The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-19

and we are not happy here
together. Come, let us go back. Let
us be happy the rest of our lives.
You, and I too, have done our duty
by our King in this California.
Come"-she caressed him-"and
the rest of our lives will be honey
moon. Do you not desire that?"
For an unhappy moment Don Pc
dro stared into his wife's flushed
pleading face, then abruptly jerked
away from her and stood in the
center of the room, fists clenched,
brows knotted.
DUTY! Who are you to speak of
duty! You do not know the meaning
of the word! Wheedling me, deceiv-
ing me, trying to seduce me from
what consider right"
Eulalia sprang to her feet.
Every well! Do as you pleased"
AS the door closed behind her the
Governor, with a curse, swept his
desk clean with one hand. Papers,
books, quilts and ink scattered on
the floor. ....
Damn her!" he said fervently.
Damn her! What is it Indizuela
called her? Cold, cruel Spaniard!
Yes, the coolest and cruelest ever
knew. Why can not I be left in
peace? I only ask to be alone to
do my duty . I do not want to
60 back to Mexico, or to Spain"
He flung the words at the silent
walls as though someone had chal-
lenged him.
Then Eulalia's words came back
to him. "To live a honeymoon the
rest of our lives . little COM
fort a little ease :. :" They
sounded reasonable when he said
them to himself.
Fifty years . :" he muttered.
81 am over fifty years, and the best
of those years have been given to
this siren, California. Why not 60
back?"
His foot rustled against the map
that lay crumpled on the floor. He
picked it up and smoothed it across
the desk. AS he did, his fingers
almost unconsciously began tracing
trails which he had travelled. Here
was the mysterious country across
the bay from San Francisco, the
tule country, and hundred spots
where his camp-fires had been.
Here were crosses that marked mis-
sion sites that he had helped dedi-
cate; here was where he had the
fight with the bears Again he
leaned his head in his hands and
groaned.
"Ai, Dios milo, I can not leave
my California! I would be lost any
where else in all the wide world, this
country only is my home, the home
of my heart"
81 will not leave i'll" he ex-
claimed suddenly. "Why should I
sit here sniveling in my beard be-
cause my woman torments me?
What has come over me? Am I no
longer man, and governor of Cali
fornia? Hal" He smote his chest.
"I shall 60 now, this very day,
this very hour on a long visit. I
shall 60 to Santa Barbara, and San
Gabriel and San Diego, and have
some festivities. And I shall leave
Eulalia here alone. 1 shall be stern
and hard hard as my bed" He
kicked the overturned cot.
"Come to her bed! Not I! will
60 out and seek the company of
worthy priests and good soldiers,
pioneers all, and we will talk man
talk, and drink deeply together"
He took his gun down from the
wall and cuddled it in his arm.
"And you shall 60 with me, my
friend, and we will kill the hugest
bear in all California;"
In her room at the palacio Eula-
liza was writing lengthy document.
When she had finished it, she poured
sand over the paper, then read the
contents carefully. What she read
evidently pleased her, for she smiled
many times. Then she called for q
servant, and the letter was delivered
to a courier riding south with off,
| cial dispatches.
"Where is the Governors frank
on this?" inquired the courier when
he received it.
"It is from her Excellency," muir
INJURED the servant.
"Humph," grunted the courier,
and tucked it carefully away in his
bag.