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56 56 "l WON'T," "l CAN'T." perform some act which he or she did not consider his duty? Of course you have. Well, should this meet the eye of a young man or woman, right here resolve that there will be fewer such ejaculations and, more important, less "I can't," but more "I'll try." And here we are again in the country which has only been under Spanish control for twenty years, that being the length of time since Cortes entered Mexico. It is the latter part of the summer, the time when the new arrivals were camped after their te- dious voyage across the Atlantic, and still they were over 180 miles from the residence of the governor.