Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1877-09-22
THE POINT OF HONOR

S".cN IN front ol Sth0r ArguclaS' :
country house, Il mile or 50 ont Of San
ilago de Cuba, in the Eastern lnt.nannri,
OF the queen of til" Antilles, and ,nr.
it. chi"t capital. when an incident ,,-
Cured that is ciicctunliy nut AN cx,ip-
guiNh"r upon the noisy mirth a, if =
h"nb--hcll had suddenly exploded =,
our icrt But first 4 briet account of
those seven person, and tile. c;,ris,. of
their beng 5" assembled viii b. nee
ce-arv.
Three We're American merchants,
southcrnrr~ and smart traders, rxlrn-
siNeIy c0nnrrird with The. commerce. oi
the Colombian :Tchipelago. and design
ing I" sal an he morrow. wind and
weather permitting. in the bark Neptune,
NIarket ma~t"r and part owner. tor
Moraht Fay. .;lnliica one Wa :.
lieutenant III the Spami>I, artillery and
, nephew I" our lU~t another was "
dupont. Young and rich creole ui
>, mingled rench aud spanish parrnitg-
ana the lcputei -utor tor the hand o!
Donna Anf"nla. Illr daughter and sole
hrirr>s "i N"nor Argueti;,s, and " !tha.
4 graceful and charming u.i.Irn Of
eighteen. rpr A." IN that prrrucluu~
cline; the riNth guest wa, tapt;,,l,
' :.
line l""tmg ErI.I>tI seaman of uhuul
thirty years OF age the seventh am! Ia-r
was myself. nj that lime i tlrr,. yulln.,-
ser anu o"t lh>t Recovered llouI Il severe.
lit oi illness which 4 twclImomth pre-
Ni"n>.y had nrrr>oItairI IN removal
from JnnlaIra /" til" much u.prr tom
pcrat" and cpuabc climate Of Cuba.
a!bri the Two Islands are only distant
about iiv" degrees from each otacr.
WAS also on" TT Captain SItrNcN'- = pas
e"ngcrS. and :" was Nrnor Argu.Ila~.
who had business to wind up in kn~~-
ton. Ii" Wa 10 be accompanied by
Sonora ArgIclla>, Antoni;.. the vuLn..
lieutenant, and NJ. Dupont. The N.p-
/ tune had brought Il cargo OF ~undrir-,
( consisting ui hardware, cUttuus. ct
c;"trra. To Cuba, and was returning
about half laden with goods Amoig
! these belonging IT, the American me-
/ chants. were Il number Of barrels e,
/ gu"p"wder that had proved m>lIabI,
/ IN Cuba, and which, ii Wa, thought.
| might llnd a satisfactory market IN ia
| maica. ihcrc WAS excellent cabin a,.-
/ commodatlun on buarG Captain >tarkcy'.
! Vc>sr., and a> the weather wa, line and
! the passage promised to be i brri a.
! WEI. a. i peasant one. the wind having
! shifted to the northeast, with the intcn-
! ton. It Is canned. OF remaining there
! tor some time. We were al. IL | have
! stated, III exceedingly good hIuvr. and
! discussing the intended tl.p. Cuban.
/ American lndEurupcau politics. the com
| paratIEc merits OF French and Spanish
/ wines, and llANauA and Alabama cigur-.
( with infinite gl"c auh gu-tu.
| Iii" evening, too. was delicious
! bright and clear. The brecIr. pro
! n"unrrd 10y Captain StarhcN H. bc rising
+ t. five or >jN knot one at -ca. un!y
/ sufficiently stirred the rich and o,luruu,
vegetation nj the valleys, stretching tar
away beneath Us. gently To- tan the heat
/ cd faces "t the party with lis grateful
/ perfume and slightly ripple the wimdin.
! rivers - rivu!ct> rather -- which were
| now glIttcllng with myriad spIcmIUrS of
| the Intcn>cly y-luStrOu> stars that d.atIcln
Cuban night. Nearly all the quests
had drank very freely OF wine too much
50, indeed but the talk in French. which
a!! could speak tolerab.y, did not pro
fame the calm glory OF the scene, till
some time alter Sonora Argucllls and
her daughter had lett Us The >rnur.
| should state. was still detained !"
arc Siiuu!u i,DSe III previous 10 EN-
| barking Tor jamaica. DO not 20
away, laid Sonora Argnrilas, address
ing Captain >tarkey. - She rose from
her seat till | ,ee You AGAIN When
YOU are Al leisure ring The >oantjir on
The table and l servant viii inform me.
wish 10 speak further with NDu rr-
.ntive tO the cabin arrangements
| Captain >ilrI,cy buwrd- had never.
thoug ht.,>een -Autumi:l amj." - sweet
! y and the tw" iadie~ lett n-. d" mot
precisely Remember how II cam" about
"r what first ed /" 1t. but ii was not
I very cong before We were MI r"msrt"u-
that tn" conversation had assumed q
'ii>aGFecapic tone IL sIInch III" that
! possibly NJ. Dupont dld not Ike the
/ expression vi .snt"nEi ; face ~ She
courtesici /" Captain SlarkeN. Iht>,
/ however. would, think. have passed
| Oft harmless had it not been that the
/ Captain happened 10 mention. very
lmprud"nty that h" had once served aS
a mld~hipmap on board the English
siave->4nadrou. This famed NJ. pu
ports sm"uldrring lIl-humor into Il
flame. and gathered from confused
| mnicdlctunS that he had suffered i'll
property from the cN"rtions OF that
force. The storm "i angry words ragged
iirrcciy. The motives ol the English