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Mistress of Monterey
VIRGINIA STIVERS BARTLETT
© Virginia Stivers Bartlett — ——— ———^——————— WNU Service
CHAPTER XXVl—Continued
The courier spoke timidly.
“Excellency.” he murmured dep
recatingly. unfortunately. I must be
on my way, not being on a pleasure
trip, like yourself, and . . . and
there is a letter in there that I
have on my conscience. I should
have asked you about it before I
left the presidio. It does not bear
your frank.”
The Governor looked startled.
“So? And who has sent a letter
out without my frank?”
“Her Excellency, La Senora La
Gobernadora, Dona Eulalia.”
“Ah! Let me have it, and I will
attend to it.”
The courier took the paper from
among the rest and handed it to
the Governor. It was addressed to
the Viceroy of Mexico. The Gov
ernor shook his head and rubbed
his eyes. The men watched him in
amazement as he tore the letter
open and read it.”
“A woman’s tongue is only three
Inches long, but it can kill a man
of six feet! You,” he said to the
trembling courier, “get on your way
at once. I will keep this letter. And
the rest of us will return at once
to the presidio.”
At the exclamation of disappoint
ment from hie escort he laughed
loudly.
“But we will stay only a short
while, and before this sun has set
we will be on our way again. Our
pasear is interrupted, companeros,
not abandoned!”
A little while later the presidio
gates were again thrown open, and
to the surprise of everyone, the Gov
ernor's party swept into the parade
ground in a cloud of dust and a
clatter of hoofs.
From her window La Goberna
dora watched El Gobernador ride
madly toward the palacio. and be
fore she could control the sudden
trembling that seized her, he strode
into the room.
Behind him came two soldiers,
who had followed from the gate.
“Senora,” thundered the Gover
nor, “1 have come to place you un
der arrest.” He motioned to the two
soldiers, who stepped smartly for
ward and took their places one
at each side of Eulalia. Their
eyes goggled with amazement, but
they clanked the butts of their mus
kets smartly on the floor, and stood
at attention.
“What is the meaning of this,”
inquired Eulalia, “is it a drunken
prank? For what am I to be placed
under arrest?”
“It is no drunken prank. Woman,
you are under arrest for treason. 1
have here”—and he slapped Eula
lia’s letter to the Viceroy on to the
table —”1 have here a document
written by you containing treason
able utterances against the Gover
nor of the Californias. And any
treason against the Governor of the
Californias is treason against his
Most Catholic Majesty the King of
Spain Therefore I put you under
arrest.”
Eulalia grew white around the
lips, and her voice shook.
”T-t-treason?” she stammered.
“Yes; you have said here that
the Governor of California has been
going slowdy but surely insane for
the past three years. That all his
acts are the acts of a madman, a
maniac. That his governance here
has been a long period of
That he fails to co-operate with
the priests in their religious work.
That everyone is afraid of him, and
dare not report his madness to the
Viceroy. That he has repeatedly
threatened your life, and the lives
of others, and that he neglects his
duties to consort with Indian wom
en. U that true?”
“Every word of it!”
"I mean is it true that you have
written this?”
“Yes, I wrote it.”
“Very well, then. 1 arrest you in
the name of the King of Spain.”
Eulalia wavered.
“But—but—you can not do that!
What—what are you going to do
with me?”
“You are to be incarcerated in
the monjera, the quarters of the
Indian women at Mission Carmelo
until I return from my trip. Then
1 will consider your case.”
“In the monjera! You can not do
this to me! I will not go! You dare
not degrade me. disgrace me this
way. before the whole community!
I will not go!”
“You do not hesitate to degrade
and disgrace me before all Califor
nia. Mexico and Spain, Senora You
shall go to the monjera, and at
once Prepare- yourself.”
“No! No! I will die first .
Angustias!”
Angustias was cowering in a cor
ner. watching the scene in terror.
At the doors and windows frightened
servants listened and looked.
“There is no use calling Angus
tias. I am through being ruled by
women. Angustias will remain here
with my children, and you shall go.
At once, I said!” he thundered so
suddenly that Eulalia jumped. “And
if you hesitate any longer you shall
go without any preparation. The
matron at the monjera will give
you a robe such as the Indian girls
wear. Well, are you not going to
get ready?”
“I am not. I am not going. Please,
Pedro, do not do this to me, please.
I am sorry . . I wrote because I
am so unhappy ... it seemed the
only way. Please, my darling,
adored husband. Please, oh. please
do not do this to me!” Whimpering
like a child she threw' herself at
his feet before the scandalized eyes
of the watching soldiers and serv
ants. Angustias moved toward her.
but the Governor motioned her
back. His face was stern and drawn.
“Get up, woman! What a scene to
make before these people! A wom
an’s tears and a dog’s limping are
not real. Will you go now or shall
I be forced to make you?”
Still she knelt on the flooor.
“No! No! I will not go . . . you
can not make me! Oh, Pedro! Oh,
Mother of God! Oh, help me!”
The Governor clutched his beard
with one hand and gritted his teeth.
“Pick her up,” he ordered the
soldiers, “tie her hands, and put her
on a horse. Take her to the fathers
at Carmel and tell them it is my
orders she stay in the monjera un
til I return. Under no circumstances
is she to leave before then. And if
she misbehaves, she is to be beaten,
“1 Am Retiring.” Said One Old
Compadre.
like any recalcitrant Indian wom
an.”
“Pedro!” Eulalia shrieked. “Pe
dro, not that! Ai, Dios mio . . .
not that!”
The Governor was trembling as
much as the terrified woman at his
feet.
“Very well. Not beaten. But If
she misbehaves, she must be put in
the stocks. Take her at once.”
As the frightened soldiers lifted
her from the floor, she struggled like
a cat, writhing and sobbing.
“Best tie her hands,” ordered the
Governor coldly. “Or you will be
scratched.” He handed one a hand
kerchief, and watched grimly while
her struggling hands were tied at
her back. She faced him with fea
tures distorted, streaked with tears,
but her eyes fierce.
“Cruel, brutal, mad Pedro
Fages!” she cried. “You will suf
fer for this!” She wrenched against
the bonds that held her hands. “Oh,
let me go! Let me go!”
Fages merely motioned to the sol
diers, who dragged her out of the
house. Still screaming and strug
gling. one of them managed to
throw her before him on his horse.
Angustias rushed from the house
wringing her hands and weeping.
All the servants crowded out-of
doors. The soldier touched his spurs
to the horse. The shrieking writh
ing La Gobernadora and her escort
started across the parade-ground
toward the presidio gate, Angustias
running lamenting beside.
CHAPTER XXVII
Forth on El Camino Real again
rode the Governor of the Caliform
as. The royal road was now a well
deftned strip of yellow highway,
slowly but surely, through pressure
of many feet and hoof-beats of many
horses, printing itself upon the
pleasant soil of California connect
ing the Mission and Presidio of Up
per California with the ancient Mis
sion and one-time capital Loreto, in
Lower California.
As he rode he remembered sud
denly that 20 years had passed since
he had first traveled this way. No
road then; that first party of pio
neers had pushed their way through
virgin soil, breaking a trail through
the wilderness, marking it here and
there with cairns cf stone, but often
er with crosses.
Twenty years! He started at the
thought Nearly half his life. In
twenty years more he would be sev
enty. All those years for the siren,
California. As he looked at the smil
ing spring sky, the acres and acres
of wild-flowers, the canons full of
live-oaks, sycamores, water alders,
willows and all manner of trees and
shrubs, as he sniffed the wild roses
and drank from the clear springs;
as he gazed at the mighty mountains
or at the rolling restless surf of the
Pacific he laughed.
“My life for California!” he said.
“By God, she is worth it, the jade!”
Each morning that found them on
the road he carefully stamped out
the remains of the camp-fire, often
on a spot where he had built fires
many times before. And as he did
this he wondered. Out of these
ashes, on one of these little mounds,
w'ould a city rise some day? He
sighed at the thought, but indulged
in prophetic retrospection.
And at the missions he visited long
with the padres; ate their good food,
drank their good wine; admired
their fat herds and sleek horses.
Then passed on to the next mission.
Passed through much rich country,
or wild land alive with herds of
antelope and elk, bear and moun
tain lions. He killed the giant bear
he had promised himself, and car
ried most of it to the Mission San
Gabriel Arcangel. There he rested
for many days in the shade of the
carefully tended trees, with the mu
sic of a little stream in his ears.
And there he visited with some old,
old friends who had traveled with
him on the first expedition.
“I am retiring.” said one old com
padre. Don Epifanio Sanchez, long
sergeant of the guard at the Mis
sion San Gabriel. “I am retiring,”
he repeated as Don Pedro sipped
absently at his wine.
“From what . . . ?” questioned
the Governor.
“From the King’s Army. The
King has granted me many varas of
land. And I am choosing it well.
There are springs on it, and meadow
land for grazing, and land to raise
corn and grapes. And I have al
ready chosen the knoll on which I
will build my house.” He stretched
his legs luxuriously before him and
sighed with pleasurable anticipa
tion. “Ah, and what a life that will
be!”
“But your wife?” asked Don Pe
dro. “Will she consent to come
here and live with you?”
“Had you not heard? My poor
wife, God rest her soul, died last
year in Mexico City. She would
never join me here. And I could
not leave here. You understand?
Life was lonely for her, I suppose.
We had no children . . . and so
. . .” He shrugged his shoulders.
“God took her home. You are most
fortunate. Don Pedro, in having
Dona Eulalia with you. Most for
tunate!”
“Yes,” muttered Fages. “And
what will you do with this great
rancho and house you are going to
build? Will you live alone? What
will you do without wife or chil
dren?”
Don Epifanio stirred uneasily.
“Pues, compadre, you know how
it is. I have already chosen me a
wife. Just an Indian girl. That is,
part Indian. Her father was a Span
ish soldier, though God only knows
who he was. But she is beautiful
and very young, and has been well
educated here at Mission San Gabri
el. She can cook, and sew. She
can even play the guitar! And she
is young. Oh, yes, very young. Fif
teen. But look you, I am barely
fifty! So I will have many years
ahead of me. and God willing, many
children.” He laughed. “Who knows
but we will start a new race in this
new land?”
Don Pedro was very quiet as the
other dreamed of his future happi
ness over his wine-glass.
“Yes,” mused the Governor to
himself. “You will have a happy
life. An ideal life. Ah. yes . .
The other broke into his musings.
Farm Life Has No Appeal to Peasants
of France; Children Prefer City Life
People leave farms in France
largely for the same reasons as ev
erywhere else. Ever since the foun
dation of the Third republic (nom
inally 1870) peasant children have
been getting education, though the
number of illiterates as shown by
the army conscript examinations is
surprisingly high. With education,
the ambition of the average peasant
has been to make his son a gentle
man (a monsieur), which means
generally to get him a white-collar
job. His daughter likewise he pre
fers to marry off to a city desk
worker rather than to a young
farmer, observes a writer in the
Chicago Tribune.
By a process which has gone on
in other languages, even the word
peasant has fallen into bad repute.
It is now never used in the news
reports of the Paris press. When a
word must be used, a peasant is
called a cultivater. The word ferm
ier (farmer) has never been used
extensively, and not often would it
be an accurate translation of our
word farmer.
Even if he cannot get a coveted
job with the government, the young
peasant usually prefers to come to
the city and take a chance. He
may get on the chain in an auto
THE COOLIDGE EXAMINER
“Why do you not retire, Don Pe
dro? You have given the best years
of your life to your King and this
country. The King would be more
than willing to award you a great
slice of this land that you have gov
erned so long. Why not do it? Let
someone else be governor, and have
all the worries and anxieties, while
you retire and establish a grand
hacienda, enjoy your wife and chil
dren, and let the Indians do the
work?”
Don Pedro was quiet a long time,
idly twirling his beaker, and watch
ing the ruddy juice washing in little
waves against the glass. All un
consciously his old friend, in relat
ing his own hopes, had laid bare
the deepest desires of the Gover
nor’s heart.
A great estate of his own! He
could see himself riding over the
land; could see the sleek herds, the
spirited horses he would raise; could
see the fields of corn and grain,
squashes, beans and chiles; he wan
dered through his own orchards and
vineyards. Ai, Dios, that was what
he wanted! A great house w'here he
could entertain a hundred guests,
and where a hundred servants would
do his bidding; where there would
be music and flowers and hospitality
. . . and at the end a host of strong
sons to speed his departure into
that dark uncertain land . . . But
the vision did not hold Eulalia.
With a bitter laugh he gulped his
wine.
“Before God. Don Epifanio, you
are sent by Satan to tempt me!
That may be your life, but it car.
never be mine.”
“I am sorry, my friend. For there
are many of us who campaigned
with you who are going to do this
very thing of which I have spoken.
In fact, many have sent for their
wives and families to come from
Mexico, and, as I said before, those
of us who have not wives will find
them here. Yes, we will found a
new civilization, I think, in this
strange new land, and you should
be one of the founders.”
The Governor left San Gabriel,
visited the troublous little village of
Los Angeles, and left there shaking
his head over the laziness and im
morality of its inhabitants. South,
then, to the Mission San Juan Ca
pristrano, and at last to the Pre
sidio and Mission of San Diego, the
cradle of California. Then he turned
north again, to return to Monterey,
more restless, more unhappy, more
disturbed in mind than when he had
started on his journey. He had not
left his anxieties behind. They
had traveled with him. And to them
was added the nagging certainty
that he was at a crisis in his life.
He could not continue living as he
had been. He and Eulalia were
killing each other.
He must resign as governor of
the Californias.
And after that, what?
One of two things. Remain in the
province as an hacendado, and ful
fill his dearest dreams, regardless
of Eulalia. Or return to Mexico,
perhaps to Spain.
He groaned in spirit, and worried
his grizzled beard as be considered
that possibility.
The soft breath of California
kissed his cheek as he rode north.
The very brambles and wild roses
reached out and clutched him with
clinging fingers; and when he lay
down at night the warm earth
seemed to cradle him in loving
arms that would not let him go.
When at last he rode through the
gates of the Royal Presidio Monte
rey two months after he had swept
through them, he had made a de
cision.
He would not leave California.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
mobile factory or punch tickets in
a subway station.
The average French farm has not
been improved as the American one
has within the last generation. The
radio is rare; automobiles are even
rarer. The standard of living is
undoubtedly higher than before the
war, and currents of life now flow
freely through the French country
side. but the peasant still thinks of
his life as a dull one as compared
with that in the city.
Practical. Practicable
Practical means that which is
adapted to actual conditions; that
which experience has proved to be
useful. While the others were won
dering what to do, Jones took prac
tical steps to stop the leak in the
boat. Evangeline was a dreamer,
Joan a practical kind of girl. Prac
ticable denotes that which may be
practiced, used, or followed with
good results. Some solutions to ma
terial problems are all right in the
ory. but are not practicable in ac
tual practice; in other words they
cannot be carried out. To leave a
room all you need do is to go out by
the door—but if the door is locked
on the outside that method of leav
ing i* impracticable.
WHAT to EAT and WHY
i/oulton (foudill. O'fijjetl.
Practical Advice on How to
Keep Cool With Food
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
6 East 39th Street, New York City.
F' ROM the standpoint of health, the summer months consti
tute the most important period of the entire year. They
should be used to build stamina and vitality that will fortify
your body against disease. But to many people, the warm
weather means merely a succession of exhausting days and
restless nights. And hardly a week passes without reports
of heat prostrations. *'
— ★ —
Meeting the Challenge of Hot
Weather
While abnormal heat or hu
midity may be a secondary cause,
the real reason behind much
warm-weather suffering is a fail
ure to meet the challenge sum
mer u'ith a judicious diet.
—★ —
Automobile owners know that
no car is better than its engine,
and in warm
§ weather, careful
drivers watch the
gauge on the dash
board to be sure
the engine does not
become overheat
most remarkable
of all engines—the
human digestive
machinery.
Compared to the engine in your
body, the one in your car is a
crude, rough affair that can stand
no end of punishment. Moreover,
the automobile is driven for a cer
tain length of time and then per
mitted to rest. But the marvelous
mechanism which transforms
your food into blood, bone, mus
cle, and your capacity for thought
and action is never wholly at
rest.
★ —
Importance of the Right Food
If the automobile engine re
quires special attention, how
much more important to stoke
your body engine with food suited
to the weather!
No one would think of going
about in midsummer wearing the
same garments that were worn all
winter. Yet many women continue
to serve the same type of meals
which were required to keep the
body warm in winter. Such a
practice is sure to make you mis
erable. But more than that, it
lowers resistance and may, there
fore. lead to illness.
Beating the Heat
There are several factors to
bear in mind when planning the
hot-weather diet. The first secret
of keeping cool is to supply the
body machinery with food fuel
that can be utilized with the least
expenditure of energy.
Warm weather is responsible
for muscular relaxation in the di
gestive tract, as well as other
parts of the body. And you run
the risk of digestive upsets, with
their discomfort and health haz
ards, unless you make every ef
fort to lessen the work of your
digestive system.
Eat lightly of rich fatty meats,
pastries, rich cakes, sauces and
gravies. At all times, choose eas
ily digestible foods.
—★ —
Overeating Saps Vitality
Don’t overeat. The task of han
dling excess food is a burden to
the body at any season. In hot
weather, it will cause the body
temperature to mount along with
the thermometer, and may result
in a serious upset. It is also ad
visable to cut down somewhat on
the quantity of beat and energy
producing foods consumed—that
is the carbohydrates and fats.
Need for Body-Building Foods
The protein requirement re
mains the same summer and win
ter. Some people think that meat
should not be eaten in summer, or
should be reduced to a minimum.
But there is no closed season for
growth in children, and moreover,
they play so constantly and in
dulge in such strenuous exercise
that they break down body tissue
very rapidly. Adults also have a
constant need for protein to re
build the millions of cells that are
worn out daily.
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It is desirable, however, to
avoid rich, fatty meats and to
select protein foods that are more
easily digestible, as chicken,
lamb, lean beef and lean fish. Spe
cial emphasis should be placed on
milk, cheese and eggs. These
splendid foods not only supply
Grade A protein, in an easily di
gested form, but also fortify the
diet with minerals and vitamins.

Liquids Essential
To help you keep cool, the sum
mer diet must include an abun
dance of liquids. These are neces
sary to make up for the large
amounts of moisture lost from the
body through increased perspira
tion.
Liquids may be taken in the
form of milk, fruit juices and cool
ing drinks made from pure water
and packaged beverage crystals
containing dextrose, fruit acid, fla
voring and coloring.
—★ —
Hot Weather and Vitamin C
Two European investigators re
cently found that exposure to high
temperatures causes a 50 per cent
loss in vitamin C from the body
tissues. And lowered vitamin C
reserves are partially responsible
for that tired feeling so often ex
perienced in warm weather. Their
research indicates that drinking
orange or lemon juice, which are
rich in vitamin C, actually helps
to mitigate the effect of the heat.
—★ —
Choose Cold Drinks Carefully
A cold drink is comforting on a
hot day. And in addition, sweet
ened beverages help to relieve fa
tigue, for their carbohydrate con
tent supplies available energy.
Sugar is the least heating of the
energy producing foods, for less
Simple, Keep-Cool Cottons
IF YOU wear 14 to 20 sizes and
* expect to be outdoors and in
sports clothes most of the sum
mer, then you’ll want the smart
frock with tucked skirt and tai
lored collar. If you’re in the 36 to
52 range and want something cool
and good-looking for home wear,
the dress with straight skirt and
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Both are just as smart and easy
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each include a detailed sew chart
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This is such a good-looking, !
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K* e P °° L d a(i ltk '
With this Free
Bulletin on Planning
a Correct Summer Diet
II
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"Keeping Cool with Food," j|
offered by C. Houston Goudiss.
It outlines the principles of plan
ning a healthful summer diet,
lists "cooling” and "heating” i
foods and is complete with i
menu suggestions.
JustaddressC.Houston Goudiss,
6 East 39th Street, New York
City. A post card is all that is
V necessary to carry your request. In
than one-sixteenth of the energy
it supplies to the body is con
verted into heat. The rest goes
into brain and muscle power.
Therefore, one good way to pre
vent needless fatigue in summer
is to take a cool, moderately
sweetened drink whenever you
feel tired during the day. This
will satisfy thirst and ward off
exhaustion like a rest by the road
after a long hard tramp.
Too highly sweetened bever
ages, however, may be heating to
the body, though they are cooling
to the palate. For this reason, it
is advisable for homemakers to
mix their own cool drinks so that
they can control the amount of
sweetening used. It is possible to
buy inexpensive packaged bever
age crystals in a variety of fla
vors, which make delicious, re
freshing and cooling drinks for
general family use. One of these
contains added vitamin D, and as
the sugar is added by the home
maker, you can be the judge of
how much to use. This is an ex
cellent idea, especially in house
holds where there are children,
for the home-made drink satisfies
thirst, provides needed energy
and discourages them from buy
ing bottled beverages of doubtful
purity.
— ★ —
Cooling Foods
I offer free to readers of this
column a new bulletin containing
a list of cooling foods, plus prac
tical, specific advice in planning
the warm weather diet. There are
also menus showing how easily
you can KEEP COOL WITH
FOOD.
© WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—l93B—2o
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people of little wisdom ascribe to
themselves; people of much wis
dom, to no one. —Epictetus.

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