Page:Don Coronado through Kansas.djvu/107

96 experiences, as were encountered by Alonso, is a horse of another color. He is in the prime of his manhood; his strength of character has been tested; many times temptations of all descriptions have been resisted; his mother might be proud of her darling boy and his father would compare him with the chivalrous Cid of old; and She, whose beautiful face and figure was ever present, would be justified in worshiping him as her idol, for he was all that she could desire; and by telepathic communication transmitted over cupid's relays, batteries and sounders, through the invisible conductor erected in the Heavens by the Great Inventor, and Promoter,—she is sanguine in her own mind of her lover's faithfulness and fidelity; and on his part, he has been rewarded for his constancy by a sensation so pleasurable that thoughts of Heaven could not possibly surpass it.

One of the secrets in life was early learned by our hero, not to despise others occupying a position below him; for in his youth he frequently discovered some person who could give him information acquired by experience, such as those in his own station in life knew nothing about; he had been often entertained by an old servant in his father's employ, who had seen much service; the old man had schooled his young master how to care for himself during the tedious and trying march, and now he was cognizant that the old fellow knew whereof he was advising. So Monte was counselled to make friends with a few of the best Indian servants, and more particularly to cultivate the acquaintance of the Quivira Indian, Ysopete; and frequently would Alonso, Monte and