The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-01

reached Havana, and played In that capital two
weeks. made valuable friends IN the city's
commercial circles. and wfson the show broke
and embarked for New Orleans / resigned aud
became the interpreter and English clark 10
shipping Office. / remained there several years.
speculated in tobacco And whatever else offered
a chance of profit, prospered greatly. and was
happier and more comfortable than ever before
in my life.
For long time, certainly curing two years, /
constantly compared my list of feminine names
with whatever names of women / saw on every
written or printed sheet. / Knew my list By
heart-Mendes, Alvarez, Ojsro. and so on to
the end-but never found reason 70 believe
that any name ran across Was that Of one OF
that load of passengers among which was nv
sweet but piraticaf cnorister.
In time fell in love with charming senorita
in Havana q lady who did fog me what Kstha-
rine did for Henry V-charmed me with her
English tongue-for she had been educated in
New York and spoke English perfectly. In the
sweet ecstacy of love that she begot in ms
forgot my quest, / lost al care for my list, I
even let my pretty hymn tune slip from my
mind.
THE PIRATES TALE.
NY father had determined 20 return 70 Cuba
Unjustly accused of connivance with rhe leaders
of the instruction, wretched at the thought of
the ruin into which our lovely home there was
falling, he could not resist tsae impulse to 90
back. He took me from my girl companions at
the convent school at Mount ST. Vincent, and,
having turned all his business into money. set
tied with me and our trunks in the Snragossa
Hotel, in New York, TO await the departure OF
the steamer. It was a bad choice OF hotel.
Low characters infested it. My life was
wretched while left alone there because
of the rudeness of the evillooking men who
idled their time away in the public rooms. My
only pleasant recollections of chat wretched week
are of an American who played constantly, but
very sweetly, cornet, in subdued tones, in
room overhead. One air that he played made
a deep impression upon ma. It haunted me.
One evening. as I was listening to his cornet,
there was rap on my door. I opened it, and
three men walked in. They asked for my
father. Their appearance ard manner fright
ened me. Without many previous words one
seized me and tried to throw me on the bed
that my face should fall OF the pillows The
others sprang to open the bureau drawers and
the largest trunk. / uttered several piercing
shrieks, and distinctly rem smDer hearing the
cornet on which WAS being played the tune that
had fascinated mo thrown rndely on the flo or
above Then there was ruth of footsteps on
the stairs. and the nan who had been
playing the instrument burst into the room.
do not know what followed. / vaguely
remember few words of assurance of future
safety, spoken in gentle and musical but indie
scribably manly tones. and when next returned
to consciousness was ill in bed and attended
by my father Three days later was carried
to the steamer and we set sail for Matanzas. At
my earnest request my father endeavored to find
my rescuer from.the thieves. who had evidently
sought to rob us of my fathers money, but all
he ever told me that he learned that the
gentleman in question was low mountebank
$50 my naughty father called him) member of
a circus troupe, and that he had left the house
on the morning after the heroic deed he per-
formed.
had never been in love. had never even
had one of the characteristic love dreams of
maiden. But am of intensely sentimental
disposition, and the soft spoken, stalwart fear
less Snowman filed my thoughts in many odd
hours. His favorite air-pathstc and deeply relig-
ious-fosted constantly through my mind
that / set words to it and sang them softly to