The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-08
OVER WINE-LIT WATERS
GRIM GIBRAlTAR NfSll-i"'
CLOSE BY SPAIN OF DREAMS.
WOMEN AsARUlE SlNGULARLY UNlOVELY
Along the AndaIusian Valleys and Among
the Columns of the Alhambra Sacred
as an Unselfsh Life Toiling
Amid Crashing Men.
Amid Grasping Men.

It'iN
off the Coast of Africa, Feb. is, 1873.
Gibraltar. Spain, -Algiers.-On uf
day. Feb. 10Th, 1T T. III the morning l
went up on the promenade deck lof TIC
morning air and there II few huholc'
wards away rcposc the great liock VI
Gibraltar that once marked the confines
of the ancient world and stands lo-da!
like some mighty Titan asserting the
would domination of the English race.
At first sight, l was disappolnted. Inc
rock did not seem so high, nor 80 forml-
doble rs It's wide currency as u Inquire
of speech would Justify. Just theh,
however, the sun rose over ats eastern
edge and | realized that | was looking
at =. from the west instead OF the hortn,
the usual picturc-yieW OF 1t. Inc Al
ler' was at anchor III Gibraltar Day.
English warshile lay about uS. y great
= and q. steamer WAS raising anchor
for Malta. and | saw with genuine
emotion the American flag flying from
the dispatch boat, Michigan. Across
the straits the faint outlines Of 1arlita
,ould he discovered whence issued long
ago the fierce pirates and the rapaclouS
economic system bearing their name. -Ail
amphitheatrc of the Spanish mountains
formed Il semi-circle Of misty gray about
the blue waters and in the center of the
circle cleaned the white city Of Al
yiers. Far away to the south gloomed
the African mountains, sinister, fore
boding. mysterious. and as unknoWable
as they were when the phoeniclals,
standing. rs they fancied, upon the Dor
ders o. Chaos, sazej Cd Their solemlt
heights.
One lis apt to think Of Gibraltar as an is
land in the sea. 1t is not. however, but
simply Il rocky promontory three miles
long from north to south and about
seven miles around. connected at its
northern extremity by Il narrow strip Of
sane with Spain. The town of Gibral-
tar lies along It's western SLOPE. Glbral-
tar is not Il town primarily. but Il port
though 23.OO0 people live there. We
entered under permits to remain until
evening gun-tire. 1t was easy to see
that we had reached another world on
the very moment Of landing. \ solemn
looking b~ow-egged Moor in Il blde
burnoose ca toga-like garment with 4
peaked hood stood at gaze. and Il smart
looking Tommy Atkins was on duty at
the dock. Passing through the water
port we spent an hour or so in the forti-
f~icatiOn, after doing some rather useless
signing Of our names somewhere. Up
narrow ways through tunnels, passing
port holes bristling with mighty annon
we went, until we reached the limit al
lowed us. Everyone knows how this
rock is honey-comhed with cannon. and
at Il signal could rain death from every
square yard Of it. The English seem
very proud of it and We'll they may.
There was a suggestion to my MIND OF
- ~--J =. IL - d. = JN-.
liz tiuttering from the rocks. Blu;
ON not snld'cr. / wanted to see life
not guns. so We took Il cab and rod,
through the town slowly to Alameda
square and the business streets and
later to the neutral grounds and Span
isht >vn
The scene in Gibraltar is a sort of cos1
mopolitan panorama. Moors sondanese
negroes. Spaniards. jaunty English sol
dicrs pill box Or Ounce cap on head clean
strong, a look Of the conQueror in their
faces. pass before the eye.
Now a squad of lads from
Yorkshire flock by on drill. Here
British officer with the most approved
"ubedamned" air tits by and the sol
diers on duty turn into stone and salute.
Everything is clean. The knights OF
the Order of the Wash Tub hold this
spot. One can forgive the English much
when they are seen playing the con
querer. They do it to perfection. The
row of English scntricS at the neutra
ground stood at post. spick and span
dlean and shavcn. almost ludicrously
important. Across the way | was even
luckier than Mr.. Richard Harding Davis
in the dramatic contrast | found Will
the Spanish. Smells begin. the roads art
bad. the Spanish soldiers. i'll clad. I'm
shaven. shiftlcsS. | saw Il woman il
one sentry box knitting. and in another
Il soldier lay curled up in Il knot sleep
ing as soundly as any night Waterman il
America. a young lady of our party
took a snap shot at Il Spanish officer a
the very door of The barracks. He posct
Tor it. and smiled 4 Caetilian smile
though he seemed a stranger to the time
1lonOred soap of that name. 1t was Xix.
Il row of leashed lions facing a row o
jackals. The English sold;ery-Rudyare
hlplinSs far flung battle line" are tn,
Romans of the modern world. .Afte
gathering bits of rock and plucking flow
Frs Which were i'll bloom and doing otlin
artless tourist things. the party from tn,
'Ailer' hastily and fevcriShly purcha :
ei ~lll-chosen articles for the dear one
at home. and went over on steam tender
TO the ship ready to steam down tb-
coast to Malaga Yo. On nnver lam,
from q dock in the Mediterranean J.,
the a The Mediterranean was in
soft mood indescribahly blue and scarce
~ wrinkling its smooth surface sbo
through with tho golden sunlight. Th
Sierra Nevada mountains kept us con,
nany all the way and at : O'Clock W
saw Malaga forming a white ark ot III
rfm of the sea. We invaded Spain afte
tea in Il yawl boat rowed by two nc 81,
FIJI looking individuals as eyer Sn,ol.o
large stumpy cigarettes and jabbprcd :
Il musical. but impossible tongue. "
were turned loose at the dock after III
usual row over prices and began or
snarch fer the sight. 1t seemed \ rath,
difficult task until suddenly n guild
dropped out Of somewhere and took /