New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-12
TIE DEATH SPIDER.
SHOWING HOW YSMAELA. THE lAQCl


Condo. 49,,
III. and I had been out after berendas-iots
of antelope and deer still around thcre-and we
oot back late Saturday afternoon, Just as 'ie
mayordomo was calling the raya That means
what We Americans would say by giving 'he''
their time" lie takes the list from the oooA-
keener,s figures. and compares it with the ac-
couute kept for themselves by the people. AS
they cannot read nor write, they use system
Of lines and circles TO denote day, hal-uaS'
quarterday real twelve ana ,c ma, tsjly
and they generally do, for these rancho ioans
are mighty honest. then they are paid sometimes n
in money, but more generaiiy,thc mus. p' 1917, u
way of their waces-in orders on 'hc '.rh ca
These hacienda stores make lots OF money lor
the haciendados. and keep the people IN deo, dus'
about hopeless as the OLA scheme tiir o' ps ed
and the people always could have money II 'hey
preferred it TO credits. $1,000. ,5 ,,os,
of the people had gone loungine away Tor thr l
one rest of the wcck-for it is great MISTAKE
10 think the peoncs are lcaiers-they really "oIH OH
like beavers well, as ! was saying. ono en-, glil
walked up 10 the mayordomo and said something
"EyP what's that ~ said Don E9riqaG " .'l"':
Ysmacla asking for the washing Are the clouus
readyinS 10 rain honey? Since when art thou
tired of resting ?" -. 4,
We could not near what she said. oI iaot snf
appeared to be insisting. Don Enrique iookea
a question at Mariana. OF course the mayordomo
had the right 10 distribute the work as he thoueht
but when 5nG anI WAS is o Y Mxcan
etiouette-that the employe should consult 'hc
master Mariana was a good felow' ahG ne
never did or said anything to hurt the IcelhSs
of those around him. The administrator ana 'h,
mayordomo were both Of good famlllcs-io's oi
gente fna. men who have spent all their money es,
are glad enough now TO take positions tilat are
Considered inferior i'm MeNco-and Mariana was
so good natured that he let them run things about
As thew pleased You might easily have mistaken
for ~
shrewd business fellow. But he had. as the MrNi,
cans eav so much delicacy for them that wheh
ne disapproved of their doings. or wanted to MAKE
suggestions, he always told them about II prl-
vately and before folks. even before the peoncS;
he treated them very respectfully. and appcared
In take their advice about everything. or course
that sort of thing is only skin Deep ana you can
call it II 70 n rsasd a that
We'll. 40 that was Why when Don Enrique var
pas looked that way at Mariana. the patron
shrugged his left shoulder and threw out ms lei.
hand with a gesture tina, meant oh leave
- al, 70 YOU. my dear fellow" But the little
mink had seen the inayordomo's look. and she
twirled around as cheeky as you please. ana began
Yes. Yea. chula bat this is an affair for Don
Enrique He will send thee to tn" aced1ia. II II
: SssR, to What h SPIDER MS has I H hes
Al that the girl gave quick jump. as If some,
thing had bitten her sure enough. and she turned
about the color of manila paper. as she 1 ,i.,i
Smrrx The last we saw Of her face the color had
not come back to it,, We could not help taking NJ
about her and her within. and the queer caper OF
her leaving like that when Mariano spoke 10 , her
/ gathered from what they, said that she had
GOOD for her and that her freak about the
washing was in order 10 get away from the
house. 50 she would not have to see and worry
over the way that gay blade was now d nIn
That's one thing can never get used TO in
foil
woman as onick as any other man. and ! don't
saw that care for them too high-ton"d or learned
either But these servant women .-strappnsS
greasy husses, with every pore in their SKINS
marked out in black. ike the lines on cracklc-
pottery They are supposed 10 have hath every
Fan Juan tSt Johns day., but really think win
many of them it Is only "cada Corpus san
JUAN ievery Corpus Christi and -. johns Day
and the calendar makers say that these TWO ieas.s
fall on the same day only once in three centuries
Anyway Simeona was worse than isrnaeia :
she was fatter. Ysnaela had very good lsHIc'
too, ali but for a wicked look in her black eyes
I've seen the same look often in boting horses
when they cock their ears and roll their eyes
tS SSm 70 said something like that to Mariano
~Oh, yes, he said "you're right. know IT,
The girl is dangerous. / am sure-thc sort ny
b ns pbbP Pstles through the heart But dont
know, am sure, what / can do. wish Cosme
were away from here.hr is greater Gare man an
sign, and cannot dismiss him: por compromise
from that conventional obligation that so letters
and hampers us Mexicans. lon Americans wonia
mine were compadres- -sponsors-and So must
bear with his excuses at my very HES rlsk Inc
only good thing is that the gT t % ms go %d'
course Enrique will let her 60 with the iavanderas
-thinkest not that he shonld, Caritos?
Now, want TO say. right here, though II has
nothing TO do with my story. that my nam" ls
not Carlitos nor Carlos. nor Charles in any shape
whatever MY true name is odd and uncommon
even in English, and the MeXicans are determined
shall have "a Christian d. O.. saints name Sc, so
they have slddlc1 several on me. am generally
Ysac, or the dimnutive or nickname OF IT. hac;
and from that has come my being called Jack
by Americans Mariana dslikcs Isaac in Spanish
sCarios
By Jove! IL was pretty sight tEcrel wished !
was q painter. The wide, deep ditch. with us
white sand bottom. full Of ripping water.
humming to itself q little song, and the poplar'
along the edge keeping time to it, with all their
glossy leaves a-clapping like tiny hands Along
the bank. in tho fringe OF ferns and witers'dees
was a string Of women kneelng, some IN u sort
of scoop made Of goOds-box. bot mostly IN holcs
followed in the sand. for boards are boards IN
Mexico. slipping into the water before them,
A. she scrapcd and thumped and pounded ana
paddled the soiled clothes, rinsed by souslng IN
the water or by pouring over wanr win an o,,a,
used the long, inch-square bars OF Mexican soap
Others used pounded or grated amole soaprooU,
hut this was mostly for wOollens. The women
looked we'll, moving in free vigorous swings. WITH
their long. black braids swavinc. their hl,ir
rebozos catching the sun, and their BRIGHT skirts
Their brown arms and necks showed like bronze
above the white chemisrs, for these rancho work
women do not wear waists or Jackets;
When we got to Ysmaea we saw that she was
washing her stent with some herb-a lot of Green
Leaves pounded.
Hoia, here is something new' said Mirano.
sWhat hast thOu there my daughter? Is II a
weed common enough to save me a lot on soap "
The girl mumbled something about it being
ecssce-a rare herb
sRaYel yea l warrant, your worship said
Ysmoela's right-hand neighbor. looking up with
An impudent, !eerine grin too rare TO be wasted
On common rOpa. Please. your mercy, II is q
philter, o love-potiOn-those are Don Cosme y
clofhAe that she is washing, TO coax him away