Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-10

young southerner, whom remembered readily
had been quite successful AZ q coffee grower
nad purchased q fine estate ACCOMPLISHING
much In enlarging and improving the coffee
production. shortly after that the subject OF
our couvsrAtion arrived In the city from his
hacienda and our 6rst evening was spent TO-
eether. had been enlightened regarding his
history ana the causes leading 20 his choice of
q rendence IN Central America away from
nome, friends and the Injuries 20 which. il
vas es'aent he had been accustomed. II
seemed that he had, through business
oisappointment become something of
4 misanthrope and bad been charmed with the
idea OF the secluded life he could End as a cot
fee grower in the mountains Of Nicaragua. He
proved communicative when we met him and
II was not long before he gave ms in detail his
experiences after reaching the country. He
spoke OF his wife, 20 whom he had been married
but ashort time. and we inquired whether he
mad made another trip TO the states or whether
she had been 30 brave as to come ont alone.
''Oh, no, he answered, laughing s,she has
never been in the states. The fact is she /, a
native. though not Of the upper class. and she
II the most beautiful girl ever saw in nv life
besides being the best She but a poor In
dian girl when / first saw her, who worked an
the fields picking coffee. but have never re-
GREETED the step took in making her my wife.
She is natures own child" he said. grow
ing, as we thought, rather ridiculous in
his enthusiasm, las guileless as q
wild flower and as true steel"
He continued explaining TO us the circum
wiling us both TO his hacienda for as long @
visit as We could make. This we gladly &C.
cepted and Joined him on the next morning on
horseback Tor a few DAYS outing. i could moi
wonder at his enthusiasm upon entering hi
newly made home, for Pocahontas herself could
not have been more beautiful type of Indian
womanhood than was she. Her husband had
acted as her tutor IN English and she spoke his
tongue with huency. She had been apt in
learning TO read and write English. he told Ne.
and her language was an evidence of that fact
The house had been furnished in exquisit.
style, most unusual for an hacienda. as the
owners usually live in the cities, only visiting
the estate during the coffee picking season, the
expensive furnishings having been imported
from the states There was a well-stocked
library. and the presence Of numbers of text
books showed that the education of the youns
Indian wife was continuing.
surprise was In waiting for ms. for BY and
by little girl baby was brought in and ",
proceeded to please its parents by praising it
We asked what name had been given the new
conner. and were told thatht was Feliclta Roberto
The hrst name was for the mother. but il
seemed odd that boys name should follow it
and we inquired how il happened that such wa,
the case. The mother seemed confused, but
the father explained that it was the name Of
one OF the mothers playmates when she wa.
quite little tot. She had given him this a.
the reason for her wish for that particular
name.
When Hendricks and met alone after tina,
his first question was whether l remembered
the story he had told on the Aguan when we
were fellow voyagers and in which the young
southerner was so greatly interested.
We'll" he said. this is the heroine of tina,
story. in the conclusion Of which our friend
showed such an interest The name of the
fellow who proved SO unworthy of her conf.
dence was Roberto, for whom her child is nov
named" {. L. h.