Chapter I: Front Matter

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

This etext differs from the original as follows. A few typographical errors that did not affect the sense have been corrected. The character U with tilde is shown as [~U]. The oe ligature is shown as [oe]. The original has musical notation at many points, indicated thus:

[Music (title, when given)]

Where the music also has lyrics, they are formatted as poetry below the that line.

FOR THE SOUL OF RAFAEL

BY

MARAH ELLIS RYAN

AUTHOR OF "TOLD IN THE HILLS" "THE BONDWOMAN" ETC.

WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
TAKEN EXPRESSLY FOR THIS BOOK
BY
HAROLD A. TAYLOR

DECORATIVE DESIGNS BY
RALPH FLETCHER SEYMOUR

ELEVENTH EDITION

CHICAGO
A.C. McCLURG & CO.
1920

COPYRIGHT
A.C. MCCLURG & CO.
1906

Entered at Stationers Hall, London

Photographs by HAROLD A. TAYLOR, by permission of
The Hallett-Taylor Company

The Author is indebted to the Southwest Society of the
Archaeological Institute of America for the
Spanish Music contained in this volume

Published May 12, 1906
Second Edition, Sept. 15, 1906
Third Edition, Oct. 1, 1906
Fourth Edition, Dec. 5, 1906
Fifth Edition, Dec. 15, 1906
Sixth Edition, Feb. 11, 1907
7th Edition, Aug. 31, 1907
8th Edition, Jan. 12, 1909
9th Edition, April 30, 1909
10th Edition, Oct. 15, 1910
11th Edition, Nov. 10, 1914

M.A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO

A MIS AMIGOS DE CALIFORNIA

_que siempre me han prestado su ayuda con_
_aquella bonded que les es caracteristica._

M.E.R.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page

"BECAUSE OF ONE LITTLE WHITE VAMPIRE" Frontispiece

DONA ANGELA 32

RAQUEL ESTEVAN 56

KEITH BRYTON 62

"NEVER ON ANY OTHER SHORE" 128

"YOU LIED TO ME--ALL OF YOU!" 166

"R[~U]ELAS ME FECIT: ME LLAMA SAN JUAN. 1796." 176

"THEN I HEARD YOUR VOICE" 240

"HERE AMONG THE RUINS CONSECRATED" 260

"THERE IS NO FORGETTING" 278

THE ALISO TREE 294

AN INNER COURT 302

THE SERENADE 312

"AFTER THE VERY GAY SUPPER" 316

"THEIR HOSTESS HAD ARRIVED" 320

"AND--HE WAS AN ARTEAGA!" 334

"EACH WAY HE TURNED HE MET AN ALTAR OR A PRIEST" 352

"ONE WORDLESS MINUTE" 368

"THINGS KNOWN AND NEVER TOLD" 372

[Music: _La Calandria_ (The Meadow Lark)]

[Music: _Capitan de un Barco_.]

Capitan de un barco Me escribio un papel
Que si ne queria Casarme con el.

FOR THE SOUL OF RAFAEL