The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-02

leCtefS, as ne naQ just forwarded his
resignation to Washington and had turned over his
Office to his vee-consul. When read that letter l
could see in every line of it how happy the scoundrel
was at having put me in a hole and 1 could have
wrung his neck with pleasure
"For the next three weeks those thrty-two, women
came to my office every morning and wanted to
know when they would receive their railway tickets
couldn't prevent them from entering the Office for
they were American citizens and 1 could not turn
them out for they women. 1 tried smoking the
worst tobacco could buy. but they didn't to
mind it particle although it made me half sick.
made a show of writing letters while they were in
the room, but they would keep on talking about my
heartess and brutal conduct just if they
knew that was listening to them They worried
me much that / could neither work by day nor
sleep by night They said that the hotel was a very
comfortable one though they rather thought that it
was expensive. and that they ready to stay In
Aragua all the winter in 1 delayed to furnish
them with railway tickets to Paris. There was not
the least doubt that they would keep their words and
foresaw that unless the cholera should break out
among Them they would ruin me financially and
compel me to sneak out of Spain in disguise
of course, had already gone to my friend, the
chief of police, and begged him TO send the women
out of the country He said that he would do with
all the pleasure in the VERDI if would certify that
they were rOgues and vagabOnds. Without this Ger
tifcate from however he said that he was power
less to act, for, inasmuch the were living
at the best hotel in the town. and had every appear
ance of being perfectly respectable he could turn
them out of the country without involving Spain In
quarrel with the United States and bringing GER
tain ruin and disgrace upon himself had to admit
that although the thirty-two women than
the plaques of Egypt. could not ,conscientously
certify that they rOgHes and yagabUnds, ana
thereupOn the chief assured me that he was DESC
lated but that he really could not his way hep
me. had permitted myself to count his services
in the matter and when found that he could give
me no assistance. went home feeling about as a
man does who is condemned to death and has been
refused pardon.
The next night. L passing the hotel, Z
heard singing. / ought to say that by this time had
pretty Well given up going out of the house in the
daytime for fear of meeting either of the thrtyltwO
women or some Of their creditors, and only ven
tured into the street at night stopped to listen
the singing and then brilliant idea struck The
women singing the most violent sort of revival
hymns and when the singing stopped for bit 1
could hear of them reading aloud. It was clear
that they having sort of Protestant relg-
ious service, which. 1 knew, contrary to law
and everiastingy contrary to the prejuices of the
Inhabitants of Aragua. 1 lost time in going to
Don Diego. the good old priest L have mentioned,
and in telling him that thirty-twO American female
hertics of the deepest dye holding Protestant
service at the hotel and unless they arrested
would probably attempt to convert every man.
woman and child In the town. But there wasn't
grain of comfort to be got out of Don Diego. His
good old face frightened UP the moment he heard
abont the hereticS. and he said that this the OPP
portunity he had dreamed Of for years. He had al
ways longed to convert some English or American
women to the true faith and this glorious OPP
portunity had been sent to him. He would not hear
for moment the suggestion that the women ought
to be arrested and sent out of SPAIN but he insisted
going Instantly to the hotel and converting the
tire gang. And he did make the attempt; for the
next week he with those women about half the
time, and they all said he was an dear Natural
Iy he didn't make the least progress in converting
them, but they were so friendly with him that he
felt he would gather them in before very long
The next time 1 him he was full of gratitude to
me for having given him the opportunity to do sucn
glorious work for his church. and he expressed the
hope that would not let the women leave until
he had baptized every of them.
Meanwhile the landlord had begun to send me
polite notes asking for d small payment account.
l answered the first one by reiteratng my
that would never pay single pesea, but the
ceeding notes were just as polite and cool
The chief of police of the opinion that nasmuch
as had not given the landlord the day when he
received the women, formal notice in writing that
would not De responsible Tor them, L might be held
legally liable. At any rate it the chiefs opinion
that the landlord would swear that 1 had verbally
promised to pay him. and that the court would prob
ably give him a verdict for the full amount besides
damages and costs. When l complained to the chief
that the women were openly violating the law by
holding Protestant meetings at the hotel and thar
the chances that they would convert Don Diego
which would be terrible scandal he agreed with
that this constituted state of things which oughr
to justify the expulsion of the from the coun-
try, but he said that he could take action such
a matter except at the request of the church. ana
that inasmuch Don Diego the particular pet
of the archbishop, the latter would of course look at
the affair through Don Diegos spectacles tell YOU
1 just longed for the good old days of the Spanish
inqusition and would have been willing subscribe
literally for stakes and rewood for the benefit OF
those terrible
Towards the end of a fortnight there was fresh
complication. One of the women began to make love
to She said that if l would escort her Parts
she would cable for enough money to pay both our
fares and to against any loss that the
of the women might put to. OF course I couldn't
consent to accepting such generosity unless