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THE SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C- FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1938 Mistress of Monterey VIRGINIA STIVERS BARTLETT c Virginia Stiver* Bartlett WNU Service 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 Pages, 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 S riest* are on their way from Mexico with lulalla and young Pedro and that he is leaving to meet them. Pages engages a young Indian girl. Indizuela, as maid for Eulalia. Eulalia sails from San Bias. It is a desolate trip. From the port of Loreto, a large cavalcade loaded with Eulalia’s party starts out for the long overland trip. Eula lia, accustomed to luxury and comfort, bit terly regrets having been persuaded to come. The two priests. Fray Mariano and Fray Bartolomeo, call on her and arouse her suspicions as to their genuineness. As tha cavalcade stops at various missions, Eulalia hears rumors of the approach of her husband. While Don Pedro plans a great fiesta to welcome his wife, Eulalia plans her costume. Don Pedro welcomes his beautiful wife and young son. Eulalia it toasted as the Queen of the Californias. On the long journey to Monterey, the re united couple are royally entertained at the Presidio at San Diego. Eulalia disapproves of the democratic relations of Don Pedro and his people. Pleading weariness in the midst of the feast she goes to bed where Angustias tells her she knows Eulalia is again to become a mother. Don Pedro is disturbed by the developments in the char acter 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 he 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 Response to a message from Eulalia. CHAPTER XTV—Continued —11— “A blessing on this house,” he muttered, making the sign of the cross. He blinked. The room was bright with candlelight, for though it was only late afternoon, a heavy fog darkened the day, and made it cool, •o that the open fire was comforting and cheery. "Ah, your Reverence!” La Gob- ernadora’s voice was respectfully cordial. “Please do excuse me for not rising. Sit you here by the fire, yather, where you may rest, and warm yourself after your long walk. It is so good, so very, very good of you to make this visitation upon me, in answer to my plea to you!” Serra sat down absently, and stretched his hands a moment to ward the fire. Then they fell into his lap, and his fingers twined about the beads of the rosary suspended from his rope girdle. Eulalia waited nervously for him to speak. She stirred impatiently. Beneath her feet Escabellito sneezed. The sound exploded the silence. Junipero Serra leaned for ward, and looked at the child. “What is this!” he exclaimed. “What do 1 see? Senora, are you resting your feet on a little Indian child?” “Why, yes.” Eulalia flushed. The missionary’s eyes blazed sud denly. “But he is a human being, Senora! A soul! Not an insensate object, nor a dog.” “My husband, the Governor,” she raised her eyes to the priest, “brought him to me in Lower Cali fornia, and gave him to me for a foot-stool. We call him Escabellito. He is really my little slave. You may run along, Escabellito.” The child rose and darted from the room. “A slave!” exclaimed the priest. “Dear God, how pitiful. My poor dark children, slaves! But it is what I would expect of the Governor of the Californias, in his arrogance.” Eulalia’s hands trembled a little ■t her stitching. “It is not my wish to have him a slave. Padre. It is my husband’s. He ... he seems to think it befitting my position as his wife, to have an Indian for a slave. I have always been guiltily uncomfortable with him at my feet. But my husband ...” She sighed virtuously, and shook her head. “Praise God, then, your heart is tender toward the Indians! That cheers me, Senora. I am most en couraged to know your feelings. I had not dared hope for such aid from . . “From the wife of the Governor?” asked Eulalia quickly. Junipero Serra looked at her searchingly. “You may speak openly, frankly, with me, Padre, I feel that I know what your problems are, and deep ly sympathize with you. I would like to help you solve them, if I can.” The old man leaned eagerly for ward, his eyes brightening. “I believe you could do much, Se nora la Gobernadora. Perhaps,” he exclaimed as a thought seized upon him, "perhaps it is you who have been sent as an answer to all my prayers, insteed of those two ... I can not call them Francis cans . . . but you know to whom I refer.” , La Gobernadora laughed nervous 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 . .1 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 Mattered. channel, though he has my pray ers.” “And if 1 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 Viceroy begging for more help for the Mis sion Santa Barbara. He may grant it ... he may deny it. But if he denies it,'it v.ill need the influence of the Governor to bring things about. And there is where you will help.” Junipero Serra sighed. “I still have some temporal, some worldly influence, Senora. And if I must; I will use it, to justify my just and holy plans.” “Of ... of course.” The priest moved toward the door, where Angustias awaited to usher him out. "But I will only use that, and very much against my will, if every other channel, and your gentle in fluence, fails. Ah, but I would hate to! I do not know if you can under stand how I feel toward Don Pedro; how, although we differ on every point in life, I admire, respect, yes. love him, as a friend . . even a brother.” His voice trembled, and his eyes misted. “That is why all this hurts me su deeply, so mortal ly, for I love the man. Ah, well, you do not understand. Tell his Excellency for me, that he has my sfincere, earnest prayers, and to lis ten to his wife’s gentle counsel. Will you, Senora?” The lady nodded dumbly. “Adios, Senora la Gobernadora.” Again he blessed the house and, fol lowed by Pio, was soon swallowed up in the fog. When, he had gone, Eulalia pulled closer to the fire. She cast her sew ing impatiently on the floor. "Escabellito!” she called sudden ly, “where are you, little imp? Come, get here where you belong!” The child scurried to his place be neath her feet. It was thus the Governor found her when he came into the palacio, his beard and eyebrows beaded with fog. 1 "Junipero Serra has been here," she said slowly. “He has? What did he say?” ques tioned the Governor eagerly. "He . . . he . . .” she hesi tated. “He is impossible. Nothing can be done, I am afraid. It is hope less for you, or for me, to try to move him.” “I was afraid of that. He left no word, no message?” “None.” The Governor sighed. CHAPTER XV In the cell that was their quar ters at Carmelo, Fray Mari,ano Rubi and Fray Bartolome Gili were indulging themselves in a little rec reation. It was only a tiny adobe cubicle, but the two friars were able, through their peculiar talents, to amuse themselves wherever they chanced to be. No spot was too small or too grand, too low or too lofty. Fray Mariano sprawled on the boards of his celibate cot. Fray Bar tolome was poring over a stained half-finished letter that lay before him on the wine-stained table. “Yes,” he said thickly, "it is well I got this away from Fray Juni- pero in time, or it might have been finished and dispatched to Mexico. Then where would we have been? Eh, answer me, can’t you, you . . .” Fray Mariano scratched himself. “I don’t know where we would have been. In limbo, probably. How 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 net 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, T 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 and 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, T 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 panto, 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) Deadly Car Gas Strikes on the Open Highway as Well as in Closed Garage Statisticians meet a stone wall when they attempt to determine how many other lives are lost each year, directly or indirectly, from the effects of carbon monoxide gas. It can strike on the open road, as well as in the closed garage, and in the former case, says the Public Safety Magazine, the victim sel dom has any idea of what is wrong with him. He feels dizzy, loses control of his car, and smash! he goes into an other motorist, a pedestrian, or a fixed object. When questioned by police he rarely knows the real cause of the accident. The drowsy feeling may be in duced by carbon monoxide fumes escaping from leaks in the exhaust manifold or muffler and creeping up into the driver’s face through cracks in the floor board. Carbon monoxide may also find its way in the passenger compart ment of a car that is following an other auto too closely. Particularly in heavy traffic, it is possible for a car to pick up a suf ficient 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 driver 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 explained traffic accidents can be laid, at least indirectly, at the door of carbon monoxide. The National Safety council’s ad vice in fighting the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning is to get plenty of fresh air—never start a car in a closed garage—and always have at least one window partly open when driving, even on the coldest days. Ruby First Jewel Made for the General Trade The ruby was the first precious stone to be manufactured commer cially, according to a writer in the Washington Post. It is simply oxide of aluminum with a small amount of oxide of chromium, which gives to it the brilliant red color. Many methods of making the ruby were tried from 1870 to 1890, all more or less successful from the chemi cal standpoint, but failures from the commercial point of view. It happened, however, that rubies appeared on the market of Geneva, whose origin could not be accounted for. As a matter of fact, a curate of Geneva had succeeded in fusing chips of natural ruby given him by the lapidaries into large stones This brought about a revival in tbs synthesis of the ruby, for it was argued that if ruby chips could ba fused, the oxide of aluminum, of which they are composed, could be. Professor Verneuil, the famous French chemist, finally succeeded b making the ruby. WHAT TO EAT AND WHY ^ -t/ouiton (joudia Discusses the NEED FOR IODINE ‘ V Key Substance of the Thyroid Gland—Tells Hive You a Question? Atk C. Houston Goudiss —★— C. Houston Goudiss has put at tha disposal of reader* of this newspaper all the facilities of his famous Ex perimental Kitchen Laboratory in New York City. He will gladly an swer questions concerning foods and diet. Ifs not necessary to write a letter unless you desire, for post card inquiries will receive the same careful attention. Address him at 6 East 39th Street, New York City. the water and soil, and the season, the iodine content being at a max imum in the autumn and winter. How to Avoid Iodine Starvation By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS 6 East 39th St.. New York City T HE discovery of our vital need for iodine is one of the most thrilling chapters in the long history of scientific research. Many investigators contributed to our understanding of iodine hunger, but special credit is due to Dr. David Marine and his co-workers; and to/? Dr. E. C. Kendall of the Mayo Clinics at Rochester, Minn. Today we know that al though it constitutes only about one part in three mil lion parts of the body weight, iodine is so essential that its absence from the diet may have the gravest conse quences. —★— Thyroid—The Gland of Glandt Iodine is necessary for the nor mal functioning of the thyroid gland, situated in the front part of the neck. The thyroid is so im portant that it is often regarded as the throttle which governs the human locomotive, and when it fails to function normally, the body machinery may be thrown out of balance. Thyroid disturbance during childhood may affect mental and physical development, and many children have been accused of laziness who are suffering from thyroid deficiency. Thyroid disor der may be a complicating factor in obesity, and specialists have found that it is associated with many stubborn skin diseases. It is also claimed that iodine starva tion influences mental make-up and emotional tendencies. —★— Disfiguring Goiter Simple goiter is a common dis order of the thyroid gland. At one time the very mention of this disease terrified girls and women, who feared the unsightly lump in the neck which disfigures the vic tim. Now, thanks to dramatic ex periments, we know that simple goiter is an iodine deficiency dis ease. —★— Animal Experiments Point the Way In 1916, it was estimated that a million young pigs died annually in Wisconsin. Investigation dis closed that their thyroid glands were abnorfnally large and ab normally low in iodine. When io dine was administered to the mothers, the young pigs were born normal. Scientists reasoned that if goiter could be prevented in animals, it could be prevented in humans, and undertook the now famous census in Akron, Ohio. A study was made of the thyroid glands of all school girls from the fifth to the twelfth grades. Almost 50 per cent were found to have enlarged thyroid glands. The girls were given small doses of sodium iodide dissolved in drinking water at given periods over 2% years. At the end of that time, investigators found that of 2,000 pupils, only 5 developed thyroid enlargement. Of the same number not treated, 500 showed enlargement. —★— Danger Periods This demonstration aroused the interest of the scientific world and gate impetus to additional experi- Send for This FREE CHART Showing the Iodine Content of Various Foods —★— OU are invited to write C. Hous ton Goudiss for a chart showing the foods rich in iodine and those which are poor in this substance. It will serve as a valuable guide in preparing balanced menus. Just ask for the Iodine Chart, ad dressing C. Houston Goudiss, at 6 East 39th Street, New York City. A post card is sufficient to carry your request. ments which increased our knowl edge of the iodine requirement. The great danger periods are during pregnancy, childhood and adolescence. The diet of the ex pectant mother must include an adequate supply to protect herself and avoid the early development of simple goiter in the child. It is also essential to provide sufficient iodine for growing chil dren, as the incidence of the dis ease increases steadily up to the eighteenth year in girls; in boys it reaches its peak at twelve. Some investigators also claim that one way to enhance the ac tion of the glands after middle life, and so prolong youth, is to include in the daily diet some foods with a high iodine content. —★— Nature's Storehouse of Iodine It is the duty iff every home maker to learn where the neces sary iodine can be obtained and to include iodine-rich foods in the daily diet, but it is especially im portant for those living in “the goiter belt.” This area stretches along the Appalachian mountains, as far north as Vermont, west ward through the basin of the Great Lakes to the state of Washington, and southward over the Rocky Mountain and Pacific states. —★— Iodine-Rich Foods The sea is the great storehouse of iodine and hence, the most abundant sources are sea food, in cluding salmon, cod, crabmeat and oysters; cod liver oil; and salt. Fruits and vegetables grown near the sea contain varying amounts of iodine, depending upon Graceful Butterfly New Crochet Idea There’s graceful beauty in every stitch of this butterfly which you’ll find charming for a chair set, buf fet set or scarf ends. Crochet it in string . . . the same medallion makes the center of each wing and arm rest. Fascinating pick up work that's easy to do. In pattern 6031 you will find direc tions for making a chair or buffet set, and scarf; illustrations of the chair set and of all stitches used; material requirements; a photo graph of the butterfly. To obtain this pattern, send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14th Street. New York, N. Y. In general, it may be said that the leaves of plants contain more iodine than the roots, and that leafy vegetables and legumes store more than fruits, with the exception of cranberries, which are a good source. When the soil is rich in iodine, watercress be comes a fine source of this sub stance. Iodized Salt One of the most satisfactory methods for adding iodine to the diet, especially in goiterous re gions, is through the use of iodized salt. In Detroit, a city wide test of iodized salt reduced the preva lence of simple goiter from 36 per cent to 2 per cent. Similar fig ures have been cited for other lo calities. Iodized salt costs no more than ordinary table salt and is an excellent safeguard against simple goiter. —★— Iodine in Drinking Water Even in early times, it was be lieved that there was some rela tion between goiter and drinking water, and recent evidence has disclosed that there was a sound basis for this belief. Two investi gators found that the water in a large part of the northern half of the United States falls into a low- iodine classification. Several communities have given consideration to the prevention of goiter by the addition of iodine to the water supply. This method is commendable, but it must be borne in mind that wherever io dine is taken in forms other than food, careful supervision by the physician or the public health au thorities is necessary. To those homemakers interested in planning the best possible diet for their families, I shall gladly send lists showing which foods are rich in iodine and which are poor in this substance. . Questions Answered — Miss S. G.—There is no justifi cation for serving toast at every meal instead of bread. It is true that proper toasting changes some of the starch to dextrine which is quickly and easily digested. But laboratory experiments reveal that the proteins of toasted bread and crusts have a lower digesti bility, and animals gain less weight when fed on them than on the untoasted bread and the in side crumbs of the loaf. Mrs. B. R. S.—The average meal leaves the stomach within four hours, though a large meal may stay for five hours. How ever, the length of time food re mains in the stomach is only a fraction of that required for the entire digestive process, which va ries in normal individuals from 12 to 47 hours. Carbohydrates leave the stomach most quickly, pro teins are next, and fats require the longest period. Miss C. T.—Agar-agar is a non irritating, indigestible carbohy drate. As it is not digested, its caloric value is zero, and it could not possibly be fattening. • WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1938—H THE ALL-WEATHER LIGHT Light it op mod go.. snrwhsrs, soy tins. In a Coleman Jost th. light for os. ground thgfsrm. ..dandy for hunting, camp, lag. “Tha Light of 1000 Usaa". Hasoyasstsa. long aarrlca ganarator. Son tha rnlinn at Tour daaler'a. 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