The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-07

,sGSs:fSS .rS ms-uDon Don 'uan-upon poor
Il seemed ss IL Sranch had tried i e snswsr
from him With soSqsitish fins S q liz Black
braids. and whipped her little brown hands be-
We'll, look here" said Craneh. with the
which the priest and which E, would
place. Z was Don Juan and the &caide who nrst
cisco I'll the time. ln.srrSptsd ynaniia
not assist me Al. iirst. and admit .hst Tho AGO:
snr to Srt S him tn hnk
or Illustrate II. I was right. 1 reckon it wns
pretty hard on the old man, at HE time q NE:
and wrapped up as no WAS In the girl; but at
the moment he came up to the scratch like a
to save him y9u have DERIVED me
-, reckon preferred to have .you for wife
mean Z. When you SsteG INA
you the opeif had not hoped to find In you
-" Baenoy And when did you have that pretty
When first saw you"
4 year ago Juanita. Whsa Francisco Wis
ited you at the Rancho. l followed and saw
|
Jinnits looked at him moment and then
lapes Of his coat. and shook him like u terrier
sSY sSs aS Ros Svs ssai n
Swear that you did not follow her!"
shaking between the clenching OF the little
~ Judas Isc.riot Swear you do not love her
al! this WHILE
But. Juanita"
| Crnnrh swore Than IN Father pedro's in.
tense stonishnent.. she drew the Americans
face toward her own by the ears and kissed him;
a fortune said Juanita. after pause.
Where would have been my reparation-my
e Sih for Sn her senh had
you. said Junnita. with that rapid disloynliy
g, one b1ss u an9aer IN In
Crsnch. and then JNanita said demureiy:
Svs Vt. sr rem the p trail Lt as
S viii vii s some t'''' fa'nef fsaf0 ARC you sure
,n "a . week age he promised to be here to see
=, The voices were growing fainter and fainter;
they were returning 10 the tran.
aso Wa sen'1 'v waek ago snes@spco what
And what hut he been doing here? Listening!
me Father Pedro listening like An az Idle peoG
6 NS S i Gs "Id IN WIZ Snd
choking sensation, The neares! heads OF oats
backward and forward. He feil-henviy down.
down. down. from the summit OF the mounta n
10 In IN N s ARK Inc mission chapel anu 'ne'' n'
He moves"
Blessed saint Anthony. preserve hlml" :.
Ii was Antonio's voice. IL was Joses arm II
vas the field Of Wild oats. tho sky above Ills
head all unchanged.
glddiness sc;zsd your reverence just now
as VIC were coming to seek you"
And You met no one =
No one. your reverence.
Father Pedro passed his hand across his fore.
But who are thcse?" he said. pointing to
two figures who now appeared upon the trail.
Antonio turned.
II IS the .io,r1irano. Senior Cranch. and hs
adopted daughter. the n,paf'zd Juanita. seek
ing Your reverence, methinks.
| All. said Father Pedro.
1t vas kind of YOU. Father Pedro" he sad
meanngiy with IL significant glance at jose
and Antoni9. TO come 80 inr TO ptd nc and
wnen The tide serves hut not before you par
take of our hospitality III yonder cottage.
Father Pedro @aled at Cranch and then at
" see he stammercd Bat she goes OF
aons' aie WIZ De- strange nj irsi SnS .sSss
a very 9id and dear one. Father Pedro. who
Is waiting for lis now
Lie lcd the way 10 IA little white cottage. SO
little aud white and recent tnnt IL seemed Il
mere Heck Vi sea ioan cast on tue sands, Dis
i'osin. o! Josr and Antonio in the nei.hbnrlnl
workshop and outbuidn2s. he assisted tue
NenrI,Hie oanchtcha TO dismount. and. together
with Father Pedro and uauitn entered white
pnllradcd enclosure beside the cottage. and
I mated before what appeared 10 M u lnfHe fold
il wac .s"p ot KIT VITA lII aocs B ss s s1o"t
the American aicilde and Don Juan Biioncs
Father Pedro looked hnstily around for another
il.u:e, but /, va, not there
Irntiemch began Crnnch. in his practica
business Way, | reckon YOU al know We W
hrsltatrd-" WI, la;ely under the care oil Father
Pedro, with founding picked up on tins shor,
This io,ndiing came, here and how j WAS con
cerned in 1t, you all know. 70 told everybod,
hsbs s n9w scrambled n.aSrs esg I .ha
YOU. he l2oEed at FaIhe Pedro. how llrsi
d'scoyrred from one OF the mon three years
Eat have never told any one before now
cond tell k Mas sxR pt"fS Sca p %hsre
came ashore FOR the iog was coming on as i If
Sry so tw1 Hsrs Il, aSS T
thI Tim Hibodiei deep below tie surface VII.
more to me than gold or SILVER. Here, It's.
At II si-n the Alcnde unlocked the doors and
lar trench. in which. Allied with sand. lay the
AHit .Aeavaied stern of = boat ,,o
m. wt7 s In read S TIC Ter nans
hidden away. tucked undsr the stern sheets;
Inuudy anu water worn, some clothes that
recognized 10 be the bibyS. | knew then that
the child had been taken away. alive l2r some
purpose. and the clothes we're left 80 that she
should carry no trac. with her. | recognized
the hand OF an Indian. | set tn work quietly.
found Sanchirha here she confessed 70 llnd-
ing the baby. but whnt she mad done with 1t she
would not at first say. But since then she has
declared before the Alcalde that she gave 1t TO
Father Pedro Of San Carmel, and that here \
He stepped aside 20 make way for II tall girl.
who had approached from the cottage.
l. Father Pedro had neither noticed the con-
Guiding words nor the movement Of Grnnrh.
His eyes were fixed upon the imbeciie San
chicha on whom, to render his. rebuKe more
complete the Deity seemed to have worked 4
miracle. and restored Intelligence 10 aye and
lin. He passed his hand trcnihl nHly across hi
forehead. and turned away. whom his eye fell
upon the last conner.
1t was she. Tnc moment ho had longed for
| and dreaded had come She stood there. AMI
mated, handsome. flIcl with n trustful con
sciousness in her new charms, her fresh iinery,
and the rtiable trinke,s that had supplant cd
her sc"puiary. and which played under her
foolish fingers. The past had no place In her
prcoccupicd mind. Her bright eyes wrro full OF
eager anticipation Of n substantial future. She
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