The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

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they were fertilizing and cultivating
their money. If it happened to be
case of cousins, so much the better.
The process Of concentration, howev-
er, was more favorable to the money
than to the blood. The children had
grown smaller and weaker, prettier
and punier, fewer and fewer, genera
ton after generation. This last repre-
sentative of the race had got to that
pass intellectually when he had to buy
all the business ability he required. .
His agent, Beausoleil, had business
ability to sell and OYER.
Down in the depths of her Aztec
blood Ouelle had superstitious faith
| in the coming again Of Montezuma. /
| She knew that when the god returned
| it would be with, the rays of the rising
sun, and as the blond young fellow
| had lain there in the road for few
moments in the early morning sun
/ light he had indeed appeared to her as
a god. Il
When finally he opened his eyes, she
was standing by the door watching
him, one arm half raised and resting
on the sill, her body partly turned, as if
arrested. The position showed the
beautiful lines of her 1.-the figure. He
looked at her dreamily and tried to
raise his he'll, but he could not. Then
the girl moved slowly toward him. as
1 though fascinated by his look, and gaz-
ed into his eyes as a little child might,
II am so sorry that my scream
frightened the senor's horse" The
voice was as melodious as that of the
cenzontle. the Mexican nightingale.
Catou had sprained his ankle, it APP
peared, and in the weeks that follow
ed Beausoleil came to, see him daily.
But he never staid long. He was dis
gusted with the whole affair, he said.
) His opinion, however made little diff
. ference to Claude, who was in the
habit of doing as he pleased. An agent
. was paid for managing business af-
j, fairs, nothing else.
Young Montezuma meanwhile had
won the heart of the stout, middle
: aged sonora by commissioning Beau
soliel to fetch her the most gaudy dress
: pattern to be found in all Guadalajara.
T. and he had become a great parsonage
J. very great parsonage indeed-to the
' little brown faced children because he
a had hidden his agent never to forget
to bring them dulces. Berrendo Oajaca
! also liked him because he spoke the
n Spanish ''muy galante." But with
t Ouelle it was acknowledgement diff
: ferent.
a pnr nrlHn VIC ~
I garden. by the acequia planting a mag
l. nolia tree The sonora had just reach
n ed up and seized one of number OF
II chickens perched beneath the roof o.
G the jacal She was wringing it's necE
# with view to supper. Ouelle wa:
It preparing the American senior some
e coffee. He liked it often.
e The senior. for his part, lay back II
l. his chair. his ankle nicely bandaged
j. watching the door leading to the kitch
IL en-. which from time to time Ouell
would pass.
e. In some strange way he could no
N understand, and yet, which seemed pei
a fectly natural to him. he longed to re
lg main here, away from the fuss an
fret and fume. the noise and complex
h. ty of things. He was tired of whit
ID kid gloves and evening clothes. Wha
20 claims had New Orleans on hin
IL Claude lCatou? Death. who had a
he ways been hanging around the corne
with pistol or a knife or sailing u
x the Mississippi with cargo of yelloN
IT, fever or cholera, had robbed him of a
in his people AS to his business affair
. n IA 10 r
w. course 1t was farcical for him even
st attempt to NEEDLE in their manag
al ment. Besides
le- Ouelle entered the room with GU
he of coffee and a flask of cognac. 81
placed the tray on table at his sid
ed He touched her hand and her liz
nd parted as though to speak. Her Il
mt Their coming in at this moment ST
ay turned away and sank in huddle
elk heap on the floor near the door of tt
kitchen.
Ter Berrendo was in something of an
en- humor He had not been all this tin
en- planting his magnolia tree, it appea
nd ed. He had been quarreling aga
lg- with his neighbor, Cristno Miguel.
ell Now, Berrendo and Cristino We're Il
lis closest of comrades. When the detes
he ed Americanos had invaded their cou
rer try, they had fought together and ST
fered loss of property together Al
IN since those days but one discord eV
81" had iostled upon their harmonic
on. friendship This discord came in t
!. is shape of chickering's over the right
.es. the water which reached Berrendt
his land only after having crossed a tie
of Cristino.
leil Usually these wrangles were of
,ad good natdred sort. But today decide
ms. ~, Berrendos temper had got the I
18th per hand. He tried to explain to {
,er- tou: *
no. "He Misunderstanding to Cristi
Or Miguel-"that because his people ha
Xix. handed him down as treasure |
ots ter addressed, al Senior Don Mig,
Hidalgo y Costilla. Parocco del Puel