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Show THK SALT LAKE TIMES. SATURDAY AUGUST 30. 1SU0. H feTDe yellow spring . 8 I?omarfic Mexican toty M,& BY WILLIAM HENRY BISHOP. Copyrighted by J. B. TJppinoaUi Company, and pnV hshed by special iiueemeut witti tWi4 should happen now,' I said, for there flipyantly, was a slight irony in bia tone, tliouch I declare it to yon I have only luMy begun to get over breathing gin-gerly on this account, and waking np ol nights to think about it. " "You will not deny that such things can happen and have happened? I went on, more seriously. 'I am sure before Vesuvius brolse out and swallowed np Pompeii the ancient; had looked upon it as wholly eitinet, and never thought of it in any other way. I remember, too, that Spartaeus was besieged there by a Roman army, on a plain that then exist-ed in the. top of it. The wonder to me is 'that people ever get np confidence, enough to do anything in such insecure places.' done befort 1 can stand squarely on niy feet and face the world like other tnenr lie escliun-.ed- . as if summing np all hi piefi in nj final stus-mea-was one ranch Riven to alternate nwnda or brightness tsd derression. lr.t randy had they awn UUn so downcast b now." Xo nrnm words w w spoken, bf.t Miss Coiiceivion wmt over to ttie gloomy figure, witn his head doejdy buried in t lie pillows as if to shut out the world for evermore, and wt by him a lone time. strikiuii hi h.tir Itiugly. j " hat a iiiif.rturw! Wb. misfor-tune: tbe thrc sist.-- mnrmured to one another very .vl;V that irght a they made their modest prciratiou fu slumber. I fn tm nuttniieil wil Stunl 1 "H.mibre'." (Mu!) exuUimed Walter, in affected astonishment. Tho picture referred to was a wretched daub of the Mexican goddess of liU'rty on tho wall back of tho counter, whence pulque, the native leverage, w;is chiefly dispensed. "I 5 vear it by my head ami the merit of all my defunct relations," cried A tonio t tassel, enthusiastically. "And how is it with yourself?" pur-su-- st the visitor, affably, thinking jer-ha-he had heard sufficient on tin (sub-ject. "Oh, IV I am having much trouhli just now on account of my sign, which I'm expecting the men here every iiiinut to ii'.t up. Are you a good judge oi those matters?' "Xot very, I'm afraid." "Well, you fcoe, I want the title of my plye to give satisfaction, and it's cost me many a good night's sleep to pick out just the right one. A title may make ot mar a m.in; I've known it to bo done," . ."And what did you settle upon?"' "La Alma de Mexico (the Soul of Me ieo). out there are so ninny others that might have lieon chosen. How would 'The Ancient Glory of Mexico- - strike you: That lias a more sonorous pound. Then there was tho "Sun of May,' ''1 he Spring,' 'The Diana,' 'The Great Mississippi,' Tho" Hut here tho men arrived with the sign, Mid he broke oil uud rushed out tc taeot them. IVm Walter, having finished ois repast, followed in a more leisurely j way. By that time a little crowd had gathered round, t !en. did Prado was passing again, and Antonio (lasso) ran iu'.o the street, challenged the attention of the carriage, and brought it to Inn door almost by main force. "Will you do mo tho great favor, my general," lie cried, "to give us your hon-ored opinion on this jioiut? Smio of the boys object to my new sign. There it is r.p there, and a neat bit of work, too, it 1 dar say so myself." ' "So it, is neat," said the general, with a sort of fatherly interest in the fortune of his late servant that was pleasant to observe. "There, you see, boys! I eouldu't please you all, could 1? I wanted to do what was right and fair all round, but y;:l can understand that for yourselves." ron. They believe some ancient deity appears in that gorge, tinder the fonn of a serpent ami bring bad luck to who-ever set eyes npon him." I,m rromeil herself, her Now York education not yet having changHl her simple w.-.- to nriy great extr.t. "I suppose it is only vestige of the worship of the god tuetMlroatl." Wal-ter rontinuod. "v of his titles was Tim Shining Snake." He U th gvl in whose day the cvtton u.-- l toirrow r'ady dyed with gorgeous hues, and a single esr of corn w.u. pro-uia-n enough for a largo family." "Thi'sio pimple arc half idolaters yet," suid the geiiemJ, in a fatigued way, "though they ongiit to have been Cliris-- ! tians these last thrc biuiured yer." "To ls sun they sre. They have raves with altars in tlem that divide their worship with t:i churciie.i; n:id how oficn idols i:re foutul in tlie mcit.icy riel,Ls, to which they I url ively cy their demotions!" "Oios mio!" murmured the snor.t, piously. "Tin' spcret of ke?;iir; i:; tb" tradi-- , tion si loug is that any one has ever leen down there to test it, for the place is all but inaccest ible," said Walter Arroyo. Tho iiiozo Trinidad J'e, wlm had workiil as near as pmsiblo to hear the conversation, upon this touched lib hat rosxVttully, and ventured "I bavo "been thero ami I know it is unlucky." "You have been there you, Trinidad Jose?' they CJi luillied. "I blundered into it once on a hunting trip, when I was u young man, f nun tho other end, near the luke." "And what happened to yor.?" "Nothing happened to me, but the day after my ntnrn the Knglish governess and many of the animals were killed by light uing." "Was she governess of your family ?" "No; she was educating the children at the hacienda you know it very well, general," returned Uw moxo, "hut she died under treo iirar my corral," The family told Amy about this young Englishwoman, hhs had arrived to be-gin her labors but a few week lefon her death, and she was buried under the same tree where she bad met her fate. of just as ancient Sneage was nn memher of the party of prog-ress and lilx'ral ideas. Such intermar-riages are not infrequent in the country, and, needless to say, the feminine con-servatism has to give way, though mak-ing itself much felt under the surtace. j They stopped at the drug store, with its colored Ixittles, tho grocer's, with his long rows of white tapers suspended be-fore his door, and then turned down a side street to find a little shop where dried rose leaves and all kind of dried herbs, medicinal and culinary, were ex-posed for sale. Just, coining out of this shop as they reached it were two women in a gsrb resembling: that of nuns and yet retaining about it something secular. One of them had a perfectly charming face, voting, roseate and demure, ntidaf a dafV shawl, much heavier than the usual mantilla. The other was middb aged, plain, raw Isined, an entindy mat-ter of fact looking person. The Senora del Prndo spoke to them very kindly, and made Amy acquainted with them, introducing tho younger ons as Sister I?ontriz, and tho" other as Hist Piaxedis. "And what brings you to town tsla?" she asked them. "We have sold some of our embroid-eries and dried herbs," answered Heatm. "I am sorry we havo not room for u in the carriage; I would like so much to irive you home." ' "We do not mind the walk, wo are sc well used to it. Besides, wo are not go-- ing yet," said Praxedis. Her eyes wan- - lered. as if involuntarily, to the belfry clock of an old, half ruined church across the way, beautiful in its decay, as are a myriad more throughout the country. "Ah, yes, you go and pray sometimes in the garden of your former convent?'' "Yes, but before that we are going to breakfast with the senoritas Arroyo. Many of our friends are very kind to us.' "They are the aunts of Don Walter. There are three of them, and three of tin sisters Dona Cataliiia is left at ltomo--. and they consort much together," saii the Madiv, after the others had gone, ' muling as if with a feeling of humor about it "Tho senoritas Arroyo are good women. They must have lieen very hard to suit in their youth, or some say their father did not wish them to marry, Slid used all his influence ngainst it. They have rather spoiled their nephew ' by want of firmness. Ho is too wild a colt for then to manage, though he's a favorite of miue, too, and lias numy fine, qualities." "There is Don Walter himself," ex-claimed Luz, pointing him out. "Yes, with dipt. Franrise:o Perez again. That man will bring him to no good." They saw Walter riding into the street in dusty attire, beside a man much older than himself, who was mounted on a large, powerful charger, and looked back from time to time after a number of half clad peons bringing along some agricul tuml implements. ; "That man looks like a bandit," saiil Amy; "but so did they ail at first; I suppose he is no worse than the rest." "He has been," responded the Mud re, "and I can't conceive why Walter will associate with hiin." "I've seen the time, during my term as governor, when I should havo had him shot at. a moment's notice, if I could have laid hands upon him," said the general, rousing himself from his tacitnrnity for the nonce to confirm this view. ' "And now just because he, pretended to e himself to the service of the existing government in the last pirt of the troubles it was always one for them aud two for himself, I'll warrantthey let him settle down as a respectable ranchero and honored member of soci-ety, I declare it's too bad to see him allowed to lead a yonng man astray. There's no telling what mischief they are np to together." Don Walter now discovered them, and rode forward and greeted them with a fine, deferential, yet easy 1r.' Honors del Prado shook her finger at. him at the first opportunity, and taxed him with his bad company. , "On the contrary," said he, "I have been away finishing the survey of the northern boundary of yonr estate ev"r since I saw you last, and I only met Cant. Perz just here by accident. The "Don Walter Arroyo looked as if he were a little at mv reading . to tell the truth, I was myself. " 'These are some of the small risks one takes in life,' he said, appearing by no means overcome with terror. 'And you do the poor earthquake and volcano injustice, too. They have many good points about them.' " 'Such as what, I should like to know? " 'They are a vent for surplus heat, and they keep up the necessary inequali-ties of the earth's surface, which would otherwise soon bo polished down by the elements as smooth as a billiard ball.' " 'The enrthquako ought to honor Its able defender, if possible, by special ex-emptions,' I rejoined. . "It was a long time' since I had teased anybody, and I felt nther like it. "He only bowed, in his smiling way, however, and concluded with this, which I thought quite striking: " 'For my part, I am not. so much sur-prised at the instability of the earth as its real solidity. It is one vast network of cracks and active disturbances, and the amusing thing is the way men and their civilized works keep on it, in spite of nil its efforts to shake them off. We ride it a good deal as a vuquero rides an ob-stinately bucking pony, and we .but rarely come to grief.' " To another person, one nearly of her own age, a certain Emily Winchester, this sprightly correspondent related substantially the same account, dwell-ing a little more fully on the young man who had looked so particularly well on horseback. "There is to ho very little society hero it seems," she said; "the places are so tar apart, and the people have had so many feuds and revolutions. Ho haa some kind of surveying to do for the gen-eral, so I suppose he will como back again, and is likely to be one of our few visitors. He is really very handsome, and you know your friend Amy's pen-chant for good looks. Will you ever forgot our silliness over Montague? How many of us were thero who used to adore his photograph and post ourselves in front seats at the matinees? Senor Don Walter Arroyo I like tho solid air of the simplo 'Walter' added to the ro-mantic surname i i half or even wholly American. I don't understand all the circumstances, but he was brought up by relations, three old maiden ladies, in the neighboring town. They live on a small income, and ho looks after some of their property. Ho has had a scientific education, but I believe floes not prac-tice any profession regularly. "When I say ho is handsome I do not mean that there is anything finical about him; on --.ho contrary, he has a strong and manly air; there is a certain plain-ness, if you can seo what I mean, in the midst of his good looks. Is this enough alKiut .1 man whom I havo met only once? What should you think if I should marry a Fra Diavolo sort of husband and settle down hero in the tropics for good and all? But what is the use of being girls if we cannot be nonsensical together onco in a while? Not that so-ciety, to be serious again, is of the least fonseonenre to mc; for, besides this heavenly place, I have all the surronnd-in- g hamlets and all the little provincial city to explore, ai:d the few months of my visit will pass cnly too quiokly. 1 have not left the hacionda as y.'t, bnt to-morrow or next day wo shall go to Cner-navac- a. A small village lies between, and it is about four miles awav." ".What is tlie question at issue, friend Antonio? wo shall licvc." get on at this rate." "Some of them objected that La Alma de Mexico was too old, and that many fundus have that name already." ."So they have." spoke ifp a voice from the crowd in a disgusted way; "theronre u:oro filial a trillion All in do MiwioiW in 'he country now." "Ah! that la yon, Tei-fii't- Ponee; you are thero, are you? You wero tho prin-cipal one. What do yea think ho want-ed? Why, that I should take a tradition of (he district ho and I ci tne from, omj calo tho place 'The Famous YelloVi Snake." He argues that this would lie something espoe dally appropriate, as be-longing to our ov.n part oi the country. I sav it would brii'g bring us bad luck.'" "There was ft little fonda of that name up there at Huetongo ',hat did very well, and you know it. Many's the-drin- k of pulque we've had there together. Be-sides if thtm's any evil influence afloat you want to conciliate it, don't you? Politeness is not thrown away, I sup-pose, even on bad traditions." "I don't see whero the novelty comes in. then; and in ii city something more civilised' is. nwwtod.- But one of you chooses one thing, and another anot her; even if I agreed with you, tho rest would still have their own ideas." "I prefer 'El Demonio,' or 'F.l Delirio,'" spoke np a new voice, "I have known nhose titles to suooood finely. They have a bold sound and give a place an air of excitement like." "There, you" But at this moment tho Jefs Politico, an officer somewhat corresponding to our mayor, but with a wider jurisdiction, rauia up. Ho was a pompous, Hflf suffi-cient, stupid wr.n, and the subject of controversy had to lie restated for his ears. Ho had, in truth, mi interest of his own in the Bella l'nion opposite and looked with no favor whatever upon the new enterprise. Nevertheless, feeling the eyes of his fellow citizens upon him, he assumed a weighty, judicial air, as if considering a, case of important beari-ngs- . . After that Amy would hear more alsnit tho. nun or half nun, Hoatria, whose sweet face had Interested her. "You know, of course, that all the con-vents were abolished here?" began Seiiora del Prado. "No, I am sorry to say I did not know it." "Not even the Sisters of Charity were exempted. Our odious, so called 'Laws of ki'forni'" "Luecttn!" expostulated her husband. "Well, they permit no more than three of tho s t. live touelher even In (ocular life," she continued, inoro t ly. "Dona lWtri. only a novice, just Is'giniiing her religious life when this cruel edict was enforced, was one of those thrown out Into the heartless world. Two others live with her nt Campo Klorido. We do all we can for the poor things," sighing, "and but for our husbands, wl.o make the laws-W- ell, amor de Dion!" Don Walter Arroyo, ftr leaving tht party, had ridden to bis own lioiuo in the quiet pis zuehi of San Ysidro. The two having breakfasted there, were just coming out as he entered the g"1 groin door hading to un Innor court yard, "Ah. if I had only known what com-pany was here, I should not have been so late," he said, applying even to th m the tono of courteous compliment that was natural to him with woimn. Dona Praxrdia was no doubt Iwyond the reach of all such blaudUhiu'-titjt- , but the yonnger, Dona Beatrix, gave him a smils of much favor, snd evwi colored a little. "We can hardly expect ynu to arrive t. a fixed hour atwr so long a Journey, my dear Waiter," sid Miss Cencepcion, ihs eldest ft tha Uirts Airoi'O sisters, sua yon stall swll have yonr break-fast" "I have already breskasted, so as not to put you tnf Ha went to his chamber, which the kind rare of the spinsters had nisde per-haps the pkasantnst in the hone", and passed soomi hours there nerveusly ar-ranging the notes of liisiurvey aud Dther papers. When be Issued forth atfain he I ..'. CHAPTER TOCT AMERI0A5 GIRT tr Arroyo looked particularly tpriied on horseback. mall valley, on the southward the great table land of Mexico, jHenda, fair as an earthly para-e- ll was this hacienda the prop-re-n. Mariano del Prado --called riastho Delightful, or the Place its. is it called Las Delicias," said lebrook, writing hack to her n account of her journey in a ' ' anil Well is it called Las Delicias," young Walter Arroyo, of the iig town, particularly when the young American girl from New J come there to make a visit, maurion itself," continued Miss lebrook. "has the most peculiar iom. What will you say when i it stands in the open side of a There, there, don't tremble wait till you hear me explain, extinct volcano, and the past it gives greater zest to the pres-rit- y. came down to it first from a ight," she wrote. "The diligen-- ; brought us from the City of had humped and shaken us but I forgot it all at the view ralley. We seemed to hang in on the rough pass, and the col-h- e glorious prospect below us le like those of a dream, mavftca !' cried Luz, making le domes near a tract of sugar a more Tivid greetf than the eyes Ailed with tears at the sight nine, then she fairly broke down W on her father's shoulder, ad I felt more warmly toward the i'ou know we thought her jather 1 dull at school. ' The other girls Rush's ridiculed her for stnpid-- I felt, even then, that much of the shyness due to separation s own country and also lack of our language. And, indeed, long journey of ours from New e has developed many sweet and i qualities. I am sore Luz i is her name to her dark skin r developed figure has the mak- - charming woman about her "rtyforme, was it not, i?htened view of her, or I should tve been here. And now I am 0 delighted to find I was right, titude for what little considera-iowe- d her is really quite moving is her .father's, too. The gen-'- 4 the nicest old gentlemen in stolid and formal "ghter takes after him in dispo- - well in his dark, heavy type tcupied only in. thinking what irted thing lie can do for us tauw of old my habit of digress-do- n't expect a straight story at this late day. I meant to bout the honse" first and then reople. At a little hamlet of me and adobe huts, with .a ruined like an ancient abbey, in the f thera, we were met by a lively ;'e, consisting of Don Angel, the ie house, and the dependents of "iuda come out to welcome us. wl is a mere boy, of perhaps 18. 'd dismounted and were resting Pleasant shade, where some had oranges mid lemons own trees for sale, but the our arrival they leaped into lie 'gain and began to dash along ;ls in gallant style. They fired "the air and made demonstra-- ! 3y that were almost terrific, wouterments well, I am send-nerewi-an aspiring attempt in tors, together with some photo-'- o show the costumes of tho .The heavy spurs, the bauils ;eir hats and the rows of coins e'egs of their trousers are all " ' got over even the old men's c wort jackets; you should see ind general in his! of the party, whose name I as Don Walter Arroyo, looked ;lr'y spirited on horseback. He 'J an acquaintance, it appeared, ''Peued to be there at the time, along with the rest. But my was drawn away from their '"ties by our coming to the Cerro. through flowering hedges and . ips, and presently there was ev. long, low, white mansion be- - -- rro is a truncated c ne of three - CDdled feet in height. One s torn away, probably by the some ancient flow of lava, and 8 to vjew what was once the cra- - 18 now a natural bowl of with soft and pleasing the center of this open side, P of a gentle rise of ground, receives the breeze only from favoring quarters and is shel--ain- st emry inclemency, stands ftng residence, spacious, sculpt-,tiMnent-and loop ' holed th a gabled belfry tang two tiers of old bronze . "awnon the family to chapel or purposes. -- &bowl.around itf perhaps. i ' half a xn3e in diameter, which had once been so terrible, fertile now with crops and gardens, merging near the top into tho darker green of rich forest, presented a scene of peculiar and quiet beauty. At one place only was a trace of roughness to be seen, in some basaltic cliffs, with hot springs at their foot, from which wavered up thin wreaths of steam. Be-hind the Orro rose tall and savage mountains, of which it made a part. Up there among them, at a great distance off, you could see the white thread of a waterfall. There was a beautiful light over everything, the herds were coming home, and the bells of the hacienda struck with a musical chiming. "I marveled to find this palatial abods set down in the very jaws of destruction, as it were. A most intelligent young man tri one who happened to be here by accident who rode beside me, ex-plained to me something cf the character of such a site. He spoke English, though with a good deal of accent, and wag made interpreter by the others. " 'There are a great many such hills scattered about here; you will often see theiu,' he said. 'They are probably ts o old Popocatepetl (the great peak towering Snowy white on our horizon), h thrown, up by the elemental fires that had begun to abate there. I have not been abroad, but I have heard from trav-elers that there are plenty of them in French Auverne and nenr Naples. A king of Naples, when there was one, used to keep his deer in a crater ring something like the Cerro; he had only to shut in one side with a gate, and there was his doer park complete. And these old volcanic cinder heaps, as we know, make the very choicest of soil for vine-yards and gardens.' " 'Yes,' I answered, sighing, I am afraid 'I have never been abroad either, but I have often toeard my father tell about drinking the flelicious Lacryma Christi wine, grown en the slopes of Vesuvius.' "Yes, my dear family, I had to admit at once that this was my first venturt into that great world of travel and ro-mance after which my vagrant spirit has long had such a hankering. However, this is an opportunity that bids fair to make up for all my past deprivations. You will think it shocking in me, bnt I have hardly had time as yet even to be homesick. I am not sure but I am grate-ful for the ailments that reconciled you to letting me come home with the kind general and his daughter, to try the ef-fect of their milder climate. I am far better already; you would hardly know me. "I stop a dozen times a day at the love-liness all around me to cry in involun-tary wonderment, 'Oh, beautiful!' "What a sweet and perfumed . airl What delicious gardens, what terraces Bnd statues, in tho old fashioned formal style of the foreign palaces! What fish ponds, 'with carp in them! What foun-tains, labyrinths and clipped alloys! What thickets of laurel and cypress, with rose trees flaming in their midst, and oranges starring the dark breadths like golden lamps! My dear, common-place, poverty stricken family, how am I ever to go back to you? Have you an hacienda some ten miles wide by twenty-long- , lying upon the mountain slopes in Mich a way that it possesses a number of different climates of its own, varying from temperate to torrid, and grows the choicest productions of each? Ha ve you herds on a thousand hills, and employes like a small army? Have yon a niajoi domo, and a bookkeeper, and a half dozen other principal subordinates be-fore the ordinary servants even begin? Have you an establishment the granaries of which alono are like monumental halls, and the various buildings of which cover acres of ground? "No, I shoulel say not. You have only a sweet little flat near the park, with al-most the prettiest portieres and bine china in town, it is true, but r.till very aigh up in the air and lacking bedrooms enough for the comfortable accommo-date of all my numerous brothers and sisters. But I love it just as it is, and, in spite of what I have said, I only wish I were back there with you this very nir.nte. Not one of you but deserves the pleasure I am having now much bet-ter than myself. Ah! well, perhaps bet-ter things are in store for us yet. Ah why must there have been people so cruel and unscrupulous? Why could not dis-honest trustees have taken gome other people's money instead of ours? Not.that I want anvbody's to be taken, but there tre so many that put it only to vulgar nd ostentatious uses. Do you know 1 just the ones to have often think wo are monev? Disinterested of me, isnt it. We like nice things; we have refinert tastes, haven't we? I am sure i we do with our wre.ched lit-tle do more now makeshifts to keep up a figure m the world than many with large in-comes. Of course it isn t so hard for n.e. used to it, because I have always been tho troubles happenad before my time, but I often think bow you, dear mamma, must suffer, who once had everything so Why are there not be-nevolent rich people who find out abou of nice, deserving famines the cases was made away wuh by STess trustee., and in some artfu set them on their feet again? That way I am sure m would be true charity. their case, I should like nothing better than the good fairy in that way. wdl?Ihis fa. long way to come to JSte you on matters we have discussed " continued. , eano. tnewnwi be answered, ..I hardly tpink so, CHAPTER II. ttIK YKI.I.OW (SNAKE IS FIRST FIEAI.D OF. wis it ff return of the general reminded mo or my negligence; I should have ha1 the work done before." "Then I hold you excused," said the Madre, holding out her hand to him in a friendly way. "Shall I do myself the honor of wait-ing on you to present my re-port, general?" or when you please; my honse is always yours." Don Walter, before riding away again, oisdogized for his travel stained appear ance. His work, he said, had been in a of tho country, in the v. rv rough part rt.tck mountain fon-st- s and along the. of Cimarron, a place seldom vj.'.ted. His eyes roved with a resjiect-fn- l admiration, which he seemed to maks efTnrts to check, over the fair face of Ail y as he talked, and he paid her, with the "other ladies, some well turned com-pliments, by which even the most decor-oue'- v brought up of young women could bard'ly havo failed to bo gratified. "Do not be ensnared by him," said the general, however, by way of playful warning, " tho blondo type of lauty is rather rare among us, and yon may pent plenty of floras compliments, flowers whilo you are here." They staved quit a whilo at the herb snop and then stopped to buy sh at S shop advertising itaf if under the sign of "The Hoot of Venn.'." which consumed a goiid deal wre of their tim". ' Doa Walter dismounted at a.small new fonda or restaurant tinder the columned jiortals that ran round the i.rinrinal sonare. This place bad lately "The point is right here. Hero is the issue," he began, placing a forefinger in in the palm of his hand. "I can tell you absolutely everything in these matters. For instance, ninnes were invented in ftirly times nar I'-- s como down to n from historic ages." if the point were in the palm of his fat) Wd, it tlayed thm' V he made littltf further progress with his argument, The crqwd began to murmur with im-patience. " "1 had many other names," said Gas-so- l, seizing an opirtunity, in his eager-ness. "There was 'tho Aurora,, the 'Fountain of Love.' " "Why not 'the Fountain,' pure and simple?'' interposed Don Walter, mock-ingly. "A great future awaits the tav-ern keeper or the milkman who honestly confesses to baptizing his liijuids." And he hummed, in the words of a popular air: Ft wliUrro fll"! l Inlleti'lo Hu mil qi pl')i ("The pulque dealer who understamli himself more water than pulque sell.") The Jefo almoft secni'-- d to take thin l ,ityasau offense leveled directly at himwdf. "'Bella Union" i tho most excellent of titles forafoada; thero is Bono betw-r- ; you might learn of your neighbors," said j lie, with the n ant approach to cone-- ! rence ho had yet made, j He strodo out to mount his horse, ' thereupon, with such rough inadvertence tluit his heavy spurs struck '.ho naked legs of Trinidad Jose, one of tho mow c.mtianviim thH del Prado, and caused threw blmiislf at To 1 length ujwn s te In tba large, cool, brick floored par-lor, and began to UIU in a dWflu tinted way, that by degrees grew more fever-ish, of his prospects In life. "I sometimes think It might be little better if you IniiitJHl less with Cpt I'emz kgari Miss Manns, the second sister, with mild rproach. "Ho Is tb best shot and boldest rider In tho district." he answered, as if that wer unite sufliWwnt respouse. "But rosily such a companionship miMt havo a certain unsettling Influ-ence," she pleaded, gwitly, "and maks jm less energetio in business." "f.'apt. IVreie is th very best fellow In the world; if others will talk s;(sinst him, I never wish to hear it. His kindness to me commenced even when I was m r, unfriended littlo chap living in th gloomy ruin at itslfis: and he has dons uie many s good turn ever since." "And you s'JH renietnlier Itosales so welir itiqiiirsd Miss Ynbel, the ycrnrig-et- , and there was certain spli of curt-osit-in her tone. ilov can i ever forget it? Nothing will ever again bo so wiuj d upon oy memory as that. D" I not kuuw why we lived tbst war, why my father hvt fled from the ("tiited htW and cotwest- - edhimwlf th';re." "It was great mtsf'rtuiut, It was great tniiforttiiie," she r'tie-l-, "!'"t I have olwavs thought yoirr father should never bare told yon: ther was fio ne.1 of Ids doing so." Hhould he have lift mo to disr-.ve- r it for myself, then? So, nll. it was ; The Jcfc Fnlltlco came iii. On the next day but one, in fact, the family drove into town, in their ram-shackle convcvar.ee, with two mozos, or outriders, both as servants and guards, behind them. It was ramshackle not for want of a better, since they had the most modish of everything in their stables at Mexico, hut on account of the condition of the roads and because most of the traveling of tho country was done on liorsebaoi:. Tho did Prados sat in it beaming with i air of benevolent contentment There - s ere various commissions to be aecom-- i tiished. The market arcades, gay as a Irene at the opera, the bizarre fibres. the great, ruddy water jad(l the admiration of Amy. For her the ,n(,r.t ordinary details of common life o frJl of interest the theatre, the ho'el, tho municipal building. few a- -! dieVs practicing on their bugles before it and psxticularly some prisoners work-ing on tin pavoaients, under guard, who frightened her. The Madre (mother), as they called t'm Senora del Prado often varying it with the affectionate diminutives of and Mamarita assisted by her daughter, explained everything, ohe was an old lady, with bright eyes, large mouth, iron gray hair, snd, at a first glance, a rather stern look on ber dark face; bnt this was misleading, for there was really no nnpleasant sternness about her. She was of a more conserva-tive cast than the general, coming from one of the old. aristocratic families, and having her sympathies sttll strongly bound np with them, while her lieen opewd by one Antonio Uaseol, a former employe of the hacienda i.f Las Delicias, as a "rivj.1 to tha fondt. of tl j Bella Union, in the oppose corner. "What ciin you give me in tho way of a bite of breakfast?" demanded the cus-tomer, sliding eartily into a chair by c ; mall table. ) The landlord ass are1 him that every-thing in the earth, air and sea was at his command, but the ! dish he had ready at the moment was a very fine ptichero, ir general stew. "Bring it on, then. And what is the ipws here of late?" "For one thing. On. del Prado has re, nmed frm the United Statwi. He drove through theplazahereawhileago." "Yes, I knew he was back." 'And he has brought with him the handsomest voung girl in all the Norte a friend of his daughter's, so some old ac-quaintances at the hacienda U-- il mo. Her hair, down her back, is as bright as so many sunbeams. My, but she's s beauty! She's prettier than that mcttire tliat worthy to winc- - with pain. "Old fraud! old riiffij.tir murmured Trinidad Jose, locking after him indig-nantly; "but I know som' thing that will make me even with you yet." "Well, now jour sign is all nicely painted and put up. isn't it?" said (Jen. del Prado conciliating!- - to Antonioftas-fd-, preparing in drive on. "What if it has ix-e- heard a gxd deal tx fore, anrl tn't exa tly original? Vou know there ; are a great" many people who will only j like it all the better for that." , j "There, yon see? I told yon so." ias-- j sol could m heard saying, behind them. ' What is all this a'.xut a Yellow Kn.-k-e? It if I recolU-cte- bear-ing something of the kind before," de-manded the genera'. "I am the one to apply to; I am just from that locality," responded Walter, riding beside tlie curri:ige. 11m ftory prevails chiefly among tiw; rsor Jwliao population of charcoal burners on tlia tCa cUMitl Bjaaaif U Unsai t plainly his duty, tf Us conj.l tun p'" l in a position t redeem the crushing di v j grace, to at leant keep m fmm tnmid- - j ing U.n tho soma of it. OU. they hisw-- d bun there in the s;rtsi" he ent mi, fiercely; "m Us k.liv. fortune he had wrked. w old l.i , kiikd him if he hvl not ewaed. He d meall--a!- ir He jrroaned alond as he drifted a!"r. with Ins and cor.r.--J rr'i "1 ' puinfol rwolk-ctio- tn whwh he rarvly cirtornittud himself so taV.y. "fit! U hy will No, no, do not tali you recall it. sod who know th story "bere No one ran ever ny it was anr fault trf yonr. All will com" right in due time." the liitetwts ipffaiatJ, snffenng with mm. ruree milh" of rioney to be made good, and even as ni'J h more, wuh ta interest accrued in the meantime-- and and tuZvnug to be on-- til tha wjoiig Wanted -- Vh! worth of household goods IU KM-- & '.. W. '.' o. ;! Morrison. Mi trill .v Co 's prices , on whin cement. Telephone '""I. Xo trouble to show peskj's second addition, full at 8,' IS! N-o- Am rbach building, We are st!l recei mg a tew late sum-mer noelties in neck wear, at IUit Tiuy Mir '. 4i Mjin strset. - ttullinn llfiwll ymsii. MeC'ortiiek Co. report ipioltioni Lead. M W, dcr. l l" Uii-elpt-llaliaiier hll'lion, '. ilvr Slid lead orr. II.I."K; total. tt V:l,V The cliei-- melon and fruits re. ceived at f. I lur-- f d.tily, lat th world. A Itnle Salrftlan r fml Suits. M.irtln S. hnildt li ji rrceld h! tirst of I all snd Wintir Suiting direct fr--m l,rslon. Irirr building, room. '.'OO. v!f . Wi and .'", .. - --. Clioico butler, tieli fruit" and vge. table arming dadv nt t;. H. Dunt , and 74 K. Second Smith. ...... 1V tlMarmnlM. Cheaper rsllroad tickets to sll point than any "ther roMtnib!" ticket broker in' Salt l.sk City, 4 all and e .1. K. fltt.i rtir. 240 M. Msln.St., I door north Walker llOIIM. - - i - We Invite inspection of our ltni ef Summer Underwear IUt T hkt Mm. n. Hi Main Street. One car of folding l 'N nod fimr nf afrti-- furniture, new tvlc. I'lra.i , a, !ahn rr lino. (Jentlenien winning rlf n snd spoils linen should patronim lh crlrbrsted Tmir St ah H3 Min street. Don't forget thai we hurs rwmovttd I 87 Fast South Mrwt A. J Whit. IU-s- I KstsUi Cn. A complete line of lientlemsn's fulk. Alpaca, flsnnel sd Lineo Ihislfrs. Hast lunar. MitM. . 143 Msio slrnel. l topERFECA1" Snell&Co. Anilo-lmerica- Skirtiaten. ' Real Estate Exchange MONKVTI-A- N Oa Owl R.m.1 Etat S.icurttr. F. REHRMAN & CO. Natatoki u3I lr a PBIfiTt mill VIVMt . I tM - Lnfl Xwiramins Pwl in Aaw 3 Fulton Market! ! T.J.PBEECE,PropT. Prim P'. Ma'-ron- , Vea!. Po-- k. B40, Ham, Hin?air. Lard, Eta. i 1 B. St. UM DM t un BM SPECIAL OfTtH. 4, r. Jsrk. Dl.t SMtM Main Slrt-- ItWixltki feet, corner Secord and M street. lacing south and fast, clo- - to i lectrle cari, civ pavnieuts, $.s.s. :;ll feet, lacing east ou Kifhth Fast, ju-- l south of riflli South, timt slisile, l.'kHH). 4t)xn:iO lent on Seventh K.it. lietwee Kirst and Second Soulii, tine lisil etc ; VsM tHiliI.l fii-l- . with good S room hou barn, city watr, thatle. fruit. fle.;eay pavments: VOOO it) acres loutb of oil. t"0. J V. Jf K. V' lft Main utreel Salt Lake City. I tah. I Kloo Psifl rtia. MmisUln tnrtM On and after ,lun S. I. CarnoM IWch trains will run as follows Arrive lsvn Arri Sultl.akn (iartietd (isrtixld Salt l.ske m 10 4 ni" M a m II IS m 11 m It) 4.1 a in II ;) a m --i : p m .1 ;) p m 12 41 p m t : p in "J 41 p m P " I 4! p ni 2 :l p hi 8 4ft p m 4 : p in a 4B p m H : p ill 4 45pm A 80 m !l4f.pni 4npm oaopm 4 4ft p nt n HO p hi t p m 7 :w p in ft 4ft p til !W p "I " 4ft p m H ;tO p ni fMlpni 17 .tup m IMilpra UMpm 7 4ft p in l p m t JW P S P (Moiiduys and Tuewlayi cpted, Daily, exrept Sunday. Tickets for sale at Wateh biilldintf. corner Main and Second South its , and at depot, rare lor the round trip 50cu. ,H V. Kt ci.ti.li. V. A. |