THE CHILDREN OF CUPA.
THE CHILDREN OF CUPA.
BY
MARY E. MANNIX,
Author of "As True as Gold,"
"Pancha and Panchito," etc.
NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO:
BENZIGER BROTHERS,
Printers to the Holy Apostolic See.
1905.
Copyright, 1905, by Benziger Brothers.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. Summer Plans—The Cupeños | 7 |
| CHAPTER II. The Journey—Francisco | 18 |
| CHAPTER III. At the Spring | 35 |
| CHAPTER IV. The Missionary | 49 |
| CHAPTER V. At Church | 61 |
| CHAPTER VI. Dionysio and Margarita | 73 |
| CHAPTER VII. The Pedlar | 87 |
| CHAPTER VIII. Falsely Accused | 101 |
| CHAPTER IX. A Jaunt—The Valley of the Rattlesnakes | 113 |
| CHAPTER X. The Almirantes | 127 |
| CHAPTER XI. The "Junta" | 141 |
| CHAPTER XII. The Return | 152 |
THE CHILDREN OF CUPA.
CHAPTER I.
SUMMER PLANS.—THE CUPEÑOS.
The mother had been very ill, and the questionwas, where shall we take her so that shemay get thoroughly well? It must be some placewhere the family might accompany her. Shehad declared that she would not go withoutpapa and Nellie and Walter.
It was nearing the close of schooltime, andpapa's yearly vacation was at hand, so therewould be no difficulty on that score. Some onehad suggested Santa Monica as affording a completechange of scene, but the doctor tabooedthat place and she herself did not care for it.
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