Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07

maneuvers as we passed and every man.
the officers included forsgok The drill and
leaned complacently Oh his gun 10 watch
US bowling ny. They We're 4 sloveuly
touEh-loakiuE outfit ana looked to me 10 he
far better fitted sor foot race than 3 fight
any day.
In a city Of % 1000 inhabitants there
was not sn apology for & Sidewalk and drain
age WIS evidently regarded as an unneces-
sary agEravatiou. for everyone disposed Of
his slO-,s by throwing them On The street.
the smell Of which would almost lead man
10 believe lhaC d tribe Of billy goats We're
stabbed under his nose. Some Of the in
ha1itauts were hardly dressed at all. and
those who did wear clothes We're not fUppish
il The least, while nearly everybody looked
TO be il need OF bath; but ! suppose the
tax on wafer made that too expensive for
the Spanish are champions IL the line Of
taxation. You wouldn't believe il. but tax
alton il the Cauaries follows & man into the
grave. The government, on the plea Of
sanitation. but really to raise revenue. has
carved out tombs in the rocky side o: the
cliffs and rents them at so much per anuum
to the people. i the rent is puuctually paid
the corpse stays there, but when friends fall
behind IL their payments. out goes the body
into the sea, and another one takes its
place.
Another Man nt the Helm.
We looked over the old cathedral and
the market place. and saw what was worth
looking al and then started back TO the
ship. When We got 10 the dock the engineer
was blowing The throat out Of the whistle
for those ashore TO come on board but We
could not 60 without 2 boat and our boat
man Of the morning was nowhere in sight.
The boat was there however but in charge
Of another man. knowing that We had 50
far parted with no money, We were not par
IiculGrly anxious about our man and pro-
geeded 10 make terms with the stranger il
the boat, who referred Us 70 4 measly look
lug son of Spain VINO stood on the wharf
talking To Z native policeman. He affected
10 be entirely Indifferent whether he did
business or not, bur. eventually was gracious
+ enough 10 offer 10 help US out at the rate
q an English sovereign apiece. Just think
Of il, Five dollars each for q dozen OF US
What z haul for Two hours work for 2 skunk
Of Spauia~d Sixty good American cart
wheels. Vel. We reasoned, ana pleaded and
+ eXpostulated aud swore. and used al sorts
Of language. buc the cunning villain saw he
had US and refused to come down penny
/ while The ship whistle blew every TWO min
/ ulez TO remind us that there was no time L,
waste. BY this time quite crowd had
/ gathered ana IF course they We're all with
The Spauiard when along comes another po-
liceman and orders the crowd TO move on and
tells The boarman that he must either take
his load and 60 or get back Il
his mooriugs OF course the game was plain
enough but What were We TO do" Ransom
had not said word ana We were q litrle dis
appointed when he did speak Here. BOYS
be said lets pay ana get out and turning
70 the Spau.Hld he said You count eact
man as lie steps into the boat and IN aollea1
The money" How that Spauiard.s face
Deamed and his lips twitched as ca / ut
Us dejectedly placed d piece Of shining Eolt
into RGusous hand and took our places il
the boat ! was J must say. surprised q
Rauson, for had not thought be would bt
50 easy, but something IN his eye which
noticed as i, passed tim bRde me look fU
developments. AT lasr there We're eleven O.
US in prepared 10 curse the Canary islands
Inc Spanish and everything connected Eitl
them. and waiting only for cur American
ah.pmate 10 Join us. There he stood VIII