New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-26

| blame him uucn. 10 this remark LemueI ~
| piled that he guessed We should be gi3d enough
| of the cart and pony too, before week WAC oI,,
There want another such pony TINS size Vi 'A'
| Rockies. H., H., bonod
there was not,-one was enough. i.,
| Set right down. said Lemuel. ANA man man
| yourself comfortable. tn take US some HVue
time to git there, and i've got some eIIdHu' ~
The pony started; he actually puled the cart
and its load. and did not seem DISTRESSED eiIncr,
True he only went at a walk, and the very sOWeSU
kind of a wall, AT that.
did not know then through what streets we
| went | cared TO know little. was content 70
| sit and breathe that divine air, 10 gaze OH at l!c
| mountains. on The sea, to listen to the deep music
| of the waves they rolled in upon the unseen
| br1cLcs on those beaches / would walk. out
amonr those foothills ] would wander. Who
| could stay beneath roof at any moment, Whcn
| he could have a sky like that above his head
| Remember it was the first time III my life had
ever been out Of New-Ensland Had stepped on
| this world into OF the stars could hardy
| have felt the newneSs and the strangeheSS NOR;
| believe it still more strange that shoud
find here a man in q blue cape and sombrero who
talked and looked like Yankee of the illlterate
class An Indian, | verify believe, would have
| confused me less | could not adjust my IDEAS
they wert running in hopeless riot through INV
mind And 10 be invited 10 sit down fiat on the
| bottom Of cart. and 70 accept the invitation,
does not tend TO clear ones intellect
! Tie boy who had been the first occupant OF
our vehicle was still present and had not for an
instant intermitted his fixed gaze The terrier
and had then returned 10 the arms of its mistress.
! On caul side of the spacious roadway were
cottages more or less ornamented, and the proluse
| grecnerY among which they stood made them az
| tractivc But everything was very modern, and
! there was tnce OF disappointment in that aspect,
though did not know what had expected
| Ii could not have been in any such places as
| these that those festivities of which Dana wrote
more than fifty years ago were held. Surely that
was Santa Barbara where he was, and how Spanish
and novel the reading of il had been Was every
thing old torn down TO make room for these
| brght-hued villas?
Finally, after many long stoppings, when
! Lemuel would disappear into some store and re-
main hidden great while, the pony lelsureIy
/ turned corner, and directly all was different
/ he new life was behind me. II was like change
of scene i'll a theatre. Even the language of the
| few people strolng on the streets was different
! let that language be patois if il would; should
| not know it from purcst Castilian IL sounded
soft and lazy 10 my ear and how lesdrely the
/ people moved: was glad OF it, wanted to get
/ away from all hurry.
/ dingy structures with red tiles on the roof and
with utterly new suggestions to me
"Praps you've heard Of the old Gerry place
| said IemUel, looking over his shoulder al us.
That's it, pointing 10 a building Of adobe which
bore a kind of protesting evidence Of former
prosperity. IT. was rather spacious, il was bUilt
on three sides round court it WAS low it stood
looking ont toward the sea as If it had watched
that water for many year How deeply shady
was that wide veranda, and how many love tales
had been told in It's shadow.
How was | To know then that what our guide
called the Gerry place was really the historic
" DE ia Guerra House" and that here. right here
was where Dana the dance There were
gay modern cottages back Yondcr in that dav
No Americans had come then with busting ac
Invites and innovations. Bat thank Fortune -
even now Santa barbara is not an active place
1t is a place in which 10 rest.
Men and women loUngng on vcrandaS, smoking,
or looking too lazy 10 smoke. nodded AZ Lenuel
| and stared languidly ut MS as we passed at the
slowest possible pace at which live thing
| could move.
bottom, and the sky smiled benSnly. Why
should hurry anywhere?
! Even the children IN the streets did not hurry
with their play. They were brightly clad. and
thr c'lor> showed well against the BACKGROUND Of
| dali adobe walls.
| We went by what looked like an old and
| neglected public garden, where everything was
| in a tangle Of vines and trees.
Presently the pony sauntcred up 10 very low
| adobe house where room after room Lad been
| built on, with veranda running in front Of them
Having sanntered up, the pony stopped as if We
were 40 home
hound with three puppies tunNinq over her
on The YcTanda the only living things visible
A thicliet Of green vines cl1mbcring nearly
ever where. Over the house, AMI mp - the roof:
! il were
Here we be-" said Lcmue chcerfullv. and
pc-'h 70 descent cues, Incz IS resting some
! Whcrr. She w'Hldn't know when 10 expect us
/ Wen 20 right in"
After some Intellectual ATTEMPTS we also de-
J scended from the cart. and went and stood near
| lie dark interior
We VOTED rood while. hearing no sound save
/ the murEUr Of the vino leaves and soft bat
| pfne'fltin. mild roar from the sea. which was
! giIt;cr.ng out there 10 the west This ycranda
| commanded an cnticing view Of the ocean The
! old SpanioTds who built these houses had an ua-
crilug tasi" IS 10 where 10 put their DWELLINGS.
Mis- IlancocES terrier whose name was
! james. never Jim-imprOved tliS ti1,c - he
come oc1uaintcd with the hound pnppics ard
/ their motrcr. This Acquaintance appeared - be
/ highly agreeable all round. and James was soon
/ n ,he mi0S, Of VIA Iromp all The dogs flying
/ hocE and forth acroNf th" ycranda with cntrr
/ disregard toward anything and everything
| We Kept on IN, WAITING. ! at last sat down on
wall. but my companion stood rigdy upright
| waiting fer her sister in-law 10 come and welcome
! She did not speak save once TO remark TIM,
! sic supposed fey did things differently in cali
/ forny from what they did in Massachusetts
| and whom man had married IN outondish woman
one didn't know what 10 expect
At last. from some remote apartment in the
/ dusk of the house, We heard voices, and the
! sound grew nearer We naturally thought that
! Icmucl had found his wife and approaching
| with her. II was i"mucl indeed. hut hr Wa,
accompanied by Tho boy who had been in the cert
she's been rcStin', inst a. | thought" d"
/ s3id. while his son resumed his interrupted cazo
| at Ms. You can come risht along. now
- hope your wife IS not SICK said Miss
"Ol. no she's all right" was the Response.
We followed him through three low, dingy
rooms, which get had something interesting about
| them. They had also a decided odor Of garlic.
! which was 50 thorough as 10 give the impression
! that il was also permanent
III the fourth room ] saw curious fire place.
sci directly in The corner. There WIS . heap ~
red Goals on this tlrcc-comcrcd hearth. in front
OF which sat woman in q largo tlowcrcd. BRIGHT
colorcd cotton gown, which swept along over the
dark floor.
My drst glimpse of her showed cigarette in
her mouth. but this was Immediately removed
and held between her fingers. while she turned
| her head toward us, bat did not rise
Mr. Hancock took his Sister by the hand and
Ted Der up 10 his wife.
Here she IS he said, whether referring to
| his wife or sister ! could not tell
- I2riS see is welcome very much welcome
said lnez putting ont the baud that did not hold
the cieafcte: She dwet long upon the les,
syllable OF Miss ilancoclVs NAME and made it
From the moment entered ! HAD TO eyes
for any one the mistress of the house r,