The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-16

was put into II vase for each bunch
pluckcd until the beans numbered 1000.
Itgrows on sunny slope Of the foothills,
commanding fine view Of the rugged
mountains in one direction, and i'll the
other the lovely Montecito Valley, with
glimpscs of the blue Pacific. The vine
is irrigated by waters from the hot
springs, Il few miles distant, and the
country about the vine is very beautiful
and Mexican in its natural and artificial
surroundings.
There is Il tradition connected with
the origin Of this vine we wish to record.
Seventy years ago, during the occupan-
CIV of the Mission Father, there lived
fn the vicinity Of Los Gngeles beauti-
full Spanish girl. Nearly all spanish
Girls, while in the bloom and freshness
of youth, possess more or less OF their
national cast Of beauty; but the Seno-
rita Marcellina had, from childhood,
been acknowledged queen among the
maidcns of her native place. Her
complexion, tinged with the warm bru-
nettc hue of her face, was clear and
bright with the rich tint Of health. Her
wealth of black hair fell in ripping
waves far below her waist and her
large, dark eyes were fringed with silk
en- lashes that matched the exquisite pen
Cling of the archcd brows above them.
Her parents, though belonging to the
better class of Spanish, had become
poor, through extravaganza and mis-
management, and had formed the pro-
iect of bettcring their fortunes by we'd
ding their daughter to some wealthy
| Don.
Tie lovely Marcollina did not lack
for admirers nor ardent lovers, and
among them all Scnor Carlos de Dom
ingues was the favoritc and accepted
suitor. He was handsome, tall, and
manly, but alas! without fortune, and
socially not the equal Of Marcelllna.
As may be supposed, his suit met with
no encouragement from the Don and
Dona Feli2, and they, finding the at
tachment becoming stronger than ac-
corded with their plans for their daugh-
ter, resolved to remove to Santa Bar
bara. mission some hundred miles
north, where resided many wcalty fam
lies, among whom they doubted not an
alliance would be formed suitable III
fortune and position.
The announcement of their cOntcm'
plated removal struck dismay to the
hearts of Marcclina and Carlos, but
the latter, receiving courage from the
separation, presented his suit to the
parents. As was anticipated, it was
scornfully rejected, and further inter
course sternly forbidden. The lovers
were, however, too ardent to be scpara,
ted thus, and, through the medium OF
an old Indian nurse, who was dcvotcdly
attached to the girl, they obtained one
interview before parting
In the early twilight MarcclIina stole
by an aboJc wall which lay back OF the
paternal mansion. Here she stood,
waiting with throbbing heart the arrival
of her lover, while her nurse kept
watch ON the other side of the wall,
ready to give the alarm, by II signal
agreed upon, should any one approach
from the house. Already the shadows
lay dark beneath the thick, low branches
of the olive trees, and at every rustI,
and sound the fair transgrcsSor Startco
and trcmblcd. Suddenly tall figure
sprang over the wal, and crcpt stealth
ily along in its shadow, till he came
close to where the waiting maiden stood
Carlos" she cried, holding out hcl
trembling hands. "Is it you, Marcel
lima? All, poor little one, how she
trcmblcsl They are cruel, darling, bnt
we will not be separated. They shal
not take you from me, my precious
one"
And then he spoke long, low, anC
rapidly in the beautiful Spanish Ian
grage, SO cxquisitely fitted for express
sions of tenderness and cndearment
telling her that, AS her parents objected
to their union on the ground of his pov'
ertv, he had determined to win wealth;
that an old Indian, bound to him by
ties of gratitude, possessed knowledge
of rich mine far away among the
mountains, and to which he had prom
ised to guide him and his company;
and, by courage and skill, he would
soon return to claim her hand from her
ambitious, ayaricious parents.
"Remain true to me, Lima, and resist
their schcming. Wait for me but two
years, my darling, and if, at the end
of that time, yos do not hear of me
know that | have perished in the at
tempt to win you"
He then gave her cutting from a
grapevine, telling her to carry it to her
new home and plant it, keeping it as II
reminder of him, and that while it lived
and fourished she might know he loved
her and was true to her. The cutting
was in the form of riding whip, and
as such she was 90 carry it, for her jour
ney was to be performed on horseback.
Vowing eternal fidelity, the lovers
parted, and the next morning, Don and