The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-03
THE CURE SANTA CRUZ.
Cataloniau Padre who Made Him.
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Talking OF Don Carlos and his hopes and
chances OF making some thing out OF
SPANS imminent catastrophe. graduate
of a we'll known Jesuit college in Eng
land. now "a resident OF New York. WAS
reminded OF his early experiences 10 the
following effect:
In 1876. / think 1t was" he said, "a
little, odd-looking. bsack-bearded. black
eyed priest made his appearance at the
college. 1t was reported that he was
Spaniard. not a member OF the jesuit or
der. and had come TO learn Engsesl. We
were told that his name was l-oite-some
OF us called 1t just Lloyd. but he made
it three syliables-and he was going as
missionary 20 British Honduras. He was
very polite. though he never smiled. even
for the sake of politenesS. and was very
unobtrusive Whatever expression might
be on his face was well masked by that
thick black beard, and yet one was a.
ways inclined TO believe tina. 1t would
have been a nournful expression Only
the black eyes really showed anything OF
his inner thoughts or feelings. and II was
a perpetual guess what they showed or
why they flashed so brightly as they did
at tines.
And yet, somehow. no one ever sus-
pected any deep or thrilling mystery about
Father 1>oite. 50 far as / ever heard.
He was only remarkable looking Span
lard. whose struggles with the English
language would have been amusing If
II had not been for the pathos of his
logged refusal 10 see their evident hope
leSSnesss. I believe that I first began to
realize the Blessing Of being born with
an English tongue in my head when ] wit
messed his first encounter with the word
'dr.zzie': he fought that out for fully
tue, .t,,,-t !. .t~z.x
hia Instructor mercifully induced him to
believe that 'dar-rith-ar was good enough
for everyday use
But | am forgetting. There was one
other thing about Lo;te which pointed to
a snystery CT some kind-for some weeks
after his arrival he never celebrated mass
That looked n II he were under an &C.
ciesiastical c-oUd but perhaps for that
very reason We felt restrained from asking
questions. Then ore day a foreign per-
son of distinction came and asked TO see
Father Lcitc. II was a vc~y military and
very foreign person. indeed. | remember
seeing the strange visitor set into his cab
at the front door: he did Il with what I
thought n novelist would he justified In
describing as an air of distinction
wondered idly at the time who the dis
inguished man was. and set him down
as a count. at least
Soon after that Father Loite left us.
having. as We gathered. learned enough
English to preach TO the natives of Hon.
uuras But one day my tutor asked me
IL had ever noticed anything very much
out OF the way about Father I.oite. When
said that had not though. him SO very
pecunar Tor spaniard except as to his
sclhtiliatinS eyes. my tutor said:
And yet. he Is a remarkable man
Father Lote was known all over Eurore
a year ago as the Cure Santa Cruz
II mad been told that one of nv
classmates was Rob Roy in disguise. the
statement could hardly have startled me
more. Everybody had read in the papers
now santa cruz the CatalonIan rmrsh
priest. had incurred accommodation hy
buckling on a sword and revolver and 60
ing forth to lead Carlists on all sorts OF
Warhke and predatory expeditions up and
down the southern slopes OF the Pyre-
nees. how he had swept down suddenly on
railway station here and captured a
train there. how he had caused this man to
be snmmarily shot for being an insuhor-
dirlate Carl!st, and another for not beinu
Carlist ut all. At last Don Carlos. him
self. yielding 10 the wishes OF n majority
or his advisers, who found the methods of
Santa Cruz too drastic. ordered his arrest.
Then there was the story OF his Ienyiugy
his escort at the foot OF the stairs while
he went up to his temporary quarters. as
"V e|4' IaN Stit@tfs. W S-'i some necessary
baggage. and how he presently came back
40 perfectly disguised as a peasant that
the guards did not even recognize his
voice when ne wished them .Ruenas dias'
and let him escape with a friendly 'Vaya
listed can Dies All this romantic stuff
had been current news only q year or so
before. and here l had been laughing at
the attempts of this terror TO say .!riz-
zle'
My tutor told me that roite was the
material name OF Santa Cruz. After his
escape from Spain-I may say from all
Spain. for Carlists. Republicans and
everybody else In the country were after
him-Santa Cruz made his peace with the
pope and accepted the penance that was
imposed upon HIM for taking up the arms
OF the flesh and using them vigorously
Probably learning English and going I,
preach in Honduras were part OF his PEN
ance. Anyhow the fact that he never
said mass for SO long after his arrival a:
the college ITALICS with the story of his
being disciplined
MY tutor also told me that a short time
before ne left us a parsonage whose name
| might easily recognize If I heard a. had
come to beg Of Santa Cruz TO go back and
help the cause. but Santa Cruz was firm
in his purpose 10 follow the paths OF peace
This of course. was the distinguished for
eigner I had seen getting into the cab
| never knew whether Don Carlos him
self or Gen. de Haviland, the Anglo 4 ner-
lean Car.ist. who afterward became a
member OF the English College of Arms
or which OF the many people whose names
tho neWSuar4rs at that time ax1oCEu : al