The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-20

st. Nazaire, on the west coast Of France,
for Vera Cruz, Mexico, which would
touch at eSantander on Saturday for
mails and passengers, and resolved to
go by her; this, Of course, meant retrac-
ing our way through the hated Avila to
Burgos, and changing there for San
tander.
On Monday we visited the picture
galleries and museums, and on Tuesday
we got our baggage down to the depot
once more, and purchasing our tickets
we were off for Santander. was too
anxious to enjoy the scenery. We were
day and night on the journey, and
arriving on Wednesday I still had be-
fore me day Of anxiety.
Early the next morning my servant
awoke me, asking me to look out of the
window. ran to it, and, looking out,
there in the bay, just in front Of the
hotel, lay steamer Of the largest size
and magnificent in her beauty. TWAS a
happy sight for me-
Num- hired boat for our luggage
and second for me, and then, after
hurried breakfast, we boarded the
steamer, Mum following with the bag
gage. At last we were afloat, and now
I was all eagerness to hear the steam
monkey start to bring the anchor apeak
It is simply amazing how bad con-
science ''moldeth COLLINS swift as fren-
zy's thought" Even as I stood there
was not at rest, but was impatient and
suspicious of every movement from the
shore
Just then with mighty throb the
screw gave turn, and it was music to
my ears.
But as I stood on the deck that night
and watched the mountains sink into
the sea I felt this all dimly and tried
to shake off the feeling. stood fasci-
mated, with many conflicting emotions
sweeping through my mind, sadly
watching the receding shores of Spain,
and just as the highest mountains were
sinking in the sea my servant, appear
ing at my side, informed me dinner was
ready and my wife waiting Sending him
away and turning my face to the land
I strained my eyes through the gather
ing gloom TO discern the distant shore.
Then with a bitter feeling in my heart
I set out for the saloon, but stopped, and
quoting this line
The day of my destiny is DER,
And the star of my fate hath declined
went below.
Soon, under the warming influence of
wine, forgetting all my forebodings and
looking into my wife's face beaming
with love and content, 1 could not
help saying to myself: I am fool to
doubt that happiness is NINE Am not
fortunes favorite? With love, youth,
enthusiasm, health and wealth on my
side, what else save happy days and
nights and long years filed with content
can be mine?
So, shaking off my foebodings, the Is
days of our voyage over green Nep-
tunes back were ideal, and we became
objects of envy to all the passengers
After IS days we cast anchor in St.
Thomas harbor, and pleasant as our
voyage had been we were glad to see
land. We were to stop day for coal
ing.
Taking the two sisters we went ashore
in one of the many boats surrounding
the ship, all manned by scantily robed
black fellows. The town, with it's hordes
Of gaudily dressed and noisy blacks,
was most interesting
First I took the sisters to the cathe-
dral Both were grateful and knelt at
the altar for full half hour while we
waited Then, after visiting several
stores to make some small purchases,
we went to a circus showing there that
week. 1 bought ten tickets for my
party. Everything they saw in the town
was marvellous and strange to them.
When we entered the circus tent, the
sisters were perplexed and thought it
must be a new/sOrt of church. But
words would fail to express their amaze
ment when they saw the clown and be-
spangled horsemen enter the ring and the
performance begin. They were in new
and hitherto undreamed of world and
gazed in childlike wonderment on the
scene, and, like children, only saw the
glitter Of the spangles and thought both
men and women performers were angels
of beauty. Even after the thing was
over the magic and witchery of it all
rested on them. To please them we sat
until the audience had dispersed, and
when going out one Of them, speaking
of the performers, told my wife they
muSt he very near tO God
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