The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
A RUSTIC sUBTERFUeE.

treating here of the celebrated fields around
Rota and OF the most humble gardener whom we shall
call Uncle Buscabeatas
The fields of Rota especially the gardens)
productive that besides yielding the Duke of Osuna
thousand bushels of grain and supplying with wine all
the local population friendly potable
and scanty endowed herewith they stock with fruits
and vegetables Cadiz and frequently Hueva and some
times Seville. especially in the OF tomatoes
and pumpkins whereof excellent quality, the great
abundance and the consequent lowness in price tran
scend all praise
the world. any who works harder than the
gardener of Rota- Not the slightest thread OF fresh
water flows through those melancholy fields What Of
1t? The 'caabacero'' has rdded them with wells from
which he draws precious liquid that is the blood OF
plants The lacks the fertlizing principle, the
assmiable humus. What of it? The .tomatero'
half Of his life seeking and gathering substances that
will fertilizers. and converts TO such the
very weeds the sea possessor of both the
precious elements, the of Rota patiently fertizes;
his entire patrmony (here would be material
for that) but mounds of soil of the circumference of
small plate; and into each of these nourished mouds
he puts tomato-seed or pumpkin-seed, which he
afterwards waters by hand from a small pot
gives drink a child.
till the harvest he cares daily, and
by the plants that sprout those
ing them with indulgence and panstakng compare
bic only with the solictude Of spnster in looking after
her hower-basets One day he adds certain
handful of fertilizer; next day he gives it drop of
water
Now Uncle Buscabeatas of the Fellowship of
these gardeners He becoming bent at the time
of the event of which about relate.
That he had raised there some stupendous pump
kins big the decorative balls the of
monumental bridge and they just getting be of
the color Of which is the saying that
it the middle of June. Uncle Buscabeatas
them perfectly by shape by degree of peness and
by name; and above ALL the forty most eorpulent and
growing specimens which already saying. Cook
US. and he spent days gazing tenderly them and
sadly murmuring Soon part"
At last evening he made up his mind to the
rice and pointing the best fruits of those beloved
Cucurbitaceae that had cost him such palms. he pro-
nounced the terrible
Tomorrow I shall off those forty and take them
the Cadiz market Happy folks that eat them
And he walked slowly TO the house, and passed the
night In something like the distress of father who is
to his daughter married the
Imagine then his establishment, his fury and his
despair next morning when going to the garden he
found that in the night had stolen his forty
pumpkins.
Then Uncle Busabeatas set to thinking calmly and
he concluded that his could be Rota
where it would be impossible to put them sale without
risk Of detection and whence the price of
pumpkins very low.
TN I them that they are In Cadiz."
he argued. The scoundrel. thief
have stolen them about nine o'clock last night
and made of with them in the freight-boat at twelve
I'll Cadiz this morning in the passenger-boat.
1t half-past ten the morning of that day when
Uncle Busabeatas stopped before stall
Cadz market and said to bored policeman who
panied him:
Those are my pumpkins Arrest that manp'
Arrest me?" said the marketman, surprised and
angry. These pumpkins are mine I bought them
THAT you tell to the Arcade answered Uncle
Buscabeatas
81 WON'T"
You'll have to-"
you thiefr
"'You rascaIi'
Speak decently. blackguardsl You mustn't
talk" said the policeman.
BY this time people had up. including the
magistrate charged with policing the markethe Judge
of provisions, he called The policeman resigned
jurisdiction his Worship, and that worthy authority,
being informed of what passing inquired with mai
esty of the marketman:
who sold you those pumpkins?"
Uncle Fulano-from Rota-''
II might have known itr cried Uncle Buscabeatas.
Hes just the to do it. When his garden,
which is poor turns out worse than usual he robs his
neighbours.
if forty pumpkins stolen you last
night asked the magistrate turning the old gardener
what proves that these and Others yours?'
What answered Uncle Buscabeatas. Don't know
them well you know your daughters-if you
have any? Didn't raise them9 Look this is named
Reboonds this is Cachgordeta this. Barrigona; this
Cororadilla this Manuea-because it looks like my
youngest daughter
And the poor fellow began to weep bitterly.
That's all very well" said his Worship, but the law
is not satisfied with claiming know your pump
kns by sight The needs be convinced of the
existence of the pumpkins your property and you
must identify them by certain proof Here you people,
there's nothing to smoker sbout-Im lawyer"
We'll if that's just watch how quickly can
to and every else. without moving from this
Uncle Buscabeatas the surprise the bystanders
And, dropping the bundle that he had held
and began TRANQUILITY unite the knots Of his parcel
What earth is he going take out?" they all
wondered.
At that another person. curious what
going Joined the and catching sight OF
the newcomer. the marketman called out:
Why, Uncle FulanO. I'm glad you've come This fei-
low that the pumpkins u sold last night and
which right here ready for use, stolen goods
Let hear from about II
Uncle Fuano turned yelover than wax. and started
away but the crowd pushed him back. and magis-
trate ordered him to stay
Uncle Buscabeatas had risen and confronting the
sumpve thief said Now you'n catch g. enough
Uncle Fulano recovering his assurance. answered:
You the that VIII catch it you're careful
you talk you don't prove what you say.
and you TIN have you jailed for sande-er Those
pumpkins mine, and them in my garden, and
nobody prove the contrary
Wen about that" answered Uncle Buscabeatas.
he finished opening his bundle and shook the
contents.
number Of pieces OF pumpkin stalks feH about stn
fresh and dripping with and the old gardener squat
again, and shaking with suppressed laughter thus
addressed the magistrate and the others
Gentleman. didn't you ever pay taxes and didnt
you seen green that the collector has ont
CT ne cuts receipts stuck II the book bits
OF paper thatn whether such AID such receipt
is real falses-
What you mean IS called the LIbro TaIonario.~