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Mistress of Monterey
VIRGINIA STIVERS BARTLETT 0 0 © Virginia WNU Stivers Service Bartlett
SYNOPSIS
In Spanish-governed California of 1783 a
conflict between Church and State is repre¬
sented by two friendly enemies, frail old
Fray Junipero Serra. Franciscan mission¬
ary, and Don Pedro Fages, civil governor.
After telling Serra he is sending to Mexico
for his wife and son, whom he has not seen
for eight years, he refuses his aid toward
founding the Santa Barbara Mission, Dona
Eulalia agrees to go to California, accom¬
panied by her duenna, Angustias. Don Pe¬
dro sends for Serra. telling him that two
priests are on their way from Mexico with
Eulalia and young Pedro and that he is
leaving to meet them. Fages engages maid for a
young Indian girl, Indizuela, as
Eulalia. Eulalia sails from San Bias It is
• desolate trip. From the port of Loreto, a
large cavalcade loaded with Eulalia's party
•tarts out for the long overland trip. Eula¬
lia accustomed to luxury and comfort, bit-
t rly regrets 1 ving been persuaded to
come. The tvo priests. Fray Mariano and
Fray Barto'o n o, call on her and arouse
her usn cioiv as to their genuineness. As
the ca' dead stops at various missions.
Eulalia hea rumors of the approach of
ht\ husband While Don Pedro plans a
gr at fieria to welcome his wife, Eulalia
p’ ns K, costume. Don Pedro welcomes
be»uti f .1 wife and young son. Eulalia
Is toasted as the Queen of the Californias.
tin tin ling journey to Monterey, the re¬
united ci tple are royally entertained at the
Pfesidi 1 at San Diego. Eulalia disapproves
of the .emoeratic relations of Don Pedro
aild hi people. Pleading weariness in the
midst >f the feast she goes to bed where
/{ngu nigatr, to ias become tells her mother. she knows Don Eulalia Pedro is Is
a
<Jistr bed by the developments in the char¬
ade ■ of the priests and dreads Serra's dis¬
appointment in them. Limping from mis¬
sion to mission. Father Serra has a vision of
St Francis and tells his saintly master that
hi will be ready to join him when Santa
Barbara Mission is founded. Meanwhile
Eulalia finds there is a conflict between
Serra and Don Pedro and plans to use the
priest as an ally. After a flattering wel¬
come at Monterey, Eulalia is bitterly dis¬
appointed in the presidio. Going to Father
Serra's mission for mass, Don Pedro has an
argument with the priest, who accuses him
of betraying a trust because of the rascally
caliber of the two priests. Serra calls in
to a message from Eulalia.
CHAPTER XIV—Continued
— 11 —
“A blessing on this house,” he
making the sign of the
He blinked. The room was bright
candlelight, for though it was
late afternoon, a heavy fog
the day, and made it cool,
that the open fire was comforting
cheery.
‘‘Ah, your Reverence!” La Gob-
voice was respectfully
‘‘Please do excuse me for
rising. Sit you here by the fire,
where you may rest, and
yourself after your long
It is so good, so very, very
of you to make this visitation
me, in answer to my plea to
Serra sat down absently, and
his hands a moment to¬
the fire. Then they fell into
lap, and his fingers twined about
beads of the rosary suspended
his rope girdle.
Eulalia waited nervously for him
speak. She stirred impatiently.
her feet Escabellito
The sound exploded the
Junipero Serra leaned for¬
and looked at the child.
“What is this!” he exclaimed.
do I see? Senora, are you
your feet on a little Indian
“Why, yes.” Eulalia flushed.
The missionary’s eyes blazed sud¬
“But he is a human being,
A soul! Not an insensate
nor a dog.”
“My husband, the Governor,” she
her eyes to the priest,
him to me in Lower Cali¬
and gave him to me for a
We call him Escabellito.
is really my little slave. You
run along, Escabellito.”
The child rose and darted from
room.
“A slave!” exclaimed the priest.
God, how pitiful. My poor
children, slaves! But it is what
would expect of the Governor of
Californias, in his arrogance.”
Eulalia’s hands trembled a little
her stitching.
“It is not my wish to have him a
Padre. It is my husband’s.
... he seems to think it befitting
position as his wife, to have an
for a slave. I have always
been guiltily uncomfortable with
at my feet. But my husband
. . .” She sighed virtuously, and
her head.
“Praise God, then, your heart is
toward the Indians! That
me, Senora. I am most en¬
to know your feelings. I
not dared hope for such aid
, .
“From the wife of the Governor?”
Eulalia quickly.
Junipero Serra looked at her
“You may speak openly, frankly,
me, Padre, I feel that I know
your problems are, and deep¬
sympathize with you. I would
to help you solve them, if I
The old man leaned eagerly for¬
his eyes brightening.
“I believe you could do much, Se¬
la Gobernadora. Perhaps,”
exclaimed as a thought seized
him, "perhaps it is you who
have been sent as an answer to all
my prayers, instead of those two
... I can not call them Francis¬
cans . . . but you know to whom
I refer.”
La Gobernadora laughed nervous¬
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ly, and dropped her sewing. “Padre
mio, that is too much, to call me an
answer to prayer. I ... I really
can not . . .”
“But you are, dear daughter! I
prayed for help to found the Mis¬
sion Santa Barbara, and you will
be my help. Yes, I am sure of it!”
His eyes were gleaming. Eulalia
rubbed her hands restlessly before
the fire.
“Father,” she began, then hesi¬
tated. “Father, what stands in the
way of founding that mission?”
“Nothing! The time has been long
ripe for it. Nothing stands in the
way. But there is one man that
does.”
He stopped abruptly, and looked
sternly at La Gobernadora. Beneath
his glance, she stirred and gather¬
ing up her needlework crumpled it
in her nervous fingers.
“I need not ask you who that is.
I ... I feel . . . that it is my
husband. Am I right, Father? *
“So you know it then? Yes, it is
he, Senora. The Governor himself,
that proud rash man, who arrogant¬
ly believes his vain temporal power
can stop the progress of Mother
Church. And that, he must learn to
his sorrow, he can not do!”
Eulalia shivered.
“Yes, he must learn that. But
how am I to help him, and you,
and the Church?” she asked.
“Daughter,” said the priest ear¬
nestly, “you are as close to Don
Pedro as his very heart. You know
how to reach him. And as a pious
God-fearing woman, a true daugh¬
ter of the Church, your prayers will
surely be heard. He must be made
to see that plans must go forward
swiftly for Santa Barbara. You must
make him see that. I, it seems,
can not reach him, through any
“A Blessing on This House,”
He Muttered.
channel, though he has my pray¬
ers.”
“And if I can not reach him,
Padre. What then?”
“Then there must be someone
else!”
Eulalia took a deep breath.
“You mean someone else . . in
his place?”
“There is no other way. The Gov¬
ernor of California must be a man
willing to aid and succor the Church
at every step. And Don Pedro
Fages, unless you can influence him,
Senora, is not that man.”
La Gobernadora was trembling.
When she tried to speak, her voice
was lost. With an effort she con¬
trolled herself.
“Then, that would mean . . .
leaving California?” she asked in
almost a whisper.
“That would mean his leaving Cal¬
ifornia. Ah, Senora, if it comes to
that, would you be willing, after all
the long wearisome journey you
have made to this place, to leave
it? For the sake of our Holy Mother
Church?”
Eulalia lifted her head with a deep
breath. She faced the missionary’s
questioning eyes, that gleamed into
hers, bright with fires of new hope.
Then she averted her head, and
looked into the fire, answering, “I
would, for the sake of Holy Mother
Church.”
Serra lifted his hand toward her
in a gesture of blessing.
“The Holy Mother bless you for
that!” he exclaimed in a happy
voice. “God will reward you for
your unselfishness!”
Eulalia dared not raise her eyes.
That guilty feeling, which had as¬
sailed her at her first meeting with
the holy man made it impossible for
her to look at him, even to speak.
The priest rose slowly.
“Now I must depart, Senora la
Gobernadora. It has been a happy
visit with you, my good daughter.
My heart is lighter for it. God has
answered my prayers in sending
you here to intercede with the Gov¬
ernor for me . . . how I am count¬
ing on your help, Senora. Some¬
thing will be done now, I know. I
have sent messages to the
begging for more help for the
sion Santa Barbara. He may
it ... he may deny it. But if
denies it, it will need the
of the Governor to bring
about. And there is where you
help.”
Junipero Serra sighed. “I
have some temporal, some
influence, Senora. And if I
I will use it, to justify my just
holy plans.”
“Of ... of course."
The priest moved toward the
where Angustias awaited to
him out.
“But I will only use that,
very much against my will, if
other channel, and your gentle
fluence, fails. Ah, but I would
to! I do not know if you can
stand how I feel toward Don
how, although we differ on
point in life, I admire, respect,
love him, as a friend . . . even
brother.” His voice trembled,
his eyes misted. “That is why
this hurts me so deeply, so
ly, for I love the man. Ah,
you do not understand. Tell
Excellency for me, that he has
srincere, earnest prayers, and to
ten to his wife’s gentle
Will you, Senora?”
The lady nodded dumbly.
“Adios, Senora la
Again he blessed the house and,
lowed by Pio, was soon
up in the fog.
When he had gone, Eulalia
closer to the fire. She cast her
ing impatiently on the floor.
“Escabellito!” she called
ly, “where are you, little
Come, get here where you
The child scurried to his place
neath her feet.
It was thus the Governor
her when he came into the
his beard and eyebrows beaded
fog.
“Junipero Serra has been
she said slowly.
“He has? What did he say?”
tioned the Governor eagerly.
“He ... he . . .” she
tated. “He is impossible.
can be done, I am afraid. It is
less for you, or for me, to try
move him.”
“I was afraid of that. He
no word, no message?”
“None.”
The Governor sighed.
CHAPTER XV
In the cell that was their
ters at Carmelo, Fray
Rubi and Fray Bartolome Gili
indulging themselves in a little
reation. It was only a tiny
cubicle, but the two friars
able, through their peculiar
to amuse themselves wherever
chanced to be. No spot was
small or too grand, too low or
lofty.
Fray Mariano sprawled on
boards of his celibate cot. Fray
tolome was poring over a
half-finished letter that lay
him on the wine-stained table.
“Yes,” he said thickly, “it is
I got this away from Fray
pero in time, or it might have
finished and dispatched to
Then where would we have
Eh, answer me, can’t you, you . .
Fray Mariano scratched
“I don’t know where we
have been. In limbo, probably.
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Statisticians meet a stone wall
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It can strike on the open road, as
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He feels dizzy, loses control of
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cause of the accident.
The drowsy feeling may be in¬
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escaping from leaks in the exhaust
or muffler and creeping
into the driver’s face through
in the floor board.
Carbon monoxide may also find
way in the passenger compart¬
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auto too closely.
Particularly in heavy traffic, it is
for a car to pick up a suf¬
quantity of exhaust gas from
the vehicle preceding it to result
in a dangerous mixture in the sec¬
ond car.
If the drowsy feeling resulting
from the absorption of small con¬
centrations of carbon monoxide de¬
lays the mental reaction time of a
traveling 50 miles an hour
by so much as half a second, his
car will travel 37 feet during that
time.
It is quite possible that many un¬
did you get this letter from his Sanc¬
timonious Reverence?”
“Ha! What a glorious strategist
I am, Brother!” the other replied.
“Listen well. It was this way. Fray
Junipero had called me to his room.
I went. He was reading all the dis¬
patches that arrived this morning on
the San Antonio. He had his spec¬
tacles on his nose, and his face
was very intent, so that he did not
see me at first. I made a little
noise. A-hemmed, you know, very
softly and respectfully.”
The other sniggered. “Yes, I can
imagine how.”
“Then he looked up, and told me
to wait a moment, that he had been
writing a report about you and me
to the Father Guardian in Mexico,
and wished to speak to me about it.
I was worried, and hard put to wait
patiently. So I stepped outside the
cell, and met an Indian. You know
him, Estevanico.”
Fray Mariano stretched himself
on his cot.
“Indeed I do. He is the sweet ne¬
ophyte from whom I won this nice
blanket at gambling. Go on.”
“The very one. So I whispered
to him, and plotted a little plot. He
was to steal the father’s spectacles.
Steal them, you understand, so that
Fray Junipero could see to write
no more letters! Wasn’t that a beau¬
tiful plot?”
The other grunted a grudging ad¬
miration. “But what is he to get
for doing that?” he asked suspi¬
ciously.
“Oh, I am to give his blanket back
to him, the one you won. But
then ...”
“You are! Just try . . .”
“Ah, be quiet. I said I would.
That is all. So in a moment he
slipped into the cell and watched
the father writing. Now of course
you understand the father treats all
those louse-ridden Indians like fa¬
vorite sons, so when he saw this
one standing there, he took off his
spectacles and asked him what he
wished.”
“The Indian expressed a great
curiosity about the spectacles. ‘What
are they?’ he asked, ‘and do you
see God through them?’ And then
. . . well . . .”
“Well, the father said yes, I sup¬
pose. Continue.”
“Yes, he said he saw God every¬
where, with the glasses or without.”
He stopped a moment thoughtfully.
“What if he does see God?” he
asked abruptly with a little shiver.
“Don’t be a superstitious baby,”
the other snarled. “Get on with
your story.”
“Then the Indian said, ‘I want to
see God!’ Oh, it was wonderful,
Brother, so cute, so sly, just like a
spoiled child! So he snatched up
the spectacles and put them over
his nose. He began to leap ahd
dance.” The friar began illustrating
his story. “Up and down, thus,
with the spectacles hanging from
his greasy ears, flinging his hands
about and shouting, ‘I see God! I
see God!’ He circled around and
around until he reached the door,
then he scrambled out, still shout¬
ing, and was gone in a trice!”
“And what did the father do?”
“He ran to the door in a panic,
calling Estevanico back. And when
he saw he had gone, he shook his
head and said, ‘Poor little one, he
doesn’t know he has taken his fa¬
ther’s eyes.’ ”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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