El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-24

weary and took no further note of
anything that TRANSFERRED. until all at
once. as we were nearing San Miguel.
the general and his party seemed on
the outlook for something. Present
ly all stood up. and gentleman came
hurrying from the smoker and ad-
dressing himself to the general ex-
claiming: There it is. there it is. gen.
eral," They were all now looking out
of my window. |. too, looked. and
what | saw at first, appeared only to
be some little adobe ruins. some dis
tance back from the railroad track
which. at first glance. did not appear
to me as anything of importance; as
to view or fine scenery there was none.
Upon inquiry. | learned that it was
the ruins of the "Old Mission" more
than three hundred years old. AS l
leaned forward in my seat to get bet
ter view. l saw the walls were all
crumbled down. AS my eye took in
the panorama before me. / became
deeply interested. To the general it
was of interest. as he had camped on
the ground thirty years before, when
the ruin was intact or nearly so. AS
l looked. l became greatly agitated
Before me was the scene of my dream.
l called old Auntie to me and pointed
out the ruin, and told her that was the
scene portrayed to me in my dream
at eight years of age and again at
thirty. She looked up at me OPEN
eyed and mouthed and mumured soft
ly under her breath: For de Lawd's
sake. honey. am you never done goin'
to get thro' thinkin' oh dat dere
dream?'
In second | was turning over in
my mind how to reach and explore
the ruin. There were our tickets
through to California. which were linn
tied. Thought with me means action.
/ touched the bell. and when the por-
ter came. l requested that he send the
conductor to me. On ascertaining that
he was unable to give us a stop-over,
requested that he have our baggage
put off at Albuquerque. at which point
again heard old Auntie murmur.
For de Lawd's sake, honey"
The Dream Realized.
1t was dark when we reached AL
buquerque. so l decided TODD nothing
that night. but the next morning, I
was up at daylight. and went myself
in search of the livery. 1t was some
distance back to the ruin. which lay
near the Station Glorieta. So I deter
mined to leave Helen and the child
rem at the hotel, and only Auntie and
| went on that long drive. accompanied
by the guide. l had noted a small
inn at the ruin. SO we put up at this
| told the driver to put his team out |
that we would start back about three |
or four O'Clock. as it would then be |
cool. | found that We could hire a |
horse and buggy at the inn, so 1 bor- !
rowed hammer and other tools. and |
and | drove to the old ruin, |
which We proceeded to explore. There |
were spider webs all over the walls |
On brushing these away. l saw a little |
raise or seam in the lower left-hand |
corner of the outer wall pressed |
this. and it seemed to give. Having |
nothing to fear gave the wall hard |
knock with the hammer, and as the !
dirt crumbled away and in something
gave a metallic ring. With my heart
in my mouth. | looked up at old Aun-
tie. and all the answer she deigned |,
me was. For de Lawd'S sake. honey"
felt my knees shake and tremble.
Was my dream after all prophetic and
about to be realized? 1t was only for
A few moments that l paused. Action
was imperative. | did not want pass
srs-by to see us or create any suspi-
:ion- So I went to work again with
vim. and hammered and pounded, and
in opening space in the
wall some three feet square. | then
sat down to rest and old Auntie drew
out the loose dirt that had fallen in
the opening. This done, We could see
A heavy slab. In prying this out there
seemed to be a bed of moss or leaves,