The Bozeman courier., December 16, 1927, CHRISTMAS EDITION, Page PAGE NINETEEN, Image 19

About The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954

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Enrico de Solano y Vasquez, proud
and romantic Spaniard, claims in
1776 for King Philip of Spain the
land surrounding San Francisco
bay. The Vasquez hacienda i s j
erected on the vast and beautiful j
acres overlooking the bay, and life
goes along in the indolent and
carefree manqer of Old Spam. In
; s4S two grandsons and their
mother are the last of the proud line. ;
Ihe discovery of gold disturbs their
peaceful existence. The eldest grand- j
son is cruelly slam.
Don
CHAPTER II—Continued.
At the moment the young
Hernandez gained the stable yard,
His intense fury must have shown in
his face because the sailors suddenly j
spurred their stolen horses and gal- i
loped through the arch and away,
leaving Stoner to face the consequen-.
ces of his own brutality.
Stoner realized he had gone too far
to retreat. One look into the young
white face staring at him across the
bullet torn body was sufficient to
urge action. Clumsily swinging into
the saddle he headed for the open
road, cocked pistol in hand. With
only a few yards between them he
tired at this last remaining son of
the house of Vasquez! But his mount
stumbled ~nd the deadly shot lodged
in the earth.
Livid with fury young Vasquez
grabbed a lariat from the belt of a
vaquero standing at his side and
whirling it skillfully over head let it
coil through the intervening space,
faster than a running horse, until it
settled around Captain Stoner s body.
Immediately he was jerked from the
saddle and fell with a surprised thump
to the ground.
Working laboriously, Vasquez pull
ed the body through the archway to
his fallen brother's side and stood
looking down upon the two men with
his emotions torn between love and
hatred.
"You have killed a Vasquez!" It
was no longer a boy speaking.
Stoner closed his eyes and shud
dered at the cold, cruel expression on
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went through him when he noted,
from under half closed lids, that
young Vasquez bent over his brother's
bleeding body and gently took the
sword from his clenched fingers,
p or a brief moment a spark of
recognition came back into the dying
man's eyes and a smile of understand- |
ling and love passed between the two
brothers. That last good-bye gave the
youth renewed courage. His hand
tightened around the. sword. Holding
ft up he read from the inscription,
"A Vasquez avenges a Vasquez.
He belonged to the breed of men
who cannot jriory in cowardly revenge.
Solemnly eyeing his bound adversary,
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be cut the lariat With his sword's
jtip
Surprised at being released, but not
man enough to accept it honorably,
Stoner rolled over on his stomach and
under cover of turning stealthily
pulled his pistol. Leaning to his feet
he whirled around and fired without
warning.
Blood appeared on Don Hernandez's
forehead and trickled slowly down his
cheek. With all the ferocity of a
wild animal disturbed in his lair, he
thrust out and drove his sword into
Captain Stoner's cowardly body with
fatal accuracy.
The captain staggered as if tossed
on a storm washed deck. His pistol
fell from lifeless fingers and he sank
to the ground.
Vasquez watched the death throes,
coldly, dispassionately; then wiping
off his blade crossed to his brother's
inert form and knelt, bowed in grief,
with one hand pressed effectionately
against his lifeless shoulder.
"Gone!" soohèd, and swallowed
tears of grief.
The peons and vaqueros, who had
been standing by in awed silence,
crossed themselves. Their master's
soul had passed on to join his ances
tors! One peon slipped away to the
chapel and began fhmbling with the
bell ropes.
Senora Vasquez, with head erect,
had watched the whole scene from
the time her young son had whirled
tho lariat. She watched with un
flinching eyes while her last boy
fought so valiantly to avenge their
name. When the fight was over she
calmly joined her sons and laying a
gentle hand on the living boy's head
said bravely, "Yoü have done well,
my son — a Vasquez , avenges a
Vasquez!" Through tear blurred eyes
she looked beyond to their burial plot
and saw the graves and crosses of
other Vasquezs who had gone before.
Ah, death did have a sting and her
mother's heart felt its cruel torture!
A little cha>pel bell rang mournfully,
and guests on their way to the Vas
quez estate turned back, or came on
only
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to offer sympathy.
And all through the night the
chapel bells tolled their sad news. •
Adventurous ruffians from all parts
of the world began congregating in
California to dig for their pot of gold;
San Francisco, the peaceful
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little home of the romantic Spaniards,,
became a seething caldron of crazed
activity. Houses were looted, stores
were deserted, and Stoner was not the
only captain to leave his ship
Men gambled and consumed liquor
5L«; rou «5 care-free spmt of min
mg camp life. In short, the Spanish
village had become the mecca of a
gold mad world.
crowded with ships of all descriptions
and many nationalities, and on the
shores a myriad of tents appeared to
shelter the shifting population. Frame
shacks were erected over night and.
when not used as homes served as
supply bases for tools and provisions.
A regular procession almost con
stantly passed by the Vasquez estate
and Don Hernandez, the new maiter
of the house, was wont to watch from
the balcony with folded arms, but in
his heart was a boyish restlessness
that was difficult to suppress. Senora
Vasquez was always slightly contemp
tuous of the rabble and hated the rush
because its lustful influence had been
responsible for her son's death. Her
aristocratic breeding and love for
beauty made her senses rebel against
the sight of wagons loaded with camp
ing outfits, kitchen utensils, house
hold furnishings and unkempt, red
The harbor was
flannel shirted men as they passed her
door and ruined the beautiful serenity
of life. To her it was obnoxious to
be forced to see Mexicans, negroes,
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pawning their lot together and going
off to the fields like brothers.
The Senora could not understand
why women would give uç an easy,
pleasant life to follow their wander
ing husbands to the new gold terri
tory and she never ceased to be amaz
ed at the sight of husbands and wife
struggling along under the weight of
heavy pack* and dragging young
children by the hands in their efforts
to make speed.
Vasque z and his mother were liter
ally sitting on their doorstep watch
ing the world go by. A world peopled
by creatures so remote in aipbitions
and desires fr-m their own high
minded and chivalrous instincts that
there was no mutual ground of under
standing.
For instance, thev saw a hard
' faced "Madam" drive past with a
bevy of painted girls. Reckless fol
lowers of the gold diggers sitting on
chairs in the wagpn bed. One of th
called, waved and smirked to get the
attention of two men on another!
wagon, who were straddling a board
and playing cards while they jogged
along,
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(To be continued.)
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