Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-06

| gre $40 TO know who kill my peon;
he owe me thirty dollars But Chonita
she look her father in the eye. She know
! he kill him.
never speak again she say, or |
| curse my father
For forty eight year she never speak
! She dumb, byd--n, she dumb She called
! La Beata Muda'-the blessed one, dumb
Plenty man come to marry Chonita,
but she shake the head. Then Don Mar
cos he get angry. He say, by d--n, Cho-
nita, you get married anyhow, and when
you have baby you speak then, by d-n.'
"Chonita say nothing; she get up and 90
into other room and come back with knife.
The proposer, he change face. He say
TO Don Marcos, 4 very tired; l go home
and take ieetie sleep He right, rich
wife very good, but wife with knife d-n.
Husband can't keep awake all time. Plenty
come to marry Chonita, but all go way.
Atterwhile, no more, By d-n, come.
When Don Marcos he see that Chonita
not speak for one year, he go to her and
call her pet name and ask her what he can
do. She neveransweF. One day she bring
in d-n piece granite, very fine stone gran
tie, last all time. She give it TO her father
and then she point finger to Campo Santo'
Don Marcos understand. He call Don
Miguel, his mayordomo, he say to him:
Don Miguel, go get stone of this kind
rock and put it on grave of Juan el Peon.'
This Don Miguel do. He very patient with
his patron.
"A few days after on the Day of San
Juan, the twenty-fourth June, l come
here. see Chonita with hoe cleaning the
ground, round Juan's grave l run up,
hnf 4 -
say: No, no. do it, She give me dol
lar and do it. Poor Chonitat Pobrecita!
Then she take hammer and small piece
iron and cut on rock. She cut very bad,
very slow She no can see, poor Chonita,
that the reason so bad cut, eyes all lake of
sorrow by d-n. Then l say help. She
say mo- with her hand. All day she work,
then see: In memory Of Juan Ell Peon.
BY friend All, poor girl, so sorrowfpl.
Every year she come here San Juan Day
and give me a dollar Then every year on
Todos Santos Day she come here and put
roses on Juan's grave, Fifty-one year
clean this grave Forty. year she
give me dollar each year Then she die.
clean the same lose three dollar, but
l clean the same. When man do thing
for forty-eight year, by d-n no can stop, no
| lose dollar each time, but 90 on. Ipoor |
old man and | loss dollar, but 90 on, by |
d-n. / lose dollar"
He looked earnestly at Arthur, straight |
at him.
Poor Chonita, she dead now, no one |
clean grave but me, three year lose dollar, |
three dollar, but clean grave all same. |
lose three dollar, five dollar ten dollar, I
clean grave all same"
Arthur could not well afford TO throw |
away money, but the old mans faithful |
innocent steadfastness won him, and he |
gave the Mexican a dollar. He was so
grateful that Arthur opened the leather
case and handed him the flask and a cup.
He took three drinks before Arthur could |
get them back.
"Ah, cognac," he said. "Bueno, you
want to hear more storyp he.asked
yes" Arthur said.
"Then make contract, every story, one
drink"
every we'll"
he turned around, and pointing TO the
grave next to Juan's, he said
This grave Ghonita's. tell you that
story already. Give me a drink"
Arthur was so astonished by his sudden
ness that he acceded. Then the sexton
moved oil three PAGES, Arthur followed.
"One day" continued the old man, "a
poor farmer, Pedro Moreno, he return, by
d-n, from trip for lost mule and find his
wife Celsa in bed sick. She look at him
On sweetly, then turn down the clothes
and show him three little newborn baby
He, very angry with establishment, say
quick:
"'What you do that forY
she look at him, poor Celsa, then turn
and look at the newborn baby, then shu;
her mouth and die. She buried here. Give
me drink"
It struck Arthur that this story was
very short, but he gave him his drink.
Her husband, Pedro Moreno, seeing his
wife dead. 1t broke his heart for cruelty,
and he die, too. Here his grave, give me a
rink"
Arthur became suspicious, but the Mex.
can said contract" so he gave him his
rink, and the sexton continued:
Poor leetle dear, three leetle newborn
)aby, no father, no mother, no sister, no
friend, but one old horse mule, they toe
lie. All buried here. Give me a drink" ,
If the sexton had not been generous, in
lis way, and given the triplets one grave,
Arthur would have broken the contract,
,ut he weakened and acceded.
"These grave here" the old man went
IN, pointing to the mounds to his right.
mo got story, only dead. Fools, by d-n,
o die, and no leave story. Come over
here, | tell you very fine dead story, I
cry good. Good enough for two drink.
tive me first now"
Arthur did so.
The sexton sat on the corner of the sar-
ophagus and became buried in thought.
Arthur looked over his head and saw the Z
GLOWING inscription In old German text )
ut on a fiat marble tablet:
.'''''''"''''''.'''' ss''sss.ss.s..s..
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
/. Of
: ADOLPHE MEYER
Erected nv his (,arrnar, fr{upd, L. a.