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Mistress of Monterey
_ « . , . ? •» <E> Virginia Stivers BarUett
Uirqima Stivers Dart Lett *•**•*••
CHAPTER XX—Continued
—17—
“Tomorrow night,” he sibilated,
“on the beach ... at the labora
tory camp. If it is clear we will be
making some last observations of
the stars ... I will be waiting for
you. I will manage it even if it is
not clear ... I will wait Can you
disguise yourself?”
She caressed his shoulder with a
feline gesture that made him shiver.
“Fear not! I will be there, pre
pared. starlight or fog!”
The Indian games and dancing
were over, but the program Fray
Lasuen had planned for the guests
was to continue with some of the
old Spanish dances, and another
group began tripping to the music
of some guitars and a flageolet. One
figure stood out among them.
Indizuela scorned the Indian
dances of her people, but had taken
pains to learn those of the Span
iards, and while her face showed
stolid and indifferent as she
danced, her slim body was alive
and graceful, supple as a sapling.
The others stopped dancing to ad
mire her, and she Stood alone. When
she had finished there was a burst
of applause led by the Governor.
“Ole!” he called. “Bravo, nina!
Viva la nina de los ojos negros!
Viva la morena!” With a gallant
gesture he threw his hat at her
feet. She picked it up gravely, and
after a slight hesitation put it on her
head, did another impromptu pirou
ette, and stood with her hands pro
vocatively on her hips.
The Governor half rose to go to
her and claim the sombrero with
an embrace as was the custom. But
La Gobernadora, who was staring
at the performance with set jaw and
disapproving eyes, clutched him be
fore he could rise.
“Sit down!” she commanded. “Do
not make a scene of yourself. Well
done, moza,” she called in a high
voice, with a chill smile. “Well
done, indeed.” The Governor sub
sided automatically before he could
protest, and the Indian girl, her
face asmolder, carried the hat to
him, presenting it with a contemp
tuous gesture.
La Perouse rose and stretched
himself delightedly.
“Magnifique!” he shouted across
the space to Fray Lasuen, who was
moving toward them with a pleased
smile. “One of the most interest
ing performances I have ever seen!
These Indians, whom I had thought
so crude, so stupid, can really do
things, can they not?”
“Ah, Senor el Conde,” replied the
priest, “you must not underestimate
my poor children. Perhaps you
would like to come through the es
tablishment again, and see what
they have done?” he invited eager
ly.
La Perouse protested hastily.
“Non, non, mon pere. I have al
ready carefully examined the Mis
sion San Carlos, you will remem
ber, and have made notes about it
all, and about you. Perhaps all Eu
rope will some day read of this lit
tle place, and of your good works!
Now, I am leaving you a souvenir of
our visit. It is a mill, a hand mill
upon which to grind barley. There
by one woman can do the work of
many, instead of grinding the meal
by hand on stones as I have seen
them do here. I will have it sent
over tomorrow.”
Lasuen began an exclamation of
pleasure and gratitude. "And I
am leaving something else, aussi,
something for you, and for my host,
his Excellency, the Gouverneur.
Perhaps I am being presumptuous
in thinking there is anything you
need in this California, and I have
been wondering what it could be
that I might leave as a gift, and to
insure the fact that you, perhaps,
will not forget your French broth
ers.”
He paused and looked about him,
beaming.
“It is two sacks of potatoes, he
announced. “I noticed that you
have none, either that you have
planted or that grow wild. And
these we have brought from South
America. So I will leave one sack
with you, Pere Lasuen, for your
mission garden, and one for you.
Monsieur le Gouverneur, for that
garden of yours of which you are
so justly proud!”
After the Governor and his party
had ridden away from the mission,
when the Indians had retired for
the night. Fray Lasuen sat in his
cell and wrote carefully in his jour
nal:
“This has been indeed a day of
historical importance. This day the
potato has been introduced into Cal
ifornia.”
CHAPTER XXI
As the cavalcade of the Gover
nor were mounting their horses to
return from the fiesta at Mission
Carmelo, Dagelet stooped for Eu
lalia’s foot to assist her into her
saddle. Suddenly he was good-na
turedly jostled aside by Don Pedro,
who, in sign language, made known
to the young Frenchman that he
would take care of the lady. Then,
to Eulalia’s surprise, instead of seat
ing her on her horse, he took her
in his arms, and tossed her into his
own saddle, swung himself up be
hind her and said, “I think I will
have you ride with me, chiquita, like
a little peasant girl, tired and
sleepy, from the fair. Que no?”
Eulalia tried to sit bolt upright
to express her outraged dignity, but
Don Pedro only pulled her closer
and there was nothing to do but
lean against him, in the circle of
his arm, and be quiet.
On they rode, silent under the
stars, with pine-needles thick be
neath the horses’ hoofs, and startled
night birds rustling among the trees
at the disturbance. From some of
the riders came bursts of song, the
twanging of a guitar. The horse
ambled quietly, for no one seemed
in a hurry to break the spell of the
night. Eulalia abandoned her dig
nity, nodded and dozed.
La Perouse and Fages talked in
low tones. They spoke of La Pe
rouse’s departure, and a little wist
fully of his visit in California. The
Frenchman had fallen under the
spell of the country so beloved of
Pedro Fages, and would leave re
gretfully, he told his host. And the
Governor had found a warm friend
in the genial little Frenchman, with
his quaint Spanish, learned in the
mountains of his native South of
France, among the Basques. He
“Tomorrow Night,” He Sibi
lated, “on the Beach.”
would miss him when he was gone.
Not since Junipero Serra’s death
had there been anyone in California
with whom he felt such companion
ship.
All these things the two men made
known to each other, with few
words, as men speak, but of pro
found meaning, then were silent. Al
though formal farewells would be
made later, this was the real leave
taking between them. Fages felt
deeply the importance of the visit
of the French ships, the first for
eigners to visit California. And he
wondered vaguely, what other peo
ple, and ships of how many other
nations would visit the shores of the
distant province. “Ships and peo
ple and cities,” La Perouse had
predicted. Fages pondered. So deep
was he in thought that he had not
noticed Angustias riding close be
side him. When she spoke out of
the darkness, he started.
“On my word, Angustias, you al
most frightened me.”
“Ai, Senor,” sniffled the woman,
“forgive me for speaking to you like
this, but there is something I want
you to do for me. It means much
to me, Excellency. A matter that
has lain sorrowfully close to my
heart for days . . .”
“Speak, then. What is it?”
“It is about Chichi. He is dying,
Don Pedro, in these fogs and cold
weather of Monterey. 1 have man
aged to keep him alive so far, but
I am afraid he will die.” She sniv
eled dismally.
tsut wnai can i ao' asKea tne
Governor in dismay
“I want to ask your permission to
give him to the Senor el Conde de
La Perouse,” she said. “He is go
ing to sail from here to the tropics
I understand, where it is warm, and
a safe place for little monkeys to
dwell. Chichi would become alive
and well there.” She was tumbling
her words one over another in her
excitement. “And though it will
break my heart, I must let him go.
When el Conde reaches those trop
ic isles, he can release Chichi, and
then . . . and then he will be happy
and well. And he will perhaps for
get his adoring Angustias and,” she
sniffed loudly, “find him a little
monkey wife!” she ended, her voice
breaking on a high squeak.
Fages saw the need for being
firm.
“No, Angustias. You must not
ask it. Chichi has managed to live
here this long, and will not die un
til his time comes. He would die
away from your loving care, I know.
The jungle is no place for him. And
besides, Conde de La Perouse has
his hands so full of important mat
ters that it would not be fair to ask
him to do it. Think! He has two
great ships for which he is responsi
ble, and many men, and machinery,
and instruments, and plants, and
food supplies, and ammunition, and
. . .” He stopped, for he realized
he was talking to himself, and An
gustias was crying in her shawl.
Yes, he was talking to himself, he
suddenly was aware that he was
wishing that it was Don Pedro
Fages who commanded the two
ships, and the men, and was sail
ing away to find new worlds.
He spoke harshly, both to him
self and the weeping woman.
“No. Out of the question. I for
bid you to ask him, mujer.’’
Angustias drifted away, sniffing
sadlv.
Fages bent his head again over
the sleeping Eulalia. There was a
warm perfume from her relaxed
body, and the weight of her sagging
against him was delicious to his
senses.
“Let him have his ships, and men
and distant lands,” he thought. “I
have Eulalia.” He lifted his head,
and saw with eyes accustomed to
the dark the wooded hills, the more
distant mountains. He breathed the
heady odors of sea and pines that
mingled in the air, and heard the
ocean pounding restlessly on the cy
press-decked cliffs.
“And I have my California,” he
said thankfully, lifting his face to
the stars.
At the great gate of the presidio
grounds good nights were said.
“It has been a marvelous day,”
said La Perouse almost sadly. "And
a beautiful night. I hope tomorrow
night will be as clear, for we wish
to make some astrological observa
tions before we sail. We will not
dismantle the observatory until the
last moment.”
Angustias, about to turn into the
gate, heard him.
“So!” she murmured. “Tomor
row night he will be on the beach at
his funny tent! Perhaps ..." And
she whispered her hopes to herself.
“I have never been insubordinate,”
she muttered to herself. “But his
Excellency doesn’t know everything.
Especially about a woman’s heart,”
she added grimly.
At the door of the palacio Don
Pedro lifted Eulalia from his horse
and carried her into the house.
CHAPTER XXII
So the next morning Eulalia went
about her preparations for depar
ture.
Tears of self-pity blinded her as
she packed. Lonely, insulated from
the world in this most remote and
desolate of the King’s colonies, with
nothing to look forward to but more
loneliness, as the years passed; per
haps more children; and at last the
final desolation of being laid in the
Campo Santo of the Mission Car
melo. That was her life. For she
was sure now nothing would ever
happen to call Pedro Fages away
from California. There were no
more troubles with the Franciscans,
and El Gobernador served his King
too well in this colony where few'
men wished to come and bury them
selves to be recalled by the Crown.
Her jewels were already stored
away in their case, and she was
sorting out her clothes. Weeping,
and recounting her grievances to
herself, she filled a great leather
chest, and as she sat on the lid to
close it, a thought came that made
her gasp with dismay. She could
never get this bulky thing to the
beach. There was no safe wqfy of
sending it . . . she couldn’t carry
it. For a moment she sat there,
then a beautiful idea came to her.
She would make a bundle of her
clothes, then she would dress in a
peasant dress, like Indizuela, carry
the bundle on her head, and bare
Chinese Use Brutal Trapping Methods
to Capture the Fur-Bearing Animals
Game laws mean very little in
China. In the more remote sec
tions, where trapping is carried on
extensively, the operators use
bombs and poison to make their
catches although this form of hunt
ing is forbidden by law, but there
are no wardens to enforce the pro
vision, notes a writer in the Detroit
News.
The Chinese hunter has many bru
tal methods of capturing wild ani
mals which are just as injurious as
the steel-jawed spring traps used
by his American and European col
leagues.
Thousands of animals suffer the
torments of a lingering death in
Szechuan and neighboring Tibet in
a foot noose trap set in a runway
and fastened to a bent-down sapling
in such a way that, when the ani
mal puts its foot into the fatal ring
and springs the trigger, the noose
tightens up, yanking the wretched
victim into the air where it hangs
suspended by one leg till death frees
it from suffering. This type is used
primarily in capturing the male lit
tie musk deer to secure the musk
pod used only in the manufacture of
perfumes, but more often than not
it catches the female musk deer,
the tutted deer and other small wild
animals which are of little or no
value. This trap is perhaps the
most brutal and wasteful in use.
The more humane means em
ployed in China is the deadfall,
which is a heavy log raised from
the ground in such a way as to fall
on the quarry when it releases a
cleverly set trigger. This is used
extensively in the Manchurian for
ests where there are many kinds of
fur-bearing animals. The set-gun
is also employed and usually kills
instantly but is extremely danger
ous to a person walking along the
runway on which it is set.
An Acre of Dirty Dishes
In 12 months the average woman
washes an acre of dirty dishes, 3
miles of clothes, 1 mile of glass
and 5 miles of floors, declared a
home service director of a gas as
sociation in London.
footed, slip down to the beach in
the dusk, her face covered by a con
cealing rcbozo. She might escape
unnoticed, for Pedro Fages was
sending loads of provisions as a
farewell present to his friends the
French explorers, and many Indi
ans were being pressed into service.
She giggled excitedly, hopped
from the chest, opened it and gath
ering as many things as she could,
piled them into a heap, then tied
them in a blanket. She tried to lift
the bundle, but could not budge it
from the floor. Sighing impatient
ly, she began discarding heavier
things, and at last had a weight that
she could lift.
She wept again as she discarded
the lovely gowns of brocade, vel
vet, satin and lace. Eloping was
not so easy, after all. She had
dreamed she could flee, unencum
bered by baggage or impedimenta,
to the waiting arms of an impatient
and potential lover, but here she
was struggling with bulky bulgy
bundles of clothes, like a washer
woman.
All her lovely clothes! But then,
she thought with satisfaction, the
expedition would no doubt stop at
the Filipino Islands, and there, in
Manila, a real capital, she could
buy new raiment. It would be bet
ter that way, for it was only too
probable that her clothes, which she
had had for more than three years,
were demode, and in Manila she
would And lovely things from Paris.
She lifted the load to her head,
and experimented with a few steps.
Yes, she could do it. She looked
at herself in her mirror, and swayed
there, her hands on her hips. In
the mirror she saw the face of her
baby, staring at her in amazement.
Hastily she dropped the bundle
and whirled on the child. The baby’s
Indian nurse came hurrying in after
her, and stooped to pick up the
child, but Eulalia stopped her.
"Wait!” she cried. She sank to
her knees and held her arms out to
the baby enticingly.
"Come, come to Mother, dar
ling!” she cooed.
The baby only stared at Eulalia,
nonplussed by such behavior on the
part of the lady who generally ig
nored her good-naturedly.
"Darling, please, my little dar
ling, come to Mother . . . won’t
you?”
The nurse stood stolidly by, a
jealous warmth in her dull eyes.
At last the baby, Anger in mouth,
sidled to the nurse and buried her
face in the woman’s skirts.
Eulalia rose to her feet.
"Take her out of here!” she de
manded imperiously.
The nurse hugged the child close
to her and hurried out of the room.
"There, you see?” said La Gob
emadora to the Madonna who was
smiling sadly at her. "You see?
She does not love me at all! She
never comes near me! She prefers
that black Indian woman, and her
father! You see? It will never make
the slightest difference to her wheth
er I stay here or not.”
She paced back and forth the
length of the dirt floor.
"As for young Pedro, he never
sees me! He is with his father all
the time. He cares only for him,
and for his pony. Will he miss me?
Does he need me? No, of course not
Absurd! No one wants me, no one
needs me ... I am going away
. . .” She cast herself on the bundle
of clothes and wept.
"I am going away . . . and no
one will care ... I am going so
far ... on the ocean! I will be
seasick. Oh, Dios mio!” She turned
toward the Madonna and held out
her arms.
"Please, Our Lady of the Seas,
make the ocean smooth, please, oh,
please!”
After a while she sat herself at a
table to write a note to her hus
band.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
WHAT TO EAT
An Invaluable Aid
To the Housewife
IN THIS issue you will find the
1 fourth of the series of arti
cles written by C. Houston
Goudiss, famous food expert
whose books, radio talks and
lectures have made him known
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In this article Mr. Goudiss dis
cusses the vitally important subject,
“Mineral Salts." He shows the ne
cessity of these materials in the diet,
and their relation to the building of
a strong heart, healthy nerves, rich
red blood, strong bones and sound
teeth. He also gives the food sources
of these salts.
Read each one of these arti
cles as they appear weekly in
this newspaper. They will
prove invaluable to the house
wife in assisting her to keep the
entire family mentally and
physically fit.
it her solemn responsibility to provide
these four in abundance. For only in
that way can you insure optimal growth
in children, develop vigorous health in
adults, and maintain the highest pos
sible tone of every organ in the body,
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MINERAL SALTS
That You Must Have in Order to Build
Strong Bones, Sound Teeth, Healthy
Nerves, Rich Red Blood
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
0 East 39th Street. New York.
THE human body is often compared to a machine, but it is
far more wonderful, far more complex, than the most in
tricate machine ever designed to run without stopping, day
in and day out,for upwards of 70 years, is also a fully equipped
chemical laboratory. For if a chemist should grind a man to
bits and analyze the pieces, hc$-—
would find at least 18 chemical
elements, and possibly traces
of several others.
In addition to oxygen, carbon,
hydrogen and nitrogen, the body
contains a wide variety of mineral
materials, which are necessary to
its proper functioning—and even
to life itself. The list includes
' calcium, phosphorus, potassium,
sulphur, sodium, chlorine, magne
sium, iron, manganese, iodine and
copper.
★ ★ ★
Mineral* Necessary to Life
It is vitally important that the home
maker should understand the function
of these various salts and where they
can be found. For if certain minerals
are lacking in the body, the heart will
stop beating. Without others, the bones
cannot form properly. Still others are
responsible for the rich red blood that
makes the difference between a healthy
person and a sickly one. Laboratory
experiments have proved that if you
leave out the smallest trace of the
mineral known as manganese, you de
stroy the love of a mother for her
child. And nutritionists—but unfortu
nately not mothers—are well aware
that less than a thousandth of an ounce
of iodine makes all the difference be
tween a normal man and an imbecile.
XXX
Calcium—Captain of Minerals
Calcium deserves its ranking
position as the captain of the min
erals, because it builds the bones,
! or body framework. And the bony
skeleton is to the human being
what steel is to a building. Cal
! cium is also the chief constituent
of the teeth and upon healthy
teeth rests the health of the diges
tive system and, in turn, the en
j tire body. For food that is improp
erly masticated is imperfectly di
gested and fails to nourish prop
erly.
About 99 per cent of the calcium
in the body is found in the teeth
and bones. If the body does not
receive an adequate supply of this
mineral in pre-natal life and dur
ing the growing years, the bones
will be porous, distorted and *as
ily broken, and the teeth will de
velop cavities and eventually may
fall out.
In addition to being the princi
pal material for making and
[ maintaining the bones and teeth,
calcium increases the strength
and pulsations of the heart and
helps the blood coagulate in case
of injury, thus keeping you and
your loved ones from bleeding to
death. That is why an extra sup
ply of calcium is fed to patients
just before an operation.
Calcium Builds Will Power
There is a close relationship be
tween calcium and sound, healthy
nerves. And this precious sub
stance likewise helps us to con
centrate mentally—it strengthens
our will power—and assists us in
acquiring that “do or die” attitude
toward life, which is essential in an
age when we must all struggle or
go under.
Yet despite its importance, it is
estimated by that outstanding au
thority, Henry C. Sherman, Pro
fessor of Nutrition at Teachers
College, Columbia University, that
one-half of the American people—
even those with plenty of money—
are literally starving for calcium,
because they do not know the food
sources of this vitally important
mineral.
★ ★ ★
Where to Obtain Calcium
i The foremost sources of calcium
are milk and cheese, which is
milk in concentrated form. It is
chiefly to provide adequate cal
cium that homemakers must fol
low the rule of a quart of milk
daily for every child, and a pint
for each adult.
Vegetables, such as spinach, let
tuce, celery, asparagus, string
beans, cabbage, carrots and cauli
flower are also a good supple
mentary source of calcium. And
some fruits, such as oranges, figs,
strawberries and bananas like
wise supply significant amounts.
★ ★ ★
Indispensable Phosphorus
Like calcium, phosphorus is re
quired by the body in relatively
large amounts, and like calcium,
it is especially important in the
diet of children, because it is de
posited in the bones, along with
calcium, as calcium phosphate.
Phosphorus is indispensable for
all the active tissues in the body
and plays an important part in
regulating the neutrality of the
blood. It can be obtained from
whole grain cereals, eggs, dried
beans, cheese, lean meats, and
root and leafy vegetables.
★ ★ ★
Iron—King Pin of Them All
But measured in terms of food essen
tials, iron is king pin of them all. It
is the supreme element in nutrition
because it is necessary for the forma
tion of the hemoglobin or red pigment
in the blood. And it is the hemoglobin
which carries purifying oxygen to every
cell in the body. Recently, it has been
discovered that copper is required for
the proper utilization of iron.
“Red blooded” is a term un
derstood by everyone to denote
health and strength, and it is iron
that makes us red blooded. When
your children grow pale and list
less, lose their pep and lack ap
petite, it is likely that they are
starving for iron. If you become
short of breath and “pant” when
going up hill, or upstairs, even
though there is nothing wrong
with your heart or lungs, the
chances are that there is insuffi
cient red pigment in the blood—
not enough to take up an adequate
supply of oxygen and carry it to
the millions of cells throughout
the body.
There is no excuse for cheating
yourself or your children of a full
measure of iron, for this mineral
can easily be obtained from liver,
egg yolk, whole grain cereals, mo
lasses, dried fruits, dried peas and
beans, nuts, lean meats and green
vegetables.
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Iodine—Molder of Men
Almost everyone has heard that
iodine is the mineral which helps
to prevent that disfiguring en
largement of the neck, known as
simple goiter. But few people re
alize that it is the principal con
stituent of thyroxin, secretion of
the thyroid gland, and that the
thyroid functions normally only
when sufficient iodine is available.
A wide variety of physiological
disorders have been laid to iodine
hunger. Obesity is frequently the
result of thyroid disturbance. Spe
cialists contend that stubborn skin
diseases are associated with dis
orders of this gland. Many people
are accused of laziness who are
really suffering from thyroid de
ficiency. And competent authori
ties claim that the thyroid like
wise influences mental make-up
and emotional tendencies.
Iodine is found chiefly in sea
food and in fruits and vegetables
grown near the sea. In inland
regions, where soil and water are
poor in iodine, health authorities
frequently add it to the drinking
water. And the use of iodized salt
is also recommended. By these
simple measures, thousands of
growing children can be saved
from the disastrous results of io
dine deficiency.
In general, it can be said that if
the minerals calcium, phosphorus,
iron and iodine are supplied in
adequate amounts, the other min
erals will be automatically fur
nished.
But every homemaker should make
AROUND
THE HOUSE
Add Acid to Milk.—To help pre
vent curdling when acid and milk
are combined, add the acid to the
milk rather than the milk to the
acid.
* * *
Cleaning Parchment Shades.—
Wipe off parchment lamp shades
with a cloth dampened with olive
oil. It will remove all soil and will
restore the former freshness.
* * *
Frying Fish Filets.—Try dip
ping fish filets in yellow corn
meal, in milk and again in corn
meal. Then fry them in deep fat
until they are w'ell browned.
* • •
Softening Shoes.—Shoes or boots
that have become hardened from
a bad wetting will soften if rubbed
with a rag wet with kerosene.