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Updated: June 1, 2025
"Señorita!" exclaimed Don Carmelo Peña, "thou takest away my breath. Dost thou never weary?" "Never. I am not a man." "Ay, señorita, thou meanest " "That women were made to make the world go round, and men to play the guitar." "Ay, I can play the guitar. I will serenade thee to-morrow night." "Thou wilt get a shower of ashes for thy pains.
The mountains were massive and gloomy, the little bay was blue and quiet, the surf of the ocean roared about Point Lobos, Carmelo River crawled beneath its willows. In the middle of the valley stood the impressive yellow church, with its Roman tower and rose-window; about it were the crumbling brown hovels of the deserted Mission.
The apse, with triumphal arch, still exists, and two round chapels which flanked it and were entered from the aisles; one of them was dedicated to the Madonna del Carmelo, and the other to S. Andrew. The S. Maria del Canneto of to-day is a cruciform chapel which lay to the right, and has an apsidal eastern end.
I was somewhat anxious for the safety of my good friend the captain but he was in nowise dismayed; he smiled and welcomed the armed emissaries of the government as though they were his dearest friends. "To give you my opinion frankly," he said to them, as he opened a flask of line Chianti for their behoof, "I believe the villain Carmelo is somewhere about Gaeta.
I believe I was influenced by a conversation we had had during our last expedition; Carmelo had told me that he intended soon to leave private service, to marry and go into partnership with Rosario. "But, Carmelo," I had objected, "would not that be rather risky? Don't you remember that Rosario has been to prison for trying to kill your father?"
He brought Teresa with him; he found me alone on the brig, my men had gone ashore. He said, 'Take us to Termini and I will give you so much; refuse and I will slit your throat. Ha! ha! ha! That was good. I laughed at him. I put a chair for Teresa on deck, and gave her some big peaches. I said, 'See, my Carmelo! what use is there in threats? You will not kill me, and I shall not betray you.
And you can confess your enforced sin, say a hundred aves or so, and be whiter than snow again; whereas, had our Mission of Carmelo been razed to the ground, as it was in a fair way to be, California would have lost an historical monument." "And Junipero Serra's bones are there, and it was his favorite Mission," said the girl, unwillingly. "Exactly.
San Carlos Carmelo is about six miles from Monterey, and must be reached by carriage or automobile. By far the best way is to stop at either Hotel del Monte or Hotel Carmelo, Pacific Grove, and then on taking the seventeen-mile drive, make the side trip to San Carlos. To Monterey from San Francisco, on the Southern Pacific Railway, is 126 miles, fare $3.00.
"Suppose we ride. The air is too sharp to lie about under the trees. This white horse mates your gown. Let us go over to Carmelo." "I should like to go," she said, doubtfully; he had made her throb with indignation once or twice, but his conversation interested her and her free spirit approved of a ride over the hills unattended by dueña. "But you know I do not like you."
A red dagger was the recognized sign-manual of a bold and dangerous brigand named Carmelo Neri, who, with his reckless gang, haunted the vicinity of Palermo. "So!" I thought, "this is one of your bright ideas, my cut-throat Carmelo! Cunning rogue! you calculated well you thought that none would disturb the dead, much less break open a coffin in search of gold. Admirably planned, my Carmelo!
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