Show PW WW 1004 V CONDENSED CLASSICS CLASSIC S do RAMONA by HELEN HUNT JACKSON condensation by mary brooks gloucester mass K V KS M lie helen en riske itar no born bern at amherst Amli erot emair oct 18 1 1831 she wax th the daughter of pro iro less acot r N AV fl k she vrn as talc married first to islin major jor edward II 11 hunt of the he united states stater engine engineers erns lie be lied deed 1 la 1803 it it mryr so while living a 8 a at newport that she anade do her pen name ot of 11 it II II 11 helen well known know n years year later inter she nhe roar rIed W V S jackson jackion a banker ba er ot of colored colorado d springs she w wan a pe ot of great brent industry Indu itry and oue uc ceo ce sh she first won 1 attention by ve vee e by U IV H I ler her were widely red read and were prole ly by amerson and T W ilig she wrote for the f no N name stories two novels novela mercy choice and It lotery she w war author of books book of m ninny MY ftp Inc including ludin sr those for child children rt she became wre greatly tir interested in the tb In findlan dlan he wn was appointed appointed a limer inner to in their condition avrom this work resulted A century of and llie ilie noel ly by which bleh nhe he hlll be remembered ll Hn mono antonn ap she died auff aing 12 19 1885 in san francisco she the affect affectionate lonato regard record of fit many render readers D AMONA I 1 the blessed ara B child 1 father ra nearing his journeys nd end cried with joy through the golden mustard tangle that overhung his path a dark haired maiden came swiftly to meet him at sight of pomonal Po Rn monas angelic face the aged franciscan forgot his weariness almost forgot his burden of grief over his beloved missions despoiled and crumbling A silent blessing end and lie followed her contentedly tent edly to the moreno ranch where sheep shearing had bad been deigned until ills his visit that he might confess the shearing band defore before medicos cos surrender of california general moreno estates were lordly indeed now hugo hug portions had been lopped away by the united states land commission and the generals widow revenged her losses by de dei i cing all americans as hou hounds ads A marvelous mn manager nager the senora moreno whom her handsome gentle son fellie obeyed in everything and knew it not I 1 yet she never suspected that V Fel lpes affection for ramona bamona could be more than brotherly she had never loved the girl for ramona was not of moreno blood iler iier father was a tempestuous scotchman who cruelly jilted by the se noras sister married an indian woman to his old love childless and unhappy he gave his beautiful blue eyed baby to rear as her own at senora Ort egnas death the child crime come as a legacy to senora M moreno oreno but at nineteen ra anona still waited to learn the mystery of her parentage the stern silent senora would not tell the indian sheep arrived alved at sunset just as ramona hurried to the brook gowash to wash an altar cloth iler iier face aglow she bent over the stones nil unconscious that alessandro AIes sandro captain of the shearing band beholding her stood spellbound when father led the household sunrise hymn next morning it a new rich voice thrilled ramona strangely 1 I never heard anat anything hing like it zhe she told r elipe that Is alessandro AIes sandro old pablos son eon a splendid fellow ile he plays the alo violin beautifully the old san luls luis rey music ills his father was bandmaster there sheep shearing began most unfortunately tuna tely fel fellip ipe up too soon from a long illness suffered n R relapse while packing the dusty fleeces lee ces only alessandro could soothe his delirium accordingly alessandro was persuaded to remain until the invalid should recover As felipe felepe improved he lived on the open veranda lying on a rawhide bed bea that alessandro made the family tat sat near him alessandro too ills his ausle a delight Ms his strength and fidelity n repose hla his personal presence elways always agreeable was freely welcome rhe fhe young indian watched ramona with dumb devotion such eyes she mused like a saint so solemn so mild I 1 nm sure lie he la is very good site alio ceased to regard him as sin an Tn indian linn how could she pho understand tills this new feeling velipe was tile the only young man she che lad ever known one thought possessed alessan dro alro after old juan cabito the head shepherd told him of parentage the senorita has indian blood tile the senora loves her not when ramona wept at tb the q Be se noras unkindness he trembled so that F ellae read his secret if only my mother could think it reflected generous felepe it would be best to have alessandro stay here its as overseer and then they might be married i the crisis came when Ra monao eyes banned binned with tears because she feared d father would not let him remain permanently on tile the ranch rai Senor ital he cried tears have come me into your eyes then you will not be angry it if I 1 say that I 1 love you I 1 1 I know alessandro I 1 ani am glad of it I 1 love you I 1 oil oh senorita norita Be do you mean that you will go with mo me you tou cannot mean that I 1 yes I 1 wit will I 1 go w with I 1 th you yon and then as they stood locked in each obber others s arms the benora ered them I 1 shameful crea creature 1 she cried smiting Ila monas protesting I 1 lips ta she hustled the girl to her room an and 1 I to locked c ked her in at watching sadly all al that night heard two wood doves calling ailing love here love ill here ere my ramona Ila inona Is like the gentle wood dove thought he if she Is 18 my wife my people will call her majel the wood dove in vain rain felipe tried to persuade ill his s mother in vain she coaxed and threatened ramona Har nona the Th jewels which were to be Ila monas dowry if she married worthily were no te temptation in pta tion when the senora scornfully declared your mother was an radian indian a low common COMM on indian tho the girl was truly glad why do you object to my marrying alessandro she demanded 1 I am of his people the lewels jewels you yon can give to the church I 1 shall marry alessandro felipe sent alessandro home to te until the sto storm should mow blow over but the long dreaded americans amerie e in their search tor for more land had bad just taken possession of that peaceful village dragged out of his own house by force pablo died of grief alessandro burled buried him and then in utter misery came back to bid ramona farewell dearest senorita I 1 I 1 have no nj home he faltered my father li ii dead my people driven out of their village I 1 am only a beggar now but elmona felt no fear of privations take me with youl you I 1 sho she cried after long pleading ng she overruled his wiser arguments and that night they slipped away with baba Ita monas own horse no trace of tile lovers was found for those indians who knew alessan dros whereabouts purposely misled inquirers and at san diego where they were married ramona had given ales stin dros pet name majella to be entered on the register their first home was near alessan dros cousin in san pasquale where the indians received ramona eamona gladly she was very happy in her new life under the sky she accepted a tiny brush hut but ns as cheerfully as the comfortable for table adobe which alessandro r soon oon built and which sho she beau beautified tidd beyond belief gleefully slie she led baba when he plowed the first furrows in their fields but alessandris Ales anxiety rarely left him when he be heard that the mexican pueblo paper of san pasquale was worthless that all the village lands belonged to the americans in washington he lost hope 1 I think I 1 shall go road mad ho he said when american rafi ranchers chers appeared he sold house and crop and moved to haboba c seeking a place the americans did not want on the way to haboba they nearly perished in a snowstorm hut but were s saved ave d by an easygoing easy going Tennesse ein eon family the styers with whom they become became friends already Ila monas heart had been wrung at hearing of father death naw came a new grief site she feared for ales reason could lie he be bear another ny artia blow eyes of the sk sky I 1 their er baby girl never recovered from her exposure ant and died on the way to the ogency doctor who would not come to her white men began to encroach and to be insulting we will hide bide forever declared ates alessandro es leaving horses and wagon in still bernardino with the for the winter they went to a tiny valley almost inaccessible folded high on mount san jacintos slopes biere w we e are s fafel afe I 1 exulted ramona bamona 11 pears like ashes gone klar out ler er this yer world inter another mused aunt rl RI hyer as she sat weaving carpets and gazing up at the shining mountain in ili the southern horizon when alessandro saw the brown eyes of his second daughter he sighed it Is an ill gift to have the eyes of alessandro they look ever on woe now began attacks of mental distress wild flights from imaginary white pursuers sometimes he tried to drive flocks he funded were tits ills own oe fatal day daf lie galloped home on it a strange worse norse taken by mistake during one ine of its his 11 sicknesses senor I 1 will explain P but far aar th enraged owner shot him dead inthe in the midst of tits his explanations in arms It alliona ran for help t to 0 th ill nearest village Cal cahuilla luilla then came oblivion ten days afterward she opened her eyes eyen aunt rl III was beside her and ild he had recognized baba in stin son bernardino and from the had learned the whole sad story 1 I have been searching for you all tilts this time he whispered 1 lam I am alorie dear there Is no one now but you to take care of me in mexico felipe made a ne new w home and there ramona become became his loving loyal wife but when the wood doves rolled called she hearie heard a voice saying ma jelin jerial ill that 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