The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17

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Nszanov able to form definite idea Of the
To the south it extended beyond the peninsula
ss es o the
gateway between the lower hills which Luis had
to seae poay see bay
inferior in. depth and beauty to the Bay OF
San francisco. i<
yiytd where the sun shone on island and hhi:
The woods of Belltssima. the groves OF FONT
the like IN that e Of e
sweep Of Tamalpais. Only the farther peaks
pale misty blue and were OF
Concha pointed to the eastern double cone:
THAT Is Monte del Diablo, Once they s say \.
Volcanoes are ID dead adj But perhaps not long
ego. The Indians tell the strange, story tha ma,
yaas S sk
rivers Of the north flowed thru and emptieo INTO
Lake MERGED and rift by the Tort ror+ i4 4ea
mountains apart where you came thrn-we call
it the Mouth Of the Gulf Of the Farallones--th tn,
that are islands now keeping their heads above
the food. Perhaps it is true, for Drake was
and % th Moua h ,aT given him better
than the little harbor he found few miles
higher on the coast eeeye 1T was mot ner no.
more. She wouid--is 1t not true, excellency?-.-
be, the most perfect country In IT, al the world
o'e srs YOU afraid Of earthquakesi' asked Rez-
auov, who once more had transferred MS COM
prehensiye gaze from battery sites to her face.
grave turn over. But fancy the poor old
Of being good and IS ali the naughtier Tor having
been sober too long; Don Vincente Rivera Is an
example; he is cold, haughty, solemn stern ITO to
others and himself, as you see him; but once
IN while-Madre de Dios! The Preside does
not sleep for three nights!' se.
ly away. Come" he said, IT had almost for
gotten VIII you ask the others to go to the he
sss1ea % Ca Sour Exs orders that
In the cabin Concha forgot him for few
poments. Her mother. her eyes dwelling fond,
1y upon several shawls she hoped were intended
for herself alone, hushing the baby to
sleep, in the deep chair Of his excelency.. Ana
Paula was playing with an Alaskan doll she
had appropria ted without ceremony. ReZanoy
came In when his guests were assembled. anu
he had gift for each; curious objects of Alas,
poles and Embroidered moccasins; but silk and
cotton. linen, shawls and fine handkerchiefs for
''They are tribes" he said said in response to
an enthusiastic chorus. The cargo 1 vas
obliged to take over was very large one You You
things" And he knew that he had sown the
seeds Of rapacity similar to that implanted mt
in the worthy bosoms of the priests when they
erncr were insensible to diplomacy he would
have pressure brought to bear upon his Official
integrity from more quarters than one.
There are also many of the presents s s1 re;
1ected by the mikado somewhere" he added
careleSSly. but l could not uHu Lucy
must have found their way to the bottom Of
the hold during one of the storms we encountered
our way from Sitka:
quite impartial he distributed his offerings
with chosen word to each; his memory for
little characteristics remarkable as for
names and faces He had taken off his cap
on deck and the breeze had rufBed his thick fair
hair, brought the blood to his thin cheeks. The
tines of his face cut by privation and anxiety
and illness. had almost disappeared with the
renewed elasticity Of the flesh. and his blue
with the pleasure of his guests and the success
Of his own strategy. These few insignificant
spaniards dislodged. half dozen forts in this
harbor and the combined navies of the world
might be defed: while great chain Of hungry
settlements fattened and prospered exceedingly
on the bepehcence of the most fertile land in all
XII. J., :.
The eastern mountains looked very close
from the crest of La Bellissma and Of q
singular transparency and variety Of hue. II
as If the white masses of cloud sailing
low overhead flung down great splashes OF
color from prismatic stores stolen from the
sun. There was vivid pale green on the
long sweep of rounding slope deep violet ant
pale purple in dimple and hollow, red show
Ing thru green on tongue Of land running
down from the north; and on the lower ridges
and little islands, pale and dark blue, ant
the most exquisite fields of lavender Thi:
diately below the ridge, and farther out there
were lakelets of pale green, as If the is
lands too had the power to mirror them
selves when the itself was glass.
Santiago. Davidov, Carolina Ximenot Delfna
Rivera. Concha and ReZanoE had climbed rtt
the ridge. The other young people had given
out halfway UP the steep. and tangled ASCENT
and returned to the beach. Don1 Ignacia i'm;
mediately after dinner had frankly asked her
host for the hospitality Of his stateroom. She
and her little ones must have their siesta, and
the good lady was convinced that 80 high ant
mighty a parsonage as the Russian chamber
lain was all the chaperon the proprieties de
manded- :
-Four Of the party. strayed along the cres
in search of the first wild pansies. Rezano'
and Concha looked under. the slipping roof o.
brittle leaves into dim falling rlstas, arches
arbors caverns, forest in miniature will
natural terraces breaking the precipitous wal
of the island. ,.;3z>'
~ should like to live here" said Conch;
definitely. 1920 :, . '''
at would make fine. estate for summe
life-or for honeymoon '''e He smiled dow
upon his companion, who! stood very tall an,
straight and proud besides him. TT you con
clude to marry your little Bostonian no doub
he Will buy 1t for you he said. -. .
If he had hoped to see a look Of blank dis
may after his hours of DEVOTION he: was dis
appointed. She made q little face.
III do not think I could stand a desert Is
land with the good Wee1iam. For that
should prefer one Of my own sort-Ignacio, o
Fernando Better still, could come here ant
be a hermit. So 80.