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"SitS NuuudluJurn IS placed on the
boundary line between the hot and
cold lands.
The Ccrro del Col, n kind of extinct
volcano. the peak of TcQuila. and be.
hind this melancholy looking mountain
complete chain of rugged hills hem.
ming In the Rio Tololotlan compose
the sombcr looking nmphitheater which
screens the capital of the state Of ia.
hsco on the north. But upon the banks
or th' Tololotlan prevails another at.
mosph,"c, and the traveller finds him.
self in the region of the terra caliento
where citron trees and bananas take
the place OF oaks and pines and arid
SANDS are succeeded by fields OF sugar
canes watercd by numerous streams.
Bciore the era of railways, when the
phrase fcrro carril was an uncouth one
ana incomprchcnsiblc to all save the
padres, the Pearl Of the West was the
queen Of the entire rich western coast
or Mexico. Even today she lifts her
ivory towers, her mass of shining
zones ana morcsque minarets with
sweet pride. For the skies toward
which she lifts them are of such IN.
dance rs scarcely anywhere else are
to be seen even in this land of radiant
skies. Tree arched avenues lead in
every direction from Guadalajara to in.
nulneraple villages that dot the YER
dant plain on which she lies smiling.
And these villages, for all that thcy
are such mites of things, are nearly
perfect as types. Low adobe houses
straggle around three sides of the town
plaza; on the fourth side is the quaint
church (even the pueblitos, the tiniest
settlements Of all, usually have their
churches). Back of the houses are cor
rales and gardens, and back of these.
In turn, are the cultivated fields cross
ed ana recrossed by aceQuias through
winch the water comes that makes
fruitful the land. Eut alone are these
villages typical; they possess. more.
over, histories that far antedatc the
tiine when the fierce and warlike Nuno
ue GuZzman led his army into western
New Spain.
On smooth, green billow of the
land, just without one OF these puebli.
tos, are two houses. They are not al.
together like the rest; they are larger
ana more pretcntious, and standing up
there on the knoll as they do they
seem TO command the village as n
manse might command n seigniory.
one morning, something like n dou-
Die score of years ago. two horsemen
came up the willow shaded road that
leads past these houses. Their CONVEX
sation was in French. They were dis
cussing mines, intent upon specula-
tions and inyestmcntS-at least the cid.
er OF the two was. He was not q man
you would be likely to pass without
observing. There was something In the
restless, wiry, nervous expression Of
his face that made YOU wonder what
he had done. Ills companion, on tho
contrary, made you question what he
possibly could do. He was the daln-
tiest. golden haired, blue eyed mani
kin that ever stepped out Of Partisan
bandbox.
At the threshold Of the first house.
the one nearest Guadalajara, from
whence the horsemen rode, was q
young girl busily engaged in strlnging
colored beads. She was seated upon a
mat, her legs crossed in Mexican fash.
ion, and from beneath her dress peeped
two little stockingless feet. Her rebozo
had glided from her head to her shoul.
ders and from her shoulders to the
reed mat upon which she was sitting.
Mon Dieu! What n beautyW ex-
claimed the younger man. And az Il.
midity was not the principal defect ta
the character Of this cavalier he po-
litely took off his hat caused the row.
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the sides of his steed, and the animal
reared and curveted in his most ele-
CANT manner before the porch Of the
house.
The movement was so unexpected
that the girl uttered q cry Of terror and
started to her feet. The next moment
the horse had thrown its rider. He lay
sense!nss on the road, having struck
his temple on n stone.
When Berrendo Oajaca, the master
Of the house, had been called, when
the unconscious young man had been
brought under cover Of his roof and
everything that hospitality could sug-
gest had been done, Henry Beausoleil
went on his way to San Pedro. His
host had told him of doctor whom he
would find there, and 1t was nearer
than Guadalajara.
bah" he n uttered angrily to him
self. what milksop that fellow isI'
He referred to his Hhilom companion.
Then he added with chuckle: "He 10
the one whom his money manipulates.
am the one who manipulates his
Poney."
Which was true enough. Beausoleil
was Claude Catou's agent, and he had
sent his fortune out In all directions.
For the most part 1t came back with
considerable booty In the way Of per
centage. 1t dipped into every transac-
tion In the state Of Louisiana New Or
leans was Catou's birthplace), It walk
ed around In slaves, 1t fioated In boats
and 1t shaved paper.
Claude was the last representative O,
an aristocratic family who for genera
tions had married for blood and none,
together. When they were not polish
Ing and refining tho original stock
they were fertilizing and cultivatin,
their money. If 1t happened to be
case Of cousins, so much the better.
The process Of concentration, howey
er, was more favorable to the none,
than to the blood. The children ha,
grown smaller and weaker, prettie