Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-24
ANATOLIA.
STORY OF MEXICAN LIFE, WRITTEN FOR THE
ESENiNG STAR, BY Y. II. ADDS, AUTHOR
OF WANDERING JOE AND
OTHER STORIES.

"ttIptrOtddG, says my aunt; "is not that the
stun they cook up like sort OF plum pudding
w1th-HeaVeE save the mark,-cheese?'
Yes and "A soupcon of garlic, too,' aver,
SiciOuSiy, and il l. good.
All j. that quite the sort OF regimen for an
invaiI.ts'
:" It wont hurt her if she wants it," declares
Chan, with masculine superiority; and, going
10 the door. lac halls our old chOreman. "Oye,
Benito. kuowest thou of one who makes cdpi-
rOtt3I'''
Tue old fellow slowly pu-s down his AK
hetvcs "a great sigh of relaxation-he had been
chopin. ri at the rate of two cubic feet to
the h1uT-pIsIes back the red handkerchief
bouai aba his rsIscal!y old head, and replies
with the engaging indefniteness OF his kind.
'CtDirotajas Well, don't know. Do the v
make ii mere? QUieH Stbet" He shrugs his
shoulders and makes a feInt of taking up the AK
again
superior in my seniority, 1 shoulder Chan
as'de, and take up the word. "Now, Benito
that al uon>cnSc. / say or the equivalent OF
this, ia vigorous SpanishL Don't tell me tina
O. AL the good-1p.-nuJ hlusS in 'Chi.uahu4' not
woman them all can mike cf,D;rot1,In,
Have they forgotten their nationality: Do they
1--we els IrIed pork and molaSses pie with lardy
crust ideinaHd. waking sarcastic beyond
his com rcnsESson: now caDtrofddd | want
aad crp,Fpttdt viii have. If / teach you how
to inHNe II. Ban. ~ much difficulty about a
Thing one can buy On every corner, by every
bIaz.er, III -Hsro IejicD' DOsL thou Tell me :ere
Is moi IL ali the pueblo woman Mexican
born
Bcnito eyes me. filled with CONSERVATION by
the aggressive tone. Pre>entiy-''Ah! Si-si-si,
seHDr,fo' ne vociferate>, AN expression OF lively
NM bcueNOIcHt interest overs reading his sly
Old face: but Oi a truth. then, what chance
IL that Al.,rcal facneco, the Jtstero. has but
now received cousin from ii rmosiIio or
th"reWty :, SHARP, too, II the cic}itdt And it Is
ssIlt that size = = COX OF the raTesI- -iU
o/t:,t' Thanks be- to all the saints that to- me it
occurred"
That's ali right" l ungraciously curtaiI his
enthusiasm. and go back to oar commonplace
y hmm
for tie flesh pots Of Egypt typified by the
s.,Nory meS>es tina; ola E.>tefina. whilom
babOles ON. IN admiration, quest ionaBly sincere,
Ci the young lazy who Knows s-p;iuish-d .
IhoSt but how well. Il Chan Very, very sure in
decd. that his sister i not, at Tie very least,
THeztiz4! Chan Regards thai i'm putaIiDn as but
q doubtful compliment. and replies scathingiy.
hen lac comes IN. We fcilcitaGe ourselves upon
snbduing the arrant old rogue. who negIects
hail our orders hat who discerns little weak
ncS>c> aud lisIlfer our vanity, at considerable
pfOtlt To himself but our gentle mother re-
proves oUr obduraey, and beneath her mildly
IT meal repToacheS Chan ana 1 smile with
sichIy, SheeO.sh s!ances. and finally sip away
Pacheco's Cousin.
''AII the same. that is the only way to man.
age that sort Oi people: they ii oSerrun YOU COM
PCteiy with the least announcement" Oman
a>>S;N crates As We go across lots with delightful
uncOnceTu-
sometimes we stop 10 peer down into deep,
rOck-hewu we'll or else To pluck with giHgeriy
t"uch the Srt.,t white spiny thistle blooms that
rank a. mexican peoples in the Inaccurate
botany % the section. Now We spring up to
walk upon one Oi the Observation-Disclosures walls
OF less eli greater height. built around the
houses as uciense against the summer floods
that So often ii!t the narrow. rocky streets in
furious rush-Cown from Bear Mountain or
Chloride Fiat linen leap across "a water
WORN sulch, pass by the great ;.dobe-waIied
livery corral, and through the bars call lovin.
homrslck names To tie Iiity horses just brought
rom California. We turn around Que more
corner. aui-tcce chihuahua" the Mexican
quarter Of the Camp.
Terrible way these people Liver says the boy
IL accents OF disgust; Just one little room Tor
the wlo!c family. don't you know 1. mud floor
and no window but little piece of glass-not
half pine-plastered into tine mud wall Now
tiirFe Ola >IlIits That brings Us milk. He is a
ireishter. Too. Ike Pacheco. he owns six wagons
ana teams, ami they are always lo;tGed, and yet
he lives IN - nut, ike that, and sleeps on "a rope
mattress outside the door,
'oh, well, say phIiosophically, that is the
result oi an acquired lniserliness. You know
these New MeAico mongreIs are quite different
rom the true Mexican This lot adopt our
worst TRAITS tU adu To what they innerlr.'5
AT the noinent- a woman passes. and cycling
Us askant SIlutes with The courtesy tnat seems
Unborn IN lne Mexican race. Her lace briyhtens
when We respond. evidently she has doubted
either our comprehension or Our com pla isance
s'he going into Pacheeo's," says my
brother. 81 shouldn't wonder If that were thf,
cdpuOtGdd WOMAN. And indeed she is dimly
Visible In the dark interior when We pass the
door 10 cali old Pacheco from the corral For
the Mexican masculine is lord OF his castle
and IL viii be lnutile To negotiate without his
sanction.
Ola Pacheco dernurs when we make krown
our GRAND Anatolia Is not his Cousin he de-
clares she Is H. iosiersi>ter; least his mother
hurseu Eer, an Infant, when he was twelve
years old. He is very explicit in avowing that
She l. not OF MS rank or CASTE but a senoritaoe-
peate-1fd- How, then, shall sine become "A SER
Want, and cook Tor Us? The old man wakes
eloquent, but We, being versed In tine vile, of
his class, have 4 sEFewd suspicion that Ali this
hue Indignation Is assumed, 10 enhance the
value OF the service require While W..
pariey, the woman herself comes forward. Slim
and shapeIy, her tall Inquire Is poised with a
Tree, deerlihe grace; her dark eyes have a soft
nfe beneath their humid languor, but her clear
olive shIn Is 1mned with myriad Tiny wrinkles
and the thick pIs.lLs OF hair that nang from
under her coarse blue reoozo are weII-nigh as
white a. my thI,tIe-olOOms.
'.fOr Dos! what brings You here Auatoliae,
cries the man, and We observe that h.. useS rho
respectful listed In place of the familiar to OF
equality; 'tllS business II not Tor you Come.
HOW. you back Within the house, But no. sh.
viii NOT. VINO Is sac. then-Lthis with nu,nIi-
ny, not oilteThe,sI taats she should KNOW naught
ol wOrh: And she can MAKE cuDirotdda YES
Not very well. perhaps. but she can maze it,
And IL the SICK young lady has crs.yln.s ior 81 IN
IA timing. the saints iOrDid mat il should be de-
nleu her. faeneco protests and gruinbtes bur
ALato-ia persists, and finally her gentle hrm-
lhus IL comes 10 pass that all the bright
sprluS weather. until the rains come Andtoii.l
presents herseII daily. bringing c0Dirotoc,I ana
oiner LooiiisoIne Inorsels thai my Irc.Iui taste
cosets. Nor II t1ls her only ADMINISTRATIONS In
tie days when am more III, size sits viii. M.
relieving the walcn OF my kIntrel.aIli snt. ban
i>Ees tue demon Oi many weary h.-!F le!l.u..
i".hIJEe Oh ner countTy-weIrd and wondrous
tales OF dwarf and ttaeHde. y,It,.t aid t.llnlo,
anu 81 the Travelling souls t!llIIlen w4o die.
NiAod ifssLrV, nose spirits pf
Stormy nights Sue IecO,.t4ts 4ul-, Lt,l.g, with
toHc 81 Indulgence that :.4..h., little -, rneir
actu4.ilty. She Tecites IH,lAS Al EIt ri the Yo-
NANCE III Mexico, AID she IL ,seii NeESed IN its
troubled history. she writes down IN the eIe-
giant characters of tAe Spanish scribe and with
eXceiIcnt scnuIarsnip. tIlc native songs aud bal
4sids. but I'er>t-lL,ii 4n&l1ce uer Ia sing
nOte ana she Wi. MAKE sl!..l-es: reference
10 hsr own past lis.
A We come into the heats OF the short sweet
sGinluer An&tO!II .sldes day by t.stv before. our
eyes ier sigh. aI.G .iTtI>a u-.I.c grow, ever
TANNER, tue lined c!icc6> take uii tine u.oW ,,;
Fever, ana the large eyes gIe1iu Yet Iar-er and
A-Oit iustIou> Vi iIsal4 estItti altered
l-iucL ior tine Better As L sec The wasting
Change in -AuatOI,4 / nIicd wItu Z, FOOLISH
expense, that sliD absorbing lIcr sIreu.ru
IA" laughs 10 scOrL tue iuc,. -iie viii not even
admit tnat size - injured " Her cxerJiols in
my behalf. 1t Is good 10 vUyb,' she says
more IL ones thoughts he painful. ono hail
drives out another 80 sh1 goes on with a,,.
aoaLIns energy.
NJ tL4is TINE comes NE one day the editor
Oi the weekly lpiai Ie,s>i PEI, pTelcrriug IL re-
quest 4WO Mexican -c1t.yi44cu, merchants
IioI4 san ~ Tomas, nave come up inituer To
t4S SJJds. 34N IntGTcDIdlOf KNOWS LL;ie SpAu-
lsil, ~i!i :, al iis Jcn>.li, Interview these pil-
kFiins 'ti-ent the newly-dIScovefeC mines, near
- tisC4I. CiIiIIusI.tIsi:
hen he preoe-.Iy comes back with the
siyef -heIF own IiIa.IAcr .. hospitality, and We
all 'sinicaDIS disCIirsIse. FOR some tine When
.ssr De1ile las Igi..1e Wgat .lO.cs ue wishes, 4
Proceed On my cV account Dou A,encIUu
Oaettn aiId his cOHtpzttre LriEc rather a. heavy
ttaoc WIN oa: teEFiLo-IlAl merchants. Perhaps