The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-22

death.
POOH my dear colonel" said Markham.
more"
Towards noon Leonardo, Sanchez and
PEDRO arrived. They received the news
of their friends death with the most in
human composure. few shoulder
shrugs, and emphatic "Dios mior' That
There was infinitely more lamentation
over the COW. 1t had been Pedros cow,
II appeared, and when that worthy was
INFORMED OF the catastrophe he simply
flung himself upon the floor OF his smithy
and cried like a child
1T would have been easier to bear" he
sobbed, when the colonel and Jephson es-
sayed to comfort him, ''if ones wife had
been shot. One could easily get another
wife for nothing-or sometimes one with
cow as his had been! All, that could
not be bought without much money"
However, upon the colonel presenting
him with at least double the price of the
murdered animal. Pedro frightened up a
little, wiped his eyes and lit a cigarette.
Nevertheless, he would do no work that
day, but sat with his head between his
hands, gazing at the ground. and shaking
his head mournfully at intervals, and be-
having generally as the suddenly be-
The colonel who had developed a NOR
bid distrust of the late Francisco's col
leagues, declared that he would not pass
another night in the mountain cottage.
The evening, therefore, beheld them all in
Niliamanin, where, with the aid of San
the night. Inn there was none.
At the postoffice, Markham and Jephson
had the pleasure of finding few letters
bearing their names, which had been ly-
ing there for fortnight They had been
forgotten, the postmaster (who was also
the village wine merchanO explained
The colonel was wildly insisting that
there must be an inn somewhere. that il
was an unheard-of thing that any village
should not have at least one inn, etc,
etc. However, in the face of stern facts
he succumbed muttering loudly against
the country his fancy had adored.
Ultimately, the cousin Of Sanchez (who
was also the shoemaker of Villamanin)
agreed for substantial consideration to
colonel and his nieces, and to hire beds
over the way for the two young men.
While this was being arranged, the
shoemaker's family came out in body
to audibly discuss the personality and gen.
eral appearance of the strangers.
shoemaker had only one With he s 1S ne NE
relatives pretty we'll filled. For various
reasons, therefore, LOSS Ingeses", ,unan-
ranged that meals should be partaken of
in the bedroom allotted to the colonel
Accustomed to the comparative comfort
| of the mine house, 1t was rather a shock
| to our travellers to find that the whole
| village could only furnish one wash-hand-
stand. That 9ne e ~, zinc tripod arrange
| kind of royal progress from the girls
| bed room to the colonePs and from thence
N.
| amused Jephson nightly, but reused
| Markhams active fury.
| 1t was a wet, melancholy evening, and
| all retired TO bed at an early hour. Scarce
| ly had Elise and Meg entered their room
| than knock came to the door, and three
! young women, an old one. and lad of
! about Is or thereabouts, entered, smiling
| kindly, as they seated themselves in a
semi-circle round the amazed and half
te tie III nee. girls There was something very
| sepulchral whispers of the newcomers
| The spell was broken by Meg fiinging up
| the window and calling loudly for San
| chez. This brought not only that gentle
man himself, but the colonel and the young
men as well; Whereupon, the visitors re-
! tired. sanchez explained that they had
meant kindly, thinking that the senoritas
might be lonely.
Upon retiring to their respective
| couches Markham and Jephson made the
pleasing discovery that their apartment
| was shared by their host, his wife, and
TWO sons. To be sure, each bed was sep
rlous arrangement, and when old Chal-
linor heard of it in the morning, it knock
ed upon the head one more bright illusion
regarding Spain.
He insisted on leaving Vihamann that
| same day, having cOnfided to Markham
and Jephson his belief that all the inhabi-
| tants OF that village were rogues and vag-
| aDonds and at the earnest request of his
| nleces, consented to spend short time in
there was to be a bull fight in Madrid on
! the next Sunday but one, and to leave
Spain without having seen a bull fight
seemed impous
The journey to the Spanish capital was
only varied by verbal tussles between the
various officials. Arrived thither, how
| ever, he did perhaps the only sensible
thing he had done since he left home-en-
gagged an interpreter.
Under the auspices Of this worthy they
| wandered about for several days in min
gied curiosity and amusement, visited all
places of interest and spent good deal
of money.
Sunday, the day of the bull fight, was
grillingly hot. Heat, in Spain, has one or
two concomitants that are not nice, If one
! is at adj squeamish. But such is the for
tune Of war the colonel ruefully OBJ
served. He was less cheerful now, and
spoke several times of home a1o civiliza-
At four in the afternoon-when the sun
was at its fiercest-their carriage "a sing
ular looking turnout it was. too Joined
| the procession of vehicles and foot pas
sengers on their way to the Plaza de
The Spanish national pastime has been
too well discussed to render any detailed
| description thereof necessary. For the
! nrst quarter of an hour or so, the colonel
was keenly absorbed, and applauded the
! agile "banderilIeros" heartily. Then the
! horsemen, or ''picadores," prepared for
their part in the sorry game. AS horse
/ after horse was almost forced upon the
! Infatuated bull by their armour-protected
riders, and as the poor animals were
promptly ripped up, dragged TO their feet,
! it is best not TO write about-Col. Chal-
! Toner rose to his feet in passionate Brit
/ iSh wrath.
You cowardly brutesr' he shouted. ges-
! ticulating like any Spaniard of them ala
| you beggardly, cowardly brutes! Get off
! these knockers hacks and out of your
! tin-pot armour, and face the bull like mem
| IL such devilish cruelty is legal in this
! God-forsaken country-it's time it was IL
] legal Leave me alone Jephson, will you?
l shall not sit down, tell you! l shall
notp
/ But no one took any notice. AS the
/ Spanlards did not understand word he
! said, they probably thought he was eX-
/ pressing uncomfortable delight. Jephson
/ took his arm and vainly tried to calm him.
/ He himself was rather interested. Mark
\ ham, physically sick, had left the building
when the first horse was disembowelled.