The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-01


mandante with a forehold on him like
the port Of Spain galleon, should mo-
nopollze the only two well looking wOm-
en- IN the plantation. Let them choose,
sirs, let them choose. Trust a wOman's
eye for picking out a fine figure Of a
man.
And with his conclusion Don Ramon
swung the end of his cloak over his
shoulder and about his mouth accord
ing to the fashion of the 4Iurciane who,
being condemned to grill six months OF
the year in hell-firs heat, and to SILVER
the other six in an icy Gehenna, use
! their cloaks indifferently TO moderate
the rigors of either
There was also II UGH jealousy among
the officers concerning viii and my
self. And many there were racked with
fever and disappointment, fingered
their daggers when they found them
selves passed over in favor of a pair
or nereticz fresh from the chain gang,
, whose only merit was that they knew
something about the duties to which
| they had been appointed.
For, ready to our hands land some
what reader to Wills than to mine),
we found a weaving shed where In
dams and half-breeds, negro slaves and
mulatto freedmen, starving cOlOnistS
and men too weak for the chain gang
| the striped serapes, the thick Wefted
pOnchOs, the gauzy mesquite nets and
the comforting Mexican blankets.
BY virtue Of the commentaries ia
vor Will was placed in charge of this,
and having appointed me for his lieu
! tenant, he set about reOrganiZing the
whole after Umphray Spurway's model
with his own quick decision
Now III these new colonies there is no
/ such thing as promotion by merit. Of
fees are given and taken with regard
only to the amount of money or per
quisite which is attached or attach
able TO them. So that a sea captain
will manage a sold mine or superin-
tend mint, take charge of a govern
ment printing press or start a sugar
plantation with equal readiness, being
noways concerned at any ignorance of
his duties, but having only a single eye
to any plumber which might stick to
his fingers
So that when Will dispossessed the
incapable superintendent of the Porto
Rico cloth weaving Ga distinguished
sangrado' or island doctor) he nat
urally made a bitter enemy, or rather
many. For every holder Of a comfort
able sinecure feared that one or other
Of these, pushing, irrepressible English
would superSede him and divert the
plumber from dOnnish breech pockets to
those Of the king of Spain.
But EbOrra and his mother, by using
their great influence among the blacks
and Indian half-breeds, kept us in
formed of the plots to assassinate US
as we passed through the forest. So
that when the masked braves sprang
from the bushes, Albacete, knife in one
hand, cloak wrapped about the other
arm, we were ready for them with our
swords bare in cur hands and hastened
towards our assailants with loud cries.
These incOntinently turned tail and
vanished, even on one occasion plung
ing into thickets Of prickly pear in
their desperation.
A pistol shot out OF the wood was
a more dangerous incident, and they
became almost a feature of our pill
grlmageS, TILL, consulting the cOmman-
dante, we obtained two men as escort
SO with great bell-mouthed muskets
loaded with slugs, we marched to and
from, the muzzles of each piece laid
affectiOnately over the shoulder of a
Spanish soldier. In this manner we had
peace, and the weaving prOSpered in
our hands. Every Sunday we went to
the convent to see my mother and to
do what offices of kindness we might
to the poor fellows Of the chain gang
who had once been our comrades
But / began to tell of Donna Juan
1taS excursion to take the air. Anna
went with her. still wearing her fringed
Indian hunting dress, which she found
exceedingly convenient. And in beaded
leggings, fringed skirt Of tanned doe
skin, quilted blouse, pearled with sill
yer buttons Of POtosi, and cloSe-fittinz
cap daintily feathered, who but Anna
Mark was a sight for sore eyes" as
the saying is at MOreham? The soldiers
at the fort watched for her, hollow
eyed with fever and shook as they
waited. The negroes worshiped her as
though she had been a divinity. The
cOmmanGante walked beside her, with
his hat in his hand, and marvel Of
marvels, the lady Juanita seemed more
fond Of her than Of any other so much
so that it was almost impossible to
find them separate by night or day
know not what tale the Lady Juan
tia had told Anna to account for her
own transportation across the seas
have never asked Anna from that day
20 this. Probably it was some inven-
zion of capture by pirates at sea, or
kidnapping at home, as would appear
the more creditable, in that it had been
her own fate. At all events Anna, will
ling, though not rejoiced, to be claimed
as a daughter by this handsome and
powerful LADY, endured many caresses,
in the hope that thus one day she might
be able to bring US all safe back to our
native land.
But this thought had to be severely
concealed from the Lady Juanfta. who.
naturally enough, had no intention OF
revisiting Scotland.
Two years ago, Anna" she would
say, and with our economies we will
be able to return to old Spain. Nicho-
las has promised it. We shall see the
glOries Of the kings court. 1 shall have
my carriage reprinted and new coat
Of arms blazoned. Nicholas will re-
ceive the order of the Golden Fleece. I
have heard that the king himself has
expressed a desire to see me- He likes
fine women, so they say You as my
my younger sister shall accompany
me. We will marry YOU to a grandee
Of Spain. You shall have a winter
house in Madrid. a summer villa on
the EnOuntainS-at La Granja. where
the court goes. Nicholas is rich. We
have no children. All he has shall be
yours and mine. If anything should
happen to him-well who knows-I
may marry again. The Spanish rave
about women of my complexion"
To all this Anna listened without re-
mOnstrance or making objection. For
as she said to me afterwards when
spoke to her about marriage with a
grandee Of Spain:
mo. I did not refuse. For, you know
well, Spain is so far on the road homel
and if we can get passage thither and
means to make UmDhray acquainted
with our case we snail all see the Min
house again. and hear the water lash
ing over the weiri"
For as all may see. Anna had an old
head on young shoulders, and no idea
of bartering the shadow for the SUBJ
stance. So long therefore as the gran
dee abode in the background she was
quite willing that her mother should
talk as much as she nlaa sod :. hn,-+ "a 81.