Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-02

has no home In the new WDrld or odd
Noneensei he Is quite at home Those
strongi hardy fellows, the wandering lnin.
atrels and peripatetic thinkers OF Esstrtn
EUROPE, musical, ready-witted, and light
nandedj lolling IN their hammocks and
SACKS that constitute all their wealth. fry.
ing tnelr pieces OF fish or meat on the fac.
got hre In the middle OF the tent. from
the gaping seems Of which the smoke es.
capes as best 1t may, are needless of
trouble or anxiety. Excepk pns- rrayr III.
sFaSlu stretched os "ffer pallet, and for
Whom one cannot help feeling sorry, they
are as reckless OF the troubles that may
pc OF the morrow as they are superior to
the discomiorts Of to-day. They are
quite confident that somebody, somehow,
ana sometime will fnd way for
them out of this embarrassment.
Come the worst, and they win be
sent back 70 their old homes by these
good Christian English folk, and sure
~ the sun Will shine Just as brightly as It
used 10 do. The gypsles OF the Danubian
delta and the Balkan regions are a cheer
1ul, supple folk, accustomed TO bend be-
lore the blast Of bad luck, and blessed
with the shortest Of memories for past
calamity. They are fatalists who rarely
take gloomy view of destiny; an Unborn
optimistic bias inclines them TO opine
that something win eventually turn up TO
their advantage, however hard their lot
may be for the time being, This Micaw-
berian vein is distinctly dlscernlble In the
dusky walls now squatting 10 an eastern
quarter widely different in It's climate,
habits, and aspect from their own sultry
and indolent orient.
When, few days ago, this strange
company settled where they are the peo-
pie Of the East end were full Of compass.
sion for them. Nothing is more surpris-
Ing than the benetlcence OF those who
have least to give Clothes, food, pence
were rendered with splendid
self forgetfulness, and II there
are now fewer of these benefactions
II rs because the gypsles have been rather
found out. The moment the visitor APP
pears among them he Is surrounded by
the children, who are most accomplished
mendlcants. Their features command
every gesture OF distress. Spite OF plump
and rosy cheeks, they can writhe on &C.
casion to show the pangs Of hunger.
They beseech the, good Christian for
bread and penny and make the largest
drafts on the future grace OF heaven TO
repay the glver. The result has been
that money has poured In upon them
the homeless ones have been changing
their bronze into silver aud gold all over
the neighborhood. AT bakers shop
yesterday, u boy made known that he had
got e. les. in coppers, and probably
eight or ten times as much for th,
whole settlement would be within tn,
MARYLAND this artless youth then, In true
eastern fashion, begged for bread on tht
| plea that the tskipn would take all hil
money. AS matter OF fact, IL Is know
that the gltanos have money enough Z
pay for their passage and TO meet Snei
! Immediate wants, but they show the i'm
memorial craft and sub Lefty OF their raci
In keeping the money they have onc'
acquired. The very Oldest reference Z
the gypsies eNtant is said to have beef
penned by an Austrian monk in ll22, ant
he, describing them as lshmaelltes, salt
OF them: "They are brasiers who z,
peddling the wide world, having neithe
house nor home, cheating the people wit
their tricks, and deceiying mankind, bu
not openly.n II Is pretty clear that the,
have preserved their ancient reputation
A benevolent lady, plying the appal
ent want of apparel on the part OF Tn
women in one OF the tents, made them
present of five cast-oft dresses. The
were received with no end of "Grazias!
and then carefully slowed away. Fo
the present II doubtless pays better nc
to be too richly appareled Meanwhile
the presence of these picturesque philo'
ophers in s-past.mastors OF the dole
far niente-is rather a difficulty for III
East-end authorities and If II be tru
that the American government decline
to receive this interesting consignment,
Is difficulty for which a solution ma
not easily be found. Whatever that 81
luton may be, IT is pretty certain Thu
our sleek, tawuy Zlngaro will not III
himself about 1t.