Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-10-12

and to the lobe OF the right car was
fastened a single gem, following the
French fashion. He was strikingly
handsome, and the animation of his
manner was in marked contrast to the
extreme gravity of his father Just as the
brilliant red showing in his cheeks con-
trasted with the older mans sallowness.
Reaching the water gate of the city
the party disem6arked and were met by
the Frey Carlos Gonzales, the inquisitor
general, a tall, thin man in the robe of
the Dominicans; the alcalde of the city,
Don Roberto Patricio; the engineer of
the walls, Don Francesca Cardoza; the
COLONEL commanding the Spanish forces,
Don cirque Honradez of Soto, and many
others. There was much bowlng and
many murmured compliments as they
moved up through the plaza of the Gus
tom hogse to the captain generals pal
ace on the plaza "of the king" where it
stood opposite to the cathedral and
across the square from the Holy House.
on the broad yellow front of which were
the arms of the Inquisition.
1t was that evening that the captain
general and his suite took dinner with
the alcalde and met afterward the beau
ty and rank of the wealthy city, and the
following night the inQuisitor general
claimed them. Then the archbishop en-
tertaned the new arrivals at La Popa,
and then a ball given by the municipal
ity brought them all together. Then the
officers of the army and navy were the
hosts, and then the palace of the captain
general was thrown open and Il grand
dinner and bail completed the good opin-
ion his new subjects had formed of FL
Senior Condo Don Alphonzo Raphael
Juan Medina and his handsome son.
And while all this feasting and joyous
ness went on, while the city was given
up to fetes and every one seemed happy,
there were gangs of slaves, naked and
chained together, who Clipped and pol
ished the great blocks of stone, dragged
them YEARLY to the walls and hoisted
them into place, always under the lash
of the drivers. Half starved, working
under the rays of a sun even more pitt
less than their taskmasters, the usual
number died from day to day and were
thrown into the bay for the sharks, who
were the scavengers of the city, to fight
over.
The walls of Carthagena circle tbs
whole city. They are wide enough in
places for four carriages to drive abreast
they contain huge tanks in which tc
hold the rain water; they are built OF
stone SO closely put together that today
it is sometimes difficult to see the joints
They were built to protect the richest
city on the Spanish main from the at
tacks of the English adventurers and the
buccaneers, for although the place was
taken by Drake and Morgan, when the
walls We're finished it was safe.
They would not stand modern big
guns, but without heavy artillery they
are absolutely impregnable. They cos
eighty million dollars at time wher
every dollar spent represented il
purchasing value five dollars today
They were built by Indian slaves
who cost nothing but the capture
and who were fed on plantains anC
fish, driven to their utmost strength
and "expended," as the Spaniards called
it, so soon as might be. This word needs
explanation. The supply of raw materia
being practically inexhaustible, it was
cheaper to drive in new men, work them
to their limit and let them die under the
lash than to take care Of them with the
idea of having them work longer. If
slave lasted six months on the walls he
paid for his capture, and the result wa;
better than to keep him alive for three
years. The question of loss of life was
not entered into, simply because to the
minds of the Spaniard5 of those days In
dian life was worthless.
CHAPTER II.