Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-25
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special Correspondence Of THE EvEStSa srsR.
NEAR LuY,so, Cusa. Feb 10. 1855.
Anew mornings since was sitting IN the window
OF my quaint alcooa. which overooks both the old
Plaza de san Francisco and the broad and oeauti-
iul DAY OF Havana enjoying the strange and inter-
estine scenes beneath aud beyond, when chance
meeting OF lowly folk down there among the car
reteros gave ne more intense thru OF excite
ulehI ana better reason for tbs chapter on 4
peculiar feature OF Cuban life practically unknown
10 Cuoans themselves than had awakened that
Nef! morning TO the coguizance OF civil war
| throughout the fair island
cocNrRrxaS AND rfNKsR-
oark- nthe fellow In rawaide shoes fashioned
Ike moccasins, leather breeches yellow sash and
nerce machete, coarse linen shirt and tremen-
| the inland guaJiro or cuban countryman. had for
long tune been Wing lazily against the massive
w ws ms'ea separated The plaza and the hsroor
cuban ponies, and q donkey niotlng at scsrce
fodder or csne-leaves. The animals had been
with gigantic poutaes nlled with fodder. fruit and
what-not from the country. This had already been
alsposed o. oy hawking, AID as far as could see.
man ana beasts were resting little before the re-
turn home. Directly heard the tinkIe OF a iaton.
ero or un1ers bell, and Immediately a swarthy
sound impressed me. But when the tinker moved
| straight along the plaza through the carts and
SioMus W lhe reculhOent countr, man. and saw,
TOO, that the latter was attentive so the near
Ing unkling as was TO the man whose shoulders
bore the grinaers wheel all cuba held not a 1.-THE
or the interest for me that then fet lay In the
meeting Of those two men.
PILGRIM BRETHREN
| There was no special demonstration In t. The
tinker. by all the saints simply bade the country.
man good morning, and the countryma In the
name OF the virgin, responded right cheer1ly
| iuen Httie chatting came which ! could not
hear: but before the tinker turned away for his
nnai "Acios!" he said In tongue as ancient as
| that In which the sacred precepts OF Zoroaster
were traced upon the II 600 cow-skins OF ola :
| "Glve 10 my pilgrim brethren pledge OF another
pilgrims abiding anection,~ Aud then he tinKled
himself away through the throng.
| had hardly lost sight OF him "a he disappeared
Under the shadows or The ruined old San francis
can church opposite, when 1 swoke from the rush
| OF swlft-u0ocIng memories OF my idyllic days In
| many lands with my loyal friends, the Gipsies;
and, with rush thai startled the sleepy seryitors
OF the tired guaJiro, Who had ,neanwhie resumed
his seat upon adonkey pouch with his back az ainst
tue massive wharf wall.
! HAD POUND IIvs 6IrASo,
J genuine Spanish Gipsy, in the guise OF q Cuban
/ peasant. But that was not all which must ac-
compllsh He must be made 10 talk. He must be
| made my friend. A world OF weird, and To me-
| priceless Information lay behind that bronze
human door. Had the power 10 unlock IL: I
| fear my contortiJnS with the spanish language
were pitlabe. am sure my Efforts at friendship
/ In speech and gesture were Alarming. What We're
about TO call the polce. Was his labor upon his
sitio, and ais hawking in the city profitable. He
inSiinctivey searched tue rolls OF las yellow sash
lor ne safety or his greasy, deprecated Havana
| bank-bills. Had he sonora and nifias at his
cabin, or tent, behind the hills? With a scowl his
hand came threatingly near his fierce machete. on
and on stumbled and struggled 10 gain the fel-
| low 5 human recognition.
WAS USELESS.
Then I resorted TO heroic tactics and told him
with much scorn that considered him RoynaRV
ehor "a Gypsy thieD. At the sound OF his secret
! language a remarkable change occurred. He
spFang 20 his feet, excited and siarn~i rushed so
his cattle, jerking the donkey into conscious SUBJ
mission, kicking the ponies with resoundng
| about 20 spring upon the back OF one. turned TO
| me with bewidered look Of fear. depreciation
ptiably silly as had been my own startling inJen-
| tons.
"sXE ALLAH's SLAVE
| Instantly advancing with extended hand. I
| said most earnestly In Romany: save AlIah's
SLAYER! This magic taIlsman brought him
| from his pony IN a tw1nkling, a heap OF
ec5;atic, hysterlc aauiatiops. For the frst tine
! ia Lny lac was violently and persistently
| braced by man. had put TO test in foreign
land upon one or this wandering race the three
words my o!dea gypsy friends mad sworn TO me
would unlock 10 the inHermost my sterfes OF this
/ ancient race In any elm or land beneath that
/ sun They had not p,ayei me false Prom rhat
! moment this swarthy .cllow was more than my
! friend. He was my loving slave. Could ! 20
| Yes, Thousand times yes; and all he had, did
desire, should bc mine. All the world may deem
the Sip,y seT Srn q, COG , S SNOW es.,er Do
with him IN the least OF human ways that stand
| for tru' regard; let there come into his inner
heart the consciousness that you are tolerant OF
his race forgy1ng OF his history, generous toward
| that which he holds treasure in sentiment and
! trust and the Whole world else cannot snow mis-
equal IN the highest and best OF unending unvary-
ing trust and loyal friendship. set this down IN
tins foreign land as a truth which sometime saall
| be known III all lands
| PREPARATIONS TOR THE VISIT.
| 1t would be difficuit TO tell which was most
pleased and eSuoerant. IL was agreed at once that
we should go 10 his habitation. a few leagues In
| land. While Ignacio-for that was my Gipsy
friends name-again woke up the animals with
| suDdry Whacks and thulnpingS hasteued 10 the
money changers for pocketfull OF small coin for
the Gypsy niflas and muchachos or the band, and
10 the dulceros for stores Of sweetineats, cheese
and sausage for tickling the palates and gladden.
Ing the souls OF the whole Gypsy crew; anu shortly
We set out through Hayaaas crowded streets. L.
nacio upon one pony myself astrde the other, aud
hilarious INSTRUMENTATION
MANAGING A DONKEY
The -5ntrol OF this beast by the Gipsy is worth
recounting La the main little attention was paid
TO his antics. But now and then they brought
woe. on these occasions Ignacio WAS on his jacas
In an instant. parting Kick sent him sh0nting
against my own pony, which lac huggeo In mortal
lear until his lider returned. Win sGuatty, for
ward-bent posture for al the world ike an Aneri.
can Indians, the Gypsy would rua wlth Incredible
swiftness 10 the sulking donkey, and, grabbing t
by one OF its tremendous ears fairly force the
beast TO the ground. Then drawing his inachcte,
whose blade Is fully two feet long, the nat side Of
IL would descend upon the donkeys skinny r1bs
with blows so resoanding that The ecnoes rang
and rang again between the walls OF the narrow
Gales During the entire nage,latlon the Gypsy
emitted iTom between his Closed leei a series OF
sharp Kissing "S-s-S-s !"--untveTsa with the lower
classes OF Cupa as a signal ol alarm, a sound OF
reprooi and the most intense threat of drest pos
SlOllilles.
on THE ROAD.
knew the way We took, for had traversed Il
not long before with my old friend, Don Miguel
who Is now. I trust, at rest beneath other than
Cuban palms. The magnificent Calzada, leading
from havana to Guines. seemed brighter than
ever. There lay the quaint old city, like shining
the sea, white at the shore, a wondrous green be-
yoni. and bed OF purple beneath the northern
horizon. Crossing Jesu del Monte, but mile di.-
tant is Togo where the Gnines, Managua ana san
tiago de Las Vegas calzadas concenter Then
for league we traversed FL Luyano
and its famous bridge, costing the Concha
government a niilnon dollars; passed the great
Coraes, or slaug Inter- ards or Havana, where the
petrereros cattle-grazers, the encoaIenderos or
wholesale butchers, the matar1fes or slaughterers,
the acuchilladors or Longing DULLES, vita monte
ros and guaJlros or herders and PEASANTS form an
imated groups mtngltng Ia botSterous yociIerous-
ness; and had settled into 50 exhillrating q log
that we had come 10 the first genuine Cuban VIZ
lage pueblo, Luyano, Two leagues from the CITY,
before fairly realized We had left the beautiful
suburbs Of Havana behind.
TUE CUBAN foNr.
Rut that effect was due TO the delight in riding