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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
length his eyes made out a little cavalcade of horsemen, and he thought regretfully how refreshed their hearts might be with a few notes of clarion welcome from the belfry. As they came closer, he made out five horses. In advance rode a man and a woman, followed closely by a nurse with a baby, while in the rear were two peons, evidently servants. There was every appearance of wealth and station about the couple.
Five minutes later the padre was
"Our daughter deserted us, therefore " began Don Joaquim
coldly.
"There is a child/' continued the padre, ignoring him.
'"A child! A child! Did all go well?" cried the mother.
"Is it a boy? Tell me!" broke in the father.
And at that moment, when their hearts were laid bare, the reunion took place. The good padre, after stealing a sly kiss from the tiny En
HENRY FITCH IS ARRESTED
amazed to find the man rushing toward him with open arms.
It was Henry Fitch and Josefa.
The party, now including the padre, hurried on to the Casa Carrillo.
In the garden, walking sadly, arm in arm, Padre Vincente jfound Don and Donna Joaquim Carrillo. For a year they had • been strangers to happiness. He gravely saluted the priest :
* ' I have news from Josefa ! ' '
They both started painfully. For one moment their faces were crowded with longing, but only for a moment.
rique while he lay in his grandmother's arms, took his way back to the mission, his heart filled with joy at the happy turn events had taken, little dreaming of the evil that was destined to follow.
Junipero Serra had seen Henry Fitch enter San Pedro, and within an hour he had in his hands a warrant from the ecclesiastical authorities for the arrest of the American for violating the laws of the church and the territory. The Jesuitical laws still held good, and Serra had been waiting daily for Fitch's reap