The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-25


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ping 10 tho shade at midday Is 4 somtortlns
and seaside thing 70 dc, After = time We
found Il had q. broken surissS with : littis
brook that DIVIDED II IRON. what seemed TO he
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the table LAID or mess, on which i stood. ''O'A
has one ' psr. SS1 Tho6
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structure ipto four room,-iyo large front
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the timber vas dry ssd vssthsr teatss, as as
we're some whip-sewed boards out to complete
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the letter OF Introduction had brought. Then
was vent no. out nut 70 1Gos e, the ~, Village
teresting because Of the work Of some
ambitiens priest long ago. At. one
ss.ehlrch with adobe walls not less than SO BY
10 iest large The walls bad been run up
Some Of The wnaoWs ssS BEEN sroseS o1ee
tiny shrubs were growinT 10 and on the ne
The majority OF the houses about the plaza
were Of adobe, walls, whitewashed on the out
gentleman living on the plaza who did not
La Mesa was really q cowboy town OF the
Isthmus tire. The people who lived in the
adobe walle houses were tho cattle owners
aud those Ia the thatched houses the COWBOYS
ana their iamilies. The population was about
dozen cattle owners among the sixty odd iami.
a succeesion Of hills and table lands that
stretched to the main CordillerRs on the north.
but the business was conducted i" In T faaHion
which American COWBOYS would call slow.
There was no nlSgeing OF the range. There
No one carried revover save Ike cattle own
sns fh Sss a AZ =, they Sore sees
COWBOY ossdt All Of the sowsor, we're seS 'o oyee
waite little patches OF corn, Leans. and sugar
cane. To make amends for this condition Of
slIsirs hOTeveT there was all the rum that
Senior Muersdo said there were many veins
santa FS 81. tSsy ~srs al Sfnss ana Sa no
that II the intercontinentai railroad were ever
completsd-something q which he had no
Ren oe The eee Ssh
lay lay, Idle would be utilized He was not sure
any way. for he said that everybody had few
The Santa rs climate. he said, was quite dit.
ferent from that OF the lower attitudes through
which had passed.
People can go aLbou about without hats. y no said
rect rays q he sun You'd not Produce e Fever
As they will near the sea. Moreover. IT, rains
States. in showers Of few hours duration.
in the height Of the. rainy season storms do
the sun is always tempered by the breeze from
the sea, that can be ssen arkiinR In the sun
in the wet far below ana away to the south.
isIsH. Nth Tss s1ssas. Tss Fss:
fumsd with fragrant breaths OF flowers and OF
You must not go up there. for II you do
You will never more enjoy your own home"
La Mesa's climate 10 hlmoat as fine for they
south Of the. Cordilleras for eight months OF
the year. and only In the height ofthe dry sea-
son 10 the direct heat OF the sun like that on
'n Ss,isiraiisa about the plaza, map came
restios Ham painted above 1t. and said:
Good day. You speak English, chr
i'a' All i1 Right Railroad"
All riehtNSnow railroad1"
Yes"
on. do you mean If am railroad man ?"
All right. soon maker
The intercontipsntall No"
All mile gractas. All right"
He turned 70 the others and told them In
had told them ali along. Then he turned e. to to
twenty S D EnrIish WORDS that he Knew tuning
at intervals to relate to the others In detail
ing them greatly with his FnSwlsdss Of Eng.
wiz :sost svs S to :sy
derstand what l said, but 1 held my right
my mouth. Thea / tilted the little iinger into
the air 1t 4 Beautiful spseaimep Of The sign
did all bis friends Ia chorus.
Every man on the isthmu knows the mean
OF the 'ssers They ali know the sign ian.
That nisht there was such a religion. pro
RED much longer, before some Of the houses
Ssnor Musrada's They told me that the pro,
csssion remained before each house in proper
tion 90 the amount OF money that each family
gave TO the priest for the occasion.
A We watched the procession and the women
VINO brought burning candles to place on the
yeranda rails senior Muerada said;
" IL Ia done only where they burn candles.
Imagine women putting electric lights before
an Image" john X SpEAIs.
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