, 1870-03-16


mmAnHessston was mont At dpeenly. 7
T. ootomacder hit1self Was reticnnt he COL
NOT tell = 1Alsehood-he dared. not tell Il
= Inih.: Alter. al, II tha, good folk OF. s
j: ios believed that the powsHs Of hia. rig
4 eye were sctuil]y feetored, was it wire !.
dlec=ees for them to nndeoeive theml F.
the first time In hs life the Command
thought Of policy: -foz the first time ho quote
that text Which hks been the lure Of 80 mat
nal1-neao1nks but easy CuttHiane, OF bein
4 G,'aa T.ll thnga to ~ man. inieii1 Hstmen'
II For By deeEees: ID ninua whisper creI
through. the little .eeth.inent. Tbs righ
eye Of the cumtnacdsr, although miraculous
seemed to exercise baleful edoct. upon th
= behnlder.; No one conld look ut IL Hithou
. {-u1atnching. More than that, it seemed to b
endowed with. dreadful prasoience- =
faculty ofEeeing through aud into tt einartru
late thoughts Of thoso IL looked upon- Tds
soldie1a OF; the gauison obeyed the eye rxthel
thin the roice Of their conusrder,, and An
sHered his glance r1ther than his lips in ques
tiunipg.e The servants could not eTAde the
+ erer-Wntohfn1 yet cold attention that seemed
I to pureue them. The children Of the Presldto
=: School emilched. their oopy-books under the
awful supervision. and poor PaqultA' the prize
pupil, lailtd utterly in that marvellous up;
es1oke zAan her patron stood beside her.
Gradually distrust, suspicion, self-Accusation,
| and tinidity took the place Of trust. conf
] dtnce; and security throughout San Carlos.
! WheIover The right eye of the Commander
fa'i, shadow fell with it, -!
Nof>Gss SATzderra entirely free from the
b&leful M97enoe OF his miraculous acquisi-
ton. UnconGcious Of it8 elect upon others,
he only saw in their aoions ;ev1dence Of cor
tain things that the crafty Peleg had hi1ted
| On that New Yeara eve. Els most trusty -Ie-
tanners stanmsred, flushed, and fsltered BE-.
fora. him. Self-aecfsationE. Confessions OF
I minor faults and deIihquenslee, OF extraya-
| CANT and apologies met his uldess
| inquiries. Tha vary chiId!;an thht he loved
! his pet pupil, Paquits- seemed to be conscious
Of tome hidden sin. Tha'rsgult Of this con-
stsnt irritation showed -iteeH more plainly.
For the frat h2H-yeA, the Commsuder s;vo,ce
and eye we're at Tn1iAnce- He wAs ehil lind.
teuder, and thoughtful il speech. GtaduA,ls,
hovkrer. his voice took upon itself the bard
ness ef his glaEca aad7ts seepticAI, impassiEe
quality, and as the vesr Agsin heAre6 i.s Close
It was Plsia that the Commander -hAd 6tte1
as himseH 10 the eye, and not the eye to the Com
It may be 6u1mised that these chauges did
not. escape the watchiul solicitude OF the
Fathers. Indeed, the few vho wers frat %
ascf1ba the night eye Of Salvaie1ra to miia:u-
lous origin and the spec.sl grace of the bless
ed San Cs1los, now talked openly of witch
craft aud the agency Of Luzoe1, the evil one.
Il would have fsted i'll, with Harmenssildo .
SslrAte111 had he been aught but Commander :
OF aunenaola to local authority. But the rev.
erend father, Fris. Manuel de Cottes, had no
rempts At spiritual advice fsiled -eignaily. he
fetIed bat71ed md confused from hia first In
teryiaw with :he Commander, who seemed 4
now to take grim sat1sfaction'in in the fAteful /
power q his glance. The holy father contra i
cfcted himself, exposed the fa11Acies OF his i
oEn arguments, and even, it Is ASSERTED, COM
Ditod himself to several undoubted heresies- 4
Wien tho Commander stood up at mass. il the |
officiating priest caught that ecepticA and 1
searching eye. the ser7ice VAS inevitably !
ruined. Even the power Of the holy Church |
seemed to be lost, and the last hold upon the |
at7t ctions Of the people and the good order Of |
the settlement departed from San Carlos,
As the long dry summer. passed, the low
bills that surrounded tie white walls Of the
Preetdlo grew more to resemble in hus tho
leathern jacket Of the Commander, and M
tnre herself seemed to have borrowed his dry,
hard elIre- TIE earth vas CRACKED and SCAM
ed with drought; blight had fallen upon tie
orchards and Eineya1de, aud the 1ain, long
delayed and ardanty prayed for, came not
The Sly waa H tearIess "a the right eye of
subordinatiou, and plotting among the In
dlanb reached his ears; be only set his teeih
Lhe more firmly, tighten1d the knoll OF his
black silk handkerchief, and looked up his To
ledo.
The Isat day Of tbs yea1 179s found the Com
b. I
slone in the guard-room. He no longer at
Tended the Eetyices OF the holy Church, hut
,rept away IA euch times to some SOLITARY spot,
Ehe1e be epent the interval in aileut medita-
ion The hrelight played upon the low beams
Ind raftels, hut laft the bowed figure Of Sal
email band tonch his arm, and, looking down,
saw the figure Of PaquitA, his little Indian pu- |
pl1, at his knee "Ah, ItIest Of all" said Tue
commsnder, with something Of his old tender
nees lingering orer tho endearing diminutires
.hcu here? Art then not afraid OF him whom
5Ttsy oIe sbnns ard fearssH
mo" said the little Indiau readily, ssnot
The dAtk. hear your ro,ce,-the old voice;
2ut I see not youz eye. senor comandante.
ather," sajd the cAld, lifting her little arms
oEsrd his" that know is not thine oEn!"
The Coun1naer Rh1ddered and turned |
Way.: THEN, recorering himself, he Rsaed J
'aqnitA g1are1y On the forehead aud bsde her
etire. Afew hours later, when silence had
allen upon the Prssidio, he sought bis oFn ,,
ouch and alePt peacefully. ~
1t sbout the middle watch OF the night !
1sky figure crept through the low embra- !
IRE Of the conrnandez's apartment Other :
:ound, which the Commander might have Q
en- had he not slept SO quietly. The in =
uder stepped no1sslesaly to the couch, 1nd
tened Is the eleeper's deep-drawn insprn- :
H. ,eoQm6Il10S R4tEAfeQ IN AQe 0feuEQk As | ~
. Easage lifted his am another moment = .
d the sore perplexjtes OF Hstnenegldo =
lyatieH1 xould hare BEEN orer, when aud 7
My the savage started and fell back in = I.
ro1ygm Of terror. The Commander elept y
:acefully, but bis night eye, widely opened, L
led aud unzltered, glared colaIy On the = =
,u1d-be aes sassiu. The man fell to the eAtth = 4
= At. and the noiee awoke the sleeper- 9
To rise to his feet, grasp hla eTcsd, and -
ii blows thick and fast upon the mntlDous +
.ages Who now th1orged the room, WAS the
,rk Of moment. Help opportunely nr-
ed, and the undiscip1ined Indians were o
eedily driven beyond the VALE, but in the q
1flc the Commander received blow upon Il
3 right eye, and. lifting his hand to that g
ssterious organ, it was gone. Never again !!
ls it found, and never again, for bale or q
lee, did it ado1n the right orbit OF the Com il
ander-
With il passed away tho spell that had fall n
! upon San Ca1loe. The rain returned to IN g
yor1te the 1anguid Ecll, harmony Was re- II
cred between priest and soldier, the green c
8sa presently waved over the eere hillsides, "
6 Children f1ocksd again to the eide OF their | r
arEal pTeceptor. Te Deum was sung in the |.
istion church, and pastoral content once Fl
pro smiled upon the gentle valleys Of San "
rios. And far southEard crept the oHen-
al Court" with its master, Peleg Scudder,
,ficking IN beads and pelhies with the In v
uns, and offering glass eyee, wooden legs, il
d other Boston notions to the Chiefe.-ffom q
eds, Osgood, d Co.'S rolume Of Harte's u