The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-15

said solemnly. Then he set his face in
! the direction of home and walked on
few PAGES.
The girls conscience reproached her.
She knew she was not blameless. He
/ did not seem to hear her call his name,
SO she drew near to him and laid her
hand pleadingly on his arm as one
might who has done wrong and is
/ sorry.
81 can't say just now. Life is SO
strange and confused, Inocencio. But If
j if you'll watt
She began to cry softly, her head
against his arm. He had never seen
I her in tears since she was child, and
he was helpless for words. He stroked
her hair instead.
By and by he said, II love you so
much. little one. that / must have you;
must"
How much do you love me?" She
was smiling now through her wet
lashes.
"As the fallow deer loves the forest
u. the traveller the pomegranate and
orange tree; as the still night the song
of yonder cenzontle-so love you"
And all the way home Llama was as
sweet as the last dip of cane juice from
the boiling batteries along the river
bottoms of the Ameca valley. From
that day on she stood rather more in
awe of her big lover.
San Pedro Is the little summer town
of the elite of Guadalaiara. Outside
: of the fashionable quarter lived Juan
Oaiaca. Inocenc;o's uncle. He was
sculptor by trade and modelled those
, wonderful and delicate little figures in
clay which may be seen from the City
of Mexico to Ell Paso and San Antonio.
:, Often as children his nephew and Liza
ma had gone in to see him work and
watched him by the hour On bit Of
! clay no larger than he could well hold
, in his hand the modeler would fall to
; work, and, 10. there started to life the
. toreador in his most spirited, graceful
attitude. springing before the bull; OF
=, the aguador. with his water jars; the
J lenador. with his fagots: the carga-
a dor, with his great pack upon his
q shoulder-every type of the varied
trades and occupations of the country.
. Marvellous was the plastic art which
Juan displayed.
/ 1t was in his humble atelier one day
that Llama met dear old friend Of the
/. padre. She was an American lady
who. with her son. who was civil en-
"a gineer. at that time working on the
:, line of road which they were endeayor-
!, ing to tr~vey between Guadalajara
a and the Pacific coast. The padre had
% brought her to Juan Oajaca for sit
:; ting. Juan was known to model like
a nesses admirably and could actually
produce a miniature bust with com
-. mendable verisimilitude in features
4 and in expression.
- Kindly, distinguished looking Mrs
~ Morris was pleasing the sculptor yer,
"A much by examining and expressing
her appreciation of his work, whe1
~ suddenly she threw her head little t.
one side and listened.
What sweet, pure voice!' she ex
- claimed.
Yes said the padre; that is Llama
h. my capricious protegee. And she is a
N beautiful as her voice is sweet-a slen
"A der crescent of human moonlight. Blu
! you shall see" Then he called her.
~ In order to get to Juan's house 70
~ passed through a gateway in an adob
wall and entered a large, unpaved IL
ar closure. Here orange trees grew, an
va climbing roses rioted over the hous
,d and rough wall with an exquisite pit
- turesqueness. Llama was out pluckin
some of the flowers which Juan's senC
-. ra was going to send to old Cristint
10 the day being his fete day.
She answered the PADRES call, be
;, arms full of the roses she had bee
Ia gathering perfect buds of pure gold
with airs and graces quite her owl
Mrs. Morris was Immediately captiva
ed, as the padre had known she woul
be; and when Llama left the room ST
turned to him, saying:
Something must be done for tn,
girl. Her voice, at least, must be cult
waited" =
The school of music in Guadalajal
was new Interpretation of life to tt
PADRES protegee. AS one caught abe
by the first sunrise at sea- her spir
leaped into fresh garments and locke
out upon wider heaven and ear
than ever it had seen before.
at ees so YER amable. so ravissant
she exclaimed to Mrs. Morris in col
ment on the school.
But in proportion to the ravishme
of the new vistas, the old narrowe
simpler mode of life gradually beg:
, to chafe and fret Nearly all her Ii
the love of the padre, Of her grandf
Their and Inocencio had sufficed to fill |
and satisfy Lianas heart. Now 1t w
'e no longer SO. A vision aoated befo
her. 1t was no bourgeois vision of ha
ST. piness; not some casa grande, wi
by stately, arched entrance and spacio
the court within, like that to which s
up went so often with the dear Americ
sonora; it was not clothes such as t
dld fine ladies seated in family coaches
the Plaza de ArmaS wore OF Su