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AND OTHER MEXICAN LORE
Sefior Lino Trevifio, who lived at Los Olmos during the
curandero's time, told of a bell in which Father Bard and,
later, Don Pedro were interested. He said that when the
town of Falfurrias was founded in 1903 it seemed well to
the priest that the men of the neighborhood get together
to build a church there. In that case he could go directly
to the church instead of to the ranches as he had been doing.
The men got together at the restaurant of a woman in
Falfurrias to determine how they could build the church.
At the close of the meeting each man had pledged to pay
his part of the lumber costs. Mr. Jim Allen, who was a
carpenter from the town of San Patricio, offered to build
the church free of charge, provided that he were furnished
two or three helpers.
The church was built. Well, said the sefiora of the res-
taurant when she looked at the completed building, how
will a church do without a bell? The men hadn't thought
of a bell, and they hadn't counted on this extra cost. They
went to Father Bard, who showed them a catalog of bells
from two hundred dollars up. They decided to go out
among their friends to try to collect enough money to buy
one of the cheapest bells.
They thought to start first with Don Pedrito to see
whether he would be interested in the bell. Don Lino
Trevifio was commissioned to go to him. He felt a delicacy
in doing this, since Don Pedrito was his neighbor and he
didn't know how the idea would strike the old man.
He went and told him of the plan they had and asked
for a donation. Don Pedrito inquired how much the bell
would cost. Don Lino told him that the cheapest one was
two hundred dollars.
"How much has been collected?" he asked.
"Nothing," Don Lino told him; "we have just started."
"Well," said the curandero, "don't bother yourselves fur-
ther. I will give you whatever is necessary. Select the one
you want, up to the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, which
I shall place at your disposal."
So it happened that for many years the good Father Bard
called the faithful of Falfurrias and the neighborhood to61
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Texas Folklore Society. The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore, book, 1951; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67665/m1/71/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.