Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
carried the pretense of resistance beyond a

carried the pretense of resistance beyond a
joke.
you fought too much: you struck many
men-and hard. You will have made ene-
mics. The picaros of this dirty little town
are as conceited pigs You must take
care or you will have a knife in your
He lay with has hands across his stom-
ach, which was round like pudding. After
time he opened his eyes and looked at the
dancing white reflection of the water on
ITO think Of seeing you again. after all
these years. he said. II did not believe
my ears when Don Carlos asked me to
1;a,ea. you o., like this Who would have be,
phliosoph1cally, The water flows to the
sea, and the little stones find their places
He paused to listen to the sounds that
came from above. THAT Manuel is fool"
he said, without rancor ''he is mad with
Jealousy because for this day 1 have COM
mand here. But, all the same. they are
OBrfen. wish the town were rid of
them. One day there will be a riot-a
function-with their jealousies and mad
ness"
sat and said nothing, and things fitted
themselves together, little patches Of in
formation going in here and there like the
pieces OF a puzzle map. OBrien had gone
on to Havana in the ship from which had
escaped to render an account of the pirates
that had been hung at Kingston; the RE
gos had been landed in boats at Rio Medic,
of course.
That poor Don Carlos!" Castro moaned
1amentably They had the barbarity to
take him out in the night in that raw fog.
He coughed and coughed; it made me faint
to hear him. He could not even speak to
me-his Tomas; it was pitiful. He could
not speak when we got to the Casa
l could not really understand why l had
been a second time kidnapped. Castro said
that OBrien had not been unwilling that 1
should reach Havana. 1t was Carlos that
had ordered Tomas to take me out of the
Breeze. He had come down in the raw
morning, before the schooner had put out
from behind the point, to impress very
elaborate directions upon Tomas Castro
indeed it was while talking to Tomas that
he had burst a blood vessel
He said to me: Have a care now.
Listen. He is my dear friend, that Senior
Juan. 1 love him as If he were my only
brother. Be very careful, Tomas Castro.
Make 1t appear that he comes to us much
against his will. Let him be dragged on
board by many men. You are to under
stand, Tomas, that he is youth of noble
family, and that you are to be as careful of
compromising him as you are of the honor
of Our Lady,
Tomas Castro looked across at me. You
will be able to report well of me- he said;
II did my best. If you are compromised
1t was you who did it by talking to me as
If you knew me-
1 remembered, then, that Tomas certainly
had resented my seeming to recognize him.
He closed his eyes again. After a time he
added:
''Vaya. After ALL it is foolishness to fear
being compromised. You would never be-
1ieve that his Excellency Don Balthasar
had led riotous life-to look at him with
his silver head. 1t is said he had three
friars killed once in Seville. a very, very
long time ago. 1t was dangerous in those
days to come against our Mother, the
Church" He paused. and undid his shirt,
laying bare incredible hairy chest; then
slowly kicked off his shoes. Zone stiles
here he said "Ah! in the old days
Suddenly he turned to me and said, with
an air of fndescribable interest, as if he
were gloating over obscene idea:
SO they would hang gentleman like
you, if they caught you? What savages
Like cannibals, You did well to make that
comedy of resisting. Duel paysi -
What people 1 dream of them
STILL The eyes; the teeth, All,
we'll! In an hour we shall be in Rio. l
must Sleep
Go be continued)