The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

JIMMY MAKES A PRESENT.
"Shure, sur, the poor craythur axed me for it, and 1
wouldn't be afther refusin' her the thriflin' thing."
"But, Jimmy, you were not to speak to a female while
we remained here," I said.
" Indade, sur, I wouldn't be a gintleman, sure, if I
didn't answer when she spake to me."
Knowing very well that Jimmy could not speak a word
of Spanish, much less understand the Zuni tongue, I asked
him what she said. He replied: "Indade, sur, when a lady spakes to a gintleman, you
wouldn't have him bring disrespict upon his ashociates by
refusin' to answer her, would yez?"
"No, Jimmy; but you were to run away if one spoke
to you."
"Shure, sur, I didn't know ov thim pits, thin."
"But, Jimmy, you don't speak Zuni. Now how did
you know that she asked you for that rosary?"
"Indade, sur, but'twas the eyes that wus more spakin'
than the tungue."
Nor did I succeed in getting any further satisfaction
froni him.
The pueblo contains a population of about four thousand
souls, and in the plaza, or public square, is situated a small
Catholic church built of adobes, and containing, among
other property, a really meritorious picture of "Our Lady
of Guadaloupe," the patron saint of Mexico.
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