The Pearl of Lima: A Story of True Love

it was late; the young girl, still under the influence of strong emotion, maintained silence, while the duenna murmu

a, and about a hundred and fifty rods from the bridge thrown over the river

of San Cristoval and the Amanca?s, which rise behind Lima, terminates in its suburbs. The city lies on one bank of the river; the other is occupied by the suburb of San Lazaro, and is united to the city by a bridge of five arches, the upper p

their base, are built of adobes, a kind of brick dried in the sun, and made of potter's clay mingled with a great quantity of chopped straw: these walls are calcula

formerly the principal storehouse of America on the Pacific Ocean, thanks to its Port of Callao, built in 1779, in a singular manner. An old vessel, filled with stones, sand, and rubbish of all sorts, w

f the New World: the wind has two directions from which it never varies; either it blows from the south-east, and becomes cool by crossing the Pacific Ocean; or

to the rays of a cloudless sky-so the inhabitants of Lima prolong their nocturnal conversations and receptions; household labors are quietly finished i

e city, she arrived, without interruption, at the bridge of the Rimac, listening to catch the slightest sound-which her emotio

eps, and gave her that graceful delicacy peculiar to the Limanienne ladies; this petticoat, ornamented with lace and flowers, was in part covered with a silk mantle, which was raised above the head and enveloped it like a hood; stockings of exquisite finenes

nothing of the Jewess but the name, for she was a faithful spec

s expressive of avarice and cupidity, was a dev

a cowl, passed near them and looked at them attentively. This man, of tall stature, possessed a countenance expressive of gentleness

h prevented her seeing any thing; the young girl turned tow

it not enough to have been insulted by these Chri

did no

th rosary in hand, engaged in

funciones de iglesia-are the grea

ositions," replied the

d my master Samuel say, if he knew

se a brutal muleteer

old woman, shaking her head, "a

ong in defending me from t

the Indian has throw

by her mantle, for the darkness would not have sufficed to c

complain of is, that in order not to disturb these Christians, you wished to remain among them! Had you not so

urned several times to see if he had not followed her in the shadow. Sarah had in her heart a certain natural confidence which became her wonderfully; she felt herself to be the child of these warm latitudes, which the sun

tance of the young girl, wished to ensure her safe retreat; so when the promenaders had dispersed, he followe

hose curls harmonized with the bronze of his manly face. His eyes shone with infinite sweetness, like the transparent atmosphere of starry nights; his well-formed nose surmounted a pretty m

practiced hand, for they seem to be riveted to the arm which strikes. In North America, on the shores of Lake Ontario, Mart

stizo André Certa; he knew that by her birth, her position and her wealth she was beyond the reach of his heart; but he forgot all these impossibilities in his all

he young girl sweep the threshold of the paternal dwelling; and Sarah herself,

of the species of zambos, pillagers

im, "you ought this very evening to

re," coldly rep

ed by the point, rapidly disappeared. She will undoubtedly approach the land near the mouth of the Ri

observations. Martin Paz know

of the Sambo that w

wn name that I

your presence in the suburb of San

ancy and my will

e house of

disposed to find fault can mee

. The zambos regained the bank of the Rimac, and the

d with walls formed of canes tied together and covered with plaster; all this part of the building, constructed to resist earthquakes, imitated, by a skillful pa

ve access to a court; but as usual, these pav

before the dwelling of Sarah. Profound silence reigned around; a flickeri

rfumes; the radiant stars send down upon the sleeping earth rays of diaphanous mildness; the white constellations illumine th

ut diminishing their delicious perfumes; the dahlias mingle with the mentzelias, with the helianthus, and,

and clasps them with adoration. Suddenly t

finds himself face to

dians pass their nigh

rta spok

ave trodden the soil

de, some yaravis to chant, some boleros

ice, "bestow their devotion where it is merite

h anger; he advanced a step

ll you quit

right hands of the adversaries; they were of equal stature, they seemed of equal s

tered the Malay poignard of the Indian; at the fire which flashed from this shock, André saw the arm

lp!" he e

es ran from a neighboring house; some pursued the Indian, who

sailor, take him to the hospital of Spiritu San

ounded youth; he had scarcely lo

carried into my house. Th

; he had just recognized th

ked his life; an Indian assassin of a mestizo! If he can gain the open country he is safe, but he knows that t

ely; he springs upon the bridge. Unfortunately a patrol appears at the opposite extremity; Martin Paz can neither advance nor retrace

banks below the bridge to sei

n; Martin Paz do