The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-16

the road, away from the coach. making ma
na,hR alonga small satchel was carrying
and a,d ne T tosd me to take off my clothes,
ana qua; The satchel contained an old suit
VI iight clothes belonging to a friend of mine.
niucu 700 small for me; but he said he Thought
my eio1nes would about fit him. and he made
to saarc 6t cue oia ones Heidi not take time
eoSeaIch Inc pockets, as he WAS taking clothes
anu an; out when told him that I should
| need Two or three more meals and n lodgjnar
| before ! got to the end of my journey he eays
dhe oae OK me % or 50 In silver But he left me
Dad looking specimen in the little old snit of
clothes, though / was better off than most ~
| the other passengers, for they were sitting
| around In their underclothes, and on woman
whose clothes mad been stolen, vas wrapped
up In horse-bianket. Then we went on.D
Whlle your correspondent was staying In the
Iturbide Hotel, in the City of Mexico, a stage
coach drove into the courtyard that had been
robbed while on Its way into the city, and only
q few miles from the national palace and the
headquarters of forty thousand regular
troops. Among the passengers was young
New Yorker, a clerk and relative OF another
MeW forker who has com mission louse In
Mexico. The clerk was
EoBBED OF ALL THE yALUABLEs
nj aah "a with him, and of his clothes, and
e mnon ne reached Mexico he told his story to
some OF MS friends. The next day. however.
mhen MS relative and employer heard az If
ne blamed the young clerk SEVERELY for aavs
If the stnrW ABOUT It, fearing that the telling
| l.
keeping things very secret and quiet. and
pelng always very mysterious and CONF
dentlal and overpoweringly knowing Ia ono
OF Lne unfortunate habits Of the Mexicans.
II man wants cigarette or has any trifinu
thing 10 say TO you he will beckon You OF
INTO some dark corner, look in all directions
TO see whether any body lie near Law a finger
on ms llps to indicate silence and ask you In
VI course you smoke. Then, if It wonId nat
De presumlng too much to ask 80 great favor
OF 80 estimable and distinguished a gentle
man, would you kindly condeseend to bestow
up1h your most humble servant and sincere
Weii-wisher (who prostrates himself before
yon ana Kisses your hand cigaro2 And, III
ne haSh made you sick at the stomach. Won
gi give MN cigarette, and he goes of, cursin9
This sei, no aouDt, that he didn't ask for more.
ms ar OF mystery and solemnity becomes
very oppressive after O. few days. To have a
man go through a series OF powwows when
ne wants to borrow match, and LOOK
1aes JUS up ana down the street before he
goes s out as II he were afraid OF finding a
sherlhs officer in hiding behind the shutter.
Ioe9 not exactly jlbe with American habita.
oon, know whether these fellows are always
uougalng creditors. but they take the most
roundabout ways Of going short distances.
And they say they are your most humble
servant, and that their house is at yo,lr djs-
posai, and that everything hat is theirs, even
thew S tpnw n tbes r fragment e yours when
staying week In Mexico, to have
AN HONEST LOOKING MAN
come up to you, and look you suuarely in the
eye, ana give your hand hearty Squeeze
that makes the bones snap, and say: How
are you old fellOw2" is luxury not to he
bought with gold.
or course there are many railroad trains
anu many stage coaches constantly going
through that are not disturbed by the bandits.
Dut one robbery In a week or 80 Ia enough To
make everybody feel titnid about travelling,
IA nd tSNI ~ u.
ables at home, and to do stage-coach travel
Ing In old clothes. A Mexican gentleman said
TO me one day: Leave your watch and pock-
et.book with some OF your friends and we
Is between three and four miles from the CEN
ire OF the city ~
In coming through Vera Cruz I Kept a
WaIchIul eye upon such little luggage as a
was disposed to keep guard over INV trunk
WIN pig CLUB. An American. who had been
In the country for some time and had had
some experience with the natives, remon-
justice" said he; "you do, indeed" They are
as honest as the day is long They may be-
q little inclined to dishonesty upon the table
lands but down here on the coast you needn't
W. M alaio 10 leave anything lying around loose.
trip through Vera Cruz this same man came
up to me, and asked:
Did you hear of nay misfortune7"
mo, said |. sorry to hear that so clever a
fellow should have met with any misfortune:
"what was it?" ''o'
why" said he, BLANK and started out ON
horseback for M anatitlan, to take look az
the country. We had two good saddles, and 4
had $3.50 in silver and handsome pair If
pistols In my holsters. The second dav ont
we staked the horses for few minutes and
went few hundred rods out OF the track on
loot, and when we came back some id
thieving Indians had been there and stolen
horses, and saddles, and money, and pistols.
and a. and we've never heard q word OF them
since" 1--