The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-11


- They have never known any other
- Of life.
nlne nomads are they: not warlike
1v ~ manner Of the fierce Bedouins
n = desert, but peaceful and content.
sf1lne their own business and aSktng
- q be let alone. They are thrifty
ESnnnAs. II such q thing can be. They
f@n livelihood chiefly by trading horses
~ enttIe. The nelghbors round about
~ ocampment say that the chickens do
~1 AVA to rooGs higher nor does the
- yayd Date or the barn door have
g 6 nade more secure 1T night than
| hlns the gypsiea came.
49, are about fourteen members OF the
- Thev are encamped In a snug little
~sa1ow tust west OF the car tracks nj
~ n>attle and just north Of the public
49, building. Four tents and two large
srrpod wagons make up tho temporary
nM It IL . picturesque spot. well
1 - serve an the background for thu
nh 1ash Of Bohemian romance thus
60 into the heart Of American civilixa-
~ The Iow-lying. level greensward
111o>es on an sldes far enough IT least
/ e - Z decent margin between tent and
1rne house. The wooded chest Of Bea-
IN meets the sky TO the east. while
vnfoaSd the long reach Of Elliott bay
- into the distance.
rnnAps no city In America or In the
- y more strangely congiomerate in
~ ppulation than Seattle. All classes
- q nationalities are represented. Mix
- and contrasts that would attract
opub Of curious spectators In Eastern
- paas unnoticed herA Europe. Asia.
tnlla, Africa. North and South Amer
II lake hands on Pioneer place. and
r. 4 not strange 30 TO do. The classi-
III ~ cultured collegtan buys a canoe
&mA priKitive siwash. buys little fruit
- an italian vendor. has his boots
- BY negro. gets his laundry from
&QtDeae, takes . glass OF beer from a
80 bartender. has his oars or scullx
= hys Norwegian. lives next door to
4Aldence or the French Vice consul.
- distinguished Hriton 81 the club
) &mner, invites British Columbia
Mead 10 20 with him for row on the
he and later In the evening attends a
Ncsptioa to the officers OF the japanese
Atamsfs In port.
9ut no odder elemen. creeps into the
svs NE than the little band Of gypsies
Alpund them there In an atmosphere Of
snantic tradition belonging to no other
Iepss a earth Through Ill the centuries
~ have persisted N . distinct people.
eoadeFing among all the nations. yet. like
- JeWe. preserved their individuality IA
apople. Songs have been sung OF tho
' ~ maiden and Of the gypsy lover.
nns have been written and wild stories
ncdon describing In rhyme or prose
= nyssefies Of gypsy life amid the soil
- OF the wilderness or on the outskirts
utS~r AhsS fsxQs To-
- h the tent Of the fortune teller. the
eN9ng Of the camp hrea In the gloAm-
~ Inc pencils ard brushes OF the mas
~ have delighted 70 portray the fea-
~ q the ancient and withered gypsy
80 lowering like one OF the witches In
Necoeth" over q caldrcn which may con-
- diabolicaI ingredients NJ those
- ouoblcd In the pot on the heath when
h hss cf the thane Of Cawdor was being
aseeasted.
I'M magic spoil that hangs about the
q the gypsy In not altogether broken
visit to tho little encanpmcnt sn
sth Seattle. despite the fact that there
some ineonKruous things that hang
~ the camp. The tents are . trifIe too
~ N. and modern. and the stamp Of the se-
- manufacturer looks like q vendors
"a . work of art The stoves in the
- look like part 81 q Klondiker's out
inc cooking utensils scattered ahoe.
hndom smack too much OF q restaurant
Mke camping party. The parrot that
MusFs In both English and Romany
ssesd rot look so much out OF place II he
~ - not done up In an extremely conven-
ssaai cage.
se the people are there, and that is the
8 "a essence Of the Romany realm There
- "a Old dame who could. X she would
you strange tales ~ the Scotch high
tae mississippi marshes or the In
=. Saaeles. for she has visited them all
name Is pelenia. though whether n is
Evued from the grim Latin maxim OF
49," sne could not tell. Her strongly
-. features hespeak her ancestry
aer angular. muscular body tell OF
with many frontier hardship
Any a mile az weary travel.
tne chies charm OF the camp IL n
ana co'rHely maiden who for a
ale financial consideration will rot
.ea you % yonr past life. but MT Tor
me veil that hides the mysterious fu-
Two strangers stroilest into the camp
Tire horses te,hered I'm the
raised their heads .nausss,iv~ly
AZ instant. then went on grazing. The
- em not even bark. bat kept n respect
M@ance A young man. ROBUST.
and lisson,e enough 10 pose as =
- parteSi the flaps % the nearest tent
~ came out
n WISH 10 see some ~ tie ladies 50
IN Sooi English The strangers
49, nun that nothing would give them
- pleasure. lie called In the Rom
masees The old dame came 10 The
her te''s and greeted the visitors,
eaic talk freely On commonplace
s,N"ss. eat when the rsys,ery os fortune
Nn-S va preached she Summoned! her
-. Again the tent naps parted. ana
woman emergws.. She had no air
about her. and the only magic
ascvtee - her was the charm
: pefsenal presence. Leading the way
= h. which stood apart from the rest
ssent3 ore Of the strangers to
~ fae interior was mere in keeping
ac.. Ideas - gyrsytom A modest
- eefs an Oriental appearance. A
-. 'ox 81 wicker work ia the corner
IS II Il nigh. have come from