Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-02-27

ny QuuUlC uDOI ioOptu nOH AiBDt Ou
this court. There are all kinds Of
beautiful flowers and a fountain In
the center playing all the time, with
the water falling In sparkling spray
over the Jagged mound OF rocks. II
can see from where / sitfourteen small
gilded cages with canaries hanging
about the court. The porch runs all
around the court and is supported by
large columns. The fountain and
these birds keep up quite a musical
chorus all the day long. Sonora is
only 26 years Of age, but has four
children, the eldest : years. l am
trying to teach the two eldest English.
They are sweet and cunning little
things. Senior c. insists that not a
word Of Spanish shall be spoken at
the table, so l fear / win not learn
much Spanish. In the way of eating
they live like Lords. They mission
my ordering what l want at the table.
What a dilemma am l in-what shall
/ dos Just think Of it-at our dinner
we had ten coursesl Here follows the
bill Of fare.) Their suppers hold from
s to 10 p. m. Senior and Sonora Castel-
azo sing beautifully together, and
when supper is over they sing for me
every evening. Somehow or other
music always makes me homesick,
but / enjoy it nevertheless. Sonora
plays beautifully, also. Her full
name is Sonora Josaphina Guadalupe
C~astelazo-a beautiful name for a
lovely woman. When the children
are undressed and ready TO retire the
servants bring them n by 10 to her
TO say goodnight She makes the
sign Of the cross before their faces,
touches them on the cheek and sends
them to bed with a sweet goodnight
kiss. She has ten servants and will
not allow me 10 do a thing for myself,
not yer TO turn or make my own bed.
Won't | be a spoiled child?
One night before Senior came home
she took me 10 her room, unlocked a
drawer and showed me all her we'd
ding presents in jewellery. My! the
diamonds and pearls that she had!
They made my eyes water. Here fol-
lows a list OF these handsome and
costly presents.l We keep a Spanish.
English dictionary on the table all the
time and what brilliant conversation
we do have during meal time. Last
night they related to me the politica
history Of Mexico from the sending
Of MAMMALIAN by Napoleon III, TO thu
present time. | tell you it was inter
esting-so many little personal incl
dents which / will tell you some day II
/ don't forget them. Senior would gel
soexcited in his story be would occasion
ally rise up in his chair to give vent L
his feelings.
THE STORY or MAxIsILTAN's DEATH
He told me how an Austrian girl
who loved Macmillan, tried 50 harC
to save him. She was in the council
room Of Juarez pleading for the life o
Macmillan and had almost penuade'
him to sign the paper to save hin
when some one tore the curtains apar
2 exclaiming: "Ahoro O. Nunca~ tNoV
e or never and Juarez signed the deere
T 10 have him shot.
Macmillan and his generals, tn
E night before the execution, were dis
Icussing the relative position the.
should occupy at their death. On
, Of them said, MACMILLAN, you ar
the Christ, we are the robbers, whicI
shall be saved, whichllost2"Maximilia
was silent, but next day when the
/ were allowed 10 take their own pos
! tions, he placed his favorite In th
center, the other on the right an
himself took the extreme left. II
humbled himself 70 the position 3
! the 'lost robber." When the soldier
we're ready TO fire he gave each 3
them a gold coin with his picture o
it. He then parted his beard tn
pride Of his heart and said: "Do no
shoot here pointing 10 his face bu
here lpointing 70 his hearth II
! died eKclaiming, "Hombre, Hombr'
Hombre,' mani Mani Mani tn
u names Of his generals were:
Il Mega and Miramon, one Of theE
d died as brave as Macmillan, but th
other in agonies. They were bot
Mexicans.
I'll And now ! must tell you littl
about our last day in the old city
I Mexico.
GA EoCHE TRIsIE" or coRTE.
The last day spent in the famoJ
old City OF Mexico was the best Of al
While waiting for Mr.. FurnesE Mr.
] Rose and ! slipped down the stree
and paid our respects to The Hole
the Wall"-a small store famous wit
tourists as 1.-The place. to find oil
relics and Mexican drawn work. W
each secured a very gay rainbo
zarapa, an old brass c~andlestick, a ver
old cruclhx (which hangs up here !
my ROOM and some other small trinl
cts Then we took a carriage an
drove out 10 the old tree Of the 'Noch
Trlste"-the sad night. IL is ] shoul
think, about 3 miles from the heart
the city, over the Gale de Noel
Trlste'-the street Of the sad night
which Is the same as the ancier
street Of Tacopan and the pricipI
e eanseway Of the city over which %
q Tea marched his disheartened fOrc'
D. on the night Of June 30, 1880. Thu
night wa cold and dark and rain
I NonteKuma, the link Of hope left wit
,eICortez OF peaceably uniting the paga
5 and the Christian forces, was deai
al the Spanish forces had been waste
% by the ever increasing savage hos7
Il the Indians, and n0w this little ban
a-of Christians with their few renal
faithful allies-the Ilascalans-
n were leaving the capital In shame an
b disgrace. There were three vic
IS breaches IN the causeway 70 be crosse
e Over the finst they threw their port
be bridge, and most Of them success
= ed In gaining the other shore. Man
. Fino and his brave men endessored
lalnise the p~onderous frame work, b
,elt stuck fast 10 the sides q the dil