Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-02-16

little older than John. ard his clothes
were so beautiful IN color and so well
suited TO show off his vigorous figure
and tine face that Joha wished himself
al artist, 50 that he might make study Of
so c!ean and pictures ,ue a sub ect.
ct It would have been more to the
purpose had he been hnguis., be
cause then he could have answered
The sailor, who seemed to be in doub,
abo1t the road 1t would. however.
have been Of no use to have understood
spanish, the sailors command Of that
language beng even more limited than
John was. But the sailor stammered
along, until John betook himself to his
own language, and said he was an
American, and spoke only English At
this the sailor smiled, seeming we'll
pleased, but he replied in German. Then
they looked at each other and laughed.
AID began to walk on side by side. OF
! course they talked. and were very polite
/ TO each other, and seemed amused and
I pleased to be together, so 1t mattered
little that they did not understand each
other. But this will happen when talk
ers speak the same language. and even
# we use the best English there are
tunes when our nearest friends do not
/ comprehend US, and their Interpretation
/ Of what we say is astonishing and not to
4 be believed
But these two young fellows had no
fear Of being misunderstood, fancying
that neither was understood at all. They
/ told each other stories, and laughed to-
gether, and pointed out what they
liked, and grumbled over what they did
not. They gathered chestnuts and
acorns as two children might. and about
noon they lunched together under the
shadow of rock on which a pine tree
grew. When they opened their KNAPP
sacks, and one brought out Dives to eat
with their bread and cheese, each nodded
| approval. and like good fellows made
freeEof each others provision. being sure
Of welcome. Then the sailor took up
some salt and laid it IN the palm of his
hand, and John, taking pinch from it,
the two Of them ate salt together and
the German embraced the Anne lean, an d
they both again laughed. But really the
air was so exhilarating, and they were
both SO young, and full Of vitality and
happiness, that they laughed as babies
cry, because it was the thing they could
most easily do.
Whether the sailors road was the
same aS his own. .Tohn did not know
but they ke on together, going steadily
southwest toward the city OF Granada,
but being still two days Quincy away
from it. When the sun had turned to
ward the west, and all the shadows
pointed east. the sailor began TO sing
HIS voice was barytone but It was SC
high that had an Italian singing maste.
had he training of it, he would have
pulled t up into a. tenor He woulC
have done this because the Italian Of to
day scorns the medium registers, a1c
would rather sing 4igh than sing we'll
But John pricked up his ears to hear tht
song. 1t was old enough, and was plain
ly enough suggested bv the scenery, an6
il was very well sung indeed, although i
was written for tha /erlira cf Era Dia
yolo, who is not usually a BARITONE
Suddenly he paused, looked up at th'
sun. and said "Es ist drei Uhr zwanzis
Mnuten. Ut is twenty minutes ras
tb-eel
He was not proud Of his voice, but h
was Of his skill in telling the hour by tn
sun.
Put .Tohn understood it as a challenge
and lie at once took up the air an
carried it on.
And they understood each other
operatic Italian
Johns voice Mas a good clear tenor
, and when he TOD his high notes with
fine flourish Of Ms arm who ever ~
ulandel prima fspns as the sailor d i
'oi.n and they nodded aod smiled i
great glee. s. then thef quit Fra Dis
volo, and the sailor broke into the due
between Lionel and rlunkett; and thu
the two road notes sang much Of tn
opera OF ''Martha" 70 the rocks Of Andc
lusia. But what en.ertained thom hes
was the discovery that ,hcy could sin
10 each othe- whs' they cou,i n>s..av
When 'he sailor fhou-ht. % conps'men \
.'ohn hy God >ave the King. ,'oh
stoprei him short by l1aef~ee Doodle.
! and this was palmer tAan . Ia. sol
e could haze been 3 the sai'or a-ai
! embraced h III. and said something aho,
:. Chicago, which John replied - by 4,
! ron-c n Il anarchists and hy sin .n
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