they reached the hotel and entered the read.
9 ing room, they found that our Cavalier had
G finished his breakfast, and was sitting there
= perusing the morning issue Of the Santa rt
/ Golden Era. As soon as the shepherd got
d glimpse of him he whispered to the doctor
o and ScIor Fernandez there he sits the same
l. identical man that ! saw in the mountains
: Hush hush f! they boil, whispered to the
3 shepherd, it would mortijy him were he to,
IS think that lie was made au object of imperi-
ncnt curiosity. m the meanwhile our Caya.
licr continued the pcrusal of the paper until
e his eye caught the following paragraph under
i the head 4dsgfaphic, Madeira, SPUN, Mr..
"F. Pena, in reply to yOur enquiry whether
r. " any person by the name Of Juan Pae2 llur-
lie " tado, has within the last thirty years lived
" here no such person has but in the ar
Ic " chivcs Of the llnrtado famy it is recorded
" that young man by that name left here III
q " GSl, for the New World, that lie distin.
d "guiShed himself in the Battle of 1902 when
n -" Santa Fe was re-conquered, and the last
+. " ever heard of him was that he was lost in
i "hunting excursion in the mOaptains." On
k. finishing which he arose suddenly from his
# chair and discovering DR.. Swift, handed him
is the paper pointing to the paragraph, ord
q without saying u word rushed out Of the
r. room, hurried up the stairway, entered bis
ri room and closed the dor. And so We will
4 close this chapter.