The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-30
TOLEDO BEGGARS.

The poupulace are instructive, free
born, Unsuitable beggnrs. The meg
nifcently chased doorways of the cath
edral festared with revolving
suecimsns OF human disease and
degeneratian, appealing for slms.
Other more prosperous mendican!s
were regularly on hand for business
every day st the sold stand" in some
particular thoroughfsre I remem-
Der enc especially whoss whole CAPT.
tai was invested in q superior article
of nervous complaint, which enabled
him to balance himself between the
wall and his crutch, and there osoil-
late seasmodically by the hour. In
this he was entirely beyond oompeti-
ton, and cast into the shade those
merely routine professionals who took
ne common line of bad eyes or unin-
terestingly molionless deformities. 1t
used to depress them when he came
on the gronud. Bright little children.
even in perfect health, would desist
from their amusements and sssail US,
struck with the happy thought that
they might possibly wheedle the
strangers" into some untimely gen.
erosity. There was one pretty girl
of about ten years, who laughed out
right at the thought of her own impu.
dence, but stopped none the less for
half an hour on her way to market
carrying a basket on her arm in
order TO poster poor Velszquez while
he was sketching, and begged him
for money, first to get bread, and
then shoes, and then: anything she
could think OF.
A hand opened to receive money
would be a highly suitable de-
vice for the municipal coat of arms.
My friends irrepressible pencil, by
the-Way, made him the centre of
crowd wherever he went. Grave
business men came out of their shops
to see what he was drawing; louugers
made long and ingenious d6tours in
order to obtain a good view of b is
labors; rsgamufins elboWed him,
until finally he was moved to get up
and display the contents of his
pockets, inviting them even to read
some letters he had with him. To
this gentle satire they would some
times yield. We fell a prey, however,
to one silent youth Of whom We once
asked a question. After
that he considered himself perma-
nertly eng aged to pilot US about. He
would linger for hours near the fonda
dinnerless, and, what was even more
terrible, sleepless, so that he might
fssten upon US the moment ne should
emerge. II he discovered our destina-
ton, he would stride of mutely in
advance, 70 impress on US the fact
that We were under obligation to him;
and when We found the place We
wanted, he waited patiently until We
had rewarded nina with q half.cent,
II We gratified him by asking him
The way, be responded by silently
stretching forth his arm and one long
forefnger with a lordly gesture, still
stirling on; and he had very super
lor Castiiian sneering smile, which he
put on when he looked around 10 see |
if ne were following. He gradually |
became for US a sort OF symbolic |
shadow Of the towns vanished great. |
1ess; and from bis mysterious way of |
coming into sight and hunting Us in
he most unexpected places, we gave
lim the name OF "Ghost. Never
heless, We bsff1ed him at last. In
he Street OF Christ of Light there is
| small but exceedingly curious
mosque, now converted into church,
o ancient in origin that some oil the
apitals in it are thought to show Wis
.othic work. so that it must have
'een Christian church even before
be Moorish invasion. Close by this
re CHANGED upon q charming old
ATTIC, or courtyard, entered through
wooden gate, and by dexterously
liding Ia here and shutting the gate |
Ve exercised Ghost for some time.
George P. Latbrop, in Harper's
LagGzine.