The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20

Observation-Disclosures upon by his Euro.
pean brethren as q jealous tyrant Of
women. as one utterly incapable of ape
preciating their higher qualities and
merely using them as 9 where with
to crafty his coarse passions-could
certainly have shamed many Of them in
this matter. The ship wal lying in the
bay about a mile from the city of Tan.
sier. The sea was running pretty high.
and long before they came alongside
both ladies were very sick. Gently he
lifted them on board and laid them
down in a quiet corner, while he rushed
about to seek the best place on deck
wl,ereon to fix his tent. Then he tore
open his packages and drew out from
them carpets and pillows and curtains,
and in a short while q well-fitted tent
was ready. and into it he carried the
two women and laid them down and
made them. comfortable. There they
lay till the next day, Us much like two
bundles of clothes as anything else, for
esen their faces and hands were invisi-
bic, and 1 really believe they did not
move once, although in q few hours, us
soon as we got through the Straits and.
entered the Mediterranean, the seq be.
came perfectly calm, and a great deal
OF their indisposition must have been of
that inexplicable nature which would
have tried the patience of many n Chris
tian husband considerably. But lie
busted himself about and lit a fire, and
presently turned ont q nice little dinner,
and didn't lose his temper u bit because
they would have none of it, but only
gazed sorrowfully at the provisions that
were to be wasted. Then he made them
some tea, and then some coffee, and left
nothing untried i'm the whole category
of things to make them comfortable,
patiently sitting there tanning them, or
anon starting up to get them some
water or any other thing they might
want. When, the next morning, the
ladies' had been induced to look over
the side of the ship. and had convinced
themselves that the sen was as calm as
il possibly could he, and that therefore
they could not any longer lie sick, then
did they bestir themselves and do their
proper work in attending to the house
a:d doing the cooking. They took
great pride i'll making the tent look
clean and neat, and altogether they
seemed a very happy couple.
These pilgrims scramble on board
with great agility and with no regard
whatever for dignity or decency. A
ladder, of course, is always welcome,
but if one is not handy they IRE quite
capable of swarming up ropes or climb
ing up the sides. If the women are I'M
able to help themselves, they are handed
UP like any other babies. For an hour
or two after the decks give one the idea
of a pandcmonium of yelling demons.
Every body seems to be fighting with
every body else; screams of distress,
yells of furious anger, threats and pray
ers, curses and blessings, succeed each
other i'll bewildering and lulicrous con-
fusion. The gesticulation is startling.
Arabs certainly excel Frenchmen in this
accomplishment. The disturbance while
it lasts is something awful, and is pro-
duced by the search after and identifica-
ton of baggage selection of sites for
erecting tents or spreading carpets.
Women are no less forward in this bust
ness than they are in any other, even
among us. One fat old negress we took
up at Tangier came on board, and took
a fancy to a part of the deck which
three grave long-bearded Moors had
taken possession of the night before.
Furiously she ordered them away, and
as at first they seemed too much lost in
establishment to comply with her modest
request, she proceeded to give them q
practical demonstration of her meaning
by preparing to pull up the carpets on
which they were sitting. On this they
started up, and not only let her take
the best spot for herself and her lus-
band, who stood by looking OH in a half
frightened manner, but also served her
submissively i'll bringing up her boxes
and massing them around her, while
she squatted on her launches and
treated them to her views of things in
general.