I remember when De La Cuesta was married.

He had never seen the young lady, only her miniature portrait, painted"-- he raised a shoulder--"I do not know by whom, small, a little thing to be held in the palm.

But he fell in love with that, and marry her he would.

The affair was arranged between him and the girl's parents.

But when the time came that De La Cuesta was to go to Monterey to meet and marry the girl, behold, Jesus Tejeda broke in upon the small rancheros near Terrabella.