Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27
DUANITO
By Edith Wagner

now the lttle family was going home
70 one % the Indian villages near Che
lulA Hundreds % such groups were
scattered along the road Maria was
running Il 8 httle cog trot. carrying
s. her -ebo-o. or her back. Jesus. Jose.
TIE fAthe-. was solemnly seated on n
pile Of garden stuff OF the hack Of the
l.ssls bu-ro. Tagging L little behind
the mother came Jua-sto.
They al had heavy burdens. On the
mothers hack beside the hahv. WA q
load o. corr. and her arms poc-r full %
o66iv shaped ard painted ea-then 5ars
z7t baskets There WIS 70 outward
1rE visible evidence q the fathers load.
but 70 CO him justice IL was 50 great
y was unable 20 walk with T. Maria
wore for & si,i-s length o. dark blue
cloth that came - her ankles, wrapped
tightly about her back and hips with q
Few folds ~ front Twisted around her
vuirt was re usual re6 cotton sash
Partly covering The upper hRlt CT her
BODY vEs a uhiic chemiEe. the yoke ard
rhc-- slreves o-nAnen,sd with beads %
~ and black On her hSs6 she had
TIE tzu straw hat thss the Indian Won
necklace. Al the In6sa- women are
clothed he sane. The difference being
= quality % material and degree Of
eieHnEness.
The country people A Mexico ha~e
70 childre-'s modes. The little people
looi Ike r-own-up people seen through
the wrong end q AZ oPcra-Elass-
5uursto. With round. Ia, brown face.
white teeth. big mouth. and cves
Which shore stur-ElKe from out a mop
q black hair. wa dressed exactly Like
his tn1he- IL shirt and long Trousers @
urhlearhed cotton With a I'D sash 20
hcld his cic-hes I'D A leather baad
vert round liz forehead and supported
The pack be ca--ied--a large enough
burden fo- 80 we bcv. II one htfle
hzr6he carried his conical hat Of coarse
s--zu- with the other. a. he trurted
slo1g. Re t-i-d 20 shift r. load biz
ar So relieve hsuself Re did - slvly.
Co. he cd not vruuf rs father 70 think
lie wa 1oi a b,r IA Indeed be was
Ae would 10 Eve ir few 6ays-ard -
was going 90 have q present OF rs
saints dus witch WA also his birthday
Ee ccllc Go as he wished with &. A
re-tAvc-a Whole ce1s 20 spend on him
Sc
Whist rpould he buy With his cent,
Re hs6 turze5 Il over and over many
times p his ru6imeuta-y brain he
Aekitszed between Al es--hen gu-ose,
viii q whistle 81 The heck. and q culce
like ou- rock candy. The goose
would b AZ ephene-z ting AZ besr.
although the whistle-ay. Dee bat
1hSz whistle could Be hear6 y Edioneter.
- TIN O. he hand however. and a.
w1s zone. There are kites which Slng
~her they get Up 81 the air, but, Doe
e m alma, what inches are osceKsary
-Four certsvos for tie kite and ore for
She string. lie had thought carefully
Re eOcic buy The string a. once and
81 che ktt 81 four more saints days
FOR surely lie would 20 or having then
and Il wsE likely Dons Tnes would a.
~sys remember them 70. So.
Atier az. the drlce wa best
Fla face grew broociDg "a he built
BIS cesz1s-1ounded Or cent His
sno1her Ehorid have q suck-two sucks
a. fset- The baby could lick Il. and
<ito. lie burro. brt his father. 10.
Tor ozly yesterday had he b@eten hin
sof getting 100 nauek water or the clzg
80 make the oilax BE closed his eyes
Il ecstasy; properly managed. 10
eaD6y. which was o. the durability o
olc red sandstone Or the quartz & great
~ reSenb.ed. should last. BY bekinl
6elic2tsly and sucking with rnocera
s1oz. until smother birthday
The sun was throwing its long, gold
en- lsnces across the plain Of CholEla
with SIS scores % church towers. III
family had finished the supper Of fr'
3oleS and torfiIias. risen from ia
spring. By the wsyside. and resume
Sta Journey AZ before. the father sef
5ogging along on THE burro; IN
mother running beside. bending fo'
ward from her load- Juanito, as al
short legs grew more weary. fell fsrths
behind The mother locked over be
shoulder several times, but she felt n
Uneasiness. for Il had happened Def0r
That. betng TOO tired 20 60 on 4
Pedrito had taken hin 20 his 5ac'
on his burrO and brought hir1home
The morning
The road made . sudden dip. On on
baud was . deep berraDcs fsteep n
v1ne) the sides covered with shru'
and eiose growth ypsptto. boy INK
swas seeing bow far he could trot aior
she verge without losing his baisno
He WA e. sure-*ooted IS . mule. but
long sespeDsine root, the same a.
eplse - the soil. caught he foot in
1o0p. snd 81 Moment ~ ~,71 t.sfs<z
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