The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-01

u.r HNNcE defe.'
my Ramona is like the gentle wood
dove" thought he; IF she is INV wIfo
my people will call her NIa,el tho
Wood Dove" '"'
In vain Felipe tried to persuade his
mother. In vain she conxed ava
threatened Ramona. The Jewels which
were to be Ramona's dowry. ~ sbe
married wOrthlly, were no temntot,on
When the sonora scornfully declared
your mother was an Indian. n low
common Indian" the girl was tru,v
glad.
why do you object to my marrying
Alessandr0f" she demanded: az am
Of his people. The Jewels You can
give to the church. shall marry Ales.
sandrO."
Felipe sent Alessandro home 10 TIE.
mecula until the storm should blow
over. But the long-dreaded Ameri.
cans In their search for more land had
Just taken possession Of that peaceful
village. Dragged out Of his own house
by force, Pablo died Of grief. Ales-
sandro buried him, and then In utter
misery came back to bid Ramona fare
well.
Dearest senoritai have M
home" he faltered; my father 4,
dead, my people driven out OF theII
village. 1 am only beggar now"
But Ramona felt no fear OF priya.
tons. take me with your she
cried. After long pleading she over.
ruled 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-
dro's whereabouts purposely mIsled in
quirers; and at San Diego, where they
were married, Ramona had given Ales-
sandro's pet name, "Majella," to be en-.
tered on the register.
Their first home was near Alessan-
dro's cousin In San Pasquale where
the Indians received Ramona gladly
She was very happy In her new life
under the sky" She accepted tiny
brush hut as cheerfully as the COM
Portable adobe which Alessandro soon
built and which she beautified beyond
belief. Gleefully she led Baba when
he plowed the first burrows In their
fields.
But Alessandro's anxiety rarely left
him. When he heard that the Mexi-
can pueblo paper Of San PasQuale was
worthless, that all the village lands
belonged to the Americans in Wash
ington. he lost hope. 81 think ] shall
go mad" he said. When American
ranchers appeared, he sold house and
crop and moved to Saboba, seeking q
place the Americans did not want.
On the way to SabOba they nearly
persisted In a snOwstOrm, but were
saved by an easy-golng Tennesseean
family, the Flyers, with whom they
became friends. Already Ramona's
heart had been wrung at hearing Of
Father Salvierderra's death. Nav
came a new grief; she feared for Ales-
sandro's reason. Could he bear an
other blown "Eyes-of-the-Sky," their
baby girl, never recovered from her
exposure, and died on the way to the
agency doctor, who would not come to
her. White men began to encroach
and to be insulting.
1--WE will hide forever" declared AL
essandro. Leaving horses and wagon
in San Bernardno with the Hyers for
the winter, they went to a tiny valley
almost inaccessible, folded high on
Mount San Jaclntos slopes. Here
we are safe I" exulted Ramona.
"'Pears like she's gone klar out 'er
this yer world inter another" unused
Aunt RI Hyer, as she sat weaving car
pets and gazing up at the shining
mountain in the southern horizon.
When Alessandro saw the brown
eyes of his second daughter he signed,
''It is an Ill gift TO have the eyes OF
Alessandro; they look ever on woe"
Now began attacks OF mental DIS
tress-wild flights from imaginary
white pursuers. Sometimes he tried
to drive fiocks he fancled were his
own. One fatal day he galloped hoins
on a strange horse, taken by mistake
during one of his "slcknesses."
"SenOr, 1 will explain" But Far,
rar, the enraged owner, shot MIN ueao
in the midst of his explanations
Child in arms, Ramona ran Tor neip
to the nearest village, Cahullla. linen
came oblivion.
Ten days afterward she opened ner
eyes. Aunt ri was beside her and
Fellpel He had recognized BaDa III
San Bernardlno, and from'the Flyers
had learned the whole sad story =,
81 have been searching for you All
this time" he whispered. u am a'pe'
dear. There is no one now but you
TO take care of me-"
In Mexico Felipe made new nome
and there Ramona became his loVlhs'
loyal wife. But when the wood doves
called, she heard voice saying MA.
jellal" That was her only secret
from her husband.
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