, 1890-07-03


simple, childiike and beautiful.
Their mIrth, merrimeut and jolllty
re all considerato. Raillery Il tol-
rant; wit never q murderous weap.
u. With them good cheer Is not
license; merry.making leaves no
sting; liberty never knows lewdness.
Ignorant ~ they may be OF your
boJks; obstinatcly MS they refuse
the civilization Of which we boast;
secretly proud ~ they are of
the ostrn cism which brands them
as AN outlaw race; heathenish ns
you will continue to call them
because they hold your creeds In
contempt, they are yet more than
tho peers Of any living people In ev-
cry thing tender and true and loyal
growing into and out of the domes-
tic relation, and In all that which
yields, without law or force, and rs
II uncousclously the helpful good
ness which ever prompts aud ever
exceeds exact Justice To ones fellows.
AT THEIR MEALS.
Probably at meals aud I'm the long
evenings, bright with camp fires and
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gipsy man or woman most truly this
good natured and genial animal that
never reveals meanne and ever acts
with genuine, unstudied goodness.
The breakfast, though always n meal
of cherry brightness, is taken with
littlo jollity for the duties and do
ings of the day are ahead Of them
all. The dinner IL seldom IL regular
meal, for there are hut few In camp,
and the old men, old women, chill
dren and dogs have everything their
own way, But the supper is over
flowing with good things and
good spirits, and all sorts OF pranks
are allowable. The camp has sud
denly filled up with three-fourths Of
its members, who have been away
during the day on divers expedi-
tions, and the brpeziness and aotlv-
ity consequent upon the return have
brought the camp wonderful life
and vigor. The substantia,s for the
meal have been sizzling and simmer
ing rom the kettle sticks Tor hours.
These are all accounted lvr; but there
IL an element of pleasure and sur
prise In many little garnlshments
which find their way into camp
with the incoming troop of gipsies.
Tho Enthusiastically rubber blankets
with linen spreads upon them--are
laid upon the clean grass plnts.
Everybody helps at bringing the
dishes and food. Laughter and bad
image go hand in hand with prep
and the repast itself, he II
as II often is, or
meager, as II is not often, Is
down by more genuine
mirth and hearty merrlment--and,
] must confess, with something a
thought stronger, sometimes-that
falls TO the lot Of but few In this
world, however much good fortune
enters into their condition. IL strag-
glers from town come and stare at
them with cxasperating calmness,
w II the gipsies were animals in
some geological garden, n sudden
lush falls upon the feast until the
retire, or the merriment
goes on in their own tongue aud
under faces Of ridiculous solemnity.
Fron the return, however, until the
long, slowly-laken meal Is ended,
there are such rallyings Of friends,
such greetings Of husbands aud
wives, brothers and sisters par
ents and children, such kind
~ notice of the old, old folk,
such revelries with the babies, and
such proud glad heart-word for
everybody, that no earnest eye can
look upon IL all and not moisten;
because all this Il true of an outcast
race, and 80 barren and mearer in
the homes of our own people, where
too often inslncerity, ambition aud
heartlcssne-S have taken the place
of those tender things which are the
salvation of II land through its
homes. Then the
EvENrIME GROWS AND CLOVIS
again with this good nature, There
Is not another care or thoucht-
weight on the girey's mind. All
give themselves up to unrestrained
enjoyment. The great fires are
piled high, and seem To crackle aud
sing an added accompaniment of
High up along the tree
are hung crcsscts filed with
naring knots. The fires below shut
out even the light of the blazing
stars above and draw the
night and the dark, lovingly in
tcrlnced with ccutury-old tree arms,
over tie bright place like a protect
ing canopy, BY this camp-fre is a
crowd nlerrily playing at cards,
" hich the gIpsies love. BY another
aud another are groups telling old
tales or singing old songs. In be-
tween aud all about are happy chill
drcn playing Ht hidc-Hnd-sCck in the
flash and shadow OF the camp. Over
there H. a score of tawny forms dane
Ing with the freedom and gIicty of
lads and lassies to the music of some
tinker violinist, who sways and
weaves, aid stamps and shouts, ell
rn injured by his own VoCifcrous mclu-
dies. Every where are simple
peccc and content; while in
the harder world of your cities and
towns countluss hearts are breaking
from their loads of ambition, rivalry,
greed, injustice, mcrcilessness, en-
venomcd malice, rs the stars and
the God above them look down up
on these, tine unCiyilizcd, and upon
those of the prpudost civilization
loving which most!
EDGAR l.. WAREMAN.
.. Two RECORDS BROKEN.
Splendid Racing At wasbington Park.