Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-14

Il hardly KNOW Client answered slowly.
Possibly you misIaii card the night You
ssrpt there, 90 that he Is one Of the people to
be suspected But come, we viii 60 now to
the postoaice. win help you as far as can =
And indeed he did. His knowledge Of the
language YVES perfect, and it was wonderful
70 hear him saotisng, questioning and CON-
planning. without end of tie wrongs his
influential friend. whose passport he was
waving under their official noses, had suf-
fered But when presently everything had
teen trsi, and for the time tried fr-uitlessly,
we stood in the square and looked somewhat
biankly at one another.
Il say, 3sr. Lynton.7 he began, fifty
pounds Is large sam 70 lose"
Il wish it were less replied, with an at
tempt at sprightliness.
lit does not cripple you altogether
Il can afford it, il that is what you mean.
But-but il is little announcement at pres
emit answered
1T puts you in a difficulty for few daysr
Precisely. | cannot receive another re-
mittanca for five days at least In the mean
time | have six-yes, seven pesetas and
hail.
lymph. Call it sig shillings and three
pepce- he replied la~-'-i--- The cathedral
fGFEets WI sLs14l t>as.@ .os u ca StlS IL
more. But look here, we are next door
neighbors, and you must let me help you. In
a strange country always keep few pounds
by me; they are at yoar service"
As he spoke lie drew from an inner pocket
a shabby letter case and took out 300 pesta
note-the only note, saw, that the case con-
tanned.
II am afraid l said, doubtfully, that
am mountaineering You And besides, you
do not know me
II shall not need the money! he replied,
quickly, 'and az to my knowing you, think
do--not you, personally, but your kind
That is well slid.' | exclaimed with
heartiaess, ''and accept your offer on one
condition-that ii sou want the money before
Sunday you will tell me so.7
"Why, if do" he replied. laughing merri
IL, ''you will lave spent half OF it.
$50 SHALT | said, laughing myself, ''but
lave a watch, and Toledo, no doubt, has a
let me call it Mont de Pete"
''Ciertamente!" he cried gayly, and with q
word about meeting at dinner, walked rap
idly away, leaving me TO my thoughts |
watched him as he threaded his way across
the square between laden asses and graceful
girls with pitchers, and comparing his slight
upright form with the soinber Spaniards who
strutted up and down, keeping, even on this
sunny day, a corner of the capa over the
mouth, | felt proud Of my countryman.
81 do not think" | said penitently to Jock
II have not mentioned Jock before, although
he was at that time my constant companion
collie dog with the long Scotch head and
the tenderest eyes, II do not think that
shall be so quick to judge the next man we
meet-and do not understand. All, these
hasty judgments, Jock!" and | shook my
head, and jock his tail
In due course a second eniitance came to
hand, ard repaid my friend. By that time
some of the wonder ! had felt at his solitary
life in Tolcdo-Toledo the somber - had
passed away. He was not altogether solitary,
putting myself out OF the question. More
than once, in the archway or on the veranda,
| met priest coming from his roonl-a
small, dark, thin faced man with vivid eyes,
a Spaniard, of course who lifted his low
crowned beaver to me and bowed politely.
Once, too, | had glimpse of a petticoat
whisking out. Moreover, Client seemed to
be doing a better trade than / had Judged
| probable from the specimen Of his wori.
which had seen. Not that he told me this
| himself lie was reserved on the subject,
neither offering to s.Ios7 me his pictures nor
accepting my proposal that we shoald do
some work together Bat our letters some
| times lay on slab inside the outer door, and
| could not avoid seeing that he received sew
eral-dealers' letters | was sure-from art
centers-from Dresden and Munich, for in
stance. Once there was a letter bearing the
postmark of St Petersburg. This seemed
strange in a man Of Ei5 caiher; in man who
was not known to no And perhaps, be-
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