The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-05

u WHY F.pAss>1 3sfNas@s
7 entered : small shop where grca:
bu!c ny oil ar- 81 dark shining gree.
wiih a deep pro Getting rim and THREE
curved handles. stood in TUas: the walls
were lined with shelves bearing dark
red terra Gotta water eTuses. " tn taper
n-cks and trc!Dil lips. Others Of = de-
iicious crram-colnr. covered with \
gra-eful inci-ed design. and Others deli
tcat.ly beaded over with = raised pat
tern some had, one arm akimno. or =
long. eccentric spoat. l lost nv head
over thi, display. and ~rerk!ess.y or
dered big pieces ~ the pair AMI small
or one. Jy toe dozen. NJ. imagination
showed me the steps ~ = familiar coun-
10y house. thousands of MI = away.
banked with he grps. green Jars hold
lDg Oleani"rs nd pomegran &c >bruss-
and AT Old IN hogany deboard ad0rnc l
with the iyory-tiuiei water coolers. n q
The hearts Of Ts'h-'i. friend- made
F glad b. small reproductions If the nor
eNqu : te shape, The 2 ~ merchant.
ONLY a decree more brown. sta'el, and
silent :han the ord nary AndslG- an.
b-t-aycd no emotion ~ nv proiigaii;y.
although am persuaded that h had
. or made such = sale hc ore. ior he
bill amounted To severn! hun 'rcd rea--,
which reduced II rcsclas VA, u>t
twelve dollars Tie purchases were 10
be "a ely acked in a strong box. sent
down the river TO t@ds, ard
shi led for America. The next day,
doubling his promp.ne,s. | male "A
second eNpcdit IN 10 h Iriana 10
see if be had been a. good as his word.
Sure enough. there IN = Little grass
: grown yard were three eases, boa u.
large aud as strong rs commo tea
chests. \ horr bic vision of rough
>icvedorcs and custom house Officers
Mt . whit less sly aud sharp han gyp-
sizes, ro-. u my mind. aud | said tha'
there must be- but one box and that >
strong one. n these would hardly hold
together 10 reach The river. The mas
Ter ~ the shop iisntcl u ci9ar,ta and
began to discis, tin matter. his part OF
the argum M consisting in almost total
: lcEcc. Pre- emily hs vile ioued Us;
then ~ old nun who was smoking IN
the shop; then m old y the
called the carpenter. N last there
We're seven persons sitting on thcsdpor-
steps or slowly pacing Ibou; the pac-
ing case, as IL measuring them for Il
carpet. l. was pronounc II Impossible
e make larger or thicker bpNr-. and
tina; II ma H. the, could no. be /. ted b.
mo -, laen. My Kind artist ir.cnd.
who paved interpreter TN 4 patience
that { a-p.satel me, represented that
grand piano, an | colo-Stl statues are
packed "a single boye- an sent around
tie world; but the NpJnI;~d' pad no
a';cn ion 20 anythnc that We aid.
Mono.yiiab cob r]c.ions, ~in>Ipcrihlc OBJ
sta les oppressed in a sing q Npri. were
their only For thrre-Vuar-
tcrs of an hour the debat" wa carried
on until | finally broke of II @DtiationS.
declaring the Portland vase itself WAS
not worth - mauy words. The Span
lard imp 'rtrroabiy proteSscl himself
ready 20 refund she money and forfeit
the value o: the eases. which were on
the bill but not - maze another box.
| had nol brought the bill with me. anl
asked him To refer To h 5 books for the
amount. There wcr. no books, no
sla e. no memorandum of an sort. He
promised 10 call ut the Fonda d. Mad
rid that evening. scc the bill. and re-
pay the mou departed. skcpticil.
iaut preferring to lose h o money rather
tian more tlr, hut that ever nr IN.
grave shopkcegcr presented h nlsalf.
the tran>ac ION was annulled. and he
repl To my renewed reg. cts nj lp>iny
the pottery b. saving that he must lose
his cases. An English friend, VIII, was
st hiding by. said that he would take
the big green Jars, which could be
direct 10 Lonion. The shop
answered that ( o TRANSPORT those
jars and nothing more the boxes must
be made smaller. which would net hc
his while; and wishing us good
evening with the utmost courtesy. he
con,cnied To ais unsnld ware.
friend who have lived long in
Spain witness this scene ami fOusi
no:h ng eXtraor inary in it: they said
muetSpan ards woul | rather staryc
work and That even the indus
would rather lose much money
than take a little trouble. atlantic
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