Roy and Ray in Mexico . e any-thing to be afraid of, but the sight of the armedguard makes you feel safe. We may take that tram one of these days,said Mr. Stevens, so Im glad to hear we shallhave a protector. If you are all ready to go down,now, we 11 stroll about among the trees awhile andthen go back to town. On the way down theypassed the cave, once the home of the Spirit of theSpring, Malintzin, and near the bottom of the hillthe spring from which the city gets part of itswater supply. It was walled in by the viceroyswho were responsible for the building of thecastle. Moctezumas tree is am
Roy and Ray in Mexico . e any-thing to be afraid of, but the sight of the armedguard makes you feel safe. We may take that tram one of these days,said Mr. Stevens, so Im glad to hear we shallhave a protector. If you are all ready to go down,now, we 11 stroll about among the trees awhile andthen go back to town. On the way down theypassed the cave, once the home of the Spirit of theSpring, Malintzin, and near the bottom of the hillthe spring from which the city gets part of itswater supply. It was walled in by the viceroyswho were responsible for the building of thecastle. Moctezumas tree is among the largecypresses in the park, a double tree hundreds ofyears old, without doubt, and forty-one feetaround. It is said that Moctezuma wept his defeatunder this tree as Cortez did under the tree of theSad Night. As they went back through the city streets,after leaving the car, they passed a building in avery ordinary street from which a great confusionof childrens voices came forth. That must be aschool, said THE MUSEUM, AND CHAPULTEPEC 165 A school! exclaimed Eoy and Eay all that noise? Yes, they study aloud here in the lower gradeschools, said Harry. Then the teacher knowstheyre studying, you see. Lets see if we may goin. He stepped into the patio and to the door ofone of the rooms on the ground floor, and askedpermission, which was at once granted, and hebeckoned the others to follow. The school was ontwo floors, the rooms opening around a court, andthe youngest children were in the ground-floorrooms, with women-teachers. As soon as theparty were seen at the door, the teacher noddedto the little pupils and they all rose in theirplaces and their little hands went to their fore-heads in a polite salute. They looked so cuteas Ray called it, that the visitors broke into smilesand all bowed in return, and the little fellows satdown again. There were nearly forty of it was clear that they would not go on withtheir studying while visitors were pres
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