The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27

beloved chicken, in his battle when ] VIII
be away? All. / remember! The Don Jose
Miguel will Go. He Is skillful Of cocks OF
the game. Also he has bet money on Juars
ez. SO he will! be faithful. Therefore, to-
morrow. my children. we will go to the
Donna Annals house. There l will tell you
the story of the Senior Juan."
THE hacienda TuIorosa is twenty miles
back further in the hills. The padre. the
law-sharp an ire is started before sunups
an d good road gait fetches US to the has'
cienda Tulorosa in Il couple OF hours. It's
the sort of u ranch a high-grade Mexican
with a strong bank roll would throw up. It's
built all round a court. with a flower gar
den an a fountain In the center. As We
comes up I observes the old Magdalena pro-
jectin' about the main door Of the casa,
st!rrin' up some lazy peonies to their daily
tOil-which. to use the word toll, however, In
connection with a greaser. Is plumb sarca0si
tie. The padre leads us into the casa, ans
the bitter-lookin' Magdalena hustles 10
some grub. after which We smoke q Bit
Then the padre gets up an leads the way.
"'"Come. my children" says the padre1
II will show you the graves. Then you shall
hear what there Is OF the Senior Juan an
the Donna Anna"
It's a setback continues Enright, -
he signals the barkeep to remember why
he's thar: it's shorely a disaster tina some
book-instructed gent like Poets or Colonel
Sterett don't hear this padre when he makes
them revelations that day. Not that ]
Overlooks a bet. or don't recall 'eIn none. bus
I amt upholstered with them elegancies Of
diction needed to do 'em jestice now. Ny
language Is roode an corrupted with year4f
Of sech surrounding as cattle an kyardss
It's too deeply freighted with the slang 81
the plains an the faro banks to onfurl .,
tale Of love an tenderness as the occasions
demands. OF course. I can read an write
common weekday print. but when thars .
call for more In mighty near as illit'rato
that Away as Bogss. But to resoomss
As much as I can, I'll give the padre In his
own words. He takes us out. as I states
onder q huddle Of pine treea. where thar's
two graves side by side. an with a big cross
Of wood standin' syard at the head. Thar's
quite a heap o rocks. about as big as your
shet hand. heaped up on EN-. It's the Mex
leans does that. Every greaser who goeo
by says a prayer an losses a rock on the
grave. When we-alls Is camped comfortas
Bile the padre begins.
"''"This Is that which was with the SenoD
Juan and the Donna Anna" he says. They
adored each other with their hearts. It Wa
many months ago when. from the Pla4A
Perdita, they came together here to The
Donna Annals house. the hacienda Tulorosas
Who was the Donna Anna? Her mothea
was an Indian. a Navajo. and the child Of 6
head man. Her father was the Senior RAJ
vel, a Captain he was: and the AmericanoD
slew him at Bueno Vista. No. they were
not married, the father and the mother Of
the Donna Anna. But what then? There
are more children than weddings in Mexico.
Also. the mother OF the Donna Anna was Q
Navajo. The Captain Ravel long age
brought her to the hacienda Tulorosa for
her home-her and the Donna Anna. But
the mother lived not long. for the Indian
dies in a house. This is years gone by. and
the Donna Anna always lived at the casa
Tulorosa.
"''rNo. the Senior Juan and the Donno
Anna do not marry. They might: but The
Senior Juan became like a little chiid-S
muchachito. This was within a few dayos
after he came here. Then he lives until ten
days ago. but always . little child.
"'"When the Senior Juan is dead, tho
Donna Anna sends for me. The Senior Juan
is ready for the grave when I arrive. Is 70
to bury him that I conner I ask. NO; It b
to bury me- says the Donna Anna All
she was very beautiful. the Donna Anna
You should have seen her. my children.
the Senior Juan Is laid AWAY
the Donna Ami tells me all. He came, the
Senior JUAN says the Donna Anna. and I
gave him all my love. But In a day he was
to have gone to his home. far away with
~. A~Aptoa-na Thnv .s-n,yJ NV
him nor hear him. and my soul would
starve and die. There, too. was Il senorita,
an Americana: she would have my place.
What. father. could I do? I gave him the
loco to drink; not much. but It was enough. Z
Then his memory sank and sank, and he
forgot the senorita Americans: and he re-
membered not to go away to his home. ana
he became like q little child with me. Tha
good loco drove every one from his heart
and all from his mind-all save me. the Don
ma Anna. I was the earth and the life -
him. And SO. night and day. since he came
until he dies. my arms and my heart have
been about the Senior Juan. And I have
been very. very happy with my muchachitss
the Senior Juan. Yes, I knew he would gos
because none may live who drinks the locaL
1t would be months. and I did not care
He wO0lQ DC mine, ever my OWus tn0 Seu08
Juan: for when he died. could I not die and
follow him? We were happy these months,
the flowers and the fountain and each
other. I was happier than he; for I was
like the mother and he like . little child.
It was much peace with love. And We
will be happy again Tomorrow, when I %
he waits to meet me-. Padre. you are
10 remain one day and see that I I'm burie0 4
the Senior JUAN
"'"rhen." goes on the padre. Il say "a
the Donna Anna: II you are to seek The
Senior Juan you will first kneel In pray&
and in confession. and have the paftinD
rites of the church, But the Donna NM 1
would not. I Will go as went the 6enoA
Juan.' she says: else I may lind anotha1 .
heaven and We may not meet No. could !
move the Donna Anna from her ~res3.utiVn.
The Senior Juan je a hereto and must now !
% in perdition.' I say. Then will !. too. 20
here replies the Donna Anna for 70
must be together, I and the Senior Juan. He
9 mine and I will not give him up to W
lone with the fends nor with the ANGELA
10 say no more to the Donna Anna u the ]
.hurch.
"'"On the day to follow the burial OF the i
Tenor Juan It Is in the afternoon when the
Donna Anna comes to me. Father 1h0
I come to say m adios. When the 4
Jour Is done you will seek me by the Eravo