New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-13
SEVlLLIAN VIGNETTES.
ON THE CUSTOM OF FOLLOWING.


whose stand was nearest his club, 80 that every
morning and evening he might have fresh PINK
to in his buttonhoe.
Ell que mono" What a pretty boyD said
Pepita, when she and her maid. driving OF walk
ing together, caught sight Of the young man
watching them with respectful intentness
Now, mono was a wechosen word. for. as an
adjective it signifies pretty, while, as substan-
tive. II signifies monkey. Tie title was caught
up as proper name, and in our circle Pepita
joked about her Senior Mono.
Pepita was half pleased half vexed, by Mono's
courtship. She was very young; he was one
of her first acknowledged conquests 1t seemed
very womanish in him to wear flowers in the
street hut then the flowers chosen were her
favorite pinks Little Senior Mono knew that
we,lselected faults endear.
Meantime no conversation was permitted or
sought, beyond fattcring phrase or two. when
Pepita went out Mono would he sure TO follow
her home but ever following at respectful
distance He was content to watch her mine
ing, hch-heeled gait, and to hear the passing
men, even coachmen on their boxes. eNclaim to
each other at sight of her "Andaluza pura! -
condensing all praise into the words, pure An
dalueian." breaking of any other talk in order
to say it, with eyebrows raised in admiration
When she had entered the patio. and the door
house and MS a general recognition of her fam
ily. bow 10 any one who happened 10 he at
window.
But one day he was less discreet.
Pepta and her maid were walking in the Gale
de Geneva with Mono following, as usual Meet
ing priest, who Pepita's father-confessor, the
women stoned TO speak with him, and Pepita
reverently kissed his hand. Then they passed
on, and Mono joircd the priest, whom ne also
knew The priest held ont the hand that Pc
pita had Just kissed. Mono, instead OF merely
shaking IT, as men do, raised II toward DIS
hps. intending to steal what had been given
10 the Church; but he rccSoned without the
onicS intelligence of the good confcssor, who
had not reached the nce Of sixty without learn
ing what most men know. There was clean
upward stroke of the reverend hand, from inc
flexible reverend wrist. passing Monos mourn
and neatly snuhbing his nose.
Then both men laughed ltt|e-the younger
man with constraint-and separated
Peptn either saw this attempt TO steal her
holy kiss or was told Of it. The presumption Is
in favor Of her having scen it, for her pure
Andnlusian eyes saw everything. somehow with
out seeming TO observe
Well at any rate, ehc krezw Of IT, and pun
ishcl the transgrcssor on the following day in
the Acazar Garden.
When some one you like, with persuasion on her
lips, sings Il remember an old garden. nho'
enging with full note for each dear. ois'lhcV
syllable lets music rest upon the thought: WIG"
She turns from the keyboard 70 question You
with her eyes, TO see if Won have meh'I
pjcture Of the same old garden. the very same
old garden and no other. why, then you TWO
tbess youn may have in mind garden III
Florida or a garden in Maine, hut surely. surely
ifS leaves OF
blades Of prass. have somewhat grown beyond
the gardeners prcscriptive rule. his pruning
hook and his scythe: surely there are some
extravagant branches hanging low over the walks
some tufts Of weed in the gravel. such slight
mnrks Of passing time are needed TO SIR mem
ory Would Eden itself, if eternaly trimmed ana
primmed. cut bac, and raked over. look like a
genuine old garden9
Not too prim. but indulgently allowed 10 look
ecnnine is the garden Of the Alcazar at Seville
II is old. indeed and judicous neglect makes II
hool an mnch older that when gardener informs
Won that Peter the Cruel gathered fruit from the
orange tree beneath which you stand, you say
sOf coursc Naturally"
Vothinr unidentified, modern or smart Is IN the
entirn enclosure excep: Of the walks. Dor
dered with high hedges, which is trap devised
by some practical Joker.
This walk is paved; below its pavement a net
work of pipes is hidden and the pavement itself
is honcycombed with little holes through which
water NAV be forced In hundreds Of jets, making
the path for its entire length an inverted shower
bath.
Now. IL one has casually strolled into this
nath and II then some mschievous friend, in
collision with the gardener, has the water turned
ON. there is no escape from good wettlng :;
and under such circumstances victim may be
hardened for holding this contrivance to be IN
Identified modern smart and all the rest OF IL.
hut the dry wits Of his party may equally De
hardened for reminding him that he Is In Spanish
garden that the love Of practical joking IS In
grained in the Spanish nature. as a sort Of ioh
for the national dignity; that in Spanish eyes
such things are far from being modern or uii-
authorized inasmuch as the heroic (Ad himscli,
type of ancient chivary for the whole Peninsula
began his career with a practical JOKE wheh ne
filed strong treasure-chests with SAND ana de-
nos,ed them AZ security for o loan OF money
I,ut enough said about the Gid or other heroic
personaces Of ancient days. Pepita is very far
from being heroine; she Ia just common
little Sevlian. with dash Of vulgarity but
then she has the advantage Of being alive still
Suppose we all go together to the Alcazar
garden this evening 1t is so delightful there anu
% quiet" Pepits suggested.
We had no suspicion OF mischief, even wheh
we saw that Mono followed US and entered the
garden after US, with sufficient interval 70 let
It appear that he only a stranger who hap
pened to find himself in place of public resort
at the same time with ourselves
In the streets Pepita had behaved with demure
and uaidenly reserve, but once inside the garden,
where there were few people beside ourselves at
that hour, her antics made Dolores say The
little one must be pardOned. fer at her age, you
know. this fresh air does intoxicate like the
wine OF Manzania
Pardon was not what Pepita wanted. Her chat
ter. her blazing eyes, her snowy tricks Of gesture
and attitude fascinated US all. and were IN
tended for the moment TO fascinate even young