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

was sitting in my office and reading the last COPY OF
the New York Herald told him that nation where
bun fights were permitted had no sort of right TO
claim to be civilized. He didn't attempt to contra.
diet me, but presently he sad
i see by this paper that YOU Americans have
just had great prize fight in which one of the men
was killed Do you have many prize fights in your
countryr
Il had to admit that we did go in for prize fights
pretty strong, but 1 explained that it was a manly
,pastlme and had it's advantages as well as its dis
advantages Then the chief read out an account of
the lynching of four nggers that according TO TN.
paper had been burned alive by a mob of leadp.,
citizens somewhere in Missouri and when he had
finished reading he asked me if it was true as the
Herald mentioned that there had been over tbo1,s
anu cases OF tynching in the states during the
previous year? The statistics ON the subject nav,
pehed to be lying on my table at that identical mo-
ment only by good luck the chief didn't know if
Sth eouiun't honestly deny that lynching was more
Or less common in America
. suppose there isn't any doubt about the Amcr1
cans being civilized nation there? said the chief
Hold on! You stop just where you arev said I.
III say no more about bufghts if you'll say nothing
ABOUT prize fights and lynchings'
''Since then have come to the conclusion that
though the Spaniards do enjoy bull fights they are
not so very much worse than other people, after all
But L am forgetting my story When Sunday
came went to the bull fight feeling sure that tht.
american women wouldn't be there. and that should
nave a quiet and comfortable afternoon. But to my
surprise 1efe they were occupying seats in the very
front row, and looking severe and determined as
II they were lot of temperance crusaders engaged
IN raldtng rum shop. 1 knew of course that the
price OF their seats would be charged me- but that
didn't trouble me much had already made I'D nv
mind that was bound to be ruined by those women
anu 1t didn't make much difference to a ruined man
whether Ills debts were large small
The American women sat still as if they were
at prayer meeting. until the first bull led OUT
The SpaniardS looked at them and wondered WHY
people who had come to amuse themselves could
wear such solemn faces; but, a rule Spanards
don't trouble themselves much about other peoples
affairs and so long the bull fight promised to pan
out well the faces of the Americans did not dis
tnrD Them But when the women that the fight
was about to begin and that pcador was advancing
on the bull with handful of darts they rose UP In
a body and shrieked to him to let the poor beass
al0he. bOth the bull and the man q good deal
HsIohlShed out their establishment nothing to
that Of the spectators when the one American woman
who could speak Spanish began to address them
She told them that they were brutes and towards.
and that although they might think themselves civil
lied and religious they the worst set of bar
barians on the face of the earth. She spoke for
about five minutes. and still had a good deal of
language to get rid of when the people Judged that
the time had come to put the Americans out l was
sitting on the opposite side of the arena and 1
couldnt nave helped the women even if l had been
anxious to help them, which 1 free to say | was
not. For few minutes the air was filled with frag-
ments of bonnets and back hair and then the police
came in and carried the women off to gaol with
about as much uproar a frst-class revolution
would have made
i'm (Vhi had hnnn
treated that resolved to let the women spend night
In the lookup before taking measures to have them
released The prison was middng comfortable
one, and knew that they could come to no harm b,,
merely occupying it for night The next morning
l oversight myself, and it was towards noon before
went to the chief of police. with the of get
ting the women set at liberty. The chief welcomed
me with enthusiasm. He threw both his arms
around me and kissed me on both cheeks. and con-
graduated me because, he said, the American women
were where they would never give any more
trouble
You're very good said but I'm not rid of
them yet. can't allow them to stay in prison; ana
when they released they'll continue to prosecute
me just they have been doing
" My dear sir! replied the chief, as you know I
am your most devoted friend. and it has been ter
ribe grief to me that could not send those women
out of Spain and to restore tranquility to your
dared to create riot and attack the national cut
tom of bullfghting, my was plain. They had
proved themselves to be rogues and vagabonds by
engaging in public riot. and that made it possible
for me to send them the frontier. OF COURSE
l cannot interfere between you and the hoteIkeeper
protect you against the manager of the bull fight
who claims damages to the amount of 5000 pesetas
and am afraid you will have to pay the fines which
the court inflicted this morning the women, and
which amount to about 5000 pesetas. Nevertheless,
that is of little consequence for the great Joy
of assuring you that the women left here for the
French frontier four hours ago. and there is pos
siblity of their coming back again.
81 thanked the chief for his kindness There was
in telling him that he had driven the last nail
IN my coffin. You see it absolutely certain that
the women would complain to the Washington gov
eminent, and. would represent that they had been
Illegally sent out of the country and that had
fused to give them any help There would De /,
tremendous row in the American newspapers and
if it Should prove possible to settle the affair
without with SPAIN nothing could save me
from being ANONYMOUSLY turned out of office More
over if should not be removed, it would be
impossible for mesto stay in Afagua for could