Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-09-28
The EHhumed Repentance.
BY chas. Fleming Embrec.

Il VIZ 4 - Kitty ifAilNt WIN TT oANhtr q
u OF stone looks down on the spot
The spot is paved with cobble-stones,
and. Ssave for few wistfui handouts
of grass that grow there in the rainy
season. IL is very bare. IL is a tiny
public square in the center OF Cuer-
navaca. surrounded on two sides 10y
the adobe walls Of pink. blue and yell
low dwellings,. ON the other two by the
fiowery gardens OF the Plaza of the
Constitution. Pachcco's onc-legged
statue stands near, leaning on its
clutches of bronze.
The pink house is nearest. There on
n rainy. gusty day. somebody was dy-
ing. The room was full OF many-col-
orcd things OF cheap sort. such as
q print of Mary MaCdalene over the
bed. The he'd was a narrow cot. The
moribund lady was exceedingly old.
Having got rid Of the priest. she sat
up with unexpected vigor. and eazed
about. The rain was dripping through
the tiles. Eobody was left in the room
bur her son. Tomas. and his wife. Jul
liza They heheld. shrieked IL terror
az this rising OF the dead. and fell
down 10y the cot. crying out: Moth
err O Dios!"
Take 10 cool. You Stiles" said the
rat. perishing one. scolding and gasp
ing. I'm not n ghost. Lord save You.
Nor am going TO disappoint anybody
III die at ten sharp, or know the rea-
son why. I'm too old a bird by ten
wears. But there is a weight on me
and must have IL of"
Lie DOWN. groancd Tomas. his
hair standing on end.
"Oh-hc down." walled Julia.
1--WE got so lie long enough late
on ioked the old lady. grimly. Nov
listen"
She clutchcd Tomas 10y the shoulde
| and dragged him nearer. Juh
crawled 10 the foot OF the bed and Ia.
there gaping. Julia was one of thos
lower middie-class MeNicans who ar
u almost incredibly beautiful, and with
= out any distinctly Spanish or Morris
= characteristics.
~ "Now listen fast" said the husk
old one. stin with a sort OF grim h'
20 NOR. cor youm not keep up. No
q know the bare space in front Of n
if house2 IL looks innocent. FIT
n years ago "a building stood there. TT
'' middle OF that space was the midd
Ae 81 "a patio and walls surrounded.
Wen. there came foreigner. Loi
knows whether ne was French.
Uindoo. or Chinese. or Irish. take 7
stock in amy of your foreign tras
n ANYHOW. some fool war CT other "
inst finished. and this fellow "
called "a dcsertcr from the trashy "a
eian army. whatever 80 wns. Tie "
OF big and bony. with a dropping ml
ne tachc. he was secretive. and bong
III the house that stood where the ba
G. place is. There he lived alone Tor Z
mo venrs. And whenever there was h
ms idav. or the visit ~ q general. he sh
lm- himself up. Once climbed the agl
the cate tree and looked over and he ~
ays digging in the patio. lie looked tn
5st- After that I heard him. from my
ito. digging. Then az night ! saw
cd haze OF his lamplight shine up o.
too the wall So / climbed zap again
> II nirht. and sat there an hour in
owe rain. looking down on him. Now list
ngs ais is what ! saw"
she was still clawing Tomas,
of make him come closer.
/ 81 81 saw him take up two boxes.
near saw him hold the lamp over them,
and the stun that glittered in them
eng ! money. Tie buried them, and poun
down the dirt. and put the stones
en- TOP. Two days after that he died
the went in with the officers who TO
/. lim. Tie was lying on the floor v
nv "a newspaper ia some trashy for'
only language Iva his hand. Some thou
ting be killed himself. They found
F. ON ! money. nor name. There was no
10 the house. 50 che government
,,r,s II down and made public square
.anlv OF the ground. and So 81 is 20 this
,,,o never told about the boxes.
,,.tlv vou." she pointed a fat, admonis
.,-n, Gnger at Julia. wherever Their
- | money buried, there are devils
.i. | luck and death comes 10 him
- digs Besides 81 was some trashy
- cien money. which can't be pass'
- Cuernavnca. Every year / thoul
- might dig. But the place Is SO 2
besides. the devils"
She paused, and, though PAL
hard. seemed 20 dream long an'
-. sorbedly. At length ahe sighed
looked at the clock. Nigh ten-h
ho," She lay down.
They say Mexican can't ke'
~ the appninfment. 7 am five minutes
health 81 time. and the saints can hnrr
Is al once" chneiIling. "Good-by' IL
milne don't forget that had the milk
I'd his in the fountain. Is'n sour by n
The with this the odd old person =
,sician away.
rev Is After a week. during which u
nd. a. OF Tomas and the beautiful Jul
steps iablishcd itself on a motheriess
I'm 10 ing. they began 10 whisper %
pulse, ! other about the money buried