San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-20
Written for the LIGHT
AN AZTEC HEIRLOOM.
BY REBA GREGORY PRELAT.

an now, anu WIFI WlublhB ohii0
she accosts in Latin an unpromising
group of Aboriginees.
"Into thy stately portals may l en-
ter and feast mine eyes on the beauty
of thy children" she observes In di.
rect quotation from Virgil.
1.-The woman looks delighted Isl
Sonora" she answers, and brings
hide bottom chair.
"You shall not sit down." her bro
ther.ip law proceeds, but he might as
we'll have addressed the wind.
"Of thy viands may L purchase and
partake?" Sadie queries next produc-
ing purse to act as assistance inter-
prefer.
"They make and sell candy for q
living" Harry explains to her. Let
me buy you some, and then for deav-
ems sake come away"
mo 1 am quite domesticated now"
she answers teasingly. 81 am going
to count the dogs, and learn all the
chiIdren's names. Is the candy good?
1 don't seem as it it could
be. Round cakes of brown
sugar with nuts stuck around ICON
amore." Gall Bella and Mr.. Foster
to taste it."
Harry fails to produce them. Call
ing is of no use, Sadie. They have
disappeared. Foster don't propose to
call upon all the greasers in town
this morning. We don't associate
with such, unless you are here"
Really, Harry, that Is delicious,
you are often delicious" mon frere,
without meaning to behave little
of this candy, it is horrid but L am
eating it from sense of duty
officially in the spirit of an ex-
plorer.
IT am glad Mr.. Foster has taken
Bella off. Young people can enjoy
themselves so much better without
the constant presence of their
elders.
Harry begins to see through a glass
darkly-So Mrs. Dunlapp has been
playing into Fosters hands. He re-
mem bers what an outrageous little
flirt she was as girl herself. He
speaks peremptorily.
sadie, you must be careful what
you do-Foster is q friend of mine;
a splendid fellow, but not up to any
of the modern Irritation lodges.
Bella don't look like that sort of
thing, either, but would advise her
not to try 1t on. Foster would not
have been able to stand you at Bella's
age four years ago."
Sadie laughs-a merry contagious
peal, so musical that her stern rela.
live-in- law half way joins in.
"Of course not" Mr.. Foster likes to
do most of the talking himself 80 that
is what Bella needs. She would not
fiirt. She Is so sincere and noble and
straight forward -and-and-poky!
II am going back to the hotel" Mr..
Dunlapp announces presently, as a
distinct interruption to Sadies CLASH
cal illusions, which she had resum'
ed in the candy maker family.
Are you?" she responds politely;
81 am not"
He waits patiently another quarter
of an hour.
"Sadie 1 am going back to the
hoteln
81 would my dear, with the great
est pleasure, but it would be such a
waste of the raw material. Frank
would never take any notice and that
would exasperate me-"
Our friends found that the train
was to reach their last stopping place
on the Rio Grande, at IL p. m.
II wanted to reach Eagle Pass by
daylight" Bella cried. How dread
full to miss the last five hours
scenery"
Sadie, with her absolute good ma
ture, insisted on looking upon the
bright side of things.
"Notbing could have suited me
better. The subdued radiance Of q
Pullman car just goes with my COM
plexion. Then we shall have quite
enough to do IN getting over the in
vestigation of three young men. We
can nvestigate the town in the
morning, and that will give us two
separate sensations"
They won't all three come in from
the ranch to meet u.s." Bella said, re-
proachfully.
Sadie laughed. "My dear girl,
Franks brother will come for the
sake.of the relationship, and Arthur
Lee from curiosity; then the last man,
that / never met, Will Foster, to
look after the other two"
Sadie had been very well upon
the journey. The new sights and
scenes amused her. AS soon as they
reached the border of Texas she be-
gan to assume q proprietary air in
the monster state. 1--WE own some
of il, you know" she said to Frank in
explanation. "But not quite all that
gentleman mildly demonstrated"
"Well enough to start quite res
pectable little state OF our own If We
wanted to" his wife replied, and
Frank felt that to see her well and
happy, he would have presented her
with the whole "E Pluribus Unum'at
once.