| Show IN A SANTA CRUZ CANYON the romance or of ono one of tho the arco I 1 nall nanik tel tbt soft ol at an n april afternoon jay ilbo lovingly angly aver tho the lower santa clara valley U andor odor w ida live tile tho lung long horned spanish rooting at aluisy ling the ton adside yellow still and purple lupinas flaunted flaunty d thomi olves nod boin f in the som hoft rich rows delicate doll cata lifted their blue to drink tho the color of tho the evening sides eastward the rolling hills of san felipe were I ft mas to am of wiring wasing green and to the west the santa oros cruz mountains klad in their mantle of fine leaved red redwood above them the poorly log front from tho the pachou rolled but bob lid did out not conic come down into to tho the valley ruddy buddy with the warm bloor of the iho dottl bottler it sun un it rested there thera a feathery couch cikuth to bide aldo tho the tired monarch of the he day and bo be tho sun gun rod god passed from might into the tb into and into the stave ave ilia last kiac touched tho the white brow of mt BIL hamilton nod hod twilight fell like a n sweet benison bealson be olson upon the ndozo upon quid hold and upon vineyard upon tho the theod laborer nd ad upon the browsing brow sloe cattle and it fell upon one weary pilgrim who through tb aba li loos long hot day had northward wil is his bis blan arcus on his bla buck back and had bad just reached the fout foot bilen on abe los leu gatos trail tho the whispering brucata that wand wandered win dorci ored carolou sly down the curion cation were heavy with the odor of if ever greena with the perfume of the iho bay with tho the fragrance of tho the first wild arpea they lulled tile iho pro front t sequoias tho to bleep bleed aud and over thu valley ill they 0 y carried abo evening song of bird and brook one byona tho the stars came out and smiled upon the twin klux light that salaried hero bore and there through the small of the foothill foot folot hili hill cables the plain bilow from san bolto to Gil gelroy Gf lroy roys ranch was covered ith a vou volt of silver sheen above which floors and housoe stood ulo like monument that mark the level desert homo bome of ancient egi apts pt race but the abe pilgrim saw mw not tire alio silvery livery valley board beard not tho the music of the now boro born night felt bot tho ameze with its of hope and aad rest lie ile knew that he bo had bud ill asod tile iho now new almaden road and now must fur tura southward to reach the q quicksilver Ick milver mine whore where he might work it he bo failed horo hero he bo realized bow loog long and dreary would bo be tho the journey to coloma and to the placer diggings of the booth fork of tho the Amo river to be sure lo be 10 would have to work with gre greasers abers und and in his bis ti mation that was only one step above working with w lib the digger but a roin man without even a bit or an old shifting could nut not bo be particular im method by whlor ito bo earned his gr grub stake through the day his bla road bad and add easy lint but now the trail was waa rough and botany lie ile knew not therit tiled led but with at his bis back he bo could not go tar far frilot astray food and rest were bics aloa ile II 11 would sit alt oo do a way bido a boulder or mom grown browd stump stump and brait await tire tuo tho moon no ho there was u butter plan in the canon just below was wait a light holthe to it ho would dialo alfi way ho would bonauro of a cup of a class of four wine perhaps he ha might bo be offered to bleed bleep for the ibo old hospitality extended from atio castillian don whom cottlo main roamed e d over leagues and league of fertile plains to the humblest peon on his ranch down the hill he bo breaking his bli liay uy through ferns ferng aud and stumbling ever logs now bo be heard the gur eurgle 9 to of tho the stream as it left the spring mid and now thoro there was a crackling ot at tho the bushes a thud upon tho the rocks and the old moon camo came slowly over offer I 1 ibo be far distant wm win dalton A bv B was an adventurer crom fro choice until bo be was made BD an addan furor by necessity when bo left amherst his father would gladly have hare seen him blu embrace a life or would krould have given him an interest in him own business tous lucu but william was wa determined to sea aco tho the world before making a through pa paternal tornal influence obtained a bargos aroa birth on the argo Arf fo find and sailed around tho the born en an route to palmy wands and the china seas actor at Vl suc courion of storm and adverse winds drove the vessel far ar out of bar course and instead of dropping dropp lae anchor lo in sight eight of 0 honolulu bho put into tho the harbor barberot bar borot of monterey for or water for provisions tho the young blider bargo bad enjoyed out auf noa alfo to last idea him for many years yearn and when the argo was ready plain bill dalton wan making his bit way to butters buttera fort trudging up op the same amo santa anta clara road that bo be had again traveled on this april afternoon norm abul wan wait before the war and bill sours boon became known as one of the most rookie of the americans on spanish ball ula his darlng carluk and ready wit gave him a certain leadership among the abo lawless spirits that hung bung about the river settlements sod and his bis natural ability and education gained him a livelihood lii in a land where bookkeepers bookkeeper were held sit at a premium ile ho bad marched under tinder tho the boar bear ilag flag bad been an ardent partisan of fremont fremo nl had visited sutter suitors mill whon when the discovery of gold was made known nod and in the throe three years that bad elapsed since that time bo be bad mado made a small fortune with his pan and rocker but he bo could oot not bo be contented if bo be had been beao I 1 a professional mau mail he be would havo hare boon been a Bohem laD As it was bis hold bold out ho he was wa a prospector when bis big was calpey he bo wm was plain ovary every duy day tramp wandering wan doring from place to place as ai fancy indicated INh hy not the groves aud calf callous ions tho the peaks cave inspiration even though that inspiration bore no fruit under tinder the pines and upland oaks lay bior timid id deer amid madrona thickets ckola ran the hooded quail la in every pool sported tile tho speckled trout what need deed of work to bo be wim was pleasure and old ago age and sickness wore were as far away as ore ioro those distant that eastward lying scoured but a background for am aa elystan brenc thrice had the rhododendrons fringed tho the tooth foothill ill streams with w bize and purple bands banda thrice had bad the wild grapes blushed on the mountain side aud and thrice had autumn winds the hard bard dry cones beneath tire janou place the rainy season was at ab band find and hill bill dalton thought that bin exile bad been of at sufficient length to warrant him in ID spending tho the winter antho on abo coasts coast he took oak the stage for the t bo bay stayed for a fow few days d ays in san J 1 ranc leco sod bad than wont went on to mon boroy tho the now new city with tho the bustle of ex had bad not for hint ilia iho picturesque charms of the old spanish capital it wa vacation time the soft the mexican atmosphere the siesta aleata broken only by the tinkling tickling of at a the days of gonalo rulo or semi sun UD the nightly fandango or serenade were cardinal points on the ibo horizon of his bis dreamy the realities at 0 life ilfe were loft la in tho the mountain cabin and the idealism that reigned was but a consummation of the ionizing of years yeara chiming of tho the old mission bolls and the brutal bullfight bull fight were but settings of different hues buos in ID the same bamo hosala dalton lived wax happy and yet wan waa ab absolutely abol without or tj do ought but live day followed day in ID listless succession A cabio or two a mild flirtation a little hula witie wine tho the evening dance were eliely and surely tapping the pile of double eagles that would have takeo taken hire to massachusetts and back to EL dorado aa ben april camo came the dreamer aholo the ideal remained but he bo was forced to beuve it at gray dune donn be slung his hl blankets on bli hl back saluted the while capped wind bay bar bado bade fate faro wolf to the ml mission lou that shuns boo with tk a war creamy tint thit under the magic brush of 0 tho the artist dawn lod and started toward tho the northeast whither bound ho he himself knew not DOL tho the morning of tho the third day bitne witnessed ld the formation of a resolution the first mental effort of the year and as a result ho he changed his course toward ill abo 0 famous cloo abar boak that aro in t abo beca eastern storn foothills of the santa cruz crux latigo tho the breath of morning caline down tho the cut canon ion great sequoias back themselves tolled heavenward their brawny thick muscled arms to catch the grat rny rays of the son un and their harsh vote voices to join ibo symphony allia und and raised their dow filled ebal loos and balled the rising day high up 0 on the mountain side ade over tho the ater preen green or oo der tho the eternal blue bloated the pule make from some lone charcoal burneda bee and there were tore fleecy clouds above tho the cables la in abo th s valley i in 11 the low doorway ot of A white adobe cottage stood a girl above and about her trait es trailed led the rose with all IL its wealth of cri moon and of at verde und and the suni sum comi coming aff up 1 train from the far off plain of the hao ban joaquin warmed tho the soft olive checks sparkled from the bright black eye glin teil from tho the dark chok lout halt beneath her bor short abort scarlet cartel skirt hero bare brown shapely anding bowed themselves gulf and a lac eUka drapery hung from bor bar carmellia w wan no III 10 years old sho lie vim tire queen of the little valley that was ber world word ull ilithe ahn wiy rom htiu picara Il elkira Kira hacienda to danco dance with liar her at al tho the ant I 1 ninny a young minor pre preal 41 I 1 ihu I 1 e small hand that ihl go uc 0 no nn an rl cli acl sued for file the heart lucid brook no lord lot once at a danco hainon lopez had stabbed onit onn bif the hold atoori cannot A alio to tied lind been too free tile proud beauty biti hot ben lie onto token of if s ff e e t t q n t for 0 r i liin i im v a ii tn t d deed c c d ho he quailed bo be to uro r 0 1 tier i c r s scornful scorn c 0 r n f tul ul e cje y e a as s abo hbo b a told hlin him that hat w would cold marry an air american or would torlin ionic bloch until the Movi cans should win book back tho the realm hall lit Som athoes a milt him cold go BO to the corral saddle the wild debt broncho and spond houm boom in I 1 noting lila his attain aho would wander alono alone in fit ilia alio forest and when oho file came home bior lot ayos wro erre red with weeping only om old padre diego train from the abo mission molon san josa could do ought alth ith bur ter and his bis alita vl lia were be fow few and far between that his bis influence was irus all if but lost Carr Carro nollia olita brumbea aside ho roses that thai encircled I 1 liar litho form and stopped iowa down the hotl strown trail to the s living carelessly she swung lor her pitcher it aind ad soon she eho burn bummed burnalee aled a strata from the to boum poum that she bad heard beard at the easter service oil santa that abal I 1 were as rich cathrion its B gc elle isabel 8 then I 1 would leavo ibl ral bablo life and aad no manuel manael or should vex mo me wore moro the day may come qulon quion babe sighing abo hbo he and blind bor bar vessel the brook sang sane to her tied tho the wind of the morning whIm in her ear the bowers fur for lier her for she to load ed thorn them find and bho he I 1 WAS filled with joy and police was waa aber witti A c robs the arroyo was wai al strange form sho h started td the pitcher almost alfoot dropped front from her norval urto grasp rap fi conderi on the cruel rooks rocks a man was WB lying tho the delicate mulden bair and abid silver ferns fanned his bis white chucks check aud and tho the pearly columbine nestled in ID his bis matted J lucka ks carmelite k know n 0 w no foar fear now the water sparkled about her fuel and now dow she was bending over the prostrate prod frame tho the hands bunda were cold as death so BO was ilia brow hot bat tho the heart beat and she eho thanked the gracious cra clous mother that ho he was still alavo it was us the work of an instant to bring water and bat ho he tho the wan face aco chafe the blooml loss wrists ralto the marblo marble head thoro there was a deep breath ft a groan a quivering of the half bulf opened eyelids sod and dill bill dolton dalton toti crud to his bis feet lia would havo have fallen but her im arm was about him together they crossed the brook abid climbed tire path to the abo door where old joso Villa quez stood surveying with openmouthed open mouthed d the strange logs la in vein vain w watt latall all protest tho the seno senoritas ritas will was I 1 law rw ter own chamber was Dal dalfons daltons tons breting place and through her bor aloo ocr ered lattice bo be drank the brouth of life when manaol garola garcia board about it 11 he muttered only ag arriago riago aud and paul paal flynn train tho the mine said bald oula a tramp but carmelite Cami oUta smiled to herself and answered quien sabo we shall see april glided loto may and slay may crept softly into lot june oJune tho color of health ciure to the palo pale cheeks bad and the vigor of youth 10 a the feeble limbs and yet hill dalton ba llo at rancho flo bud bad found foun a friend the abe first in all those theme years of ID toll if and wandering with Carme carmolita lits he be wua as wont want to up the canon and when they rested on the tb me moss under tho the old red boucho rt be told her bor the names of the bowers that she brought broil Rbt him anti and at night ho he named for her bur the stars and bo be taught her ot at the prent great world of blab poor child stio she bad but drean iod for him she sang in her sweet spanish tongue abo be song SODS of breeze and brook sod and as they talked to her she talked to hint him june ripened into july and friendship ripened into love with carmelite the pas slon flon amounted to devotion and to reverence rev orenco fur she recognized beneath the rough exterior bior a certain dignity or polish sod a od an in tel superiority abobo tiny any man dian with whom site she bad hitherto boon thrown la in contact there was about william dalton an unfathomable something itrich w alch sho she would ever strive to reach doai h but to which she could never dover hope to attain but in bis eyes she was simply tho the fancy or of nn an hour Us ue bad no lie idea of mottling sott ling down on a california ranch ho he would win tho the girl marry her it if necessary and at after ter a year or two of fit enjoyable winne loare leave the country forever fo if Carm carmalita clita wore refined and educated it would bo be different but the rustle high beauty could never paa the scrutiny of his bis maternal parents parent and thus be qu feted tho the atom of conscience that remained remal nod to him lo in this cold blooded resolution he be was not alone for foe example after example bad been upon him during his bis residence la in the young state nod though bo be had bad at first stigmatized the heartless desertion dos of young brides a gross cruelty ho he soon boon came to regard such pro as a necessity in the mixed and ua on dolored condition of society joaa aaa bow were drifting no bare preferred an alliance with due of his bis own race but a u obil with aa os ex goe fiad Amor Amo ioan rican was not a to no bo despised ho noticed abo change in bla dauch tor ter and was glad lad that anyone could exert ft a 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