This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...setting forth of the real value and beauty of the shawl, old Ponciano would only give him eight pesos. "Such things were often hard to get rid of," the old man declared with a shake of the head. "The high-born Spanish dames did not take readily to second-hand articles." But, nevertheless, the boy's back was barely ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...setting forth of the real value and beauty of the shawl, old Ponciano would only give him eight pesos. "Such things were often hard to get rid of," the old man declared with a shake of the head. "The high-born Spanish dames did not take readily to second-hand articles." But, nevertheless, the boy's back was barely turned ere he went to chuckling over the transaction. "The best bargain I have made in many days," he said complacently. Ninito went over, in anticipation, his aunt's keen disappointment. What pain it was to tell her! she had so confidently expected the ten pesos at least. Still he had done his best for her, and she had told him she would be satisfied with that. "0 aunt, I have only eight jos for you," he said, coming to the pallet where she lay. "I am so sorry, but old Ponciano would not give me any more." She turned her face for a moment toward the wall, and seemed to be praying. Then she said: "It is well, ladv We have done all that we could. Now get a piece of paper, and write on it, ' This pays for a mass for the soul of the Sighora Catalina Acosta.' Then go and put it in the box in front of the altar of souls. But, lad, you must go, too, to the Padre Colimo, and tell him what you have done. Say to him that I beg him on my knees to have the blessed bishop himself conduct the mass for poor Catalina's soul, that I am undone if he does not. Tell him, too, that he shall have the other two pesos if I have to work my fingers to the bone to get them." "But, aunt," said the boy, wistfully, looking first at his aunt's pale, pinched face, and then at the shining pesos lying in his hand, "shall I not keep at least one of these for yourself? Think how many things you need. Oh, do ...
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