Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-06-11

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~ New York had
~ Americanizel him
No. in many ways. To
the wholesale fruit dealers 81 the west
side. plain Mr. Baya. 81 Baya ~ Co..
was much better known than the Don
Ferdinand. of semi noble descent. who
would doubtless have been more CON
ssdered. say ia Madrid
He was a tall. darkish man. with "a
Vandyke beard. looking not unlike a
Pizzaroin modern garb. In his brown,
-aid eyes came certain fiery gint- AZ
times. as If 20 match the heavy. tlun-
derous eyebrows above. The snap ANA
go 81 active mercantile life had rem
dered him at once brusque ami genial,
Yet. mingled with these We're dasles oi
sensitive reserve that came over ham az
times. more especially 90 late, when
his friends chafed him about Cuba ol
sundrv harsh criticisms ~ his native
land were flung carelessly ab ont with.
in his hearing
"Hullo' What IS this" exclaimed
his Junior partner. IL ca ful. slo"
talking New Eaglanier named Lloyd
Euiicott. Blowing up of the Maine
IN Havana harbor. Loss of many lives
suspicion OF dynamite. submarine
mine and So forth. Good heavens
Bava, What 10 Won think Of thats
he handed over the paper. rs frs
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lurid scare heads. 10 Baya. who, ate
at
contracted his brows severely.
You Americans are a suspicion
race" he commented. Almost vat
the first shock OF announcement th
papers are insinuating that the span
ish authorities may have had some
thing 10 DO with this Why, 1t is ba
barous The tact Of IL Is. Endlcot
Won all hate Spain because she will Il,
give up Cuba, and nothing. cons
ouentlv. is TOO mean for = Span,arI !
10 ia your ewes.
You're wrong there. Bava. Spa
hates Us. Shoe Is on the other foot
Not so--not so. For months
have had, SO TO speak, 10 see my cou
try spit upon by your press and pc
pie
well. Baya. as long as YOU W
starve the Cu0ans instead OF ighui
them. how can you expect symp
thy
That will do, Endicott N
Baya pushed back his chair declsivei
Il will not discuss these things vi
You. 1t is bad enough 10 have
read and listen I Try 20 be lu
Il not my only brother Cuban
heart-a traitor In this club,
Change, on the street, my ears
filled with insults that / cannot reese
At times ] think seriously OF selli
out and leaving the country. y
that your warship has blown hers
up IN one Of our ports 1t will be wo
than ever.
Il must say all this is rather h.
on you, Baya. said Endicott, DR.
sympathetic. Mercy II l vas
Madrid, / guess my ears would bur
Then you and I will keep
peace, my friend Our individ
interests, at least, are one-hal II
Is a messenPe err
A blue-coated boy handed Bay
foreign cablegram. As he read it
Spaniard's face softeaed and
clasped the message warmly "a
looked up.
1t Is from Captain Y'barra, 8"
said he wires from Matanzas. Il
IL, Endicott All, Juanl Juan
brother How long is it, Endic
since we heard from Juan?"
"One year. two months, and,
about week" returned the OF
nethodically. 1T is going on
yplrs since Juan drew ont of
business here aad packed off to CI
Marti and Garcia, with their rev
tionary plans. completely upset
He would put his money in, spite
oil we could do. In a general W
am favorable TO Cuba Libre; you
that, Baya. But 1 advised j
against sinking all his money in fiji
tering. But no. He would. He
to me: I'm crippled. / can't d
SO / must help the cause ii o
ways Let US see. You parted
him IN anger"
Eyes. But we became HE