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CHAPTER XXIV—Continued
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"No,” she replied coldly, "I will
not come. Are you really going . . .
actually going to leave me here,
•lck and miserable, with an ailing
child, and a couple of silly women
to take care of me? Are you really
going?”
"Pues, my dear, you are not ill.
You are just unhappy, you should
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• • •
"Not ill! How can you say that?
What do you know of me? 1 am ill.
1 am dying, I tell you! Hour by
hour, day by day, I am dying in
this place! Yet you will leave me,
to go to your fiestas, and your mis
sion foundings, and let me die
alone!”
“Eulalia, this is not true. Control
yourself!”
"Control myself!” She rose to her
feet. "How dare you say that to
me? What have I been doing, but
controlling myself, my thoughts, my
unhappiness, all this time! I am
sick, I tell you ... I am dying!'
sick, I tell you ... I am dying!"
She was crying, hysterically, un
controllably. Pedro reached to take
her into his arms, but she evaded
him, screaming out at him unintel
ligibly.
"Eulalia . . . Eulalia . . .” he
said.
But she was in the full sway of
her emotions, a flood of feeling was
carrying her along, and she did not
struggle against the tide.
"Miserable, unhappy place!” she
screamed. “I want to get away
from this California! Never see it
again! If I don’t, I tell you, 1 shall
die, or kill myself! No, don’t touch
me . . . keep away from me! Go
to your Mission Santa Barbara, go
... go. Ai, Dios!” She flung her
hands above her head and clasped
them, for the moment utterly be
reft of her reason. As her husband
Came near to her, she leaped sud
denly backward. "Beast! Devil!”
phe screamed, and crashed to the
floor.
Her head struck a corner of the
fieavy table, and as she lay on the
flirt floor, blood streamed from her
temple.
Her screams had at last brought
Angustias, frightened, into the
room, and she was on her knees be
side the now motionless figure be
fore Fages.
i “She has fainted,” exclaimed An
gustias breathlessly, “and cut her
head . . . pobrecilla.”
Pedro Fages threw his hat, gaunt
lets and riding whip into a corner.
“Oh, God!” he muttered. “Oh,
my God!” Then he lifted the lady
in his arms and carried her to her
bed.
So the Mission of Santa Barbara
was founded without the Governor
of California being present.
But when the mission was already
ten days old, the Governor, his son
and a small party arrived at the
place. Another ceremony was car
ried out in solemn reverence, at
which the Governor attended with a
stern set face. And when the rites
were over, he knelt for a long time
before the crude altar. Those who
watched near him said when he
arose, his face was wet with tears.
“He was Junipero Serra’s good
friend,” they explained to one an
other pityingly. “He is thinking of
him now no doubt.”
So, though the legal date of the
founding of the Mission Santa Bar
bara was the fourteenth of Decem
ber, that being the day when the
Governor was present, the Gover
nor always insisted that the real
founding was on the Feast of the
Lady Santa Barbara herself, that
being December fourth.
The Governor lingered not for cel
ebrations nor fiestas, but returned
at once to Monterey.
“Now,” he said to himself, look
ing back at the little spot where the
church was to stand. "Now, at last,
Padre Junipero, your prayers are
answered, and my vows are kept”
CHAPTER XXV
For nearly three years, ever since
Don Pedro had gone south to the
founding of the Mission Santa Bar
bara, Eulalia had lived in as chaste
a state as the old Spanish virgin.
At first she had denied herself to
him through sheer lassitude, then,
realizing his need of her, his seem
ing dependence upon her, she had
purposely withheld herself. She had
determined that there should be fa
vor for favor. For the privilege of
holding her in his arms, he was to
return with her to Mexico.
The plan had seemed beautifully
simple to her, but when she men
tioned it to her husband he had
turned on her a strange unbelieving
look, tugged hi? beard, muttered
something about prostitution, and
set up a camp cot in his office by
the presidio gate.
So three years had passed. Don
Pedro grew a little leaner, and his
face a little wolfish with gleaming
eyes and grizzled beard, but always
stern, uncompromising. And Eula
lia, with everything at stake upon
her attractiveness, grew more beau
tiful, but nervously alert. Her black
eyes were wary and predatory.
One day Angustias marched bold
ly toward her with a determined
tread that bespoke some matter of
import brewing in her mind.
“Ninal” she spoke sharply, stand
ing with arms akimbo. “You will
pardon me for speaking to you this
way: God is my witness, I have
kept quiet long enough. But this
thing goes too far!”
“What thing?" murmured Eula
lia easily.
“You know well enough. This
thing of Don Pedro, bless his heart,
sleeping down at his office. Three
years! Humph!” She snorted loudly.
“Perhaps it is not fitting that a sin
gle woman, such as I, should speak
of such things. Indeed it is pain
ful, difficult, for me to do so, but
I must . . .”
Eulalia smoothed an eyebrow with
a finger-tip. "Um-m-m,” she mur
mured. “I think I shall take a walk.
Across the presidio. And call on
his Excellency in his office." She
rose grandly and, holding her skirts
aloof from the dust, walked erectly
across the parade-ground.
In his office the Governor was puz
zling over a letter he had received
by a courier from San Francisco.
So that when Eulalia swept im
periously into the office, he greeted
her absently although surprisedly.
Eulalia sat impatiently in the
chair he offered her, and looked
around the office while the Gover
nor talked excitedly. The white
washed walls were hung with maps,
crisscrossed with marks of trails
over unknown country which Don
“Very Well! Do as You Please!”
Pedro himself had explored. His
few books, which he had moved
from the palacio, were on a rough
shelf. And in one corner was his
camp cot. She lifted her nose dis
dainfully at the crude furnishings as
she remembered the splendid fit
tings of the viceregal palace at Mex
ico City. A fine office for the Gover
nor of all the Californias!
She fretted uneasily, but the Gov
ernor did not notice her.
“So they dare!” he was saying,
“they dare, these rash new people,
to send ships to our Pacific Coast,
which they must well know is ter
ritory of the King of Spain! What
kind of people are they, in God’s
name! Are they not contented with
the whole Atlantic Coast, that they
must send ships here! 1 do not mind
confessing to you, gentlemen, that
I fear these people. They will make
us trouble some day, mark my
words. This continent, large as it
is, is not large enough to hold us
all. We should exterminate them.”
Several officers nodded anxiously
in assent
“Well, these ships from . . . what
is it they call themselves?”
“Los Estados Unidos de Ameri
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ca.
“The United States of America!
What blasted effrontery! I suppose
we are included in these United
States! Subject to their king!”
"He is not a king, your Excellen
cy. He calls himself a president.”
“Pah! Not even a king! What is
his name?” He examined the pa
pers again. “Washington, General
George Washington! Whew!” His
tongue struggled wnn me r-ngusn
words. Now I an sending word to
Don Jose Dario Arguello at San
Francisco that if these two ships,
the Columbia and the Lady Wash
ington, put into San Francisco bay
they are to be seized, and their cap
tains—what are their unholy names?
Captain James Kendrick and Cap
tain Robert Gray—are to be thrown
in prison.”
The officers bowed and departed.
Don Pedro turned toward his wife
with inquiring eyes. She rose slow
ly and began moving about the lit
tle room.
“I remember the first time I saw
a map like this,” she said, pausing
before the map of the Califarnias.
“It was in the palace of the Vice
roy.” She traced a trail with her
finger. "And they told me I could
ride to Monterey in my coach. Hum.
Liars!” she hissed suddenly.
Pages said nothing. She circled
till she reached the cot She sat
down upon it
"You have that old robe of pelican
down on your cot!"
"So you remember itT" asked
Don Pedro.
"Ah, yes . . . What a hard little
bed," she murmured. "And so nar
row." She raised her eyes to him.
"It is as narrow as the grave,”
replied Don Pedro. "And as bard
as stone. But I am used to sleeping
on it. 1 am as calloused as a Fran
ciscan.”
"It could hardly hold two people,
could it? No matter how fond their
love.”
Don Pedro looked at her strange
ly
"Two could sit upon it, side by
side, and still be strangers,” he said,
and walked slowly to her
She looked up at him invitingly.
“Sit down then,” she said, pat
ting the robe of down, “and let us
see if we two can not sit here and
be friends.”
He hesitated, then sank beside
her.
"Querido . . . you great bear,”
she said, "come to your own room
tonight . . . and let us talk.”
He drew away ftom her.
"About what?” he asked suspi
ciously.
"About going back to Mexico to
gether. You and I and the children.
You have too many anxieties here
. . . and we are not happy here
together. Come, let us go back. Let
us be happy the rest of our lives.
You, and I too, have done our duty
by our King in this California.
Come”—she caressed him—“and
the rest of our lives will be a honey
moon. Do you not desire that?”
For an unhappy moment Don Pe
dro stared into his wife’s flushed
pleading face, then abruptly jerked
away from her and stood in the
center of the room, fists clenched,
brows knotted.
"Duty! Who are you to speak of
duty! You do not know the meaning
of the word! Wheedling me, deceiv
ing me, trying to seduce me from
what I consider right!”
Eulalia sprang to her feet.
"Very well! Do as you please!”
As the door closed behind her the
Governor, with a curse, swept his
desk clean with one hand. Papers,
books, quills and ink scattered on
the floor.
“Damn her!” he said fervently.
“Damn her! What is it Indizuela
called her? Cold, cruel Spaniard!
Yes, the coldest and crudest I ever
knew. Why can not I be left in
peace? I only ask to be alone to
do my duty ... I do not want to
go back to Mexico, or to Spain!”
He flung the words at the silent
walls as though someone had chal
lenged him.
Then Eulalia’s words came back
to him. "To live a honeymoon the
rest of our lives ... a little com
fort ... a little ease . . .” They
sounded reasonable when he said
them to himself.
"Fifty years . . he muttered,
“I am over fifty years, and the best
of those years have been given to
this siren, California. Why not go
back?”
His foot rustled against the map
that lay crumpled on the floor. He
picked it up and smoothed it across
the desk. As he did, his fingers
almost unconsciously began tracing
trails which he had traveled. Here
was the mysterious country across
the bay from San Francisco, the
tule country, and a hundred spots
where his camp-fires had been.
Here were crosses that marked mis
sion sites that he had helped dedi
cate; here was where he had the
fight with the bears , . . Again he
leaned his head In oii hand* and
groaned.
‘‘Ai, Dios mio, 1 can not leave
my California! I would be lost any
where else in all the wide world, this
country only is my home, the home
of my heart"
"I will not leave it!" he ex
claimed suddenly. "Why should I
sit here sniveling in my beard be
cause my woman torments me?
What has come over me? Am I no
longer a man, and governor of Cali
fornia? Ha!" He smote his chest.
“I shall go now, this very day,
this very hour on a long visit. 1
shall go to Santa Barbara, and San
Gabriel and San Diego, and have
some festivities. And 1 shall leave
Eulalia here alone. 1 shall be stern
and hard . . . hard as my bed." He
kicked the overturned cot
"Come to her bed! Not I! I will
go out and seek the company of
worthy priests and good soldiers,
pioneers all, and we will talk man
talk, and drink deeply together.”
He took his gun down from the
wall and cuddled it in his arm.
"And you shall go with me, my
friend, and we will kill the hugest'
bear in all California!"
In her room at the palacio Eula
lia was writing a lengthy document.
When she had finished it, she poured
sand over the paper, then read the
contents carefully. What she read
evidently pleased her, for she smiled
many times. Then she called for a
servant, and the letter was delivered
to a courier riding south with offi
cial dispatches.
"Where is the Governor’s frank
on this?” inquired the courier when
he received it.
"It is from her Excellency,” mur
mured the servant.
"Humph,” grunted the courier,
and tucked it carefully away in his
bag.
CHAPTER XXVI
Eulalia watched the Governor
preparing for his departure with
out a word. His impedimenta
seemed to consist mainly of small
casks of aguardiente, and skins of
wine; of guns and ammunition. He
wore his disreputable leather jerkin,
and roughest boots. He packed a
few other belongings haphazardly
into his knapsack.
When he was ready, he bowed
before his wife ironically and said
with mock reverence.
“La Senora la Gobernadora! I
go, and T know not when I return.
Do not grieve for me, but control
your impatience for my company
until I return, which will be in due
time, and according to my own free
will. Adios!”
Eulalia said nothing, but drew her
brows together darkly.
She watched Don Pedro and his
party gallop away across the pa
rade-ground toward the great gate
which was swung open and ready
for them.
A few miles outside the presidio,
the Governor and his gay party
came upon the mail courier, lying
beneath a tree, his head pillowed
on the sack of mail.
"Hoi” cried his Excellency.
“What is this? Is it in such a man
ner that the King’s business is car
ried on? But never mind,” he added
hastily as the fellow scrambled to
his feet guiltily. “Never mind. Do
not disturb yourself. I would like
to lie down and rest too. Let us ali
rest, Caballeros, and let us wash
some of this dust out of our
throats!”
All dismounted.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Boulder Dam Required an Expenditure
of $165,000,000 Before It Was Completed
Boulder dam was built between
the rock walls in Black canyon on
the Colorado river, that same
treacherous torrent which carved
out the Grand canyon and which
forms the Arizona-Nevada boundary
line near Las Vegas, Nev.
Such a project to control the dan
gerous floods of the Colorado, and
to provide against the drouth peri
ods which ensue after its spring
time rush to the gulf with the melt
ing Rocky mountain snows had been
conceived many years before it was
begun.
h,ven the location in Black canyon
or in Boulder canyon, 18 miles up
the river, had been agreed upon by
engineers. But there was no way of
financing the project, which cost
$165,000,000, until the demand for
power in the rapidly growing south
ern California cities and the inter
mediate area made it feasible.
It is to be paid for entirely out of
earnings. Actual work on the main
project was completed five years,
two years less than anticipated. At
limes there were more than 5,000
workmen employed in the night
and-day operations, and trucks, ma
chinery and other equipment of un
heard-of proportions were built just
for the project.
The dam face is 726 feet high.
From a bottom thickness of 660 feet
it tapers to a top thickness of 45
feet, and this mass of solid concrete
has pushed back the waters of the
Colorado to form Lake Mead, the
largest artificial body of water in
the world. It is 115 miles in length,
will attain a maximum depth of 585
feet, and varies in width from the
narrow Boulder canyon gorge which
separates the two main lake sec
tions to expanses of water many
miles across. Its fjord - marked
shoreline eventually will be 550
miles long.
Origin of the Annie Oakley”
According to “American Tramp
and Underworld Slang,” edited .by
Godfrey Irwin, the phrase “Annie
Oakley” means a free ticket or pass
to an amusement or entertainment.
The passes were punched with holes
to prevent their being sold as regu
lar tickets and to prevent money be
ing refunded if the show did not go
on, as is customary with paid ad
missions. Thus, they resemble the
cards that were used for targets,
after the famous rifle shooter, Annie
Oakley, finished shooting at them.
Annie Oakley performed with the
Buffalo Bill circus for 17 years. The
terr© originated in the circus world,
but is now included in common slang.
What to Eat and Why
C. Houston Goudiss Discusses
LAXATIVE FOODS ★
Nationally Known Authority on Food Shorn
How Right Diet Can Help You to Avoid
Health Hazards of Faulty Elimination
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
S East 38th Street. New York.
THOUSANDS of men, women and children are alive today
because we have learned how to prevent many types of
infections and how to cure diseases which once caused un
timely deaths. <§,
We have reason to be proud
of the achievements of science
in fighting disease and length
ening the span of life. But we
should he ashamed of the fact
that hundreds of thousands of in
dividuals are not getting the most
out of life—indeed they are not
realizing half their potentialities
—because improper eating and
faulty habits of hygiene cause
them to suffer from that great evil
of civilization—constipation.
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EVILS OF CONSTIPATION
Someone has called constipation
the most deadly disease, and
while this may
seem like an ex
treme statement, it
becomes justifiable
when one realiies
the untold misery
and wretchedness
that may result
when fond residues
remain to stagnate
and putrefy in the
body.
Constipation mud
dies the complex
ion, auus tne eye ana Deiogs me
brain. It causes a general feeling
of discomfort and fullness in the
abdomen, lack of appetite, bad
breath, coated tongue, a feeling of
lassitude and a tendency to be
come easily fatigued.
By weakening resistance, it
opens the way to numberless dis
eases. Serious complications, such
as irritation of the appendix, may
occur as a result of the friction
of hard masses of waste against
the delicate walls of the intestine.
Piles have frequently been laid at
the door of faulty elimination.
Do you wonder that I consider
prompt, regular elimination the
keystone of good health.
Its importance is readily under
stood when you consider the proc
esses by which food is digested
and absorbed.
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FATE OF FOOD IN THE BODY
From the mouth, food passes
down the esophagus into the stom
ach, where it is penetrated by the
gastric juice. It then passes into
the small intestine where it is
mixed with the secretions of the
liver and the pancreas. Here the
nutritive elements are absorbed
by minute, hair-like tubes which
line the intestinal walls. These
tubes converge into the blood ves
sels and lymphatics which trans
port nourishment to all parts of
the body.
Undigested residues pass into
the large intestine or colon, where
they are normally moved along
by a series of muscular contrac
tions known as peristalsis, and
finally evacuated
The amount of the evacuation
varies in bulk with the amount of
indigestible roughage contained in
the food. When there is insuffi
cient bulk to promote normal per
istalsis, waste accumulates and
we have the condition known as
constipation with all its resulting
evils. Bacteria prey upon the
stagnating material, producing
poisons which may be absorbed
by the body.
There is not the slightest excuse
for allowing this condition to de
velop. For the misery and wretch
edness of constipation may easily
be avoided by including in the
Do You Want to Learn
Hdui ta Plan a
Laxatiue Diet?
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The bulletin gives concrete
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week's sample menus. A post
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daily diet sufficient laxative foods,
that is, those rich in fiber or cel
lulose.
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BULK OR FIBER ESSENTIAL
Because of their fibrous frame
work, plant foods are our chief
source of cellulose or bulk, and
therefore, our greatest aid in pro
moting normal elimination. Vege
tables and fruits ore sworn foes
of constipation, and unrefined ce
reals are also extremely valuable.
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SOME LAXATIVE FOODS
Foods with an exceptionally
high residue include raw fruits,
especially those with skins and
seeds; dried fruits, as apricots,
prunes, figs and raisins; raw veg
etables; such cooked vegetables
as onions and leafy greens; the
legumes, that is, dried peas and
beans; whole grain cereals and
bran.
Among the vegetables, don’t
overlook cabbage, lettuce, celery,
spinach, brussels sprouts, string
beans and green peas.
Foods which tend to form a lit
tle gas in the intestines, including
spinach, onions and cauliflower,
are also useful stimulants to in
testinal movement.
In addition to providing cellu
lose, the acid fruits, such as or
anges, lemons and grapefruit, act
as a mild stimulus to increased
peristaltic motions.
-A.
NEED FOR VITAMIN B
Another important factor in pro
moting normal elimination is vita
min B, which has been shown to
be essential for good muscular
tone and activity of the digestive
tract. Investigations with experi
mental animals have demonstrat
ed that it requires twice as long
to empty the large intestine when
the diet is deficient in vitamin B.
Yeast, egg yolk, milk, whole grain
cereals, liver and green leafy veg
etables are good sources of this
vitamin.
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LIQUIDS ESSENTIAL '
A sufficient quantity of liquids
is likewise necessary to prevent
the contents of the lower intestine
from becoming too hard for easy
evacuation. In addition to water,
the diet should therefore contain
an abundance of milk, fruit juices
and other beverages. Acidophilus
milk and buttermilk are especial
ly beneficial.
Fats and oils, used in modera
tion, act as gentle lubricants.
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REGULAR HABITS
It is most important to eat at
regular hours and to establish
regular times for evacuation, as
this is a great aid to body rhythm.
Guard carefully against over
eating, for this practice is a fre
quent cause of constipation. When
the digestive system is over
worked, none of its functions can
be efficiently performed.
Hidden Benefits
Few housewives realize the un
derlying advantage of the use of
a good light-oil furniture polish!
Most polish is used only for the
luster it bestows on the chairs,
tables, piano, woodwork in the
home. Rubbing the polish on
cleans the furniture—works up a
glow—and the outward effect is
fresh and sparkling! But that is
only part of the housewife’s re
ward. For out of this domestic
routine comes definite benefit to
the furniture! A reputable polish,
| with a light oil base, does what
is known as “feeding” the finish.
The “massage” causes the oil to
penetrate, seep into the pores of
the wood—just enough to lubricate
—and keep it healthy! Here, it is
important to note that cheap pol
ishes are made with a heavy oil
base—and are “greasy” and un
pleasant to use. The best polish
—made with a fine light-oil base—
is never greasy. Applied on a
damp cloth (according to direc
tions), it is neat to use and proves
a boon to the furniture! Lack of
i polishing—or the use of a poor
I polish—will cause the finest wood
I to dry out, crack, split—for wood
is a product of Nature and needs
a certain amount of oily moist
ness. So polish the furniture regu
larly! Use a quality oil polish—it
pays! For not only does the furni
| ture look better—it is better! >Its
life is preserved!
Have You a Question?
Ask C. Houston Goudiss
C. Houston Goudiss has put at the
disposal of readers of this newspaper
all the facilities of his famous Exper
imental Kitchen Laboratory in New
York city. He will gladly answer
questions concerning foods, diet, nu
trition, and their relation to health.
You are also invited to consult him
in matters of personal hygiene. Its
not necessary to write a letter unless
you desire, for postcard inquiries
will receive the same careful atten
tion. Address him at 6 East 39th
Street, New York City.
The homemaker is largely re
sponsible for safeguarding her
family against the dangers of
faulty elimination. For she has it
in her power to plan meals that
will help normal individuals to
avoid the curse of constipation.
Questions Answered
Mrs. B. T. M.—Do not worry if
your child prefers the egg yolk to
the white. The white is chiefly
protein, and he can easily obtain
protein from other foods, especial
ly milk. But the yolk contains an
abundance of minerals and vita
mins in addition to protein and
fat. Nutritionists have determined
that the inclusion of one egg yolk
daily in an otherwise adequate
diet is an effective method of bal
ancing the intake and output of
iron in a child’s diet.
Miss S. B.—No, the generous
use of cream cannot be consid
ered as a substitute for taking
milk as a beverage or in cooked
dishes. Cream is much higher in
fat and contains less protein, min
erals and vitamins, -with the ex
ception of vitamin A. Cream de
serves to be included in the di
etary for its vitamin A content,
but it should not replace milk.
Mrs. A. McK. — Strawberries
contain vitamins A, B and C. Re
cent experiments indicate that
they rank with citrus fruits and to
matoes as a source of vitamin C.
© WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1938.
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