The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-05
PERUVIAN
BODY SERVANT
Accompanies the McCune Chill
dren From Southern Home.
WILL BE KEPT IN The FAMILY
BESSIE AND MARCUS SPEAK DE-
LIGHTEDLY OF THEIR TRIP.
Domingo

Domingo"
The owner OF the name Is a youns
south American. about IS years of age.
and black as the ace of spades. When
De answered the name. which is the
spanish for sunday, ne stepped into the
room of the Naylor home on South
Ninth East street and made profound
bow. Then his lips parted in a broad
smile and showed two rows of large.
solid teeth. white as ivory
Domingo was brought north from
Peru by Mrs. A. W. McCuue. and viii
be kept IN the family as "a housc. serv-
ant. Domingo arrived I'm the city with
Marcus and Bessie McCune and thei.
nurse several days ago. Mrs McCune
remained in New York where she win
visit "a few days before coming west
The children were having am sorts OF
fuu with the black yesterday. and he
seemed to enter heart and soul into
thelr sports. He cannot speak "a word
of English bat the children jlbber. a
90 him in Spanish and be shouted with
laughter and showed his white teeth.
When asked about his South American
tlp Marcus said
"Oh, 20 was fine / wouldn't like Co
i've down there. though. We stayed
most Of the time ON the coast at la
Punta. and went IN bathing every day.
Yes. there are lots OF blacks down
there. and they all speak Spanish. we
can speak DO just as we'll as any of
them. 10 wasn't very hard We heard
it every day and we learned to under
stand 10 very easily. The black people
there are just like children, and act just
IKE them Papa has lots of them work
ing for him In the mines.
Talks of the Blacks.
and its awful funny. You see. they
have pouch on one side filed with co.
Goa leaves. on the other side they have
bag with a bottle of some kind of
acid. They put some of that on the
leaves and then they chew them 70
makes them go days without eating
Ihey don want 10 eat when they have
plenty of leaves. They don't Ike 90
work any too well, either"
Is your papa getting out lots OF ore
from the mines?'
"Oh they are getting out some. but
they have 90 pack it out with uamas
and 10 is slow work They are building
Ihe railroad 20 the mines, you know,
nlnd they are getting along very fast.
3N hen they get the road done they win
get out more. I saw Mr. Welby a great
deal and he likes it very much. He can
speak Spanish just as well as any Jf
them
did you see any wild auimals?"
"Oh ] saw cond0rs and yultures. and
Wild turkeys There's lots of wild ducks
there, too. and damingoes. They are
awful pretty They have bright scar
let ON their wings, and some black. and
they are aNfully pretty when they dy
Then there are pelicans. i had a shot
at some wild turkeys. one day"
did YOU see any snakes
enc, not there
an Island Of Snakes.
"Oh yes we did" chimed tn Miss
Bessie briEs rs. Don't y1u remem-
Der the big island where all the snakes
were. We saw them from the boat
They were swimming in the water and
the island was covered with them
guess there wasn't anything else on the
Island alive. They said so, anyway
They were biz, awful bis"
Marcus Is about l5 and his sister .s
y. and they have been in Peru with
their mother for the past six months.
The children enjoyed the trip very
much. but they were glad 90 get back
After the Interview they resumed their
play with the negro The three were
armed with short swords and were
fencing. a sport which filled the darky
with the widest delight and his shouts
and laughter could be heard above an
the rest