The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-10
RAMONA
BY HELEN HUNT JACKSON
Condensation by Mary Brooks, Gloucester, Mass.

by force, old Pablo had died Of er.cf.
Alessandro buried him, and then in
utter misery came back to bid Ramola
farewell
Dearest Senorita! have no
home" he faltered. My father is
dead; my people driven out of their
village. l am only a beegar now"
But Ramona felt no fear Of priya-
tons. Take me with you!" she cried.
After long pleading, she OverrulCd his
wiser arguments. and that night they
slipped away. with Bahia, Ramona's
own horse.
No trace of the lovers was found.
! for those Indians who knew Alessan-
| dros Whereabouts, purnOsely misled
lnqulrers; and at SanDicgo,. where
they were married, Ramona had given
Alessandro's pet name for her, Ma
Jeia,' to be entered on the register
Their first home was near Alessan-
dros cousin in San Pasquale, where
the Indians received Ramona gladly.
; She was very happy in her new life
under the sky" She accepted tinv
brush hut as cheerfully as the confor-
table abode which Aleesandro soon
built and which she baautified beyond
/ belief Glcefully she led Bahia when
/ he plOWod the first burrows in their
fields
! Bur Alossandrc.s anxiety rarely left
them. When he heard that the Mex
! lean pueblo paper Of San PasQua!e
! was worthless, that all the village
lands belonged to the Americans in
! Washington, he lost hope Il think
/ | shall 80 mad" he said When Am
! merican ranchers appeared. he sold
! tie house and crop and moved 10
/ Saboba. seeking a place the Ameri-
cans did not want.
! On the way TO Saboba they nearly
! persisted in a snow-storn2, but were
saved by an easy-eoinT Tennessee fam
| lily, the Hyers. with whom they be
came friends. Already Ramona's heart
had been wrunc At hearing OF Father
SalEierdorra's d1ath. No. came a
: new grief: sh" feared for .Alassandro's
reason. Could he bear another blow
'Eyes-Of-theSk Sky" their baby sin.
| never recovered from her exposure ID
the storm and died on tho way to
; the agency doctor who would not come
TO her. White men began 10 en-
croach and be insulting.
Eve VII hide forever" declared
! AlCssanlTO. Leaving horses and wag-
! on in san Berradino with the Myers
! for the winter, they went to a tiny
/ village, almost inaccessible, folded
hieh OF NJ. San Jacint0's slopes
Here we aro safe" eXultcd Ramona.
Pears like she'd gone kla" out
/ 'er this Yer word inter another.
rIGSed Aunt Ri Hyer. as she sat Wea'-
ing carpots and gazing up at the shin
ing mountain in the southern horizon.
When Alessandro saw the brown
II is ~ IL gift TO nave the eyes Of
AlessanGro; they look ever on woe"
Now began attacks CT menta! dis
tress-wi!d flights from imaginary
vktte pursuera. Sometimes he trit 4
10 drive flocks he fancied were mis-
own. One DAY he galloDed home on
e strange horse, taken By mistake dur
ing one OF his "aickro&sCs."
"Se0Cr l will eXplain--' but Far
raC, the enragCd owner shot him dead
in the midst of his explanations
! Child in arms, Ramona ran FOR help
to the nearest village. Cahuilla. Then
i came oblivion.
Ten days afterwards she opened her
! eyes Aunt Ri was beside her and
Felipe. lie had recognized Bahia il
San Borradino, and from tie H:ers
had learned tho whole SAD story.
Il have been searching for you all
this time" he whispered. Il am
alone, dear. There is no one but YOU
to take care OF me-
! IN Mexico, Felipe made a now homo
and there Ramona became his loving
lOya! wife But when the wood-dOyos
! called she heard a voice saying, Ma
! jelIa." That was her only secret
from Ter husband
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! The House Of Seven Gables" by
| Hawthorne, as condensed by Mrs,
| Josephine Van Tassel Bruoton. Will
be printed tomorrow.