The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-17


government, the federals began to
come across the line. and the revolu-
tionists began to put in force the law
that Huerta had passed"
"Ah, l see!" Dorothy joined KY
naston in smile at the good lady's
look of enlightenment.
Il suppose we may as we'll have
breakfast, sergeant, If it is ready.
Keep the prisoners away from those
pack mules. I'll examine the packs
after we have eaten. Who is that
coming down the slope?"
Dorothy and Mrs. Fame both eager
ly looked out across the desert in the
direction of Kynaston's pointed finger.
Far away against the dead brown Of
the mesa slope, where the powders
gave way to red earth and pinyon
pine, they saw the figure OF man
toiling his way painfully down the
hillside, seeking by the aid of long
stick to learn the devious turns of the
tortuous trail
why, he's blind"
Kynaston started forward.
Look! See how he pokes forward
for each step before he moves his
feet; may be sand blindness.
Send man over there, sergeant,
to help him down into the camp. Up
on my word, Miss Upton, am seeing
more excitement in the past twenty
four hours than have ever seen be-
fore along this part of the line. Let's
go to breakfast"
While they were eating the appe-
tizing meal that the trumpeter spread
for them upon the camp table beneath
the solitary live oak that stood before
the tent, they watched the sergeant
help the stranger down the hill Ia
king the blind man to the fire. he seat
ed him upon a saddle that lay near the
cooking tent, and came forward with
salute.
Hes priest, sir-a padre; and
from what little l can make out OF
his lingo he's had pretty bad time
Of it, sir. Shall bring him up?"
yes"
Kynaston sprang up.
Mrs. Fame, do you and Miss Up
ton object to my asking the old fellow
to take his breakfast here with us?
hardly like to send him down among
the prisoners to eat. He seems cut
above them, don't you know"
why, of course not, Mr.. Kynas
ton. Please do exactly as you would
: If we were not here. l am sure he
will be very interesting"
So Kynaston went down to the fire
where the old man was explaining in
broken English and Mexican patois
to the prisoners, or them to translate
/, to the Americans, that he was more
tired than hungry, but that most Of
all he desired to hold converse with
the commanding Officer Having in
troduced himself. Kynaston asked the
; old man to come to his tent and joir
him in coffee.
They found the two ladies already
at their meal. Kynaston seated tn,
old man between the two and poured
8 him a cupful of steaming coffee tina
woke him into speech.
d Never before, senior, have crossed
l. the line. A Magyar am |, as all m,
b people were for twelve generation
that stretch their hands back evel
l. unto the days before there were Span
: iards in Tenochtitlan.
u For the space of twelve men
lives have we lived under the shadow
3. of FL Tic, seeing always the surf breal
70 on the outlying bars. Two years ag
p l came north. even as Coronado came
y part of the way on my feet, part o.
y asses; always with pain. for to tn
70 blind, senior, all paths are hard. An
y at last my dream vanished"
Thy dream?"
Aye, senior, my dream, for kno,
g. thou that came not without an ain
ze That aim has been to follow and r,
w cover what these thieves of the worl
is have taken"
SIX He pointed his thumb over hi
IT, shoulder toward the fire. where tn
to prisoners still sat over the bacon an
ne hard bread that were being cooked fC
10 them by the cooks of the troop.
on And 1rt thou really blind?"
in $50 that, senior; for fifty years
have not seen the light of day"
DR.. Mrs. Fame and Doroth, murmure
their sympathy.
gs so | have come, senior. For no
ifs three hundred years and my fathe
In before me kept the shrine where II h;
been deposited since the days whe
ill Cortez came back from the courts
.er the old world to hold his court
nd Cuernavaca. and, finding there in DO,
ais er the evil man, Pedrarias. his en-
he my, retired to live upon his estates.
lte "Ye know. senior and ladies', how
:, was said that the, conquistador D
- soned his first wife so that he cou
nc marry a second wife who should q
an vance his fortunes. 1t was to this S,
Az. ond wife that he gave those wond