The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1941 Page: 15 of 16
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The
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GIIUULTAIi
stor.x til Cibrallar l>c
200 years a.vo, when a
Mohammedan host from
Africa invaded the Spanish I
Peninsula and overthrew its'
Gothic rulei's. The victorious i
JJJoors had crossed the nar-
row straits at the gateway of.
the Mediterranean, and their
Y leader" Tarik pave his name;
t'o 1 he towering rock beneath
which they landed—Jeb-al-
Tarik, the Mount of Tarik,
Gibraltar.
' Since that date, Gibraltar
has gone through three his-
torical periods. . From 7U to
14fi'2, ^even and a half cen-
turies, it was in the posses-
sion of the Moors. From 1462
to 1704, nearly two and a
half centuries, it was in the
hands of Spain. From 1704
to the present day it has been
a key-point of British sea
power.
Gibraltar, 1,400 feet high
and three quarters of a mile
wide, stands at the west-
ern gap of the Mediter-
ranean, and fs an ' almost
solid rock of limestone for-
mation. Nearby lie other
harbors which might serve as
naval bases at this vital spot:
Ceuta and Tangier on the
African side, and Cadiz not
far away, in Spain. But none
of them has the natural ad-
vantage for defense possess-
ed by Gibraltar—Condensed
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Germany and Italy, with
possibly the aid of Spain, are
expected to assault and try to
capture Gibraltar this spring.
But a quick reduction of the
fortress is not anticipated in
any circumstances. It still is
a symbol of military invulner-
ability to most military
minds. The caves and gun
galleries that honeycomb its
vast expanse offer better pro-
tection against air attack
than any other great fortress
in the world. Its sheer rock
faces are an insurmountable}
obstacle to mechanized blitz-
krieg assault. It once held
out under siege four years
and might do it again.
()ur Boijs ami Girls
AUNT MARY, Editor, 180'J Ashland, Fort Worth, Te*a .
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DEAR BOYS AND
GIRtS:
March 21st, the official
date of spring, will soon
be here. The coming of
spring is welcomed the
world over, l'or it ends
the cold blustering win-
ter. However, since, this
has been a mild winter,
it is predicted we shall
have some wintry weath-
er in March.
Spring, a rebirth of
Nature, is an awakening
of energies that have
long lain dormant in the «
earth. Impatiently have
they awaited thu time of
rejuvenation.
One of the first signs
of spring is budding
trees, that leaf and
bloom later- Then the
flowers send forth ten-
der stems that bud and
blossom later. The grass,
long dead, comes to life
again and spreads a car-
pet of green over fields
and woodlands. Nothing
is more beautiful than
spring, nothing better
symbolizes the resurrec-
tion and the life.
The other day I trad
a poem of spring which
I shall pass on to ray
readers.:
SPRTNG
Spring scent enters the
open window.
Not the lush, round, vel-
vet scent of magnolia,
Nor the slender sweet
exotic scent of honey- . ..
suckle,
But the scent of grass, crocus, hyacinth and
'daffodil.
I feel myself floating in the center of a whitp
tulep.
I look out and see the pale quarter of the yel-
low dryad of the sky.
Silver beams slide down the lip-smooth sides.
Sway, dip—dip, sway, in undulated movement.
I sleep while spring in satin slippers moves
along the earth.
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MOURNING DOVE'S SACRIFICE
The Great Spirit was angry. There could
bo no doubt about it. For twice seven weeks
the sun had been a fiery ball in heaven and
the earth had died of beat and thirst. The
little flowers had died beside the dried-up
springs. The grass had died on the wide
plains. The ferns had died in the crannies of
the rocks. .The cottonwood trees had died he-
side the dry river beds. The clouds had died
in the blue sky/ for they came no more to
sprinkle life upon the land. Hope, too, had
died in the hearts of the Indians.
Afar off on the hot hillside the medicine
men had gathered. They had beaten thejr
tom-toms and rattled the peas in their tortois
shells; they had shed drops of their blood up-
on the ground; they had stamped with their
feet and asked the Great Spirit to speak to
.them. At last, in a mutter of thunder be-
yond the blue hills, the voice of the Great
Spirit came. It was deep and sullen and full
of wrath. It thundered, "Listen, Wicked Ones,
to th<> voice of the Great Spirit! Because of
your evil deeds this suffering has come upon
you. You have deserved it all and yet 1 would
have pity on you. If one can be found among
you willing to make a burnt offering of that
thing he holds nearest to his heart I shall
spare the rest."
The thunder died swiftly away beyond the
red horizon. Slowly and sadly the medicine
men filed back to the village camp. From all
sides the braves came to listen to their words;
from nil sides came the squaws, and from all
sides the black-eyed children.
"Listen to the voice of tho Great Spirit,"
cried the chief of the medicine men. "If there
be one among you willing to make a burnt
sacrifice of that thing which he holds nearest
to his heart, t)ie rain will fall on all of us
once more. It is spoken; you have heard the
words of the Great Spirit."
Then a vast silence fell on those who had
listened. Each man looked into his own heart
to find there the ihitig dearest that, ho must
offer up in fire. Each man wondered if there
was any way by which the thing he loved best
could be saved to him, and as he wondered
the brow of the Great Spirit darkened and the
thunder rolled menacingly.
Slowly the throng melted away until only one
little bright-eyed girl stood facing the silent
metSfcine men. Into the heart of Mourning
Dove, (that was the little girl's name), had
crept a great fear. In her eyes glistened two
pearly drops. Slowly, like rain, they rolled
down' her cheeks* and fell upon the ground.
When night had come there was silence in the
great Indian camp.
Leaping Horse sat. in his tepee with head
cast down. "My white mare is dearest to my
heart," said he. Vshe is quick to leap at my
voice and swift to run. The Great Spirit calls
for her, and yet 1 shall wait until the dawn
comes. Perchance som« other ono may offer
up the sactifice."
Swift Eaglf stood leaning on his spear.
"My little son," said he, "is dearest to my
heart. The Great Spirit asks for him. Rather
would I lay down my own life than his. Per-
chance before dawn comes some other bravo
may make the perfect sacrifice."
In her father's tepee Mourning Dove sat
wide-eyed in the door. Under her tattered
deer skin her beloved doll was pressed against
her heart. Could it be that the Great Spirit
asked this doll of her? Was •it not made of
the whitest fawn skin? Was not its raven
hair from the tails of ten strong horses in her
father's herd? Had not she, herself, colored
its cheeks and lips with crimson sumac ber-
ries? More wonderful than all else, was not
its bonnet fashioned of the curled blue feath-
ers of the jay?
Mourning Dovo thought of all these things.
Her breast heaved in a wild sob at the dread
of parting with this beloved treasure with
which she had spent so many happy hours.
And yet—it was plain to her that the Great
Spirit wanted her doll. Perhaps He had 11
little girl of His own in heaven who had seen
her treasure and cried for it. Perhaps He
wanted to give it life and send it far off to
bo a papoose in a tepee in some other tribe.
Mourning Dove rocked back and forth hug-
ging her doll close to her heart. Then she
arose.
"Dear little fawn-skin papoose," she whis-
pered, "you roust go! The Great Spirit has
asked for you. The flowers have gone, the
trees wither, and the people die for lack of
food. When you come to the Great Spirit,
tell Him all this and tell Him that Mourning
Dove smiles at Him though her eyes are full
of tears."
Mourning Dove tiptoed across the bearskin
to the smoldering fire. She plucked forth a
bit of wood that glowed brightly with a living
coal. She lifted the heavy flap of the tepee
and went out into the cloar night. She ran
swiftly up the hill to the very top. fanning
the glowing coal to a white flame as she went.
Out of twigs and grasses she made a little
mound which flared up brightly at the touch
of the glowing coal; then with aching heart
she laid her fawn skin doll upon the blazing
mass.
When the last shreij of the doll had disap-
peared, Mourning Dove scooped up the hot
ashes in her two hands and scattered them
carefully, some to the east, some to the west,
some to the north, and some to thg south.
"Goodbye, fawn-skin doll," she whispered. "Be
sure to tell the Great Spirit just what I told
you."
As little Mourning Dove turned to go home,
she saw a single coal gleaming where the fire
had been. As she stooped quickly to put it
out, the breath of the wind came to it, In its
last bright flare it shone on something beauti-
fully blue. Little Mourning Dove cried aloud
at sight of it. "O, fawn-skin doll," she said,
"come back! come back! You have left your
little blue bonnet hero on earth. Oh, dear, I
am afraid the Great Spirit will be angry with
you and with me. Just wait a moment and I
will send it to yon out of my father's fiie.'^
Mourning Dove swiftly picked up the blue
object that the spark had left her and fled
down the hill and into her father's tepee. Be-
fore plunging the bonnet into the smoldering
coals, she raised it to her cheek in one last
caress. She wondered at the softness of it.
At tho same* time a delicate incense came to
her. Stooping close to the fire, she looked
at the bonnet in her hand. It was not tho
blue feather of the wild jay at all, hut a won-
derful flower with petals of the same clear,
heavenly hue..
"It is a sign" whispered Mourning Dove.
"The Great Spirit is happy because of my
fawn-skin doll."
The next morning the maiden told her
mother all that had happened, and the two,
just as the sun rose, went up to the top of
the hill. Wherever the dust of the fawn-skin
doll had fallen, tho ground was covered with-
si blue beauty of newly risen flowers whose
thick tasSels were the same deep blue as the
feathers of the wild-screaming jay.
As Mourning Dove and' her mother came
back to tlie village, they saw the medicine
men standing solemnly in the midst of the
braves. "Not one could be found," said the
chief medicine man, "not one who loved his
brothers more than he loved himself. Woe to
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wrath of the Great Spirit will be
heavy on us and on our children."
"It is not so," replied the moth-
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fice has been made and the Great
Spirit smiles. Sec, even now the
clouds are forming beyond the
grayish hills. Listen! The roaring
of tile rain comes down to us across
the plain. The breath of tho storm
is over us."
"It is true!" cried the medicine
men. "It is true! The rain comes
.down to us once more."
With the warm rain falling up-
on their bare shoulders, the people
followed the medicine men up the
hill to look in wonder at tho patch
of bright blue flowers. Then said
the chief to all of them: "From
this day Mourning Dove shall be
known to all men as 'She-who-
loves-h^r-people - more - than - her-
self," and these flowers shall be
known as the 'blue-bonnets of the
fawn-skin doll.' "
With these last words the voice
faded into silence as the people be-
gan to rejoice and sing songs of
praise.
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