, 1890-02-20

wrings from endless toll within
these rotten habltations u
weekly pittance, every peseta
IL wrcnched from her by hcr
knightly chulo, the return for which
IL tile privilege Of idollzing hcr
owner, blows, kicks, and at last, thc
kniic--for from her alcoba she never
goes, save In service Of her chulo,
and to the Campo Santo with II
knifc-thrust at her throat or heart
as n seal Of her loyalty even In death
To her vile master, who holds her
life ns less worthy thing than that
OF his pet garne-cock or dog. And
Rupcrto was proud 10 make this
clear to me, In the rusty old dining
room of the fonda where IA number
OF these unfortunate beings had
gathered for music and dancing
obedient to his whlm Of entertain.
lnent.
THE KNIFE.
"SeeW he said gnyly, grasping his
own chula by her luNuriaut hair
and whirllng her iiercely about.
"sSeev'-he ran his fingers into her
pretty mouth and pulled her TONGUE
from II, as one would handle an all
ing horse--"Carlota once spoke I'M
pudently TO RupertO. H-i-i-i-i-pW
here he viclously tapped his knife
the tongue went hnIfln two! Is it
not so, little sauco-pot?"
ISL, 81, senor2n radiantly from
Ca'lota.
"Aha, Isl, sl' scnorita meal And
the next time"--herc the brute spun
I fl.,. ,,ftt L.
dancers-"the next time, II will all
20, ana the beautiful head with itp'
All this may he attractive TO
painters, dramatists and poets. Tho
chulo may be a picturesque rogue,
Ills poor slave, the chula, women
OF fatciul pIssioL, ravishing beauty,
pathetic history, and all that. But
l confess to q ioathlng beyond eS.
preston In the contemplation of the
reality In this sort Of "roinantici'
life. Spain is horribly honey
combed with IL. Tho chulo and
chula principle extends far beyond
these degraded types, into highest
grades aud ..,,cisses. Woman Is
merely an animal In Spain. She IL
the creature OF mans whim, as u
c0ckndc is worn In the hat, IL roscite
ON the collar, a bauble on the sleeve,
II Is easy to ne cunt for Spain's de-
cay. No nation can live where the
home IL not all but the sweetest
shrine; where the person, the rights,
the possibilities, of women are not u
willing aud sacred charge upon the
honor of lis men.
Travelling hither, less time will
viii serve you ut NallaClolid than
answered for me. IL Is "a drcary and
sodden old city In the center of u
followed, tcinpest-blown plain.
Bleak and wild are It's surroundings;
wild and bleak are It's Gales ahd
p'ases. In nu hour or two you may
see all 10 has TO show. Over there
In the Plaza Mayor Philip H.,
who was born here, held his
frat great auto do f.. CervantcB
lived, when publishing Don Quix-
ote, ut II Gale dei iilIstD. Column
bus died at Gale Colon. And the
facade of San Pablo, In the most
marvellous picturesque all Europe
can show, Il here besides. That is
all, save filth, bugs aud quaint
Asturian peas,lnis shivcr,ng about
the vile DOdegsls, or squatting with
In ciiurch-porcllvs and about the de-
serted squares, You would fly
from the nlnrrOw-chiliing place by
rail, cursing its rOndas and portcros.
1 hastcned away by jacas along with
n score of merry Murip,tos, freight
ers from the Basque country; reach
ing the splendid Sierra de Guaddr-
rama mt niphtfali of the second day;
and, lodging AZ II little inn In tho
mountain pass Mt the foot of the
majestic peak Of penalnr,, could see
from its out -jutting spurs the tillny
orange light blending above the
pazas and p0scos of tho royal city
of Madrid.
EDgAK L.. WAKENAN.