THE MIRACLE OF PADRE JUNIPERO.
This is the tale that the Chronicle
Tells of the wonderful miracle
Wrought by the pious Padre Serro,
The very reverend Junipero.
The Heathen stood on his ancient mound,
Looking over the desert bound
Into the distant, hazy south,
Over the dusty and broad champaign
Where—with many a gaping mouth,
And fissure cracked by the fervid drouth—
For seven months had the wasted plain
Known no moisture of dew or rain.
The wells were empty and choked with sand;
