"Monsieur," she said in his ear, "can I be suspected of some infamous
action? I! The pile of stones must be close to the wall of my garden.
Go yourself, I implore you. Look, search, find that money."
The doctor went out, taking with him the examining judge, and together
they found Montefiore's treasure.
Within two days Juana had sold her cross to pay the costs of a
journey. On her way with her two children to take the diligence which
would carry her to the frontiers of Spain, she heard herself being
called in the street. Her dying mother was being carried to a
hospital, and through the curtains of her litter she had seen her
daughter. Juana made the bearers enter a porte-cochere that was near
them, and there the last interview between the mother and the daughter
took place. Though the two spoke to each other in a low voice, Juan
heard these parting words,--
"Mother, die in peace; I have suffered for you all."
Heart of the Sunset
CONTENTS I. THE WATER-HOLE II. THE AMBUSH III. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE WATER-HOLE IV. AN EVENING AT LAS PALMAS V. SOMETHING ABOUT HEREDITY VI. A JOURNEY, AND A DARK MAN VII. LUIS LONGORIO VIII. BLAZE JONES'S NEMESIS IX. A SCOUTING TRIP X. A RANGER'S HORSE