Roy and Ray in Mexico . d of them with hertwinkling eyes and shining white teeth, her longbraids, and her little print gown which almosttouched the ground, although she did not lookmuch older than Bay. A little white dog also came to welcome them,and made the children feel at home at once. Atthe door, sitting on the sidewalk, was an old, oldwoman, skinny and wrinkled and brown, with aheap of pottery all around her, in each piece ofwhich the decoration was composed of little squareor diamond-shaped bits of china and crockery setinto the clay while it was soft, in a sort of do they ev
Roy and Ray in Mexico . d of them with hertwinkling eyes and shining white teeth, her longbraids, and her little print gown which almosttouched the ground, although she did not lookmuch older than Bay. A little white dog also came to welcome them,and made the children feel at home at once. Atthe door, sitting on the sidewalk, was an old, oldwoman, skinny and wrinkled and brown, with aheap of pottery all around her, in each piece ofwhich the decoration was composed of little squareor diamond-shaped bits of china and crockery setinto the clay while it was soft, in a sort of do they ever get all those pieces brokenso even and just the same size! exclaimed Ray. I think it is quite wonderful—but it isn t prettywhen its done, she added. We must try to see some of their pottery inthe making, said Mrs. Stevens, but now comein, my dear, and let us get washed and refreshedbefore luncheon. They entered the great doorof the patio, where the portero had alreadyplaced their hand-baggage until their rooms were. o ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS 185 assigned; but a noise made tliem turn back, andthere were their trunks on a car which carriedbaggage and all sorts of merchandise from therailroad to the centre of the town. It ran on thetramway tracks and was like a freight-car with-out any sides. Almost every day, it drew up likethat before the hotel, with trunks and valises forthe passengers, goods for the storekeepers, stufffor the market, etc. The arrival of the coach andthis freight car from the down train was one ofthe daily sensations, and after the children hadgrown accustomed to the town, they were ascurious as the natives to see who and what hadcome each day. CHAPTER XV CUERNAVACA The patio of the hotel was a double one witha sort of wide covered corridor through themiddle, paved with square red tiles and open onboth sides so that the guests could sit in it oneither side and look into one patio or the the patios were well worth looking were full of beaut
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