The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02


So Mary came, and Dora and her hus-
band and the Sedgeleys watched hel
every morning when she sat in the sun
on the sand with the baby on her lap.
She would take handful of sand, and
holding it as high as she could reach
she would let it slip through her fin
gers, and when the child laughed she
would laugh, too, and clap her hands.
She became feature Of the beach life
of Santa Barbara. Every ono watched
for the coming of the tall young savage
and the fair haired child The young
men from New York who are the stars
in the play life that goes on in the place
every winter-an existence that is nc
more like real life than the Santa Bar
bara winter is like real winter-and
who are very pretty editions de luxe OF
the Mexican vaquero, with their broad
sombreros, their silver trimmed saddles,
their rawhide brides and diabolical
Mexican bits, and their spurs weighed
down with silver chains-even they
looked at her as they rode up and down
on the beach.
'Niva and l have been looking at the
most beautiful creature in Santa Bar
bara, s" said Dora as her husband and
Niva's came up to her high cart
NOW | know you are talking about
Dora's fad,'' Robert said. ga month
ago, the most beautiful thing would
have signifed the most wonderful baby
in the world, but now-the truth is,
Dora enjoys being on pedestal Per-
haps she has never been on one before
except for the short time that she occu-
pied one of my making great many
years ago before we were married. But
now she has become sort Of supernat-
ural being in Mary's eyes. I assure you,
she is father, mother and father confess
or all in one There are no bounds to
her devotion. l am sure she would slay
one of her small brothers without a pang
if Dora ordered the sacrifice.
''An uncomfortable sort of response
bility, y muttered Niva.
Eyes" Dora said, and hate that.
Ihate responsibility, and abhor posing,
and my part in this is deadly pose. "
"She is undeniably pretty" said
Niva's quiet husband, land that New
York fellow, your friend Dulaney over
there, seems to think so too. "
"She is beautiful, y insisted Dora
''She is, muttered Niva again, dan
gerously beautiful. y
What Robert England said was all
true. Mary gave Dora her worship, and
there was jealousy III the adobe home of
Mary S mother and hot battles for Mary.
1t is for the American woman and her
che child that you desert your mother, -
stormed Carmen. we are nothing to
you now, with a sweep of her hand in
Guiding half a dozen very frightened
looking little rats of children. Mary
was thinking all the time that she did
not like scolding mothers and brothers
and sisters who were unpleasant and
very dirty.
Antonio, y insisted Carmen to the
big Mexican, her husband, who sat
smoking his pipe with great callnness,
tell the girl that she cannot leave the
house; that she shall never see the
American woman's face again.
81 am going now," Mary said. &C
shall never leave my sweet lady until
she tells me to go. She needs me. She
has told me that she needs me-"
'fShe has taught my daughter to dis
obey her mother. You shall not go. 1t
is my right, the obedience of my chill
drenp' screamed Carmen.
But by this time Mary was running
down the street laughing. The big An
tonic went ON smoking and the neigh
bors came out Of their houses to see Car
men and her unruly child.
Come backp' shouted the mother.
But Mary always turned her laugh
ing head and cried, ''No, nop'
May I tell you all about it?' Mary
said one morning.
"All about what?'' asked Dora, and
Mary cried: "Oh, the most wonderful
thing has happened, the most magniti-
cent thing. My cousin, who is a widow,
mourns no longer. Her house is a fine
place, as big as these two rooms. The
floor Of her house is not like the earth
floor of the house of my father. 1t is a
floor Of boards, all smooth planks. Last
night my cousin came out of her mourn
ing. A great dance she gave to us all.
If you could see our Spanish dances
We have egg shells-hollow, gilded egg
shells. And, you see, we are to break