The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-21
A WRECKED LIFE.

A WRECKED LIFE.
They are rather sp oddly matche'
couple, Hervey and bis wife, at least 9,
W would say in any other countr.
than Mexico. Here, 1t is not accouAts'
strange. This lie the land of odd AM
bizarre ways and methods, and her
We accept Mr.. and Mrs.. Hervey withou
surprise or question.
Hervey is still good BLOCKING, DESPITE
twenty years Of coffee plsntinl
under q tropical sun in Chispas. HI
is burnt lfsht brown. Of course. ant
bis attire is invariably Mexican, be
cause he never lSavss &he co6ee-ranci
how for association with his own coun'
trymen. Sometimes the latter run
across him, when he will stand them q
coghac Of teQuila. Few Of them meet
bis wife. But was III down there
once. and Mrs. Hervsy took care OIL
mo. For an Indian woma6, she know.
quite lot about nursing.
Her name 10 Lupe-you pronounce II
asifit were spelled "Lou-py"-and she
u a fuAlblooded Indian. I have seen
q kodak picture THAT aervsy took OF
her at thu ase Of u. Bio was pretty
then In half savage fashion. Now
she ID about a. ugly. vrinkled and
shaky as the average Indian woman
who has lived ne<rly thirty years in
the TERRA caliente, where she should
not be. Lupe came from the cold
mountain country near the Tarascans.
For love OF Hervey only has she swell
tered all these years 10 chiapas, which
she hates. She hss borne 1t uncom-
plaininsly. Indian fashion.
But to CONSOLE herself she has i'm
bibed not Wisely. but too we'll, the stuff
that has been the ruin of many for
eighsfs and natives in the hot country,
where one can't drink. A year after
their marriage both she and Hervey
took to teqpila. Tequila Is bad enough,
but Lupe found afterward that it
wasn't strong enough for her, so for
great rnahy years she has been
drinking trfacsl, Neither she nor
Hervey een take up Q glass of water or
cup Of coffee Without spilling it;
even their voices are shaky.
Not that one ever sees either Of them
drunk. Four days cut Of every week,
Lupe INDUCES In g bonibo horroroso
(Which p alahs for "spree"), and,
4aiSh AsySsy l9ahs her into her own
Ioom WIN plspty q mescAl, YOU can't
hep but heSr her Il you are within a
mile Of the house. 4 drunken woman of
any race fsn't agreeable to see or hear.
but OF all others commend me to an
Indian lady when she turns herself
loosel Lupe swears in a manner
Shocking to hear, and Indian oaths
beat English.
Hsrvty never once apologised for
her or himself--nsver alluded to 1t, in
fact; save once, when Lups attacked
him with q sort Of machete. She had
blood ID her eye, and in her drunken
firy Was more than q match for
Hervey. who has 20 strength to speak
o. and y haqn't sssn there to help
itm, Ne would have been a dead man.
AZ 1t was, we got Per, tied. into her
ROOM After which Hervey, who look
ea very slef, shook My hand, and said:
"rhahh You, ola fellow." That was
al. Never once have l known him to
reproye her. wfstehed' drunken crea-
lure that she y; she receives all the
courtesy THAT the Southern gentleman
gives to lady.
Even when we dragged her, bowling |
and cursins, to her room, Hervey, hap
'ening to push her accidentally against
chair, begged her pardon and seemed
quite rsmorseful. To tell the truth, I
lad no patience with him-not even
lfter Heard the story q the whole
,ysiness. al told me BY old James, the
'lAptAtl69 aoctot ter the district.
There was woman at the bottom
4 1t al)-a chic Southern girl who
owed by al that was holy that she
would remain faithful to Hervey, no
halter what caihs. He could 60 to
iaxico and locate the plantation Oh
vhIch he was to make his fortune.
shs ~eald wait. Yes, she
you'd be true to him and wait for him.
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