TAILIEUCHUNG - The Doomswoman

It was at Governor Alvarado's house in Monterey that Chonita first knew of Diego Estenega. I had told him much of her, but had never cared to mention the name of Estenega in the presence of an Iturbi y Moncada. Chonita came to Monterey to stand godmother to the child of Alvarado and of her friend Doña Martina, his wife. She arrived the morning before the christening, and no one thought to tell her that Estenega was to be godfather. The house was full of girls, relatives of the young mother, gathered for the ceremony and subsequent week of festivities. Benicia, my little one, was. | Doomswoman by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1 Doomswoman by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton Project Gutenberg s The Doomswoman by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California Author Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton Release Date May 5 2004 EBook 12270 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DOOMSWOMAN Produced by Leah Moser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Illustration Gertrude Atherton PHOTOGRAPHED BY MRS. LOUNSBERY THE DOOMSWOMAN An Historical Romance of Old California By Gertrude Atherton Illustration 1900 Doomswoman by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 2 To STEPHEN FRANKLIN THE DOOMSWOMAN. I. It was at Governor Alvarado s house in Monterey that Chonita first knew of Diego Estenega. I had told him much of her but had never cared to mention the name of Estenega in the presence of an Iturbi y Moncada. Chonita came to Monterey to stand godmother to the child of Alvarado and of her friend Dona Martina his wife. She arrived the morning before the christening and no one thought to tell her that Estenega was to be godfather. The house was full of girls relatives of the young mother gathered for the ceremony and subsequent week of festivities. Benicia my little one was at the rancho with Ysabel Herrera and I was staying with the Alvarados. So many were the guests that Chonita and I slept together. We had not seen each other for a year and had so much to say that we did not sleep at all. She was ten years younger than I but we were as close friends as she with her alternate frankness and reserve would permit. But I had spent several months of each year since childhood at her home in Santa Barbara and I knew her better

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