The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

/ face ID lace there. hc nlrnt was clear
cold. and without the moon. All wa.
silence. except when the driver with his
long whip cheercd up u lazy animal
Darkness makes people silent and
thoughtful. For more than AN hour
/ thi, had continued, until q. last we
/ reached the summit OF mountain pass
/ \ feeling oi relief came over us rs tho
pace Of the vehicle was felt 10 De getting
+ quicker ou the downward slope of The
f mll A few cheering words bad just es.
/ capped our lips. when of a sudden over
/ rolled ihe cumhrou- machine. amid the
/ crashing Oi glass and wood the screams
oi women ana children, and an upfoar
f OF excavations and oath. ln more tongues
that we can here cnumcrate. f0r'u-
nately these teams are under perfect
. control The position has only 20 check
bis horse, when the philos0phic mules
behind him are quite willing 90 stand
for any length OF time. Oh
. such occasions thoughts come quicker
than lightning Al first 10 was
a precipice we were going over, but the
sudden halt afforded relief. We were az
"a stand-still, but bruised cut by glass
more or less. rolled over upon NE floor
with some ones bO0i-heel boring into us.
with no way OF escaping from our novel
/ position. The conductor sounded Dbl.
f alarm which went ringing in the night
/ fir over the gOrges of The mountains
f Ne We're one hy one rescued from Che
wreck The women and children were
comfoucd. and the bruised found
+ beds 0n their travelling rugs and coats.
pr.ad over the neighbOriug rocks Soon
hf sound ot horses feet announced thc
rapid approach of the government guard
detailed from the army tO patrol the
highways OF the country -Four on tlre
.ncer3 armed with pistols aud carbines
l00k possession of the vehicle. the mules
ana oug luggage Ia previous article
Vc said something about the handitii of
spain The thought now occurred, how
easy !. would De for a few determined
men t0 sweep down upon the gang Of
creatures called soldiers who were uow
pousihlc Tor 0ul safety. and hydrlyInl
them 0n seize upon the mails baggage
and everything else valuable loriu'
un4foiv there were none uear I hc ace
.ldeuf wa- caused hF the br, 4king az the
iron aXicffec JUST as ihe vehicle made a
sharp turn 90 descend the mountain.
No one was seriously hnn. hni Ne were
100 me- awkward dilemma ol being ielt
ai midnight oh ihc Top oi mountain.
cOldand hungry withn0way OF getting Oh
there's of Our journey The chilling winds
00n caused Us tO come tO decision
There was nothing TO DO blt To- go back
go foot TO the Nenta we had passed az tAe
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oW comfort The Neniero,or tie kecpero
the enta, and DIS family were KIND ana
o1li1ing, Out helngot the humoiesi class
ol people were ignorant, vulgar and
filthy Their facilities for cooking were
.i the most primitive kind. and The food
they prepared disgusting In the extreme.
The place fhev inhabited was also the
abode rl- toQles d-p .1-- hos. and dogs
.,.l th.. ,ern,in neculiar "a each of these
...,,s1. mo Aaas from Those enor.
mon. loci b6gs-weUf We were
f.r from being comfortable living
,,or me- Stone floor with onr trav.
..Iir- mos and overeoat4 for bed
f,r,'it,re and never daring m take off
o1r riotbinr one of ms had ID turn
r.ol Wa MANAGED 10 yet eggs. few
.auifru and rood dark bread The
~nanierI- use no lard on butter OF any
tiino Inn sweet of Ina cooking We had
ao abundance of fhe latter and of the
most deiioion. Kind Indeed the family
..or,od A. waste f. ms flavor wa. lint
- rr,,sb.l INIT. and IL nre.ented ta the
..iosr ,,,oenisb ffnf when held ITO 90
tieli,bf Tbe abundance ndoualifvof
80. IN ,,n.cd 3D.. Oh wonder why
ni. srtio1. ,ra. SOD bad and SD ok
.,.nsi,e az hooe TLey keen 10 In un-
.l.,.d oo,tbon iars in form ike those
0.rnd I'm pom,ei and holding about
two gallons each our Spanish hosts
were mdicfously moved az our primitive
American cooking. could not under
stand why we scrambled eggs amt DEE
clineI 90 mix garlic with them We
drank DO wafer. but substituted for il the
wines of the country These are hy-
chemically safer than the former %
strangers. They are kept In the
bottle of the Scriptures. a bag made
either OF GOAT or hog skin. caught up an
the small end and FIRMLY tied around
rrooved hutton with small string of hide
rb.s button is pierced by a tube through
which the wine is taken. the heavy
end of the bottle being lifted up so as 10
enable the imhibei 60 drink rs much as
Ae wants After long use. and when
these bottles of skin GET dry. the scrip
rural Injunction against putting new
wine into old bottles. is better under
stood when it is remembered that during
tue fermentation of Tue new wine the
old bottle is apt 10 burst, and both
Wine and bottle are lost. Having no
umOlefsf the bag Is passed round from