The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-08
ROME ONLY REPLIED RETURN ;,
"A type OF the Jesuit to Re Pound In
south America.


hsqGina In corrsentes that he came m
no1f1' u priest at first sight, yet not qrlte
similar 70 other priests, at least % fhoEa
whose mission is only for mass and meat.
- opsniard. toe. at first sight. with the
SSisan-cnt features Of Old Castillo the bonv
.ahas that mark the man Of action. ard
reef as square as boxes withal no, COM
,loi'place, though unassunalng. but With a
look or that intensity OF uurn,ze which
many saints have shared with bulldogs.
Nooody knew him, and he did not SCI m
- os man Of much importance. The
stewards observing that all his luggage
eonsiStea OF newspaper which he carried
uhaer rs arm. turned from him with dis
us4h. The traders and the gamblers SOW
ne was not Of them. Even the gaucnos
tooned little scornfui and remarked that
~ vas most probably 'maturanEo" In
their vocabulary "rnaturango - y, ming a
pd1 IldeF, Is the NEST contemptuous term
OF all Among them philosopher Who
louened his horse with his toe 10 mount
ing would have no scceptation. As for
,he iunerant opera company. even the
nasso 'aiways the wit Of an Italian opera
uoupe) mad nothing TO say about him.
Sthi' AFTER a little time. and as the
steamer skirted the City OF Corrientes and
entered the Paraguay. and passing HUI
marta with the church a ruin still from
the Time of the war, and left CuruDaitv
oehind her. passing into the regions cf
RPrTnrf0 =
ficomayo. after running through the Cha
CO. fall into the Paraguay. II was an
parent that the lonely passenger had be-
come a favOrite. Why was not apparent
AT nTst sight Certainly he knew The river
better in some respects than the Corren-
tino pilot. and could point out the various
places where, IN bygona times. such or
such a missionary had met his fate BY In
dian spear or arrow
Just between that tuft OF palms under
the mountain IN the distance Father
Julian Lizard, a B!scayan. received his
martyrs crown in 1876 al the hands of the
Chiriguanas Beside his body plercAd with
arrows was found his breviary, open az
the Office for the dead as II, poor soul.
ne had been trying TO read his own funeral
service In pace requiescat There. where
you see the broken tower and ruined walls
the 'tapera,' as they cali 1t here in these
eountries-the Jesuits had a town among,
the Guaycurus. This was before the Phil
istines prevailed against them. and with
drew them from their work and Light from
the souls Of the poor Indians"
Ihus discoursing and smoking cigarettes
pcrpetually. Tor the newspaper contained
nothing but paper and tobacco he wound
himself into our hearts The traders swora
by him. even the Engiishmen. when he
said he was a Jesuit, replied that they did
not care. he was a id good fellow and
he smiled. not understanding. but seeing
they were pleased. The Brazilans In the
morning asked for his blessing on the sIv
though all free-thinkers when talking in
the smoking room. The opera troupe were
ms devoted slaves. and he used TO sit and
near their grievances and settle their quar-
rels. Even the gauchos before they went
ashore at Asuncion. chatted Familiarity
with him. and asked him If he knew tho
pope. and told him of the deaths they.
owed" and wondered If one OF them who
never was baptized. and, therefore had no
saint, could go to heaven; TO which he an
swered; Yes my son, on All Saints
Day"
We left Asuncion. with its towers and
houses hidden in orange gardens and the
great palace. in the style OF Pailadio. by
the rivers edge Asunclon, the capital OF
the viceroyalty Of Paraguay-in tho Span-
ish times a territory about as large as Eu-
rome and now sleepy seml-Indlan village.
after having endured the three successive
tyrannies of Francia and the two Lopezes
looks over the Chaco at the great desert.
still an unknown wilderness OF swamps
and forests. Then the river narrows and
all traces OF civilization are left behind.
Here the Jesuit. for all had now begun to
call him nothing else, seemed 10 brighten
up as IL he expected something, and his
stories OF the Jesuits OF old times became
more frequent
Little by little his own history came out.
for he was not communicative at least
Narayes, It appeared that the company Of
Jesus had secretly started a mission among
the Guasarapos, and he was OF Il. Never
since the DAYS Of the Jesuits' glory IN
America had any missionary been bold
enough % make the experiment. Fcrnan-
deg and Al"ar Nuncz In times past hal
written Of their ferceness and intracta-
hility Nuno de ChaveS, the bold adven-
turer. who founded the town of sta Cruz
De Ia Sierra, had met his death close u
their territory At long intervals they hal
been known 10 come - the mission OF II
Santo Corazon. or sometimes 10 wander
even as far as that Of Reyes. In the dis
trict Of the Noxos while throughout the
region Of the upper Paraguay stories 81
their outraSes and murders were rife In
the long. hot nights. as the vessel drew
near 20 Corumha the PASSENGERS would
sit and listen 70 the tales tho Jesuit told
Seated in a cane chair. dressed n rusty
black. a jipijspa hat nothing about him
priestly but his hreviarv and ''alzacucilo."
without an atom Of pose. he held US spell
bound. Even the Cataloniau captain. nur-
tured 70 show his liberalism by hating
priests or all degrees. Catholic and Prot
estant. grew quite friendly with the ut
tie crow" as he called him and promised
10 put him ashore as near the mission as
he could Mission. Senior Captain There
IS TO mission-that IS now. am
the missiou-that IS all that now remains
of it,"
such was the case. for It appeared that
tho Indians. either tired OF missions or
bored hy preaching. or because they
wished 70 kill white man. had risen some
months ago ara burned the church art
buildings billed the priests, with the eN-
ception OF our passenger. and returned -
wander Ia the forests. Those who arc
dead are now in glory" our Jesuit Oh
served 'aud tho Indians VII ind soma
other pastors more successful. though
none more self-devoted." Every one on
hoard the steamer protested, and the little
man smiled as ~ informed Us that ne had
es-anea and made his way % A tile
r,art had gone n Buenos AyrcS whence
he had telegraphe3 10 Rome for orders,
ard the one word bad come. Return.
Next dav. after much proteStajion from
the cantain. the steamer stopped az a sort
Of clearing in the forest, lowered = boat.
a-s enc Jesuit went ashore, his rfv s7a prr
nseu Allied with cigarettes stepping
.sbc-e he stood for 81 instant. = Aitle
se,,-a in RUSTY black. n midget against tns
80. trees. a socck against the giant NfE-
s,atser. The steamer puGed and snorie'.
svnrx into the stream, the Jesuit "aNei
Ms hard. took up hiS newspaper o. cigar
s.,se sns a. the passengers aad crew
800 staring AZ him from the decks ard
-,r~s3oc walked into the forest