Gunnison news-champion., 1911-10-06

Thoris passenger HIST o thai date
would have found "a TO be Maloney-
less Curiosity. however soon per
ishsd, and Dicky took HE place among
The heterogeneous litter OF the coast
the stranded advantarers. refugees and
odd hsh from other countries thai line
ths shore Of the Caribbean
He was an active devil mayo
rollicklns fellow with an engaging
gray eve. the most irresistible grin. 9
rather DARK. or much sUn-burned com
plexion. and head Of the fieriest red
hair ever seen IN that country spesk
Eng the Spanish language as well ~
he spoke English. and seeming always
70 have plenty Of silver IN his pockets.
:; vas not long before he was a vel
come companion both with the natives
and the resident Foreigners he de.
~eloped an extreme foraness for vino
blanche; could drink more Of " than
sny three men IN the port and to
meet Dfcky Naloney's brilliant head
end smile coming down the street
meant. to any Of his acauaintances.
the consumption of from one TO three
bottles Of strong white wine Every
BODY called him Dicky: everybody
cheered mp at sight Of him-especislly
the natives to whom his marvellous
ruddy hair and his free and easy style
were constant delight and envy.
A considerable amount of specular
zion still existed concerning the OBJ
sect Of his stay In Puerto Rey but one
day he silenced this bv opening q
dulces and the handiwork Of the In
terror Indians-fber and silk woven
goods. deerskin zapatos. and basket
work Of tule reeds Even then he did
not change his habits. for he was
drinking and playing cards half the
day and night with the comandante.
the collector Of the port. the Jefe Poll
tco. and other CAV dogs among the
native officials. The care OF the shop
he left entirely to Pasa And nov It
is both desirable and ftting to make
Pasa's acquaintance. for she was
Dicky's DEPRESSION.
La Madama Timotea Buencaminos y
Sslazsr de las Yelesias kept a rum
shop In Gale numero ocho. No dis
grace. mind you. for rum-makine is .
government monopoly. and TO keep q
government dispensary assures -
speciality n not supereminence
Moreover. the saddest of precisians
could find no fault with the conduct
Of the shop. Customers drank there
In the lowest Of spirits and fearsomo
ly, as In the shadow of the dead. for Ia
madama's ancient but Wanted lineage
counteracted even the runs behest to
be joyful For, was she not Of the
Yelesias who landed with Pizarroe
And had her deceased husband not
been Comisionado de Caminos Puen-
tes for the district
In the next room. seated In the cane
rockingham. dreamily strummine a
guitar. could generally he found her
daughter Pasa-"La Santa Navan-
1ada" the young men had named her
Navaniada is the Spanish word for a
certain shade of color that you must
60 10 more trouble to describe In Eng
ehsh. By saying: The little saint
tinted the most beautiful delicate
sliehtly-orange-s golden" Won will an
proximste the description OF Dona
Pasa Buencaminos salazar de las
Yglesias
Ihat Dicky Maloney would, sooner
or later. explore this field was a thing
10 he foreseen. There were few doors
In Puerto Rey his red head had not
been poked into.
He saw Pasa one afternoon sitting
by the door with an unusually sanity
look upon her face. Dicky rushed on
10 find one of the white duck wall
flowers to present him. In an incredi-
bly short time he was seated close be-
side the cane rocking chair There
were no bsck-againstthe-wail poses
with Dicky. Al close range. was hi.
theory of subjection To carry the
fortress with one concentrated. ardent.
elo0uent. irresistible escalade-that
was Dicky's way
Pasa was descended from the proud
est Spanish families In the country
Moreover. she had had unusual ad-
vantages Two years In q New Or
leans school had elevated her ambi-
lions and fitted her for a fate above
the ordinary maidens Of her native
land And vet here she succumbed to
the first redhaired scamp with a GLIB
tongue and a charming smile that
came along and courted her properly
For very soon Dicky took her quietly
90 the little church next to the Teatre
Nacional and then to his little shop
IN the erassEro~n street where custo-
mers seldom troubled him And n WAS
her Fate TO sit. with her patient. saint
ly e-es and figure like a biscue
Psyche behind its sequestered conn-
ter while pcky drank and philao
AereS with his frivolous acquain-
tances
Sc aetimes nysaefssus things hap
pened At night ab0gt Ucky's shop
Nhi.> the front q n V0s dark. IN the
fittle room baeh - q Dcky and q
few OF his fY4es1s VUsl1 SIT about q