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CA VE AND CLIFF D WELLERS. 
gun at once for our simple meal, we 
were compelled to eat it by the light of a 
tallow candle. It was evident that, if 
more than one meal a day was to be had, 
Dionicio would require an assistant to 
do all the work. 
As night approached the good padre 
tendered us the use of his parlor floor on 
which to spread our bedding. This 
room occupied one side of the interior 
court. It was a long, narrow place with¬ 
out windows, and lighted only through 
the wooden doorways, of which there 
were two. In one end of the room was 
a little old narrow iron bedstead ; at the 
other a small, black haircloth sofa, and 
a couple of chairs. On the walls were a 
picture of the Virgin and a small crucifix, 
while in another part, hung up beyond 
reach of the tallest man, was a small, 
