Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-21
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CHAPTER vii.
Correspondents Department..
The following letters were found in
the house post box after the lifting Of
the quarantine. and later were pre-
scented to mo by their writer's, bound
IN white kid (the letters. not the au-
thors, Of course).
From Thomas HARRISON. late engi.
neer Of bridges, Peruvian trunk lines
South America, ta Henry Llewel7yn.
care Of Onion Nitrate company.
iquique, Chilli.
Dear Old Man:
think was fully . week trying to
drive out OF my mind my last glimpse
Of you with your sickly grin, pretend
Ing to be tickled to pieces that the
only white man within 200 miles Of
your shack was going on holiday.
You old buffer! used to hang over
the rail Of the steamer, on the way
/ up. and see you standing as left you
beside the car with it, mule and the
Indian driver. and behind you . mil
lion miles Of soul-destroying pampa.
Never mind, Jack; sent yesterday by
mail steamer the cigarettes. pipes and
tobacco. canned goods and poker
chips. Put in some magazines. too.
and the collars. Don't know about the
ties-guess It won't matter down
there.
Nothing happened on the trip. Ono
Of the engines broke down three days
out. and spent all my time below
decks for 48 hours. Chief engineer
raving with d. rs. Got the engine
fixed in record time. and haven't got
my hands clean yet. It was bully.
With this send the papers, which
viii tell you how happen to be here.
and why have leisure to write you
thrse days after landing. II the sit
uation were not so ridiculous. It would
be maddening. Hero am. on for .
holiday and congratulating myself
that am foot free and heart free
yes, my friend. heart free-here am.
shut in the house Of . man never
saw until last night. and wouldn't
care II never saw again. with lot
Of people who never heard Of me. who
arc almost equally vague about South
America, who play a. hard at bridge
~ ever worked ct building one
(forgive this. won't you1 the novelty
has gone to my heaA). and who belong
to tho very class Of extravagant. lux.
ury-loving. non-producing parasitss
isn't that what We called thsm?) that
you and I used to rovile from our lofty
Andean pinnacle.
To como down to earth: Here We
are. ok women and I've men, includ.
ing Q policeman. not servant In the
house. and NO one who knows how to
do anything. They are really i'm
mensely interesting. these people:
They all know each other very well,
and It 10 Jimmy here. and "Dal"
there-Dallas Brown. who went to
India With mo: you remember my
speaking Of him-and they are good
natured. too. except at meal times.
The little hostess. Mrs. Wilson, took
over the cooking. ana although lunch
con was better than breakfast. the
food stu leaves much 20 the imagine
ton.
wish you could sec this Mrs. Will
son, Hal. You would change . whole
lot Of your ideas. She is thorough
bred. sure enough. and Of course some
Of her beauty 10 the result Of the ex-
Quisite care about which you and l.
still from our Andean pinnacle used
to rant. But the fact IL. she 10 moro
than that. She has nre, and pluck, no
end. II you could have seen her this
morning. standing in front Of . cold
kitchen range. determined to conquer
Il. and had seen the tilt Of her chin
when offered to take over the cook
ing-you needn't grin: can cook. and
you know it-you would understand
what mean. It was 30 clear that she
was paraly1ed with fright at the idea
Of getting breakfast, and equally clear
that she meant to do Il. By the way.
have learned that her name was Nc
Nair before she married this woslld.be
artist, Wilson. and that she Is q daugh-
ter Of tho McNair who financed tho
Callao branch!
have not met the others 90 init.
mately. There are two sisters named
Mercer. inclined to be noisy-they are
playing roulette In the next room
now. Ono IL small and dark. almost
Hebraic in type. named Leila and
called Lollie. Tho other, larger. very
blonde and languishing. and with .
decided preference for masculine 30
ciety. even saving the mark. mine!
Dallas Browns wife, good looking.
smokes cigarettes when am not
around-they all do. except Mrs. VIII
son. Then there IL q maiden aunt,
who 10 III today with grippe and or.
element, and Miss Knowles. who
came for . moment last night to SEQ
Mrs. Wilson. was caught in the quar-.
antine (see papers). and. after hiding
all night In the basement, 10 sulking
Ill day in her room. Her presence
c1psts3 9: excitement cut ~ all rrn-
portion to the apparent cause
From the fact that have reason to
know that my artist hest and his beau.
ttful wife are on bad terms, and from
the significant glances with which the
announcement Of Miss Knowles' pres
snos We met, the state Of Affairs
seems ya&hsr clear. Wilson tmpresses
me 40 . spineless sort. anyhow. and
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