Telegram-herald., 1889-12-20
The Other EngliShnan


speaksr ~as 4 as rraFellag alone.
had aot fallen il Elth three Enzllshmen
A. as llaay weeks Ald ] tzrned b. Ia
spect tne newcomer ~lrh q cor1laLty bls
80 ala slllrfy face c1alt uss
~holF suppress. "A an 1 answered
''and I an very glad % meet q felov
colnrrFl1al
tou are stranger heref he lid rot
taz= hls eyes from me. 1ul Indicated bg
q gesture e hs Eh4mb rhe busy hart
oelo~ ls. piled high with hlndrsts AMI
thousands of frlI crates fau q oranges
from the upper teck = the san Miguel
We iooksd directly down upon it and
cal-d see az that vas coming or gong
~ re Trim basin about us. The san
Miguel. q steamer ~ ths Ssg0via ~'ladra
& Co : line. bound for several places ca
ths coast sourhNard. Nas Ealung %
clear oar n ~ Gra0. the harbor Il Va
lenrla and ! was waiting rather impa-
t-nrlY % clear out With her You are
q stranger here" b repeated
fes { have been Ia the town four or
f7e dags. out otherwise / zm a stranger.
I answered
Tou are not IN The tradeY' he con
tllued Hs meant - orange trade.
40, / am not. am travelling for
pleasure, answered readily You vii
q able % understand that though 10 Is
more than any Frenchman or Spaniard
can. 1 smiled as 1 spoke. but be was
not very responsive.
ia - queer place 20 visit FOR pleas
NE hs sald dryiy. looking away from
me - th- Aosy Ihrong about the orange
crates
Not a. al. retorted. III is lively
town and quaint ns-sidea and IL is warm
snl sunny / cannot say as much as
that " Madrid, from gshich | came two
or three weeks back
Come straight here" he asked lacon-
sally
vas growing a triAe thed Of hi.
curiosity. but / answered. No, l stayed
short ume at Toledo and Aisnluez-oh
and at several other places
You speak spanish
Not much. Nuy POGO de Castellano,
/ laughed. calling % miud that madden
ing grimace by which the Spanish peas
ant indicates that he does notunlerstand
and Is not going % understand you lie
l. good fellow enough, Is Ssncho Panza
but having made up his mind that you
90 not speak Spanish the purest Castiliar
l. after that not Spanish for him
You ara going some way with US
perhaps 70 Carthagena: persisted the in
quator.
lie laid . queer stress upon the l2s
word. and with 10 shot az me- sly glanc,
"a glance SO unexpected AMI SO unplcas
nntiy suggestive tlet | did not answer
HIM az once. Ia.t ~ locked at hin
more closely. iIt was wiry young fel
low. rather below than above the middl,
height. 20 all aQpe1r-uce the chief engi
neer. Everything ABOUT him, not ex
Guiding the atmosphere, was greasy anC
oi,v a. II he had come straight from thl
eu-nc room. The whites of his eve.
showed with ual3ve.y prominence. See
icy him thus. I took a dislike for him
"To Cartha-ena" answered brus1uely
ESQ, | am not going 90 stay az Car
tllSena. Why should YOU suppose so
may ask Crl 3 indeed, I added. a
another construction Of his words oc
CURED 70 noe. "yol think I want 20 see
bit of hghting' NJ. my friend, the fur
might grow too furious"
To explain this should add that thre
dars before there had been a mutin,
among Che troops 40 Carthagena. II wa
mentioned at the time IN the Englisl
papers. An outlying fort was captured
AMI the governor Of tho city killed be
fore -ha attempt was suppressed. o
course. ths was I'm every ones mouth
aaJ f1ncied that his question referre,
t1It
Wy manner or my words. however
Disconnected him. Without saying NOR
ho turned away. not going below at once
but standing on tae main deck near th
Office .a the aftcrTart There was a goo'
deal u hustle En- shat quarter. Tho cap
tain. second officer -0I clerk wcrc there
giving ani talr~ rrea .rtsani what not
He dill not spea, o. tham. b1t loane
a-oinat che r1I r' 20 hand had "a
u1-omt1rtl1.at toe chat no was watch
inr me. and tlis --rr- gave rise O.
strlu-e shrirala- ir..i tae uan. which
dl uot STAY wl o., always, but re
turned from time t1 ttco.