El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-13


drink a dipper Of water with tad
poles in it.
not b angry If say that I love
q know. Alsssandro; I am glad Of
. senorita. do you mean that you
/ VIII 80 with me- You cannot mean
And then. as they stood locked IN
each others arms. the sonora dis
shameful creaturer' she cried,
shifting Ramona's protesting lips. she
hustled the girl to her room and
Aiessandro, watching sadly all that
night. heard two wood doves calling
! Lover Here" Lover Here"
''1Iy Pomona is like the gentle wood
dove" thought he II she is my wife
my people VIII call her Majel. the
In vain Felipe tried to persuade
his mother. IN vain she coaLed and
/ threatened Ramona The jewels
which we're to be Ramoda's dowry. If
she married worthily, were no
temptation. When the sonora scorn-
fully declared. Your mother was ar
Indian, q low. common Indian" the
girl was truly glad
why do YOU object to my marry
am OF his people The Jewels you
can give 70 the church. shall marry
A1esssndro."
Felipe sent Alessandro home TO
Temecula until the storm should blow
over But the long dreaded Americans
IN their search for more land had
just taken possession OF that peace
ful village Dragged out OF his own
house by force. old Pablo died OF
ErieL Alessandro buried him. and
then IN utter misery came back 10
bid Ramona fareWel-
Dearest senoritai have no
home" he faltered. "mv father is
dead. my people driven out OF their
VILLAGE. / an onlv q beggar now
But Ramona felt no fear Of priva-
tons Take ne with you" she cried.
After long pleading she overruled his
wiser arguments. and that night they
slipped away. with Bahia. Ramona's
10 trace OF the lovers was found.
for those Indians who knew -Ales-
sandro's Whereabouts purposelv mis-
they we're married. Ramona had given
AlessandrO's pet name for her
.'aIajella," TO be entered on the reg
Their first home was near AIes-
sandro's cousin fl san Pasquale.
where the Indians received Ramona
gladly. She was very happy in her
new life under the sky She &c
cepted a tiny brush hut as cheerfull1'
as the comfortable adobe which Ales-
beautified beyond belief GleefuHy
she led Bahia when be ploWed the
burrows in their fields.
But Alexandro's enxiety rarely
left him When he heard that lhe
Mexican pueblo paper OF san Pasquale
was worthless. that all the village
lands belonged to the Americans in
Washington. he lost hope. 7 think
I shall 20 mad" ne said When Ameri-
can ranchers appeared. he sold house
ana rroD and moved to Saboba. seek
Ing a place the americans did not
want
On the way TO saboba they nearly
persisted in a snowstorm. but were
saved by an easy going Teunesseean
family the Hyerss with whom tney
became friends. Already Ramona's
heart had been Wrung at hearing OF
father SalTierderra's death. Now
came q new grief: she feared for
Alessandro's reason. Could be bear
another blow Eyes OF the SKY,
their baby girl never recovered from
her exposure TO the storm and died
on the way 70 the agency doctor who
would not come to her. White men
began to encroach and to be in
sulting.
eve VIII hide forever" declared
Alessaudro. Leaving horses and
wagon In san Bernadino with the
a tiny valley. almost inaccessible Z
folded high on ut. San Jacinto's
slopes. Here we are safeln e1ulted
Ramona
'er this yer world inter another" Z
mused aunt RI Hyer. as she sat weav-
ing carpets and gazing Up at the shin
ing mountain in the southern horizon
When Alessandro saw the brown
eyes Of his second daughter he sighed. 5
Sc 70 N
A1essandrc. they look ever on woe"
Now began attacks OF mental dis
tress-wild flights from imaginary
white pursuers. Sometimes he tried
to drive flocks he fancied were his
own One fatal day he galloped home Z
OF strange horse, taken BY mis-
take during one Of his "sfcznesses-
"Senor. I viii explain" But
Farrar, the enraged owner. shot him
dead IN the midst OF his explanations
Child in arms. Ramona ran for help
to the nearest village. Cahuilla- Then
came oblivion.
Ten days afterward she opened her
eve Aunt Ri was beside her and
Feiipei He had recognized Baba N
san Bernadino. and from the Hyers
had learned the whole sad story
II have been searching for Won all
this tine" he whispered. II am alone,
dear. There is no one now but you
TO take care Of me"
In Mexico Felipe made new home
and there Rsrnona became his loving.
LOYAL wife. But when the wood doves
called. she heard a voice saying.
ssA1aiellai" That was her only secret
from her Copvright. 1918
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NofIee-Dr. J. A. Pickett. Residence /
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