The Republican journal., 1900-03-29
Among Spanish Gypsies.

H.,
~, Bccruted Spain's Professional Beg
.,,> Banditti, Smugglers. Assassins and
rstn Thieves. Triana, One of Their
,,,ushoids. "A suburb of Seville. A Gyp.
Gali. reminding of Little Egypt"
adj the Midway Plaisance. A Sunset
,,,- fo Italica, the Ruins of the Roman
,,,,n IN Which Emperor Traian Was
rrne
..oa4l Cores pondence of The journal
s.al1E, SPAIN, Feb. II, 1900 No
..tpr comes to Seville without visit
Hc Gypsy town, Triana, which lies
FL. l.loSs the Guadalquivir; and to find
..s0 or dance, in full swing is consid-
appiness indeed. But it is rather dan
- sport for male spectators, though
.-, hey are expected to spend, or
way he stolen from their pockets.
s $ 10 accounting for Spanish jeal-
. specially when intamed with too
rotations, and the careless Gringo
..s M, sses admiration for any special
.. may presently feel her Gypsy
nlte in his back Not only are
lass murders committed in Triana,
assassination of many stranger
-Ieets Of Seville has been traced to
lcloss the river, whence he was
i,y some stealthy villain, gliding
lake in the shadows. till conven-
is reached for the swift, because
med, work OF murder and robbery
ently and swiftly, the Gypsy
..s 4,k to TIiana, where to find him is
... task as hunting criminal in the
a und passages of San Francisco
Wn, or for a typical needle in the
(lltanos of Spain are lace to
;, distinct from any other on the
The earth, so their villages are
. iferent from other centres of
. .1lAu. In fact, the few places where
... ~,arm IN incredible numbers can
l... be- called towns or cities, because
ave an unconquerable aversion to
.H 3uitatioD, OF any more permanent
..u heap of carrion, they are contiE-
d.. ming and going about the swarm
tes; and they are really of less
he universal economy than the
Heause the latter, in time, remove
'.u~lye substance that first attracted
l While pursuing their secret and
rala. aeocations of smuggling, thiev
O murder, the ostensible calling of
U. la0S is that of the fortune teller,
.e deI, jockey, guide, anything
.a misses a little money without man.
al Tor of all evils to which flesh is
.le Iue gypsy considers worst the
u bread in the perspiration of his
.Hrnauce. All over this sunny land
l and laughter the highways and
t.- le dotted with wooden crosses,
rkiug a wayside murder The
4u It lonely road, in the mountains
radS, in the region of olive
.u. orange orchards, or the warm
where grapes grow, who sud
4e> apon band of strolling gyp-
0. himself in very l-fortune in
lsus Of children, well trained in
rt instantly surround him,
out their hands aud whining
even embracing his knees, OF
to his feet if lie is mounted
r., horse by the bit. 1t is as
-3 shake them off as SO many
-hi hoping by a liberal donation
iIlAer violence, his hand seeks
'Aeu 4 blow from a bludgeon
.O.E W the head fells him to the
knife quickly does the rest
Ue afterwards the country patrol
@5d corpse by the roadside. with
hcauon. He buries it on the
Wpusly plants above tia cross.
tie open arms are perpetual ap-
ussseTs- by for prayers for the IN
s0.,D Ninety nine times in hun
.-a ineuds probably never hear of the
tuce, and the local authorities
ven to troubling themselves over
lpon occurrences. SO cheaply is
e,l - spain.
"E the bridge which spans the
-a. win. opposite the Golden Tower
yon lind yourself at once amid
-ti-o Ioomy lanes, the haunt of foot
's I1 smugglers, from which ragged
ICES stink away at your approach
aryh swallowed them, like rats
nto their holes; but all the time
't an uneasy consciousness of men
r'ea watching you from conceal
's+ tAo iultlve footsteps in your wake.
'. would be the height of folly for for
'-D7 venture there alone, even at
@- aud our small party was wisely
''= thsnted by three citizens of Seville,
w. allure to return would certainly be
ila-ed 1t was at Triana where
Al'.io 'oand the ragged boy studies
'-' rutieFed his fame immortal. His
'1a'a hunna and Santa Justina. now re-
-'-.i as the patron saints of Seville,
'' also painted from Triana gipsv