The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28

man..
well, when you get to be a man
what thcn?"
Il shall marry you first Of ALL And
then | shall so far into the immense
forests of the mountains there"-ho
pointed to the distant peaks of the Cor.
dlllera, beyond which lie Topic and
San Blas-"and | will hunt and hunt
and hunt
The boy broke off for ., moment TO
listen to the wind playing delicately In
the branches of the tree nbove him, a
rapt expression on his handsome,
swarthy face. Did he hear his Indian
forbcars calling "Yo,hi-ouanw
Yes, and l will sleep on bed of
grass, | will follow the traces OF the
stag and the jaguar, p
But what will you do with me-"
chimed In Llama, the feminine In her
asserting Itself She stu. pei her stir
ring and dropped her stick. She let her
little chin fall into her clay so.led
hands and looked at him wondcringly.
"Oh," said Inocencia, laughing and
forgetting "Yo-hl-ouan," 81 shall buy
you home In gay Guadalajara. Would
you IKE best that it should be near the
great quadrangle of the Plaza de Ar
mas, where the military band plays, or
close to the governors palace, where
the fowerS are so beautiful, or next TO
the big cathedral, where they burn q
million llghtsY
why, lnocencio" exclaimed Llama
admiringly. And then she added. I
thlnk should like best to be near the
uear Santuaria." She rubbed her pref
" cheek up and down his arm afTec-
tionately. Because, you know. l love
1t So"
For several years now tho good padre
nao peen taking her and Inocencio
!nere on the feast Of Guadalupe to 1oin
In the fiesta Of the people. The vast
nave OF the Santuaria, crowded with
kneeling forms, and the dazzling splen-
dor or the white and goll altar had
quite stolen away the child's warm re.
liglous soul.
Inc children went on playing quiet.
~ Tor few moments, each busy with
separate thoughts, until Llama inter.
rupted the silence.
Yes, l love the Santuarin, and Il
would be kind of you to buy me n
mouse close to it, But, nc / should
want to go with you, InocencIo. Grun5.
rather will be old and withcred then
and only have two teeth left. Oh, no:
should want to so with you, decid.
edly"
You couldn't, into the deep forests
Xou are n girl" remarked Inocencio
dryly.
Liana's lip trcmbled for a second.
Then she rcjoined with a dainty tri-
umph in her voice:
"Ah well, perhaps shall not want
to marry you at allr'
1t was at this juncture that InocencIo
hau brought his lips together I'm a mas
terfui' grim fashion-a fashion which
he had and which grandmother saw
sometimes but seldom Llama.
There is no use in many words.
like them not. But am going to mar.
ry you"
The next evening, when the padre
came to hear their lessons and thew
were rated around the little table with
the Kerosene lamp In the center, Llama
INFORMED his reverence that Inocencio
had spoken to her "muy NAL"
The padre pulled face, and. draw
ing the boy close to him, whispered
something in his ear.
lnocencio smiled and stood uncertain
Tor moment, tapping his forehead
significantly.
He Is going to beg your par0oa In
laglish.' the padre explained.
Then came Inoccncio's rich. mellow
voice, with childish treble in It:
"Niees, l ask of you par-dn. Zee hands
I kiss OF you"
isn't the English tongue funny, pa
drc?" laughed Llama mcrrly. MAY
learn 1t too? III study hard"
No wonder they loved tn, good padre
Of their little pueblo. He VAS a man
into whose being something better
than mere scholarship had passed
woodcraft and weather wit, the friend
ship OF animals and delicate Sympa-
thy with the life OF childhood. The
gentlcness of his manner contrastcd
oddly with the bigncss Of his physique.
And he was quite content to spend his
days in his humble little corner Of the
earth. He was too fastidious as well
hlnglng up Of caps In the street.
Yes, the Padre Antonio was one of
the Elisha kind as against the Elijahs,
one OF the sort that heal bitter waters
with n handful Of salt make poisonous
pottage wholesome with little meal.
find quiet, simple ways to deliver poor
widows from their creditors and So.
cure homes for orphans. In the pocket
of his cnsSock you could always find q
deck OF cards, but that was only for
the game of solitaire. Ills sacristan
and servant, old Jose. had carved him
a sort OF card table out of the trunk of
tree, and instead of going off with
his pipe or his cigar, his flute or his
guitar, as other padres did, he would
so to his little table and have his game
Of solitaire.
Several years before he had said to
Berrcndo and Cristino: "Thc little ones
are bright. They ought to go to
school," And the two old men half to
themselves had responded in hopeless
tones:
ISL, padre" Neither Of them had cv.
er done that.
"There's fine stun I'm both of those
children, and there's no reason why |
shouldn't teach them myself. ! Will"
So spoke the padre alone Il few hours
later to his cards
And ever since then he had been true
TO his word At first he had begun by