The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-18
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and thorough And the hours OF instruction
concluded. Juan de Nava again bent his steps
back 10 the tceIning streets, overcrowded
with n population of the most miserable Of
Gods creatures, among whom be iabored
often until long past midnight As may be
supposed, as his adopted daughter grew to-
ward womanhood, the good priest could but
perceive that he must not leave her at home,
alone and unprotected. Therefore, be IN
creased his household 10y the addition OF an
aged woman the mother Of one Of his con
freros, who was but too happy to encounter
such n refuge. and lend to Beatrz de MILAN
the protection Of her presence.
The priests adopted daughter grew up n
noble woman Not lady Of the vice regal
court could compare with her in beauty, yet
she vas modest and retiring rs any mountain
violet, rs Il she had lived in world apart
from that city Of feverIsh loves and hates,
ambitious, intrigues and gallantries. She
was more learned than most men III those
DAYS OF careless ignorance, yet skilled in oil
womanly knowledge The nuns Of a con
vent. where Juan de Neya was confessor, had
taught her the cunning of their broideries
and all manner OF handiBork and the simple
fare and the ascetc care taking Of Juan de
Nava's household was all the work of the
maiden.
Withal, she was devout and pious. Her
guardian had taught her that, while good
works are Of greater import than all the
forms Of Observance, somewhat Of the daily
doing Of Offices is needful, il but for the sake
Of example Therefore, she rose betimes
aud went to hear carly mass She had long
kuclt nj the altar Of one OF the minor
churches, near the dwelling Of her guardian,
but the suburb grew disorderly, and more
than once unseemly drunken brawls had
been bIewed at the very door Of the temple
Therefore, Juan de Naya babe his ward go
rather to San Hipolito, somewhat farther
within the city.
And there II was that Eeatriz was first
seen Of Domingo Sairaza, the religious
rake as his viceroy called him, in converse
with the oidor Amasa He was of noble
birth, this calaveron, this Young prohisate
Of the first water, and wealthy as he was
handsome He spent his money in torrents,
Old every caprice, on every extravaganza OF
luxury and ostentation. Ills was the most
cor,eou, paraphernalia OF the annual festi
walls Of Ell Pcndon. and to say this implies,
indeed much On these occasions, on the
18Th Of August every year, the day Of san
Hipolito. Fl Pendcn-the standard Of Cortez
was carried IN triumph escorted 10y n
great cavalcadc Of Spauiards, from the Pala
clio Municipal TO the church Of San HipOlto,
i'm cOmremoration of the fact that OH this
date Cortez achieved the final capture of the
.. ia
sliese professions was the ambition Of every
Young Sponiard in Mexico, and each tried to
outlyc all others IN the sumptuousness of his
appointments But, year after year, not
withstanding the efforts Of bis competitors,
the palm for elegance and costumes fell TO
The share of Domingo Sarraza.
But not all his lavish expenditure nor his
ALLEGATIONS of jovlal Food-fellowship could
make the young man popular 1t was not
alone that he was scGundrel OF gross vice.
That might have been overlooked, for the
.astes of the DAY were not scueamiSh, and
-epntation for gallantrieS and rakishness was
hen as now deemed a feather in the cap Of
nan. rather than otherwise There was
Diego de Fajardo and Luis del Rio, Antonio
Mendez Torres. and score of others, the
idols of the city. notwithstanding perhapsr
indeed because Other wild bouts and OK
res,es. But Sarraza was not of them There
was "a malgnancy in his vices that repealed
the others happy-go- lucky young fellows that
they were, and they shrank from his com
partnership lie got a good many disdainful
names. too, from them 1.-The fIlGr, "the
pions one and divers such psoudonyms, in
consequence of his hypocritcal zeal in church
matters. In former days his blasphemies
had been 50 rank and blatant that it had
been threatened that be should expatiate
hem in the hoguega, the burning place Of
tne inquistion in front OF san Diego. whore
now run the leofy walks Of the pleasant Ala
media Such 2 menace from the holy Office
might we'll intimidate tho braVest man
i'm those DAYS, and Domingo Sau ~
was no hero He hastenel 10 feigll serious
frame of mind, 10 pretend conversion and
repentance. aud to perform all the churchly
Offices to avert the realization OF the sinister
prophecy. By day and by night he wore
cross on his bosom, and as regularly as the
lav rolled around, he attended mass like any
i..otee II was this spurious piety, perhaps,
.u4f was most Gistasteful to those VINO should
Iqye been the associates OF Sarraza, but IL
was not altogether cowardice that kept him
N the path be followed, although this had
been the original impciing motive. 1t was at
church that the DANES and damseis Of Mexico
assenbled most freely, and IN church or Oh
the way thence or thither that they were
most easy Of access for the utterance Of an
initiative gallantry or the rendering Of
tentative missive By no means the fewest
of Domingo SaITaza's adventures had be
fallen since lie had adopted his new mode OF
ite. and he grew, If such thing were posi-
ble. daily more corrupt and evil, N view or
the immunity he enjoyed, protected by his
cloak OF pious seeming
Thus 10 was that when lac saw BeatrH de
MILAN first at san Hipolito his fayoritc
field of prey. be lost 10 time IN following the
beautiful girl, in whose sarb lie recognized
The stamp Of obscurity and poverty. He
vas indeed, somewhat abashcd or startled
when his quarry entered the abode Of Juan
le Naya. But his dismay was only momen-
sarv aud be found an extra zest IN the
bought OF despoiling and deiiling the hearth
If the Saiutlicst man IN Mexico. From that
lay. Sarraza lived only for the conquest OF
Eeatriz de MILAN. Ii seemed 10 him, in the
first instance, that the undertaking would BE-
IN easy one, in view OF the youth OF the girl,
her extreme beauty, that argued vanity and
facile inclination, beside the advanced age or
ner only protector and her exposed situation