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Mistress of Monterey VIRGINIA STIVERS BARTLETT © Virginia Stivers Bartlett " " — - — " ' ' "WNV Service • CHAPTER XXII—Continued —18— And while *he was toying nervous ly with her quill, her husband and young Pedro were sitting astride their horses in Don Pedro’s beloved orchard. The trees were full of Indians, gathering the luscious fruit that hung in rich clusters, bright in the autumn sunshine; early pears and apples, late peaches and pomegran ates. Little naked boys, pajareros, ran through the orchard with rattles and miniature bows and arrows, frightening away the clouds of birds that had assembled to steal the ripe fruit. As fast as the fruit was picked, it was loaded into panniers on mules, and carried to the shore, where boats were piled high and oared to the Astrolabe and the Boussole, a princely offering from the Spanish Governor to the expedition of the Count de La Perouse. The Governor and his son watched the scene with pleasure. The move ment and life, the color, and the clamor of many voices was pleasant to them. They looked at each other and smiled, completely at harmony together. An Indian passed them carrying a basket strapped to his back, and supported from his brow with thongs. It was filled to the rim with purple grapes. The Governor stopped him, and made a note on a list he carried in his hand. “Twenty baskets of grapes,” he said. “Hum,” to the Indian, ‘‘that will be enough grapes. No more to day. Vayase." The Indian plodded on. “Yes,” continued the Governor, following the basket of grapes with his eyes, “that will have to be enough. We must have enough left for the vintage. But I have already sent them barrels of wine, so I do not think I am selfish. Do you?” "Pues, no!” cried the boy. “And too, we would not have any grapes for the fiesta, the vendimia. And we must have, mustn’t we? And won’t it be soon?” “Yes, I think it will be soon. Yes, we must have a great fiesta this year . . . just for ourselves. It has been nice to have the Franceses here, but it will be nice to have a party just for ourselves. I think there is a little bull that is ready to meet a torero, and there is an other that will make a barbecue. And we will have some horse-races, and some cock-fights, and some of the Indian boys will wrestle, and there will be music and dancing. Ai de mi, what a vendimia it will be!” “And Mother will sit on a throne with grapes and leaves on her head for a crown, and be queen of the fiesta!” “Yes, yes, and agaip yes! Look, they hurry down to the beach to see who comes?” It was an Indian messenger from the camp of La Perouse, asking that something. As they reached the beach, they could see a cloud of smoke, and a strange activity going on. On com ing closer they discovered La Gob ernadora with Angustias, and al most all of the people of the presid io, who had evidently been sum moned hastily by a messenger from La Perouse. The Frenchman came hurrying to Pedro Fages. “I had a thought at the last min ute,” he said hurriedly. “You have been so wonderful to me, all of your people have, that I wanted to give an occasion special for you. We are to have a balloon ascension!” “Balloon ascension! exclaimed the Governor. “I have heard of bal loons but never seen one.” “Regard, then,” said La Perouse dramatically, “there is a balloon which was given us to take on our voyage around the world. Why, I do not know, unless it was to im press people around the globe that Frenchmen now make balloons! What good they can ever be, I can not see, but they say some day they will be made strong enough to carry men.” “There will never be one strong enough to carry me!” laughed Fages. He and young Pedro dis mounted and hurried on foot after La Perouse to where the great mus lin bag was slowly filling with smcke, its rounding sides showing strange designs and pictures. “We have had it up once before on this trip,” explained La Perouse. “That was in Lima. I hope it will ascend now!” he said anxiously. And at last it did. Slowly it stag gered into the air. Everyone regarded it with amaze ment. Some of the Indians mut tered, and several old women pros trated themselves on the ground. Accompanied with a chorus of in credulous ejaculations it rose the full length of the cord that tethered it; then, as a fresh late afternoon breeze puffed in from the sea and threatened, it was brought down again. “Por Dios!” exclaimed the Gov ernor of California, greatly pleased and amazed. “Mil gracias to you, Senor el Conde, for such a miracle! A balloon raised from the shore of California! It will never happen again, and will be something to re member all our lives.” "And it will be something for me to remember all my life, that I have visited your California. More, I can not say. And now . . “And now,” replied the Governor with a slight formality which he as sumed to cover his real feelings, "and now, my friend, I suppose the time has come for us to say, as you French put it, adieu!” "Your Spanish word, adios, is the same. Monsieur le Gouverneur. Both speed the parting guest in the care of God.” "Yes, we must say those words. For we must not hinder your depar ture with our curiosity, and there are things I must attend to at the presidio. But be sure, Senor el Conde, that at whatever hour you sail we shall be here on shore, watching you as far as we can see. And wherever you shall sail, you will be in our hearts. Thank you for visiting us.” The two men gripped hands. La Perouse was frankly moved. “Thank you for everything. The friendliness, the courtesy, the hos pitality and your gifts of fruit and wine. We will appreciate those, surely. And even for the goat and the chickens, and . . . Mon Dieu! “Certainly, Your Excellency,” She Said at Last. I can not say more. My feelings . . . pardonnez moi . . .” He turned to Eulalia, who was standing quietly beside her husband, her eyes on Dagelet. “And, to you ma Reine de Cali fomie, my respects for your forti tude and loyalty in being such a wonderful woman in the midst of such a remote country.” Eulalia’s lips moved, but her re marks were inaudible as the Count kissed her hand. There were other farewells, then the Governor, fol lowed by his soldiers and Indian bearers, his wife on one hand and his son at the other, moved away from the camp on the beach. As they rode the Governor and his wife were each very silent, busy with their own thoughts. Young Pe dro prattled beside them. The Count had given him a silver medal which had been struck off by the French Government to com memorate the great expedition of La Perouse around the world. On one side was an effigy of Louis XVI, and on the other two olive branches tied with a ribbon, and a scroll which read: “Les fregates du roi de France, la Boussole et l’Astrolabe, command ees par Mm. de la Perouse ie de Langle, parties du prt de Brest, en Juin 1785.” The child rapturously polished the bright coin on his jacket, and asked his mother to translate it for him. She did, lifelessly. The Governor sighed and spoke “At dawn, on the tide, they sail for all the seven seas. And I,” he chuckled suddenly, "I will escort you home, my Lady, then ride over to the Mission Carmelo to talk with Fray Lasuen about this new Mis sion Santa Barbara. For that is the next great thing to happen to our California.” "Ah! So you will not be home this evening?” “No, my love. I shall sup with the good fathers, but will return early. You will pardon me?” For a long moment she looked at him intently, then gazed straight ahead. “Certainly, your Excellency,” she said at last. When at the great gate to the presidio young Pedro elected to go with his father, she seemed in a strange mood. “Go with your father, my son.” she said, “but kiss me adios.” The boy looked startled, but pecked his mother hurriedly on the cheek. Eulalia watched them until their figures and that of the servant who followed were lost around a curving hill. Then she spurred her horse and rode rapidly across the parade ground to the palacio. Late that evening, the Count de La Perouse, working with some of his scientists in their rude labora tory on the beach, was amazed when an attendant told him that a woman, with a baby in her arms, wished to see him. And when the companion of La Gobernadora strode in, unabashed, he was still more surprised. With no preamble she told her story. “And here he is,” she said finally. "My baby, my Chichi. You will take him, will you not, where he will be well, and live?” “But of course, Madame!” ex claimed the Frenchman, his eyes bright with amusement. "I will see that he has the best of care, and I will loose him in the most beauti ful jungle I can find, I assure you.” He was astounded to see the wom an’s harsh face begin working with emotion. "Here,” she squeaked, "here is a little bundle of clothes I made him. He has needed them here where it has been cold, and before he reaches his jungle. See,” perhaps he will need them again she explained, holding out a tiny pair of trousers, and poking her finger through a hole, “see, his dear little tail goes through here.” La Perouse had taken the monkey in his arms, but Angustias reached for him, strained him passionately to her breast. The little animal put out a tiny paw and stroked her face with queer little noises. She held him away from her, and stared into the worried human eyes, then thrust him back at the startled Frenchman. "Take him quickly,” she gasped. “Be good to him ... he is my all . . . my baby.” Before La Perouse could say an other word she stumbled out of the tent into the dark. "Nom du nom du vieu singe!” roared La Perouse. "Here, Dage let, you seem moony and unoccu pied. I give you this animal to keep in your charge, and to watch and ward, and put his dear little tail through the hole in his pantaloons until we land on a tropical isle! Mon Dieu, quelle femme.” Dagelet picked up the monkey dolefully. “And you think I have nothing to do!” he muttered. He walked away from the tent, carrying the monkey and his bundle of clothes to a spot where a boat was moored, and an oarsman sat as though waiting for someone. “Take this,” barked Dagelet. “1 will return.” Angustias, blinded with her tears, staggered through the sand until she reached firmer ground, then she made her way toward the presidio, sobbing and talking to herself. “Chichi, my baby,” she grieved, holding her empty arms to her breast, "my baby, my baby.” When she was quite near the pre sidio gate she noticed a figure mov ing hurriedly in the direction of the beach. It seemed to be the figure of a woman. Angustias slipped behind a tree and watched. The woman came closer and Angustias could see a large bundle balanced on her head. Every few feet she turned around and looked back to ward the presidio. “Indizuela!” gasped Angustias. “What is she doing? Ah, the vixen, she is running away with some French sailor. I’ll be bound. Well, we can’t have that. I’ve always had my suspicions of that one. Que la doncella honrada la pierna quebra da y en casa (The virtuous maid and the broken leg must stay at home),” she muttered. She took a few steps toward the girl, then stopped. If the hussy was intent on joining some French lover, shd would use violence rather than lei Angustias stop her, she reflected. She needed a man to help her. As she hesitated, her eye still on the flying girl who was zigzagging through the sand, she heard the sound of horses. She ran toward them as they came in view. Then she saw it was the Governor. She stopped. She must not let him see her. She had disobeyed him. He would reprimand her, she, Angustias, whom he had always called "a good soldier.” She started to step behind her tree again, but was too late. The Governor had seen her. So she took matters in her own hands and ran toward him. “Your Excellency!" she gasped, "look, see that woman running to ward the beach! With the bundle on her head! It is Indizuela She is running away to join some French lover on the ships.” Pedro Fages looked after the fig ure that Angustias pointed out. She did indeed seem to be fleeing, her erratic course took her now from one tree to another, and she was avoiding the open spaces. “Very well, Angustias, you re turn with Pedro to the mansion. I will attend to this. Go with them,” he ordered the servant. He spurred his horse lightly and cantered toward the girl. As he drew near he saw nhe had staggered and dropped the great bundle from her head. She was leaning over it, sob bing with exertion when he cauph* up with her. As he jumped from his horse, she turned away from him, and tried to cover her face with the rebozo that swathed her head. Fages spoke very gently. “Mi chiquita,” he said, "my poor little one. Why are you running away from us all, and from your home, and those who are concerned in your welfare? Did you not say you loved the Governor, and were grateful for all he had done for you? And now you run away, Indizuela!” The girl suddenly became dynam ic. She straightened and faced the Governor boldly, tearing the rebozo from her head. “So!” she screamed. "It is In dizuela you love, is it! Indizuela whom you follow after in the star light! Indizuela, is it! Indizuela!" Pedro Fages put his hand to his beard, then brushed his eyes as though he doubted his sight. "Eulalia!” he said, "fiulalia! You were running away.” She stooped over her bundle and tugged at it. “Of course I am run ning away. And you can not stop me. Indizuela is not leaving you,” she panted, “so you will be happy.” She lifted the bundle and staggered a few steps. Don Pedro watched her as though he were viewing an incident in a dream, with drugged senses that could not react. "I am leaving everything behind that you love,” she said through her teeth, "the children, Indizuela and your California. For ever!” Then he strode to her side and wrested her burden from her. "Come,” he said stemry, “no non. sense.” She struggled with him. "No!’ wildly. “No! Let me go! You can not hold me here any long er! Let me . .” But he slung the bundle over his saddle, and taking her around the shoulders that writhed and tried to slip from his grasp, he put one hand firmly over her mouth, and tried to move her toward the horse. She dug her heels in the sand, he could feel her maledictions and im precations sputtering against his hand. (TO BE CONTINUED) Future Japanese Soldiers Early Learn to Hope “to Die for Beloved Emperor” You cannot assess the Japanese army numerically. Japanese officers have often pro tested to me with a smile that the Japanese soldier is not a whit su perior mentally, morally or physi cally to the soldier of the West. Yet they insist that he is, in fact, ‘‘a better soldier,” because, unlike oth er soldiers, he courts death as his greatest honor, writes Willard Price in the London Spectator. The training of men who will go to their doom with the unswerving directness of robots is a weird and unworldly process. It begins 2,000 years before the soldier is born. Bushido has taught the Japanese race to think well of itself, and the Japanese individual to regard himself as nothing but the dirt to be ground under the chariot wheels of the progress of his race. The One must give him self for the All. What better racial tradition could there be for the making of die-easy soldiers? Active military training begins at the age of six. Boys in the first year of primary school are taught to inarch, drill, do the goose-step, sing war songs and marshal pla toons of wooden soldiers. “Morals” is a required subject in every primary and middle school. From six to seventeen the future soldier is drilled, not in morals as we would understand the subject, but in “Morals" with an imperial M—loyalty to the immediate fami ly, the larger family which is called the natron, and the emperor who is the father of all. This goes on until many students when asked “What is your dearest wish?” will sincerely enough set down this answer: “To die for my beloved emperor.” Wireless First on Lucania The Lucania has the distinction of introducing wireless to the ocean. Marconi experimented with his new invention aboard this Cunarder in June, 1901. The experiments were successful. Permanent apparatus was immediately installed and was soon duplicated in all ships of the line. The Lucania also carried the first “submarine signal apparatus” to detect the approach of other ships. I WHAT to EAT and WHY £ ■fjouiton uoudiii Noted Food .A .. Authority Relates the Miracle of VITAMINS and Explains Why YOU MUST EAT THEM or DIE • • • By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS 6 East 38th St., New York. WE LIVE in the most inspiring age the world has ever known. Chemists grow plants without soil. Doctors snatch men from death with insulin. Surgeons perform in credibly delicate brain operations. And thanks to the amaz ing discoveries of nutritional scientists, children enter the world with far better chances for long and happy lives, while men and women of seventy are more active and useful than their grand parents were at fifty. ■ Much of the hard - won knowledge of how to eat so as to increase efficiency, curb disease, and improve the chances for longevity is due to the discovery of vitamins. • • • VITAMINS DISCOVERED Twenty-six years ago, a now famous scientist walked nervously arounci ms laDora tory, back and forth — back and forth. He was con ducting a nutrition experiment of vast importance. H e didn’t quite know what he was going to find, but he be lieved that he was on the verge of a WiT wk! revolutionary ioou discovery. The scientist was my friend, Casimir Funk, a brilliant Polish bio-chemist. He had been work ing on the problem for many years. At last, in the year 1912, his experiments were positive and conclusive. Then he announced to the scientific world that he had discovered a vital force. “This force,” said Funk, “I have called vitamine, because it is necessary to life.” Thus, the word “vitamin” came into being, along with the first knowledge of these minute but powerful factors which exert such a tremendous influence on human health and happiness. • • m SPARK PLUGs OF NUTRITION Other bio-chemists throughout the world—including Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins in England, and Hart, Humphrey, Babcock, Steen bock and McCollum in the United States—had been working on the same problem that Funk had par tially solved. They knew that the first step was to find out how vita mins affected the human body, and that the second step was to discover what foods contained these vital substances. And so there began a long se ries of experiments in the labora tories of great universities all over the world, which demonstrat ed what happens when a diet is deficient in any of the vitamins, and proved that if laboratory ani mals are wholly deprived of vita mins for a short time they will die. These experiments are of the ut most significance to every home maker, because the same thing happens to human beings as to experimental animals. Today our knowledge of vitamins has pro gressed to such a degree that it is possible to state the exact re quirement for most of the vita mins and to designate the foods from which adequate quantities can be obtained. • • • RESISTANCE AND VITAMIN A To date, six vitamins have been identified. Vitamin A promotes growth and builds resistance to disease. It is necessary for the health of the mucous membranes of the body and helps to guard against infections of the respira tory and alimentary tracts. It in fluences the health of the hair and skin, is necessary to prevent a serious eye disorder known as night blindness, and is essential for the formation of healthy teeth. Vitamin A is found in milk, but ter, margarine that has been re inforced with vitamin A concen trate, egg yolk, cod-liver oil, thin _I Have You a Question? Ask C. Houston Goudiss HOUSTON GOUDISS has placed at the disposal of readers of this newspaper all the facilities of his famous Ex perimental Kitchen-Laboratory in New York City. He will gladly answer questions con cerning foods, diet, nutrition, and their relation to health. You are also invited to consult him in matters of personal hy giene. It’s not necessary to write a letter unless you de sire, for postcard inquiries will receive the same careful atten tion. Address C. Houston Gou diss, 6 East 39th Street, New York City. green leaves and yellow fruits and vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, apricots and bananas. • • • APPETITE AND VITAMIN B Vitamin B promotes appetite, aids digestion, prevents a serious nerve disorder. It is essential to the maintenance of a good diges tion, which is vitally important if the body is to obtain full benefit from the food consumed. This vitamin is closely related to the energy metabolism, and the re quirement increases with the rate of growth and with increased en ergy expenditure, so that growing children and working men and women should receive very gen erous amounts. Vitamin B is found in yeast, whole wheat cereals, oatmeal, milk, fresh and dried peas and beans, spinach, cabbage and other greens, egg yolk and liver. • • • VITAMIN C FOR TEETH, GUMS Vitamin C plays an important part in regulating body processes, and prevents the dread disease of scurvy. A lack of this essential vi tamin results in profound changes in the structure of the teeth and gums, may be responsible for hemorrhages occurring anywhere in the body, and for the degenera tion of muscle fibers generally. Vitamin C is most abundant in succulent fresh green leaves, such as green cabbage. It is also found in onions, potatoes, oranges, to matoes, green peppers, bananas and strawberries. In most foods, it is easily destroyed by heat— that is why it is so important to include some fresh raw foods in the diet daily. VITAMIN D AND RICKETS Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin because it can be manufactured in the body through the action of direct sun light on the skin. This is the vita min that is necessary for the proper utilization of calcium and phosphorus in building bones and teeth. When it is lacking in the diet of infants, there develops that horrible disease known as rickets, in which the bones become soft and twisted, resulting in pitiful deformities — knock knees, bow legs, pigeon breast. ^ In foods, vitamin D is only found in appreciable amounts in fish-liver oils and egg yolk. That is why every homemaker should be so grateful to the scientists who labored to discover how to con centrate this precious vitamin from fish-liver oils and add it to foods, or to increase the vitamin D content of foods through irradi ation. • • • ANTI-STERILITY VITAMIN E Vitamin E comes in for less dis cussion than the others, because its significance to nutrition has not AROUND THE HOUSE Cleaning Flower Vases.—A flow er vase should be washed clean with hot water and soap, lest bacteria that decay the stems of flowers should survive in the vase. • • • Remove Whitewash.—Do not paint over whitewash. Wash off the whitewash with clear water and allow the walls to dry thor oughly before painting. * * * Preparing Cauliflower.—Always soak cauliflower head down for an hour in a quart of cold water to which a teaspoon of salt and one of vinegar has been added. • • • Freshening Raisins. — Raisins used in cakes, cookies and pud dings should first be placed in hot water and simmered for five min utes to enlarge and soften them. * * • When Using Bluing.—A half cup of sweet milk added to the bluing water will prevent clothes from becoming streaked during the blu ing process. * • * Variety In Sauces.—Don’t get into the habit of using too many cream sauces. They are apt to make vegetables taste more or less alike and thus price monot onous. Building, Main aining Family Health IN THE C. Houston Goudiss articles that have appeared weekly in this newspaper pre vious to this one, the nationally known food authority has de scribed FOOD, as it provides the key to mental and physical power; PROTEINS, the foods you cannot live without; CAR BOHYDRATES and FATS, foods that provide motive pow er for the body machinery; and MINERAL SALTS, that you must have in order to build strong bones, healthy nerves and rich, red blood. These subjects have been treated in an interesting and understandable manner, free of scientific terms, principally of fering advice to the housewife that will aid her in the problem of feeding the members of her family such foods as will build and maintain their health. Every one of these articles has a definite place in your scrapbook for future reference. If you have missed any of these discussions, the publisher of this newspaper will supply them upon your request. If you have not already done so, start a department of these informa tive articles in your scrapbook at oncef been fully determined. It does, however, appear to be necessary for successful reproduction and is found especially in wheat germ and lettuce. • • • VITAMIN G PROLONGS TOUTH . Vitamin G is necessary for growth and for the maintenance of health and vigor at all ages. It helps to ward off old age by prolonging the vigorous middle years. It is essential to the health of the skin, and recent experi ments demonstrate that cataracts in the eyes may be due to a de ficiency of this vitamin, which is found in yeast, and in liver, kid neys, egg yolk, milk, cheese and green leafy vegetables. One authority claims that chronic disorders of the throat, stomach, lungs, colon, heart and kidneys may be traced to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Certainly enough has been learned of vitamin chemistry to make clear that the homemaker fails in her duty who does not pro vide vitamins in abundance for every member Qf her family. Both children and adults depend upon you for their food supply. It lies within your power to help them to health and happiness or condemn them to weakness, illness and sor row. Do not fail them. See to it that every member of your house-i hold—your children, the wagel earners, the middle aged and the; elderly—get enough vitamins to afford them the health that sci ence has placed within theid grasp. © WNU—C. Houaton Goudtss—1938. What Is the Cause of "Spider-Web Check"? If not properly “fed” with a good oil polish, furniture in time develops what is known as “spi der-web check!” This appears on the finish, like wrinkles on the human face—fine lines, spreading here and there in a spider-web pattern. This crazing, this light cracking, is known in furniture language as “checking” and “spi der-web checking” better de scribes the condition. This is the danger-signal, on finish! It’s the indication of “starving” wood! A warning to the housewife, that if the finish is not cared for imme diately and properly, the furniture will develop cracks, ridges and splits. “Spider-web check” is gen erally the result of either one of these two causes: Polish-neglect —or the use of a poor, cheap pol ish—without the essential fine, light-oil base. When the furniture is periodically “massaged” with a reputable oil polish (the best is non-greasy), the pores of the wood are “fed” and the piece is pre served. Then “spider-web check” will not appear! The use of a quality oil polish is the best pre ventive formula for this ugly, detrimental check! ... because O-Cedar not only cleans as it polishes, but prtsmes your fur niture—“feeds" the finish, prevents drying-out, cracking. Insist upon O-Cedar Polish, for furniture, woodwork and A floors (with the fa- Ar mous O-Cedar AT M°p)-^, ~ dr