The Storyteller.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7858, 28 June 1905, Page 4

The Storyteller.

!.S«""lHL I \O'UIIH (LOtJi aucd) ' >\ s .is tt/un spiintr-i as .ui nK li£i_t [i out staim*d glass l lin uiusaiis i>m tht unr *\ pit it blue globe adorn i J., snis tioaked and rai n >vis iunu*l bj p dut\ 4 [mi.lrt bnull mmibeird 11 pi s >ni I 1 v s ""*l IUH-tl Inv rjuk in inst\ bljsk, IMI - WIICI I IS II ltll| 1(1 id 111 L s pi n t) (-i)ii il i i \ Hi n nihilu ii noin im , ii ti rolonn 1 almost h i i h si ihm w thotil Mm iU( ihii 'Pi icd . vision iii « \ in s slv. pac d a hcai\ wlfttp \eil nam a>- with nit <• stealing it oi uicsti il Mm' onlinmg lur I with blown i ps und rv Inn 111,5 Hi hud h i hobbl it < Id mtiiiU -.tiiuiHs with <i mil blind i« nn her wrinklK. >■) hi i hin I ihe ( not slippt to ith wlntli lie hit inlfy.il &£ « t ■ luiis U a t |fe , v nil. i »p > 'ht 1 1 -nltied to th< i mil ss-?!*• • Oona ' n la *• \iiuw she nun IljglUterid an M mlcca kept i>a<-P withlicr ir uipss, ' Jt is v \ow «!hph«i null|H)\ "she piio<"d the \ ngii Diuifos to spare het foeautv Tht X.-\ left hoi without a. blemish a s*c \u» f-tiP goes to gi\ '6 ,n Our Lsuft's shnm Ihn VugM " f komdua is Frenchh« und -5.1 nnds Spanish piajcrs ~\\ n-toilt-d the arid sonant /111 11 Jit of the door a»> oni - ii « church of San Diego.- n c!» V iiu hung with paper nmrn Jones st>nds an image of 'l* in oi I oardes Joscfadt \um/« Hii tin re migliti have bW > thi i on"l<ilei into living bniiih 'jnvung flesh Ihu pin- on 1" s at a respectful distance ifianl tr'+icatly ol hoi iiHt«J""d 'ace arii saint-IiKP m thi* dim mist' , f he mdi of Me\i*an \m U\.ai ido M nilo/a shadowd in htr homewdid piogiess !•■ sne was about to \anish in t i mai Dl ,i hnnJ'on o slon , oi ivprla Moicios sin swep St t with a Harp Mil gl..nt . > second o tid oi th v k 'i r ,uel sh rimention o |BE£?]p!S ~ I t„ »'is> * N '■«' is mi a wMiun ' h s ;pxi> J*M t. in i» J >ut laiei to his «d ro\ S^"fli<' v-rfS'iy 'h"t 're itaitii nc in he &. j.irt m cxfO*'- of the an i? •£>**< m , «i\ l*' v 'jioi*" tt was -th* >i rpnt L" " vr "'' ''ip Pop*- and npitner vvealtl J&'J noc fanip h>.d mcruikui liun in In & 4 \ *t»«vt it Pailir Ijxuona s Jd lag «> jgsg'i'j thjy a-t and an ix |J>!,if v "o«'t <"• i\Tllor Mtnnoz.i stiod fjjii Atridij Ii UK Pint loivh across tin- lul -* "Jovi • ruji DiHii unshavin shnpimg ujj'i "railed I \ hiingii and msoi mi.t Oi BBJffi'3]Fßfl orT lpi % a leltci iron PtoiSi i* ciitu ' As the iiuil's sung j,5 JJ'ti-'ig »PH the cntiL heard no ifiisi gjp m.rMi'na and so stated with pdit »? bMtt^lia P*- ''aitat vai not the woist luhUvi &y Jjftilooil all our tin sicMj blue nail |j£ 'h* r a?> trp w o rds of tire tld s i fgT/ van', 'us go-Jictnepn with his lad to*-. Jovn til ' npna Tosc/a sa\s she jiauts im •nrtre of tirosoino verses Shi h a\e thun in lian I „, -Jrjn rt"th love ht-r send h i -jewels §P»' ". '° h * m^v '■••S , oi d* I'dia iftul ad gg.*- £vb poet su al had pjbsed int< g» t fi't 'pjliin Ii the se'ioi «j> i h sUnds beneath htr batco-nj t ? «rtfai't i Par better clothes—ro\ lad\ vV is In' as htr Fient-h grand K 5 luftlser, -uloiimuilmlw Spunsl & iiflfr' n'lf>t ici and Tjtps piieit\ a W,''!* lo b tii (JeMl r ihP ti \L "loinny Vlpididia pntei Ptf Ji siilr fmni tin stieei S'i» Jin< |i* J (4 Sa ti friwn the stmt Sht ha V - - h-j/n) h-> wos pvilni than the land lord ssltl thir posii'ia \oiir j oil shot lim (if b-M 4wn> - -'-s".is %x:ll I " bivuthrd this worn- ™ v> it is well ohoid thp poi t sl, ' pi i Uip ntilisin of.hri iat» sj: « iltja i.i p\ppn»ncpd mst this on< !i„V *< iuit of p\alt"d selfless conscious ,fei* ; * be'elp hpr throit choked nitl t t *£ m il love for t}m one belo\<d C ~ sk tmd and sttnnolcl awa\ hti {-.t ijLL'- nuiicil in har iebo7o Ks, c ... » *• *l' w,s thi' Daj oi the Head Vieg£* i> ha ifirnig a flnnsj btafc wooyl Sf* pi <r<> loui little candles and t l> I ii fl made her waj pi, thioij.i thn n )w<j about the gallic o po)o r c (. i rui (prv ;' 1 T i i i m dull, lei Jiecks sun rk n, ami htr mmnucnts without anj f, ' spi 'ig Sho wont- a soant shapcles' M A f'liuj gown and a 'black slim ♦Jt- J»jpi h< i' by a kindly ni'ig'hT-oiir, ti -Jk ib i ir fc-t ilso owed tin mi ic H : . iJ too •»! Riifition of shi prj- f-u Pf-yed bv the 3tat<l\ tottbs tt |-' 0 n with nnnvain nfiMthps whnt Si! ii ' 'ipilus fliikirul palilv in th fh su ":" H t i n uii t dl neat bluck, in i ;' ' ill HU'.ss }lpi» simllir i mil ip n-r ' n<bap i lsta but jiiourl jS' 1 1 j> ti thi st sridAc-s wire thf pti ft j) iimt ojss-ssioji of then tenants *v" ' n ht ien iiip of thp hill nt.u •f- p-i h jii noi all wert the ronud l»cor |. ill-dtlmed inotinda maikptl b\ '■!:, i«i ib riH tin 1 the rent rectiptl- - if 'h i i« upanls Vlejandra put fin n 'ii load biMdp one oi thi si iitifiibpn-'i luyunds at the J'ool of an |ii in) T h,ragglmg (ipipss Alt iiliout lior th>>-humlilp ilcu'.lwiK ■■ litiii *l r not ibit. soiiil da\ ol the s'car. The wreath of lifipd gr isi i 1 <i eantien hoivi of frijubs to en * ir a loif oi pink mtiuslxl bf d sii mount d b\ n.d t doughy s.'v ill and iTossjjoiiPS. The brown litii r i ioji r nc puli|tit in dc hi ro i I tut r lu. Ims m ( irifiitl Si l I J llOUt Up Ah,) |, r |, ] )W 'tlb uin st 11 vp sn m th xi in n th in n ll\ nsli iha t k t t l i li_'n n]» n hur H t'i \h» iifli i I" J in! pioH id mit t bltik 11 os-. tood ii, i*lil s.i, i, ,td 1 h iii dli s \ii I > h i oi nth the niiiiMi is s d it th m I io \ 11 ir ss d npn iliulnd th

u. ._„.. . , ' hUI, the eldur and stouter pant.' I' ', irni.i iiiv exertion. ' '"c "ill find it son.euliuc near . h iv. I ■on fundi,,. 1 „„, 5111 ,.,- Sllki | the ixxiiifsui* uncouragingl\ ' i hope il is not ninth mrlh.-r, I).>o _l.ieai-.lo," gas,,,,] tlu-'oilu-r. "'I In-, answo s the description of the tree—je.. hero is his name on this lnMgniiiuint cros- " : V.cmi.d a rnnfroiiivd thi-m as ihc.\ ! stood with bared hcmls beside Lh'e ' mound. ' " Hoes-the poet, AlvaiMil-u de Men- . tl-jzu, lie here?" i-nouirud Don UMcardo. 'lie; docs, senor," she respo,.idc'd, defiantly. "Who erected this cross? " "I did, .senor." "And who are you '.» " " 1 am-his lavandera, senor." "Wonian, you have d-jne nobly," spoke up Don fancho with impressive pmises, partly due to shortness oi breath-. "You will rejoice to bo informed that the National Academy, in recognition of his-, great merit,has decided, to dedicate a suitable tomb to his memory, with life-size statue. It will i.e placed at the foot 0 f the hill near the great gate that all who enter may do him honour." ?«ot for any injustice to herself did her In('j:,n hrart, discipline*! b'y cenUiries of submission, rfuestion tib. l ways of the gerii<« decenU'.but through ber t"-e po'-t's wrongs cricii out. '•Why* did. you not come sooner, scnures V Why did you wait for ihiin' to die in poverty and-despair ? " The rep.c.s.-ntativcs of the Nations. Academy- looked uncomfortable, patliciibuly Hon fancho, for he was the author of the crumpled letter. "Senorcs," she con'tinued with sorrowful dignity, "throw away this lit lie cross that was ail I could give hiin, and make his grave w'.ipre you will, but this day is om-s, his" and mine, that he promised one-we.should spend together. I beg you to leave us alone." Don fancho looked back, once as they descended the rocky path and saw "tor, a lonely, niajesHic figure, standing by the forlorn evergreen ; but wh«n his companion turned for the hist time, she had thrown herself down by the mound ami. lav with her I check against the marigolds.—Amanda Mathews, in the .Argonaut.