The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

and allowed - choose bic NE - esAss
Ths srss. city vas mot . fas away ~
they had felt 4 ~. The journey was
family helped 10 live IN . house near the
hospital There were those who had long
known the priest and were Rad % rye
OF what they had. and Estsvan ana An
selma had % little money. and they.
simple folk, thought Il part OF the inner
they wouil have shrunk ffem it-svsn
for the sake Of being near q lnocsnts-
they were only poor. honest. Industrious
people. from the hot country.
Days passed. They Wess tolA that ell
was well: they must not 80 him foe q
time. He would b . well man. the doc
tor said.
Esteyan ana I.uis hs,psd about the
house and learned 10 ewing the big
sprinkling pots to keep down the dust OF
the city street. Anoelma wore her peas
ant dress and for early misas. In the
Church Of San Miguel. added her linen
apron with its band Of drawn work In the
Vera crusano stitch. which she had made
before Luis was born ana never worn save
at festas. and her pretty brown reboso.
with widest Of fringe She made the mar
veious mats with her crochse hook In
the puma del mar stitch. and the ladies
bought them to send 20 their friends with
the story OF the knitter and the Austrian
soldier. now getting we'll after . simple
operation sk!lifully performed
There came . time when FL Inocente
was allowed to ask questions. where
were his soldier friends?" How long
had he been in the hospital?" "Were
there letters from home for himr'
The downfall Of Maximillian's Imperial
dream" his fate. and that Of his faith
full wife we're told little BY little. The
pitiful story, % old 20 the world. Was
painful. TO him In It's newness.
OF his loving protectors he knew nothing
until they were brought TO him by Padre
Palacios. the young doctor. paier than ever
from excitement, standing by.
Az he took their dark hands In his slender
white ones, and looked with clear. nrm gaze
into their loving brown eyes, poor Anseina
walled: "He ID not ours! Ay. Dios milo! he
belongs beyond the sea" Estevan crossed
himself. "Jesus! Jesus! Nadre Dc Dies.
what man he IT," he said. II have known
them In my Dreams" murmured El Ino-
cente. land they were always good ana
kind to me-"
Letters were written and Estevan. An
selma, FL Inocentc and all knew that there
was a wh!te-hzired widowed mother In Aus
tr!a mourning for = son Of whom his home
coming comrades could tell nothing more
than that he was with them when the
lighting began and not seen again.
Then the mother came. and with her
sweet Austrian maiden, fair ana fond and
true a. any man could wish. Tor she would
never give up hope until che knew that her
girlhood lover was dead.
Tho Austrian woman. tall and QueenIy.
held Anseima to her heart. and blessed her
and her husband and Luis. who marveled
greatly at the change In his foster brother.
At the pretty marriage ceremony. civil
and religious. according TO the laws OF Mex
leo. to which many came and felt them
se.ves friends. the three were proud ana
happy OF the gifts showered upon their IN
ocente. now Francis Gunner. ~ ne was
before Estevan found him and AnseIma
brought him hack to health.
The nandclasps given Dr. Milliken were
such an no one can describe who has not
felt them---who besides noble, uue-neart-
ed physician has?
Long years have passed. To Estevan
and Anselma the memory Of FL Inocente
might seem like dream were II not for
the ranchita, with It's coy home. all their
own: the lot In the pantheon where Hes
Their little Marta. theirs In perpetu'dad. and
room for them and Luis and Iupita his
wife. and their children, too.
Oncc q month there comes letter, and
Padre Palac!os. now growing old but stu
erect and noble to look upon. has long
since ceased trying 10 make Estevan and
Anseina understand why the bank Il will
INK TO give 40 many big silver dollars for
the slips OF paper sent TO them. Luis IL
sure he knows. but once when his Oldest
boy dared ask why. and he only years
old. Luis said: Because Padre Palacios
says so."--New York Times