The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-18
BY GwENDoLEN OysRION.

by the extraordinary aetiv-.
lty Of his mind. But that IN was also
half Mexican was evtnced 10 his quito
ordinary incidence OF body The priest
saw In him q promising padre, And un-
dertook bis education. The progress
Of young Morales was astonishing. His
spread. Advice was asked
OF him as trqueEtly rs Of the priest.
and those who followed Il did well,
for hls inspiration was keen common
sense and an eye 10 the main chance.
Il dawued slowly upon the padre that
his pupil was coming 10 be Of unduly
great repute, that bis own prestige was
MANAGED; and when BenitO was IN bis
twentieth year, the good father thus
addressed Linn:
my son" said he. 'yuu are now a
man. and you should play mans part
You should 20 out Into the world and
work foe the mother who has so long
supported you"
The word work" was terrible Stab
10 the heart Of Deuito But am no,
TO be a Prtes,S" he asked
NO" said tho father, plously, you
have not the spirit Of tho priest. Zoo
love the things Of this world
Where shall GOT" no asked
TO the railroad. 10 socorro, 10 SAINTS
Re, 90 Tucson, perhaps even 70 Lo.
Angeles" the priest answered. vaguely
You can grow rich chi very rtch-
n Socorro or Santa Re; you need mol
go farther For sonBo dsy you might
wish to come back to your mother. AMI
you could not DO It, maybe. II you Wer,
so far away Gs Tucson" .....
but must have money 90 60 With.
suggested BenIto.
The priest looked at him reproach
fully. Your mother sd not mex
money when she came from the sOrti
and carried yon In her arms" Beuit,
WSs silent rBut perhsP. we can &c
one dollar. or even two will go 70
day aud try to gather It for yuu- Hs~,
you no money Of your own
NO" lied Benito. glibly.
And yet" said the good father. per
picked. you have often seu paid whel
you hare given advice
Il ..-yrir' rl0ucr 20 ~ mother. d.
she not s!,-,r,e tLr; md sske,
Morales, rislteOus,y
The padre c0uDte,i. bat be Lid al
peace, 10 gathered two dollars an
twenty cent? from hls grateful foaI
and Ben!;o Morales taking that an
the ten dollars he had bcea all his W
In saving, started forth " soek b.
fortune His mother wept pincldiy 10
days ss she smoked her cigarettes O
The shady side Of 5hc LO1se or kneIt {
church and prayed md said her bod
while the swallows Ae~ bs.ck and fort
and tVitted sInoHE tie raft4rs In Tim
abe ceased 10 weep. bat Ahs talked In
eessAnuy Of her only con.
Two years passei bsfore BeDito cam
back 70 his own lie had gone In II
summer. and IN the summer he n
turnei- A drought 'Sas upon tbs Ian
In those two years there hEi bsen n
rain The priest pruyed and the I-c,
PIE supplicuted and the fgirr 81 z
Joseph was carried IN procession.
Was a wooden figure painted In mAn
coIOrs. and had been carved orr ,,inall
70 represent Napoleon. Il wore the {.
miliar eocLSd hA; and hLrh boots an
tight breeches, but !: drove a span Z
wooden oxen by green ribbon rein
and It had brought water from the skis
before this Yet now ~ influence va
81 no avail, and the crops evcu u
crop o. friioirs seemed doomed I
fail Then Benfto Morales rSturno,
Tho people. remembering his sdvic
he'd proved good % yore. nhked him DO
what they should do, Denito did M
commit himself. but he said that b
would pray. and that perchADce the Al
ger Of Heaven might be withdrawn
%, be roah expect 10 be paid II
people promised. Then BenstO WEI
into The church and bowed his plctu
esGue hood and prayed for rain. TheI
We come fHith IN his heart and nDd
sbeptieist1 On the following day
rnined. Denieo was well paid. and h
reputation far outshOne that Of q
padre
Now DenitO In his travels had va
dered 10 the furthermost Hmits Of Il
continent, even unto San Francisco ar
Los Angeles. lie had learned mu'
that the padre would not, and mud
that the padre could not have taugl
him. Among the latter was the tri'
Of hypnotlEing. 4 hypnotist had piok'
Morales up from the streets one eve
ing and had promised him so ,ents
the Mexican would help him with b
show. Morales did not know what
was, but he needed half dollar and }
went with the man. and he went agail
night after night lie observed and |
watched, and at last he determined rhi
be could do the ''treeck- as well as Il
-grir-o." lie experimental aud pra
ticed. and became. In course Of tim
fairly proficient. For Morales was
man u brains and will. The ~treeel
served 10 hmuse him and his worthle
friends. but he never thought of ,ur
ing u 10 account He was sharp enouE
70 know that no did not do II 20 well
the white man.