The kingdom of the 'White woman' a sketch . ged stay, and we must remain in tlie cityuntil the next ship from Vera Cruz, threeweeks hence. In our quest we are most 76 The Kingdom of the fortunate, and from our entrance into thehouse of Mrs. Gadsden, No. 7 Seminario,dates one of the most delightful periods ofour lives. It is on the great square next tothe Palace, across from the parish churchand the great cathedral, and occupies theentire grand or upper floor. Beneath itlive a senator with his family, a big yellowcat and a large green parrot. Below themon the ground floor and around the Patioth
The kingdom of the 'White woman' a sketch . ged stay, and we must remain in tlie cityuntil the next ship from Vera Cruz, threeweeks hence. In our quest we are most 76 The Kingdom of the fortunate, and from our entrance into thehouse of Mrs. Gadsden, No. 7 Seminario,dates one of the most delightful periods ofour lives. It is on the great square next tothe Palace, across from the parish churchand the great cathedral, and occupies theentire grand or upper floor. Beneath itlive a senator with his family, a big yellowcat and a large green parrot. Below themon the ground floor and around the Patiothe concierge and sundry families of profes-sional beggars hold sway, the latter alwaysgiving the inhabitants of their upperfloors the preference in the matter of do-nating alms, and with an air which assuresus that they consider that we are all of onefamily,— God forbid ! From the balcony of our rooms we over-look the entire city, and away on all sidesto the grand wall of encircling mountains,over which, like two hoary-headed sentinels IV/iifc lVo)7iaii. 77 on guard, tower Popocatapetl and Ixtacci-huatl. Many an evening we assemble onthe house-top to watch the sun go down,and witness the sudden falHng of the nighton this wondrous panorama. On all sidesspread the flat-roofed gaily-colored Spanishcity, through whose midst broad avenuesstretch away in all directions, and abovewhich the campaniles of the many churchesmount high in air. Just before us those ofthe great cathedral are most conspicu-ous. That dark circle near the base of theone on the left is the famous calendar stoneof the Aztecs. In the court of the museumbeneath one can faintly see the outlinesof the sacrificial stone, which, in the daysof Montezuma, crowned the Teocalli, thatstood where is now the public square. Itis only three hundred years since the criesof agony from human victims rang out overthis fair valley, since the blood of their sac- 78 The Kingdom of the rifices flowed in torrents down the steps ofs
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