Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-04
WAKEMAN's WANDERING 5


of sociological study aud observation 20
ErOtvsuuc aud yet 50 genuine thing az
gypsy royalty no be king or "QuceuN
of u attcrdemallon crew of wanderers
seems 10 rs who are utterly removed
from gipsy thought. feeling and cOndl-
tions, 50 tfiillng aud onllanll,h u thing
that we can scarcely contemplate the
regal status and rs odd hignilics without
a luellng of ridlvulr aud contempt.
Tho first gypsy ! ever saw Wns prih.
cVssl afterwards qucyn That WAS Just
iprly years ago, SHE was \ mite OF 4
thing, aud great storm OF early wlutci
had separated hpr from the rpst vi hei
baud rs \ was fastening 10 summer
cllmes, aud drlven her, desperately nrai
dtath ttom the severity of the elements
TO the door Of 0ur ample and ancient
farm huusN II was Thanksgiving DAY,
A rrowd Of relatives and trrnds were
hcng entertained nftur the good old New
England fashion. The hundreds OF cat.
Tie, hutacs and shrcl had all been cunl
ioriahly housed rum tie hrWiiderius
slnrin Three mr. four tnhletuH of euun'
try side guvsts had been served, every.
Thus possessing q kocnrr relish for the
ahuddrrinH nlpht and Us binding snow.
While the good Old place was ringing
with laughter AMI lulllty aud my mother
With the mauurr of q Severe commander,
wds giving M eye Ia Preparations for the
''hirOd men's" rOnast, the sturM clutUhrl
and shook the old tarm house rayagely,
Ia the rattle and clattcr NJ II all there
WAS swept into the wide, low-ceiliugud
room scared, trembling, twny gitl VI
perhaps fourteen years ut age,
The snow was henton lnt1 her glossy,
black hair witch was matted Wildly
about her shlyvring form My mother
locked the "hirrl men out for a BIZ;
brought the Rirl to the capncinus Ere.
place and dried aud warmed her; aud
lhon with genuine couri martial ar,
aud still with bruslue yet certain touch
Of the WATTS Immediate uoed- which had
real humanity IN II. set her At the table
and ful her uutll she could hold no more.
1hrn taking both OF ns-mysrlf rising
ave- Ms the farmers SAY, aud this plump.
gluwing'pyrd hvntlNn SHE marched us
M Aiulrs away into The garnet, aud put
uA, still together into the snnggest Of
tlundlr bnds beside the huge, roaring
chimney, whvrc, cudiling me In her warm
arms rs " for hnmah cumpAniunshlp,
aud muttering words Of AZ unknown
tongue which surely held the modnlaton
aud accent Of rruynr, this Lost heather
princess s0llbod herself asleep,
II would be- u long aud even romantic
story, how ihls Rlpsy Eirl was found AZ
Onr home by gipsy lad next morning:
how the had aud lass Disappeared baud
IN hand lis, rugged Aihuurttrs over the
snuw.cnpped Ills abpni our valley ihrm;
how when q huy-Hpldler ! rainv upon
the Two, ihunenun aud wife, ground be-
tween the toNth Of war ns Hood was
making his brave but iateiul winter
mnrrh upon Nashville, Just ton years
after The stormy Thanksgiving time aud
at then dreadful risk srt ihem on thelr
Why 10 giray friends iu the NOrihi how
but q few years later Alll | nEun found
Them His tine IN Il griat ripsy unmg
whore the annual Maysdny meetings and
phfthgH WIRE going on aud where for
What littlu aud niue had done, ihia
Anme giOay girl now queen OF hnr tribe,
made my mpfits through her gratitude,
No great TO her people aud race, that IN
al lands aud places since, three magic
word. have unlocked house, tent aud
heart of oil pinaydlm; but Il has brought
mo to SEQ and feel almost with gypsy eyes
and mind and 10 know that there IL tfu-
~ an Impressive reality even IN gypsy
royalty IN rays ~
The accepted notion about gypsy Kings
and queens Is that of The stage and
sory.bnok Mpay, carrying witch crook,
sffidlng great strides, dressed w sandy
hnpry, wearing tlii crown and bedecked
with Brlmnagig beads nnd rings who
enllehsly speaks IN o yoire Of Aupplrssed
bnssD aud WIN 'Ihccs. lhunFF
"llDnw Has aud "Avannt.V tfeni'
bling subjects uuul th"r joints ats
loose IN thcir sockets aud the camp hrg
not, rattle aud clink IN the crooks OF
Inc iron kettle atlcks. Perhnis somv'
thing OF this s1ri WIS Ia vogue few
hundred years ago. Tbs history 81 gipsy
tribes In continental Europe shows uai
gipsy kings princes, ears ulhrs
md those Of lesser title rOamcd about
under license OF polentaies, with retinuef
mud raynleadea that would have dons
hnnor 10 truly titled fOlk VI the time.
Iint all this sort Of thing u now alvna
found In the shiling-slmckrr and penny
dreadful wilds Of literature. There wsn
up To the last century some g.uulhe
royal gipsy pngeautfy among NE lhrgpr
,yi,uderinR British ttihes. This was
OF Scottlsh more ihnn OF
EnulIsh gipsies. Tbs record Of the royal
doiDgs 0i the latter W Indeed luminous
aud unique. .,
III the curly part Of the sixteenth sei.
Jury, Anihunins thwinO, rari OF Liuie
lsufpt. wan no c0nSunmnlely shreNd IN
rafrilng aut his assumption OF pilsrlm'
aga and Of being under eomDiaiihs o. tue
u0ta 10 wander seven years Without si"vp-
nv Ia 4 bed, that he actually secured the
II not the favor " Jhinas
~. This Anlhonius Gawino. seemed t9
hs dhlomnl BY mature. lie inveiged
IS,ng Lame lnio diving him very
.irDna and ympniheiie letter 70 his
linrl. The hing III Denmark, Ia which
IN. rips, chief aud bis yagnliOud follow
pr. nrc spoken Of ~ "AnthopiuA iaWino,
ilrl Of Little IFypt ana tue ytnrI AZ
Noted ana lamcltablc tribe Of his r.
liuue. whilst through desire of travel
IN AID by command u the pope. Pr
Timing over the Christian w0rii.' ETC.,
winch shows that their Imposition upon
IN urianahdy Scottish King was COM
niete. whether Or not his testimonial ever
.n,itrd tlilln m DrnmArk.
iintil nearly hall century AFTER thia,
iliaongh lie glpslr. had already beeolne
llielr true character hnd upt
.o,,i disrov.feh JAMES y. shortly be-
Iofe ~ death VI 1870 eniercd Into a
eaeue wiih John f'aw lord and earl Of
Ldfle Efypt." directing All IN authority
h H. r,iaim 10 compel The return 70
avs submiaslon hli those BEyptans who
MI reljrliei agniuat him, and that an
,fiirsrs should AspIat Ia dotAlnine aud
lnnlshinr th0se people ~ Conformity
,ifh bis laws. 70 that. As uhe edict Rad,
die said John have no cause for COM
llalnt thercnlon 10 tlmo couiinFN Thla
difl further charged ell oilcor1 al thu
fnllu 70 coumand uaFlefa % all abllit
4 ports aud hnrena where ths pald
oln and Ma gazaIa1y ezdahk oarIl..fn ~.