ILLUSTRATIONS
| "She glided and whirled in the moonlight, graceful as a wind-blown rose" | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| "The picture which she presented was one he carried with him for many a day" | [130] |
| "Instinctively he raised the casket with both hands" | [272] |
| "'Madre! Madre mia!' she cried and flung herself into Chiquita's arms" | [292] |
| "They were startled by a low moan and saw Blanch sink slowly to the bench" | [330] |
There is a tradition extant among the Indians of the Southwest, extending from Arizona to the Isthmus of Panama, to the effect that, Montezuma will one day return on the back of an eagle, wearing a golden crown, and rule the land once more; typifying the return of the Messiah and the rebirth and renewal of the race.
WHEN DREAMS COME
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The beauty of midsummer lay upon the land—the mountains and plains of Chihuahua. It was August, the month of melons and ripening corn. High aloft in the pale blue vault of heaven, a solitary eagle soared in ever widening circles in its flight toward the sun. Far out upon the plains the lone wolf skulked among the sage and cactus in search of the rabbit and antelope, or lay panting in the scanty shade of the yucca.