The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13

house as his guest will be rather favor
able to our plan than otherwise He's
one OF the most hospitable men ever
met-give you anything he's got, eS-
cept his daughter, and she's pretty
enough to eat. Here's picture OF
them, with the officers of the colonel's
staff, taken with the patio. It's a pref
~ fair likeness of the crowd, consider
ing the size. What do you think of
them?"
l examined the photograph care
fully.
..Why, they're full-blooded Span
iards, aren't they? They lock like
educated people"
"Hmpf! If it comes to blood, De
Garma can trace his family back to
branch Of the Braganzas on the distaff
side; the family are Portuguese, not
Spanish, though they've lived in Ora
NADIA for generations. But what do
you think Of the girl-Senorita Doro-
\ tea? Isn't she peach?"
esShe is q beauty, isn't she? What an
internal pity to hide away girl like
that in a forgotten hole where all the
advantages she should have are de-
MED hertz
II think. myself, that Agana is no
place for her; yet she won't stay there
always, and she isn't by any means the
untutored barbarian you imagine her
to be. They lived in Granada and Mad
rid until she was H."
"Then what the devil did they
ever
1'Come to the Ladrones for? Busi-
ness; all in the line of business. AS
lieutenant colonel, the old mans or
binary salary of 1900 year didn't cut
much ice in Madrid. Out here, as
gobernador of the Ladrones, he gets
about 400 more, besides the pickings.'
"Pickings?"
Yes. What he can squeeze out OF
the barrangays, or tax districts.
Gobernadors don't work for their
health, any more than United States
senator's. Then Guajan is one of the
most delightful islands in the Pacific,
and it costs them little or nothing to
live there. At the end of his six years
they get their passage home at gov
eminent expense, and carry with them
quite respectable pot of savings,
which means opera, cafes, bull-fghts,
wine, and innumerable cigarrillos, for
several years. 1t takes a good deal OF
genius to work an influential relative
in the cortes.''
Ellis six years must have nearly ex-
pired by this time; notice the SEN
orita's gown isn't exactly up to date
That's the fault of her blasted
cousins in Manila. lost my temper
the day before we left, when they sent
lot Of clothes down TO the steamel
for me to take to her. There was moth
ing but Q fimsy string around the pack
age, and when the quartermaster &C
cidentally dropped it on deck i
bursted open; so had the fun of rak
ing together those female belonging
and trying to guess which matched ans
which didn't. If the girl finds out tina
saw some of the things, I'm afrait
there'll be GOODNESS between us. Yol
see, they're-well, mixed gear, / SHOULD
say. What makes me so mad is tn
fact that those women n Manila hav
spent the money she sent last voyag
on their own new clothes, and hav
sent her lot of duds four years GU
Of style. I suppose they think thai
being out of the world in those island.
she'll never know the difference, an
that they are plenty good enough
'sWhat beastly shame!"
eyes; isn't it devilish! And that lii
tie girl likes to be well dressed jus
as much as they do. Got a heap bel
Ter taste, too. Here, just look at thes
things in the box, will youAthey' r
almost as antiquated as the dress she
wearing in the picture" We gingerl
lifted out one garment after anothe
specializing as to the use of those W
were not sure about.
"Look here, Dick; you don't happe
to have any nice. stylish dresses Q
board, do your"
mo, / don't. I'm carrying har'
ware and stores this trip
Afterward the conversation drifte
into description of the kind of Ii.
I might expect to find among the
lands, suggestions in regard to Il
4 handling of catamarans at sea, al
other details of my proposed NOV
ments; but I couldn't keep the Seno
ita de Garma out of my mind.
seemed likely that should see got
81 deal of her before 1 left Agana, al
the meanness of her Manila cousi
made me speculate somewhat as to t
effect of such surroundings upon
q girl of refined tastes. Finally an id
occurred to me. But, fearing his Q
jections upon various grounds, I did
mention it to the captain at the tin
IL seemed somewhat risky, yet aft
another look at the photograph
which absently put in my pocket
Undetermined to carry it outfit possib
CHAPTER ".
Senorita Palacios asked me
breakfast if could play accompa
ments en- the piano, explaining tt
she had brought a number of SOL
and wished to try them. This seem
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