The Newtown bee., 1895-03-22
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THROUGH THE HALLS OF THE ALHAmBR A

THROUGH THE HALLS OF THE ALHAmRR
 A SPANISH PROMISE.-AMERICAN ToUR.
 ISTs THROUGH THE STREETS OF MA | LAGA.-oFF FOR THE ALHAMBRA.-
 GREAT MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS AND CAN
 oNs.-oLIyE TREES AND cACTI.-
 GRANADA AND ITS BEGGARs.-TBT
 ALHAMBRA, POEM IN DoMEs AMI \ ARcHEs.-wHAT IF ITS WALLS coULr | sPEAk.-oN TO THE EGYPTIAN pYR AMIDS.
 There is always one word in every language which traveller hears morn.
 Ing, noon and night, word which men use ana women repeat and children bah.
 pie, word, which hearing, you know
 immediately in what country you are.
 The Englishman calls the fogs of Lon don "nashty;' the Frenchman thinks the vaie or Chamouni'' very pretty;" and the Spaniard says in relation to every plan or project or promise, ssTo-morrow. 5 The Spaniard never promises to do any, thlng to-day; that would be to be in too much of a hurry; that would be to be in indecent haste and to lose his reputation as Spaniard. So the passengers on the "Frlesland' were in no way sur pTised to learn that when, because of losing our anchor-chain at Gibraltar, our vessel came into Malaga in the early morning some hours behind our sched- uled time, the railroad authorities stout. y refused to transport the party to 1 Granada and affirmed that the trip must n ENAsh
 | only another proof in our journeyings ! that all things are bound to work togeth- CT Tor good to Americans who are off on a pleasure expedition and are set on making the best of it, come what will. through the obstinacy of the railroad of1clals we paid visit to the city of Malaga; and, had they been somewhat obllging, we would have missed this sight
 What beautiful view it was that Tuesday morning, February 19, when we lay off the harbor of Malaga. There was the city clustered along the edge of the sea, and, behind the city, as mag nlhcent background rose spurs of the Sierra Nevadas. On one knoll rested an old Moorish castle, and high above all surrounding buildings stood the clock tower of the great cathedral of Malaga Most beautiful of all was the purple veil that hung over the mountains and robed them in an azure hue.
 Will any of us forget that disembark- ing
 OUR SHIP IS BIG ONE,
 and the harbors of the Mediterranean are not as the harbor of New York; all our landing must be in small boats, reached by the gapgWay of long ladder over the ships side. "Now's yer time," so called out the second officer; and, sup ported on either side, with three or fonI Spaniards holding the lighter as we'll as | they could to the ladder, a lady would jump-just then the lighter was on the pillows crest-and, if all went we'll, would land safely in the boat, while great shout went up from friends on the ships deck above. But this was not all such bullabaloo and tempest of shout ing as was kept up by the Spaniards try | ing to hold the small small craft fast "Cumba! Muchitano! Rivierai An yimenos!'' The fashion of talking Span. | ish co natives, save the mark ) became very popular, and soon almost every passenger was joining in the general me l lee and giving his commands.
 Malaga is a fine city, surprisingly so. When you see from the ship what seems small collection of houses, you at once put it down in your mental note book as | a dirty, struggling Spanish town. It is not. The streets are clean, scrupulous- ly so; they almost look as if they had been scrubbed with brush and Sapolio. The business blocks are solid and sub- stantial; few better are found in our | American cities of which we so much | boast. I wish that you, my dear reader, had been there, that you had just been privileged to stand on the sidewalk of | Malaga and watch the procession go by. Clark's tourists passed through the | Malaga streets in carriages that stretched for half mile or more, and the inhabi- tants of Malaga turned out en masse to I witness the sight. This city has one peculiarity; that is, every window of every house, no matter how humble the house, no matter how high above the pavement the windows, has it's little bal ! cony where the dwellers in the house | are wont to sit and see what is going on. On this grand occasion these balconies | were occupied, in fact, they were | crowded; and what fun the people had !, | One look at us was enough to draw forth smile that played upon the lips :; I another look elicited grin that affected I every feature in the face; third glance | threw into convulsions of laughter thai ! shook the whole body and made the laughers hold their sides. We'll,
 I IF ONLY SOME REAL GOOD FUN
 can be brought into the midst of the sad | scenes of this world, I suppose that most of us are willing to play the clown. | Wednesday, February 20, came the greatest day of the entire .sFriesland'' cruise. It was greatest in thesense that is was longest; it was day of full 24 hours, and one can hardly be longel
 than that. Our party left the ship at 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and they crawled into their little hunks again at 3 o'clock on Thursday morning, having been on the go every moment of the | time. It was rather novel experience, disembarkiug in those wee, sma' hours
 but tourists soon fall into the line of
 doing very peculiar and strange things,
 things that they would pronounce heath enish at home.
 When we reached the Malaga shore in that dim twilight, we found our Spanish train awaiting us. And such a train At first sight it looked like playing at railroad travel instead of going into the
 business with the idea of getting some.
 where. The train was composed of con- partment cars. Each car contained
 three compartments wholly separated from each other, the entrance being at the sides. Two cushioned seats hold eight persons sitting vls-a-vis. It Is cer-
 tainly an exclusive way of travelling; you
 may Ee freed from the annoyance of tht
 squalling baby who once in awhile takel it into his head to travel in the American
 railway coach, and yet you may get il
 very close proximity to that obstreper ous bit of humanity and be wholly un
 able to get out. Once you are in you compartment, the ubiquitous guard comes along and shuts you in and ther,
 you are, for better for worse, for nor,
 or for less time, until his royal majesty
 chooses to let you out. The travelling
 companions in our compartment hap
 pened to be congenial set; we did no
 argue religion, politics, and no one ven tured the assertion that he was not real ; 1vy iot ar. fhof Q ufr,J frct Trhr