Legends of the city of Mexico / collected by Thomas A. Janvier ; illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.
- Thomas Allibone Janvier
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Legends of the city of Mexico / collected by Thomas A. Janvier ; illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![LEGEND OF THE CALLEJON DEL PADRE LECUONA1 WHO Padre Lecuona was, Senor, and what he did or had done to him in this street that caused his name to be given to it, I do not know. The Padre about whom I now am telling you, who had this strange thing happen to him in this street, was named Lanza; but he was called by everybody Lanchitas—according to our custom of giving such endearing dimin¬ utives to the names of those whom we love. He deserved to be loved, this excellent Padre Lanchitas: because he himself loved every¬ body, and freely gave to all in sickness or in trouble his loving aid. Confessing to him was a pleasure; and his absolution was worth having, because it was given always with the approval of the good God. My own grand¬ father knew him well, Senor, having known a man who had seen him when he was a boy. 1 See Note VII. [84]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31349043_0126.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
