The sun., 1910-06-26

Denanes Sf i've American GlglstO 4.OOO
CaFmens n Mahrid.

| A8aA ~ nm INN NAIVE .
Defiance Of I'VE American GaFlsNS a.00'
Carmens n Aaahrid.
4 Ses they're talking again Abou
raising the Maine said q woman WI
has travelled pretty industriously for I
good many years. IT makes ne thinl
oeone Of the funniest and foOlishest thing
I ever did.
Half q dOasn Of N we're In Spain in
let me ses-ths summer Of 1900. when ouI
tJasle with that country WA still burn.
ing issue over there. We had . courisI
who dlsorectly rofrainsd from translat.
ing Whsn W were called Yankee plgs.'
We spent . good deal Of money. and
that was 20 welcome that We were treated
very vel at most places. We tried 10 b
nice too, aud think we suoOeoded. all
right, for the spAniards thawed per-
Oeptibly and often actually tried 20 outdo
N In courtesy. Then W. simply laid our
selves out 10 show them what q really
lovely animal q Yankee pig could bs.
Everything went well until one day
when We had besn visiting the tobacco
factory In MAdrid where somethlng like
two thousand oigArstts Kirb are en-
ployed. We had lsft the place jVsa before
the noon hour and one Of our carriages
already had driven Ogf The courier had
gnns IN Il.
Not all Of " had cared TO visit ths
factory. % there we're only Molly and ]
IN the second vehicle. Our driver was
slow In getting started and the irst
carriage bad olattered on down the
street and turned q corner baioro he had
persuaded his horse. which was inclined
10 be even more dllatOTy than he was. 10
begin feeble trOt.
just then the stream Of girls began
coming out Of tho factory and W. were
almost Immediately In the midst Of the
gay oolored human current. They were
gay In spirit apparently - well - in
color until they saw ~.
Then their dark. piquant faces grew
considerably more dark and considerably
leas piquant Many Of them had seen ~
In the factory and the fact Of our being
Americans Wal soon common moW'lodRe
NV AAaAAALa 8AAAAM 0AA kH4 NNlAMUs
mAking sneoring remarks. We did not
undersiand the words. but there Was no
mistakinE the lOoks which won't with
them.
-Ths horse was only 200 willing 20
be- dissuaded from continuing his feeble
0rot He aibsided into Q walk, The Girls
closed In more comPactly. He stopped
dead
sOne vicious young Carmen tvitched
insolently at my sleeve. Really things
began % look seriOus The driver. am
sure. had been perfectly willing At FIRST
- let Us have . dose Of discOuFtesy. but
he began % realize that hs would b re-
sponsible II anything happsned % us
and saw a scared look In his eyes when
he turned % ReatioulAte wildly
AS for Molly and newell. my heart
stood a. still a. that Old horse did for
. minute. Then it set b gAllOping Ia Q
way which would have been . noble
example q him.
There is no terror % ne quits Hlze
mat feel when caught IN q crowd Whiuh
IL blundering blindly around under Ire
stresa Of some emotion. I found that
the climax Of that particular terror u
% be not only IN such q crowd but ne
oh iect Of ita emotional surge. HSwBvsr,
what had bsan ths ruling prinoipls Of
my conduct Tor TIE weeks Just past wa
strong enough % cgms % he frout svsn
then. smiled with q sort Of playful
Intimacy. aa II | said:
Thanks aWfully for the iokpl on.
but you are the witty onasl We love
Wit. We love you. We love SvsrythinR
that's spanish. VIA IA Rspagmal'
-Oh. however they say H. Ughl The
mOre ! looked as N butter wouAn't mslt
In my m0uth-which it woulAn't have
just then. for my heart was IN my mouth
and my heart Was unCOmmonly oOh-
the more We smiled paoihcally. tho worse
they crowded, the lesrier were thaiF
faces and the mOTe untranalatable be-
came their remarks.
Finally Ons Of thoss at a little distance
from the carriage stjoped. picked .
handful Of gravel from the roadway and
threw Il at ua. Immediately a doSsn
Others followed suit
THAT was too much even for our
driver. who stood Up and laahed his horas
into gAllop a. mad a. my heart's.
The crowd gave way Il had %. Lurch-
ing and plunRing We aed down the strsse
by e shower Of dirt and stones.
AN Of a sudden my terror vanished. /
saw red. | was furious. enraged. mad
10 retaliate ] don't know why IN the
world ! didn't shake my fat or throw |
sOmething. anything. a. the crowd.
What we did do was % foolish. 20 |
stupid somehow. And yet u came abso- !
lutely spontaneously from M both We
had little American hagH In our pocket /
books. Feverishly extracting them Ne
nose In our places. waved them wildly 4
IN the AIR and screeched
Remember the MaineV
Yes, honestly. give you my word
10th OF IA did Il with 0na aroord or L
course the hags were No tiny our lnsultsrs
,ouldn't pee where they were. and our
lAttle cry meant nothing 10 them.
-hIt we put all there n Of defiance
nto Il and when We Oareered around the
,Orner and lost sight Of the crowd We u
ank back into our seats with the utter
'ollapss Of those Who have thrown down
be gauntlet and fought over IL II
vas great. and % perfectly foOllah.'