The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-02
CHAPTER !.
THE OLA DODitlDA,

j I'LL IL c!duIdFu LOiIT
and arOurd the w,rld. During TIVE !ty
of the sixty year, Of my life | have
travc ed ailnieosly, Or at least with no
other purpO than 10 find pleasure in
now and shifting sights. Long ago
exhausted the nO,eltles OF the big
cities of ali lands. and then l took To
stopping in my journeys whenever and
wherever the within seized me. That
l. the rca on Why | came upon and
par icipated in the events which
have set my pen to wri ing out.
In New York / read newspaper
ia ayraph about the building of a
church in Montreal after the model of
a cathedral in Ma irid, and within a
few hours started tO"ard the Ca. a.
dian citt. The G are two direct and
rapid routes in common use for through
traffic, but [ chose to take a slower
and less usual Journey midway between
the better and sw. ter lines. | Lad
traverse two or three come ting
ra..rOat ;, and had spent eight or nine
hours IN going 10 miles. wien u sign
board liked my Spanish eye, interest
ediy | am 50 much OF Il smOpOlitan
that three or four languages are quite
Us Il, t. my Lttcrancc and my vision
a. lny native one. Yet, when | saw
"Gl Il poirida" lettered on the fl n. If
small Il use near the tation at
HDOsac was positively thrilled by the
naming of Spain ) natl nal dish in
rural New York, and ha t.ly decided
to visit the premises.
The restaurant had not prOsperously
introduced the ola pOirida to An.eri-
cans, TO" the establishment wa, a
crude, cheap eating p ace, al hOu h
neat enough. Bat NJ Il Harrios was
tho G, and alter Il visitor got sight of
her the rest of the Things IN the house
were not mulch cOn,idcre :. saw in
stantly that Spanish blood course ed
through her veins. She was tall. nObly
formed and beautiful. Her foot ca
resscd the earth when she trod, one
might have poured water under the
.archcd instcp. Her han,s We're small,
though hardened with work. The
chestnut eyes with the golden tinge,
the chestnut curls with the sunbeams
they imprisoned, the pearly teeth, the
sea. lc. /! $. were all CD eles, in their
lOvollncs-. But the features were
straight. and the level brows had lost
thei.. childish curves, and her voice
was deep :tnd full. like that OF born
queen. .c" bluc boz Ice held her 1.-the
figure X an cmbra e. Folds of white
linen iaclu>cd her softly heaviny DO
som.
VIVA. was Moa Barlios? Merely IL
> CIR. OF twenty-five, who helped the
Widow l)aWu,'s AMI her son Albert to
keep the lite make shift inn to which
the p,ucarG "Di:li 'odriua" had brought
,nc.
-, I'm spanish only in name and
ysrcntagc." sac sal to mo when
asked q NC ii rs about herself. My
father ana mother came from >, ain,
but was !! on in this country and was
loft an orphan in childhood. ! don't
even knrw !. hundred words in III,
mother, lanGu gc----
"And two .. tacm are ola podrida:'
l suTs cstcd.
"Ies.'
And do you know how to cook the
dish?"
Eyes: for wo used to eat it when nv
mother was alive. and | remembered
huw to make after u fashion. When
/ came work here. Il cheap and pal
atablc specially was desired, and pro-
hucod it,"
SO thi, Spanish princess of my dis
covory was only mental cook. | ex-
pressed my surpri Z ut that.
90. I'm IL sort of pan tner." she smi!-
inyly g., pll ned. And it Is only { r Il
month longer, anyhow. am to marry
Albert Da NcrS. and We are going to 90
to farming by ourselves.
That seems NOR. Ike what you are
litte! FOR. and yet not all you desire.
You are fail, schoolcd-yOu are in
ielligcnt-you are beautiful"
had pre- ,umed upon M age to paw
a broad compliment, but 4 blaze of led
in her checks, and Il flash of fire in her
eyes. stopped me. Her emotion was
hardly anger, for il Il moment she
calmly said: Il have had enough of
trying t. rise i'll the world. We won't
tax about me. Arc you going to stay
to supper. AMI yer night: This ism
so much Of Il hotel that We can proper.
~ care I Vo-; unwarncd.
answered that | void like to be
fei and lodged. Then loungcd out
on IL ycrand;. .shirh adjoined the bi.
OF Il har-rcom. and found the saloon
part of the premises shut. Only in the
long winter evenings did the bibulous
nciShbors congrcya. therein. At his
sunmo' season me interval between
their licld work and their bedtime was
tno brief TO permit of >oc;;,hiity.
Therefore the huiness o. the hou- e
consisted u selling chance meals and
lodgings TO travellers. The w dow
Di~er, explained this me. in 5 me
VIVA, surly manner. AID left me to pre-
pa"e Il bedroom for my occupancy.
Then Moa came to ask whe' her | wou! Id
prefer bacon and eggs or fried >ausase:
for SUPPER.
Neither" SAID L. Give ME OLA
poirlda-
u, es my reader know what that is:
The ola podrida. or national hot pot
ordinarily eaten every day b. the
Sraniards in every part of Spain. IS
really more .. Il dinner than disll,
ami the, cfor> many eat nothing es,.
Spanish cookery is reported by your
travellers who have rough ned it in TIE
Sierras to be nothing but Il question ..
sufficient crease, and. truly. they mix
things tritle too much. and season
too highly ior other than manner
born tls eS. \ lit5le goodwill is high
IL necessary to habiiuate ones self ,C
certain sauces and g:avies lecular ,C
spanish kitchens, ana / am a toreignc,
t. my native land in that re :, ect. \,
ccnnOmicn IL n,nIn "A i:ir,ra pi,ca ~