Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-03-05

| there was likely I'd De anytmne
amusing OF worth seeing going ON.
l stopped at Bordeaux and Lisbon on
my way tO Gibraltar. where ] met a
lot of people who knew me. But
soon got tired of wine parties and
soldiers talk and garrison girls. and
so started away again in search oi
novelty. ! wanted new scenery. new
people in fact. To zee different life
altogether from that which ] was
used to in England.
I'VE ran up to Nice. but that was
worse ihaI Gibraltar and then
rambled through Corsica. dirty
hole. with poor shooting much
Dragged about, and spent a dull fort
night. After that | went to Palermo.
and enjoyed myself vastly. and then
made up my mind to visit Greece and
all the little islands round about. But
| never got to Athens. We were
cruising about the pretty little islands
Of the Archipelago. Milo. Serpho, 81
phant0 "a day or two at one or an
other. according 70 the weather or
the interest of the place when one
fine day we anchored at Mo, and
there met my fate. :"
by which you mean my daughter
in-law. presume, said Lady Ken
singtOwer dryly. as her s0I paused
in his narrative.
Quite so but you shall hear.
"Nio is a quaint. primitive place,
one of the smallest of the islands,
with u pretty hay and with what the
inhabitants are pleased to call town,
behind which there is a barren. tree
less country. which, however, pro-
duces oil, honey and plenty of cotton.
wanted to see a plantation Of the
latter, and as soon as | made my de
sires known was pointed out a
large, sprawling, barnlike building.
standing in it's own grounds, which
apparently extended half across the
island.
Fancy my surprise when found
that the proprietor of this place was
an Americanl told him nly name,
and he received me most cordially.
We don't often catch any Of your
countrymen here, Mr. ksnaing-
tower. he said, with what sounded
like rather an offensive emphasis ON
the Mr.. Lord Kensingtower, |
suggested. Well, that may be, he
replied, but we don't have 10 lords
here nor yet in the country where |
come from. so if you don't mind. Mr.,
Kensingtower, I'll just call you Mr..
Kensingtower. 1t viii make me feel
more comfortable.
"Of course ! laughed, and he point
ed out all the curiosities of the place.
Men, women and children were busy
picking the cotton and preparing it
for transport, aud happier looking
lot of mortals never saw. My host
whose name, by the way, was
Thaddeus Clugg-told mo he had
lived on the island for thilty-five
years and seldom left his own
grounds. I have everything want,
he said. 'and perhaps soine collars
put by somewhere in casa Of acci-
dents. And as for society, now and
then traders put in here, aud we deal
and exchange and what not besides.
That is not q had lot Of hum2nity to
pass your life with, is itF he added,
pointing with evident pride to his
employees, who were here, there
and everywhere all over the place,
II was bound to admit that
thought him very lucky man, end
we went into dinner, which, though
curious combination Of fSh, flesh.
fowl and vegetables. waA mort pcla-
table; and he produced excellent
champagne, claret, and what aston
ished me still more. capital clgars,
After dinner young girl, aged
about fifteen, came in, and without
saying Il word. rat herself down in a
corner and began making coffee,
Your daughterf asked. Not bit
of it, said he; same as the others,
Oh, an Employed Do you find labor
plentiful in this country Devil a
bit of it; my lot are all importa.
tions, he replied
Il grew quite interested for il
seemed so strange that this insignifi
cant island, of which | had never
heard, should have TO employ
foreigners to pluck its miserable pro
ductions, and | asked further ques-
tions. My host, warmed with his
own wine, was inclined 10 be com
municative.
"You see, he said. we get lot
of boats here one way and the other
Turkey amt SO very far off, nor
Gambia. nor Africa neither, for the
matter of that, and there's Il good
deal of trading in q small way.
Illicit tradingf ] suggested,
"Mayho il be and maybe il bent;
that all depends on the law of the
country aud we amt troubled much
with law here. Now that gal you
speak about Frangipanni we call
her
what u curious manner said |.
MAY be, he replied, You see, ]
once swapped some merchandise, and
among the things ! got in exchange
was whole case of perfumes, which
was never much good TO me, SO
named the youngsters after them
This is Fangipannii that niger, he
continued, pointing to broad feat
ured African who was passing in
front of the window, carrying a
heavy load. that is White Rose; the