, 1890-02-06
AND FED THE HUNGRY
Also Curing a Comm unity
of La Grippe.
SMOKING TOBACCO AND CAMPAOR
The Remedy Was Simple, but 1t
Answered the Purpose
Admirably.

'hNlh'NNtNlNN1 AhNN'NA'N'NlN W NhN ~ l''hN'
ish government u more benign temper.
lilo even consented to permit Pierre
flOquet and myself to put suuc neccs
cary clothing upon his attcutuatcd form.
lie never forgot for ono moment how
ever hi. official relations TO me. llo
WAS alcalio. was the alcade's pris.
oncr. Every glance from his eyes Of
authority seemed an urgent order that |
should rcdouhlc my vigilance a. guard
upun myself The situation was both in
tcfcstiug and ludiCrlus, but II soon bo.
came irksOmc, und toward night myself
a, Spanish soutinclh In charge Of the
American prisoner my SELF, began giving
the latter few unofficial libor.
ties. one was to permit myself to pcnc
tfltc my slight baggage and produce an
oil pns,por, OF MIR, Bayhrd's making,
worn to the consistency ut Chces cloth,
and signed C0uuicr-iguod and yisgd 10y
so many oiliCIulS ~ so many different
countries, that ut late no creature Ut the
Gillette monargh.c, had been brave
enough tu deCiphcr or gainsuy It's au-
thOrity. bringing my prisoner % the
alCaldc boldly Haunted this before him
and demanded my own release. lilo
gave IL one glance then, pausing In the
act ol taking suuii trUm Pierre FlpGuct
hoN, uttered tuc simple, profound and
significant word,
''IahN.
He mudc what he meant So clear to me
fora Spaniaru, that At once withdrew
with my scutiucls, and began u line ut
diplomatic uctluu. The poor souls Of
Fiustorre were really and truly ill and
utterly helpless. - ycral had ulCd and
lay iu the rags OF their hunks without
burial The living ones had no kngwl.
edge Of their own aImcut Nord had
been sent to Santiago do Cumpustcla Of
thuir distress, but the ply .iUian~ of that
Cily we're busy with thuiruwn sick. The
ignorant beings had lost all heart, aud
had lain dowa in their houses a. pluck
less ind murTained sheep. | truly
pticd them, and began In AN humble
way CudoaNuriuy To- elect thoir re-.
lci In little time hAd
,hccry iirus in most of the huts around
which the shlyeuug wrcichcs hoyoIod
pitfully. Then aitor cleaning huge
Caldruu kettle used by the pescadOres
~ extracting thC oil Of ii.h, boiled such
mess OF putntno- from Pierre Flopuct
htotc As they hau never lciurv set eyes
upon. This with two or three huge lirc.
ton loaves OF bread plenty OF salt and
foods Of black coffee, enabled me to
serve tLcm all with food. III rs they
weTc, the helpless wrltches ate lisc hall.
famishcd bcnsts; and ! found easily
enough that had won their gratitude
and friendship. Even the old alculdc
plrloOk OF the rvpast and Icing
then, rs with all men not afflicted
with the dyspepsia, much more np-
ptOaChablo and humane, | proceeded tu
bargain with him lor my release. be
licved knew what troubled his people,
and that had the means to give them
relief Therefore ! asked;
"ENccllantssimp, If I shall he able to
relieve the people of lini,tcrro of their
suffering VII! YOU allow me to depart
uuhndcredY
mot only will grant you release IL
you will relieve them replied the al
cnldc "hut will do that and guarantee
you safe passage to Santiago, II You will
put but half, or q fourth, part upon
their miserable feet. Az, more; IL you
will cure myself alone, ! will serve you
"a mO4o lman-seryauU to the MOntanos
dc leonl'
now HE CuRED IA GWrPE.
As this was farther than any soul Of
Fiuisturre had ever vcnturCi within his
own land 1t measured his huundlcss
and we'll wishing friendship, IN case OF
Ny success; and ut once began the un'
ten-cd practice of medicine, Which Is
moro than a crime and all OF witrh-mit,
In musty old spain. | took from my
knapsaCk two papers OF smoking to-
two excellent belongings when wan
dCring among the pcasantry OF Europe,
~ the itSl proves priceless warmer OF
lDwly hearts, while the second is Won
dCriul deterrent Of disease and an
equally marvellous r, pcllont of various
and v0garous insects inimical to
sw cct and pC-tcct sleep. then
had recourse to my linen correspond
encc pAUer. shaving the camphor into
delicate flakes, | powdered II nicely,
mixed II thoroughly with the tobacco,
and, with the aid OF n hit OF stick glue,
lciurc ! ended nay TASK had rolled nearly
lOJlOug, tine cigarettes, having gained
some dGN'erity In this accomplishment
among the Spanish senoritus of Cuba.
All tls timo what lew could gather
about me looked on in supcrstitiOus
wonder ana piled me with all manner of
serious questions, to which ! answered
no word. When ! had finished, ! went
10 every man. woman and child IN all
.ho novels of Finisterre, gave each u
lighted cigarette, aud enforced its smok.
ng with the injunction, "lI YOU do not
smoke this, all of II, you Will die like
your brethren. Smoke II, and you will
DO sclning the sardinhas to morrow
The effect was marvellous. These
1oor, ignorant folk believed in me be
.auso | had already fed them. The
'NmphOr did the rest. For two hours
lever were elsewhere heard. But my
1recriptlun, gained from Pastcurs
mblishcd advice fow weeks before,
mnililated la grippe In the lands end
II Spain and ON this night, the second
II my detention in this dcsolate village,
here was something like life aud hope
inong the people. Good Pierre Flo1uct
vas wild with delight and pride; the
ycaZoned alcaldc was stupcfed by what
omc ui his people believed to be
miracle; and IL Fiuisterre could
ave compasscu that much, my march
through Spain would have resulted in
ndless ovation. Hut did not stop at
anphor, Pierre Floquet hal brought
n his schooner from Concarueau TOUR
,re,on calves, for he little terra arrcn-
ada or farm he hoped to purchase AZ
liera. l bought one of these. Together
70 killed 1t, cut IL up into small I,or-
ions, and, having recourse again TO the
IA tish.oil cnuldTon, boiled the meat,
ovorcd and gave the broth, of tho CON
istaucy Oi honest beef tea, to every one
the hamlet Such feast never had
cen known among them. IL seemed to
Serate like an Infusion Of blood. The
kycd wrotches were truly intoxicated
tch tue, to them. elixir of ono lifc-rlv-
fs meal. They sang and almost danced
nder It's influence. All, but how ones
cart aches to rralizr In the presence ot
ist one such scene the liuitless INSULT
iency, the wretchcd want ana the aw-
ii disparity with such as these, when
Nv happier conditions oil you anu /, and