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Show V viontere W VIRGINIA STIVERS Iarti ,Jla Stiver. Bartlett what he is. Your little He whispered in the brown ear. The child dropped on his round belly and wriggled to the ladys feet, turning his head toward the Governor, begging for approval with a black bright eye. There you are! Put your feet on him, Lady. Do not be afraid. That is what he is for, he has been trained for you, the little savage." Eulalia put one foot, then the oth-egingerly on the small round body, then relaxed. Ah, she laughed, he Is a comfortable Escabellito! This is nice of you, your Excellency, Queens and the mistresses of kings have their little blackmoors, and I have my wee Indian. The Governor bowed low. Right afid fitting. Dona Eulalia." Ah, my heart, my beautiful-m- ore beautiful than I remembered in my most solitary lonely foot-stool- ." SYNOPSIS f 1783 a California of is h and state . fr een friendly enemies,'by, wra Serra. Francis-fra:Iunl?eDon sraoc pedro Fages, VterteUmgSerraheis wile t Mcoinrf"r eight years, hen not , nd,g the in Meco City.i' lSSinmDanied by her wc0J!l,e at the embassy her husband, a. ,rs .irees L to go to Calif 11 ;e sne or-- o erra, telling Pir on their way young Pe-a-c Eulaa andmeet them. to s fAoung Indian girl, Indi-pSt- t a p,h ivlt?c fiat nr. fot mSd,f ' w . Eulaiia sails desolate trip. caval-f- t Lo eto, a large EulaliaS party starts overland trip. Eulalia, comfort, bit-eVen persuaded to Je ;et Mariano call on her and , . iicions as to their genu-:jstops at vari-"- i e cavalcade of Fmalia hears rumors While offer husband. to wel-wra great fiesta cos- Eulalia plans her Xlomeo 1 CHAPTER VIII out the water of raced a (f California and es! up the beach, shouting Then he fating his chest beard cal fuhy, combed his went and bis fingers, S f.:h .shark-infeste- d cuts the wee o, I hiti there, and Indian, the two toward the roaring fire. The it was filled with the odors j,g nd ( dreams Now the casks were broached, the wine and brandy flowed and the feast began. The Governor and Capitan Canete s to each other. raised Good man! Brave fellowl murmured the Governor. The Capitan smiled quizzically and retired. During the feast Fages sat where he could see Eulalia, watching the firelight brighten the little Maja jacket, and wink on the bright buttons. Watched her hands as she ate fastidiously. Then, when venison, antelope, quail, rabbits, frijoles, tortillas, and dried fruits were mere scraps, an wine-horn- j5 es leaped from pig, r, teh. Two casks, one of ne of aguardiente from Gaccircan mission of San in California Alta, dget ttadj for the broaching. restlessly Pedro strolled Ifc bay was now flooded emphasized palms, men and horses is? .ouette. Again he peered j Sett, A little fire had been itm the entrance and its re-- i nide the barbaric interior Which Might te e jewel looked , be again toward the si? three figures ride slow-j- r a the camp: a woman, .ndla man. Behind them a iraLn defiled out of the ar- - Governor. As them a thousand d jhoughts, memories, deiced through his mind. Eu-,:wife his Eulalia eight the babe at the mothers -- beautiful Eulalia lonely beloved, riding to me out of ierness I will crawl to your iss vour little shoes core of of my loneliness dioked the toward s; ope possess itfked soon, the Governor of Cal ais his way Now the Casks Were Broached and the Feast Began. with dignity her from the sad-se- d old leather-jacke- t began plucking her hand timidly. And music by the roots out of his guitar a guitar that had traveled from the province of Catalonia in Spain, Id, well well! e were confused greetings, across the Atlantic, across Mexico, Califomias, laugnter; a milling of people and up and down the crses. The Governor found Baja and Alta. Voices rose In the I held in a tight grip. He beloved songs of the old country, run. soldiers songs, gipsies roundelays 0! And and haunting Oriental strains that who is this? a ?edro Fages the had persisted In Spain since the Younger. of the Moors. father? Are you truly? days Si nk I Pedro Fages lifted a horn of wine. had a father, I give you a toast, my men! To he was like Senor or San his Majesty King Carlos the Third of Francisco, or a the child into his Spain, and to his Royal Spouse! carried him to the fire. They drank the toast standing, real-thoug- ht f k k 7 into the J Xd S X Gob-ernad- 7 be careful "You are so full of wine you need no more warming. But I am not warm. I am cold, and tired, and oh, how I want to go to bed. Please, Pedro, may I be excused? Will the gentlemen pardon me? But but" sputtered the Governor, ail the ladies have been waiting to talk with you. But Im so weary, Pedro. You mustnt disappoint them. Just a few moments, my dear, visit with the ladies. Ladies! La Gobernadora flared at him. Ladies! Soldiers wom- high-strun- ... low-ceile- stay-at-hom- ... ... ... ... d friend-makin- "sr-- J o. Pal-oma- r, clear eyes, de-J- o amid cheers. The Governor refilled his horn. brown face, felt the wle back and And I give you Eulalia, the limbs, and tail cheek of the Californias! in the boys warm Queen He drank deeply, then threw the the dying fire. ,ur lather I am m Indeed. empty horn into re my Stooping lightly, he lifted Eulalia chamaco, my lit- from the dais, held her aloft a with her the Younger wri- - moment, then strode away to the tent all right. Al, I have CHAPTER IX rnmgs to tell you, and ask i!athor! That sunds had Early one morning couriers heard other DiSan at but 1 never could." dashed into the presidio Ir'a D Senor El you are bother-a,he- r ego announcing that and his lady, La GobernaAnd I want to speak of the dora, were at the very gates preetngs, Don Pedro-- or citadel. your Excellency?" Lieutenant Jose de Zuniga, in pa fogustlas! Well, wel- lorders to charge of the presidio, issued kiss the pooped be roya must There left. She giggled and right and a entertainment prepared, and pe to hold him sent to up once! A be must dispatch ftd lhnd 'Look sir! mission good Padre Lasuen at the Mhe borne the ,, trip 9 thanksgiva F celebrate and come to nobly, I 8ay travelers; iy God, the same Chl- - ing for the distinguished musicians. he must bring his Indian l'the Same Chichi, there There would be music, dancing; -a bull IwTasb bh!Chis Slnce 016 food must be preparedand equiparms The Is andbut there is Just slaughtered. be must little garrison ment of the Same Cbichil be must I't hdt6 Guns hand tugged in perfect order. ; gen- salutes. for the om-- 1 made ready 1 . vWnlnt0 Combny Indian. The women listened to the He among 8ndled him to manders orders, nodded themselves and went to wor wons?tnallat enthrned by the fire. Indian servants stared in stupid seen the gente haveSvald forrrally. here der. Never had they a scrubbing Such I yu all the so hard at work. S erey 8 Sift which I and cleaning, such an aroma of food In the air! , ');abeimorClate Bnd USe lor Carefully hoarded clothescould be LiilHle F oot Stool! who could tell when they chests f nel?. What a replaced? were drawn from fune from tance'ln th. reposed where they 00 otler. And that la funeral christening to christening. ed MISS DENE: What do you of this problem: The girl Is eighteen, the boy is twenty-twThe boy is not in a position to marry yet although he has steady work. The girl feels that he roust marry EedrO" Eulalia said warnlngly, her soon in order that she may be fr happy. The danger is that he is g and if she turns very away from the one she loves, there is a whole crowd of other men waiting to snap her up. Would It be possible for these two young people to marry without their parents consent? F. E. L. ANSWER Tell the girl that if she wants to be happily married, she must certainly wait until her hero is able to support her in ordinary comfort. However much she thinks she can endure, herself. In the way of poverty, she can have no idea of what an effect the situation will en." have on her husband. Eulalia! No man is capable of loving a Camp followers! woman romantically and tenderly if Eulalia, hush! Stop this at once. she is a handicap to him from the His mouth tightened. I will not moment he marries her. However permit you to speak this way, he heroically he strives to be underwent on in a low tone. You are standing, and just, he is bound to tired, I know. Perhaps you had feel resentful after a while, over better retire now. But tomorrow the fact that he was persuaded into you must see them. You will make matrimony when his salary was not them some little gifts, you must be yet equal to the job. kind, cordial to them. Tell the boy that if his lady is so I must? She was trembling. highly strung that his opposition to You must. Those are my orplans will send her off on marriage ders. The orders of the Governor wild parties with a crowd of other of the Californias, eh, my little fellows, then she isnt yet ready for Run along to bed. He marriage. You cant hold a flighty beckoned to Angustias who left her young thing by making her repeat the marriage lines. I'o girl is true to a gossip reluctantly. Eulalia bit her lips to control their man merely because she is married to him. Either she cares for him specially trembling and strained her eyes to and above everybody else in the world keep back a rush of tears. she has a loyal nature and either Oh, oh! How x:ould he . . . how will stick to him because of that or Dios mio dare he . A else she is bad marriage material and d nausea gripped her. The it will do no good to lead her to the room, close with smoke and tobacco altar in the hope of changing her and fumes of wine, swam before ideas. her. Her limbs quaked, and her As for a marriage without the consent that has never hands were clammy, but she rose parents grandly from her chair. The com- been a practical plan of procedure. It involves secrecy which starts pany sprang to their feet. Viva la Gobernadora! toasted marriage off on the wrong basis. It means that there will always be an the men. She managed a graceful bow, and unpleasant aroma about the whole left the room, Angustias in her situation. It causes endless complications and leads to much petty goswake, eying her anxiously. The women gathered in corners sip and suspicion. and whispered, then slipped away, DENE: I am a leaving the men to their talk. DEAR DORIS of fifty-fiv- e and have Don Pedro watched his wife dewant some I the where reached age with a a and frown, slight part, doubtful unhappy feeling in his fun, after all my years of work and heart. Then he strode to the table worry over the children. I am commy children have and poured himself another cup of fortably well-of- f, grown up, my husband is dead. I wine. you have a great many young men By heaven!' he roared, San Diegans make the best wine I friends who take me dancing, etc. ever drank! Look at it, clear, spar- My old friends criticize me for my And how it warms actions but as I am extremely kling, ruby-red- ! a long weari- young for my age and do not look after a mans heart some journey. I tell you, my friends, like the mother of two grown-u- p there is no vintage to match it in children, I dont see why I shouldnt as I see fit. I dont Italy, or Mexico, or Mother Spain enjoy myself He raised his glass. To get along with men my own age herself! e. the wine of California! And to Cali- because they are all dull and know me Please let your herself! fornia opinion. Young Fifty. Viva! Viva! Viva! ANSWER Presumably you pay A moment, my brothers, before we proceed . . .All turned toward for the young mens entertainment, the speaker. It was the newly ar- and in return for that you get the rived Franciscan, Fray Mariano Ru-b- l pleasure of being taken out, and of I am a newcomer here being flattered by the youngsters who like to have their amusements . . . that is to say, I have been sent here . . . among you, as a . . . without spending money on them. In I want to propose a toast, a case like this, nobody loses. I am But in toe end the middle-agealso. I . . . say, a toast to Caliher woman who engages in a fierce her grapes fornia wine . . . He turned to his brother struggle to hold on to her youth, friar who had risen beside him and loses a great deal. She loses the chance to find some peace of mind taken his arm. ' What was I . . . about to say and some real companionship for her old age. , . . eh, mi veijo? he asked. Surrounded by sycophantic youths Padre Lasuen was watching him with dawning horror in his fine old who are willing to make pretty speeches if theyre paid for them, she eyes. Come, come, my Brother, Fray is flattered out of all sense of proporBartolome murmured thickly, look- tion. She thinks of herselff as a buddeb, and she shuns the soing wildly around at the company. ding young He ciety of those whose tastes she is more must rest . . . you "Come bear it couldnt she called is tired, he explained, I shall put qualified to share. Your Excellency! No one can blame the woman of fifty husband. him to bed. I have often done so. peremptorily to her for wanting some pleasure still in life. deto him his must assist I mean I her. to He came But if she chooses unsuitable and unus, please . . Well my dear, he said Jovially, votions . . . pardon pleasures, she surrounds herbecoming the from hall tottered Fray friendly The two Isnt this fine! Ah, the kind fiends! with false self friends. She attracts all to remember Mariano still trying those who are willing to companion her hearts of my people my had he toast composed. ne the for the sake of what they can get from Dont they warm your heart? (TO BE C0TIMED) her. was flushed with wine. Too often she is an object of ridicule to the very people she is befriending. Because she will not admit that Importance to Scots, Grouse Bird she has past her teens, she will listen m According to only to those uho are willing to soothe her vanity and naturully she doesn't Some idea of its value find that brand of admirers among her Scotland. a century of course How In the become at toe beginning of this century may true friends. and a half the grouse has You can be young ail your life. in be gathered from the fact that the a bird of national importance into Grouse You can keep a young spirit and a Doug-la- s Committee of Enquiry Hemy Britain, is related by Disease estimated toe annual in- young heart. You can enjoy the London. Home in the Field of You August, come from grouse rents in Scotland friendship of young people. It is a fine morning in Johnson to be over 1,000,000 pounds. The can make yourself beloved to young to Boswell turns 1773. has introduced prosperity and old with your clear mind, your still weak from toe grouse It has tolerance, your understanding and whose eyes are be-into many poor districts. barbarians drunk by of railway and trade Interest. cause a been suppose toe Solway; Do you necBut you cannot dress yourself up valuable on expansion. It has supplied the .dethese hills will become the in imitation of what you were at for increasing funds 7 moor-fowlessary excellent account of these at mands of education, roads and oth- sixteen and hope to recapture the Please dont be stupid glamor of youth. The more you aber public services." moubarren early hour. These sorb sycophantic flattery Into your anything nts will never produce Books. system toe less clear your mind beof No Suspicious Indians if value to a civilized people. of comes. The more you insist on bemelancholy Many Indians were suspicious ing flattered, the less tolerant you ,,n stomach .heir white And men, white men reading. are of those who wont play up to to careful put knowing this, were your vanity. The more you think aside their few books when Indians about looks and the astonished to necessity for h,va been Plain more toe Cleveland were near, says would prove a flamboyantly youthful moor-fow- l up keeping of a somewhat were host the Dealer. Books to the Scots than most Indians, but they appearance, the less interest you I?lu;.a5. ,sra'! mystery to ' have In other people and their lives. these things inspired toe awkward predicament. believed With the result that you prepare a an to from Indian claim to ite old age for yourself than if . i7.me ar diitant spl,ere white men So if lay lonelier u Indians of terr.ry. within a anumber Dowell turns to of youd accepted the fact of your fifshort period reported ties gracefully and had chosen ins time that they had caught the terests and occupations which would feared looking into books, they stake. have kept your mind active but not at was territory of their In the Field.) bad more with arl.flcial excitements. Sometimes the redskins would work jaded Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. C themselves into an uprising. guest-chambe- r. of Ruth Wyeth Spears DEAR Sh-h- . it Solves No Problems, but Makes Many, ftj best sificquats and bed furnish. togs were carried to the room set apart the almost-royWhen all this was done, and the children cleaned and dressed, the women-folfixed their men-fols hair; trimmed it combed it, braided it into queues. Suddenly there was a volley of snots, a prancing of hoofs, shouts and cries, and the caravan came in sight. The people of San Diego pressed forward to see-t- here was Gobemador-D- on Pedro himself, his brown eyes twinkling, his mouth stern, riding proudly between his lady and his son, his son!" they chattered. (Ah' That would be Pedro the Younger of course. A princeling, yes, a princeling. But look you the lady La Gobernadoral" La Gobernadora rode Into the compound proudly, head high, eyes level She saw the jolly clamor around the Governor, a respectful intimacy that established at once in her mind the relations of her husband with these people that he governed. She did not approve of it this backslapping and joking. After all he was the Governor, the Kings own representative in this province and should demand and receive more dignified attention. For a moment she looked around her. The adobe stockade was lined with huts that followed the contours of the hills. Living quarters, storehouses, chapel huddled under the flag of Spain. To the east great mountains, the Cuyamacas and lifted profound white brows into the sunset sky remote, impassable. Prison walls shuddered the lady. To the west the South Sea spread like a carpet of red gold clear to the setting sun. Into it old Point Loma plowed like the prow of a ship. So this was California Alta and here was she, at last. Fray Mariano and Fray Bartolo-m- e were being led away, after a joyful greeting from Padre Lasuen, to their quarters. They too looked about them doubtfully. So this is California Alta! whisWhat next? pered Fray Mariano. ! warned his brother as Padre Lasuen overtook them. They walked beside him, hands clasped piously over their stomachs, their eyes cast downward. After a thanksgiving service in the chapel, there was a merry feast in the quarters of the Lieutenant Zuniga that night The food was good, wine flowed and the Indians from the Mission San Diego de Alcala made amazing music. Eulalia was dazed, tired, a little ill. But the Governor was in fine fettle. Over and over he told of the long journey north, relating news of this one and of that, praising La Gobernadoras courage and fortitude. Every one hung on his words, laughed at his sallies, encouraged him to talk; occasionally they would address her gallantly, but she was unresponsive. She wanted to retire. Angustias, where was she? Talking amiably in a corner with the fat wife of the serconfigeant They were chatting with whispering laughing, dentially, the Pedro Even arched eyebrows. EsYounger, and the little Indian cabellito, were busy Eulalia could hear their voices screaming and laughing at some game. She Every one was gay but she. 4 Hasty Secret Marriage an Authority ... London Curtaining Your Front Door. so that they do not blow about and catch in the door when it i3 opened and closed. Both bottom and top rods may be fastened over hooks as shown here at A. Every homemaker should have a copy of Mrs. Spears new book, ing. Forty-eigpages of Choose a fabric that looks well SEWING. p directions for making on both sides and that harmonizes with the outside color of your door slipcovers and dressing tables; as well as with the color scheme curtains for every type of room; of the hall or room into which it lampshades, rugs, ottomans and opens. 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