"She glided and whirled in the moonlight, graceful
as a wind-blown rose" _Frontispiece_
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"The picture which she presented was one he carried
with him for many a day" 130
"Instinctively he raised the casket with both hands" 272
"'Madre! Madre _mia_!' she cried and flung herself
into Chiquita's arms" 292
"They were startled by a low moan and saw Blanch
sink slowly to the bench" 330
There is a tradition extant among the Indians of the Southwest,
extending from Arizona to the Isthmus of Panama, to the effect
that, Montezuma will one day return on the back of an eagle,
wearing a golden crown, and rule the land once more; typifying
the return of the Messiah and the rebirth and renewal of the race.