Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-12-09

1 ~ nina. l may oe p2ruoneu Tor kaytnx
that my resolve was carried out, though
perhaps not as hna hoped.
'.lf was evening when reached the city.
with its narrow streets and low, leaf
shatchei houses. rudely and weakly built
bur having some show Of ncatuess On the
inside All the buildings seemed alike.
and there were no stores or biz signs OF
hotels or restaurants. The dusky, half
savage people rtared eoldiy at me, and
made me feel more alone than ever. | wan.
iered along, hoping To see familiar sign
| 81 some sort. Rt irsust some show OF "a de
cent nights lodging and Il good square
meal. The tough looking guides on the
other side Of the mountains had rohbesl me
Of most of my money, hut hal n little
left. Yet II was growing dusk and | lid
NOT know what 10 do. for could not speak
the ordinary patols Of the people TO make
any inquiries.
AT last. however. my happy eyes SAW
the Spanish word for Restaurant printed
on slip Of white paper with lead pencil
anil stusk la "A giass window. Without
ceremony | cntercsl. There wits large
room Of rough. plain boards, and In the
middle OF Il one long table covered with
white cloth. At first ! thought there was
uoone present. But rs grew used TO the
faint light made out the form OF girl
sitting at the farther end OF the table, with
her hesui buried la her arms. gave u loud
| grunt to attract her attention. and she
quickly RAISED her head. A. we'll ~ could
see Thought she was COOL looking and
4 young woman. vaguely felt happy and
wondered what language she spoke. A I
resolved in my mini the possible methods
If finding this ont AMI was about TO i,c,sin
with English ami try all knew. picked
up AN earthcn plate. anil iis | toyed with ii
on the table In my youthful cnbarrass
ment, accidentally let IL fall TO the floor,
where IL broke Ia several pieces, much to
quickly To her feet In a little fright, ex
:laiming very distinctly;
"'Gracionsr
$50 she wis English. In my delight Mt
the discovery forgot all about the plate.
but stepped quickly forward and took her
hand. not quite without embarrassment,
and explained, ~ briefly ~ could, who
wis and what wanted. You may he sure
she was ~ delighted 10 see nae ~ ! To Eee
her. For whole year the only kindred
lace she had seen wis her fathers, and
that, she remarked was covered with n
shaggy heard. She confessed that when
came In she was shedding few tears OF
homesickne~s herself and wondering II no
friend would come TO her, or 10 her father
could not I've persuaded 10 take her back 10
Cuba, where her home had been.
.lthink WAX never happier In my life
than WAS that night. We two seemed to
have come to each other at just the mo-
ment that each was most welcome. and we
found our thoughts so alike and our tastes
80 congenial that we wat and talked full
hour before my hungry stomach even had
chance TO assert itself. You may he sure
WAS well served with "a good supper, ns hot
and steaming and dainty a. nm English
girl could make IL. Then when we hud
spent another hour 10 eating it and chat
ting over Il, and | had helpsd clear the
dishes away and wash them, and my friend
bad decided to let the sweeping 20 until
the morning. because ! must start early,
the old father. a bluf. taciturn man, came
In and joined the conversation with us,
and ! quite forgot my WEAKNESS until II
was very late.
"My new found friend. the old gentle.
man, WAS u person OF some authority in tue
place, and offered TO provide me with an
escort Of twelve mounted men 10 Buenos
4 Ayres, which was SOME 0J1 miles across
open plains w.ierc two hostile tribes were
at war. Each tribe had cockade az a
bssdge-one Of red, the other OF white. BY
having both Of these sorts Of coclia6les In
our pockets and dexterously pulling out
the right one when company OF armed
men approached us we hopa.l TO pass all
lines safely, and the event proved happy.
though we haul SOME narrow escapes
when | was ready To start in the morn
| Ing ] suddenly. half jokingly. asked the
young woman 70 whom had become much
attached in "A single evening TO accompany
me ~ far ~ her old home in Cuba, and
| promised her fatacr 10 take go3i cure OF
her. Somewhat To tlm nStoaishment of us
all, that OF the young woman net the least,
she took the notion OF Begging her father
to let her accept my ofIer. and he finally
consented.
I'VE were Just la the nick of time at
BuenoS Ayres TO heah OF the runaway
ship. The captain hal taken ont his pr
pers already when we arrived. AMI was
planning to sail the next morning. But
he AMI all his mates were quietly arrested
while still OI shore. and myself took com.
mand of the vessel. shipped new crew
and with my newly disco, ercd treasure
| from the heart of the desert. sailed for the
West indies, where | spent happy month
at the young lady's home In CubL
ut IL needless 10 say that she became
Mrs. Farlow. and you ARE quite well
enough acquainted with her to excuse me
from expatiating further upon her beauty
and other attractive qualities. - A. 5.
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