The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-16

~ NY naAy negro instructions in
IN That distracted and unhappy island.
These, young people escaped TO the
United States bringing with them such
sporta BILE property as they could Q ather
up. The landladytsaid that the y'were
anxious to dispose of some of their
silver, and that If he were willinginp
to buy it Of them at its real value. IL
would be q favor. BY these means
Uncle John came into possession Of
these cd Spanish spoons and forks.
.Afterward the landlady told him that
the young Spaniard said he hoped the
American would keep the silver in his
family. He said that it was Of great
antiquity and had been in: his own
family for many, years. One Of. his
ancestors belonged to the Spanish no.
bility and lived at Seville, in Spain.
The times were hard, with constant
wars and :insurrections on every hand.
The nobility were much richer in
aristocracy than ducats, and MANY of
Them were tempted by the tales Of the
wonderful gold mine. in the Spanish
posses sions in Hayti,I which yielded a
half million dollars annually to-, the
Spanish crown. to try their fortunes in
the New World" 4 ST ISL q
"Do you know their namesp'' asked
Marion. :s.i. 4. III ff.a i
No. do not; and that makes ii
hard for me. to- tell the story. 7 will
call the New Orleans Spaniard, Don
Carlos, and that will help me a little.
Don Carlos great grandfather, q
Spanish nobleman, was among 1.-THE
earliest settlers of Santa Domingo
"Give the g. 6. q name! Call him
Don Juan!' said Marion.
"All right, Don Juan it is
How romantic the story is pet
ting,'' said Marion with interest.
Just imagine far away Spain, and
the Spanish yelled ladies' that we
read about, and the grave majestic
men serenading their lady loves in
the balconies above. !" 74S1 2. , 4 Il ~
4 ..''And the bull fights! Probably old
Don Juan used to hip! hip! hurrah! in
Spanish when a bull gored some poor
Christian to death, = said. ANY,.
i. sat any rate, this is true, . contin-
ued Milly. '.Don Carlos told Uncle
John, that it was a part of history in
their family that their table ware was
made of silver taken from the famous
mine on Guadal; Canal, 4, thefon that
Pliny, the historian, tells about.
Hannibal opened it.. and it yielded
him 800 pounds Of silver ore daily,
What do you think OF that for q min
ing enterpriseP It would make our
California and Colorado millionaires
green with envy, wouldn't itp'' $55 4.
II don't wonder, that King thinks
much Of that fork" said Amy.
Now, see here; I'll count on my
. fingers! The thumb can be Hanni-
balls silver mine; the first finger, Don
Juan, the nobleman, taking his wife
and spoons and going to Santa Domin.
co.: to- better his fortunes here's a
big Jump in the story. y - 81 J. ia
"Oh, no. that's all right, 3 said
Milly.s9 '''We don't need the whole
family history. The next link in the
chain is the grandson, the coffee
planter = = S3 4; N
..call him ferdinand. ! That's a
Spanish name, isn't ita'' suggested
Marion. 10 ss ..;Fs Y:
THE second finger, then, is Ferdi-
nand, who, together with his wife, Isa-
bella, lost his life in negro insurreo-
ton in Santa Domingo. The third is
Don Carlos and family, fleeing to New
Orleans and carrying the precious sill
yer; the fourth IS Mrs. Fitzgerald's
Uncle John, buying spoons, packing in
chest, and finally giving fork to niece
going to- boarding-school; the fifth is
Mary, the niece; calmly eating Mines
teenth Century dinners with an his
toric fork; then Mary, now Mrs. Fitz-
gerald, disposes Of it as a wedding
present to her son Harold. There YOU
have it; centuries Of history il nut
SHE'LL a. g x Ell I'D, u;
Nov then, said Milly, a think
the story Is worth quite as much as the
fork, and I'm going to ask Mrs. Fitz-
gerald to write it out; otherwise, all
the fine points Of possession will not
be reciated. -
That's a good idea, = replied Amy,
tive have spent long time in history
and imagination, when we ought to
have been up and dong. Oh, King
I'm glad you come T. was the next
exclamation, as the young man with
Adelaide entered the room.
What a transition from a dark
eyed Spanish grandee to a fair-faced
Saxon King y said Amy. .,,,iff 81 35
What do you mean 2" asked King,
surprised. ,Hs n y d
.'We have been reveling in antiquity
and discussing history, coDjured into
existence BY your Spanish tork,n ex-
planned Marion. sss.3i II;
5555tt'Y es was ] not light when T said
the history had no Sondp For here is
I king waiting for his fate, looking
out into the future with .love-l:t'
eyes, said Mill 5s. ;3BsS
.Oh. Ailly you are entirely too
sentimental! Exclaimed Adelaide
..N 3, my dear. she has the right Of
it. If i did not look into the future
with love .lit;eyes' this world would
be- dark, indeed. Love Is all, is every
thing, said King, so solemnly that
the girls were swed in spite of their
gayety, and Ad elaide drew closer to
the manly form, who was soon to be
more to her. than all the world beside.
How sober we arei snid Amy.
e.srhe fork! The fork! It has given us
history, and now it shall prophesy.
Listen! Long life, health, happiness.
with love ever Increasing, until death
do You spartl' said Amy in . mock
heroic manner. 5s
You could not have wished us
more, sor better, dear Amy in spite Of
| your fun, '' said King. s;5,6s8
.Milly, You can make this prophecy
d part Of htstorg - "a. u o. Bytep.
Not Sufficient Preparation. 81 81.
A man of middle age entered the
Office Of an evening paper yesterday
to seek employment. ~
What can: you do p,sa asked the city
editor.