The Fair God a Tale of the Conquest of Mexico volume 1
The Fair God a Tale of the Conquest of Mexico volume 1
Lew Wallace
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" " His child ! Who ? Nay, it is a beggar's tale! Ho, fellow! How many times have I driven you away already ! How dare you return ! " Slowly the old man raised his head from his staff, and turned his face to the speaker; there was no light there : he was blind ! 160 THE FAIR GOD " By the holy fires, no trick this ! Say on, girl. He is a Chalcan, you said. " "A countryman of yours, " and her tears fell fast. "A hut is standing where the cause- way leads from Chalco to Iztapalapan ; it is my fath...er's. He was happy under its roof; for, though blind and poor, he could hear my mother's voice, which was the kindliest thing on earth to him. But Our Mother called her on the coming of a bright morning, and since then he has asked for bread, when I had not a tttna 1 to give him. O Xoli ! did you but know what it is to ask for bread, when there is none ! I am his child, and can think of but one way to quiet his cry. " And she paused, looking in his face for encouragement. " Tell me your name, girl ; tell me your name, then go on, " he said, with a trembling lip, for his soul was clever.
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