The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-25
Copyright. 1910. hy Frank A MoEsey.s
sR XII.

In Its inception thel Fortuna hotel
had. not been intended. for the uses of
Mexicans--ip fant. itR sratey were .prac.
tically prohibitIye for:anyone not be-
Ing paid. ins goldr,but since most of
the Americans had left. and seyen doly
larp:a day MAX was NO deterrent to the
rich: refugee land owners, it::hecame
of g sudden itnter4s tipnaLI with n fine
mixture of pnEae. proud i SpaniaHda and
raceproud eAmeEtcani. - dKentyw sIg.a ra
Not1a very pleas gfzg scpmbination for
the pareuta t1f roman ttc, ID deg
tined for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ofstata, .bntsHeryc exciting aGr the DAM
sells and most provocative to the Amer
leans. . ;..y
After the promenade in the plaza
the mothers EbY,: consent pre-
empted the supstairHs reception-room.
gathering !, their preeious charges in
close; while the Americans. after their
custom, foregathered in the lobby,
convenient to the bar. Hot argH
ments about the revolution, and pre-
dictions Of events to come served to
pass the early evening, with many
scdgnfhl glnnces at the Mexican dam
dies who went, 80 insolently up the
staIfs And then, as the refugees re-
tired f9i Their departments and the spirit
Of Advsnturero rose uppermost, Phil De
Lancey made q dash out into the
darkness and came back with q Mexi.
can string, band.
"a serenade. boyBl" he announced.
as the musicians filed sheepishly into
the. hotel. "Our guests. the fair seno-
ritaH, you know! Well make those
Joung Mexican dudes look like two
spots before the war is over. Who's
game now for q song beneath the win
doRs2 You know the old stand.bys-
La. .Paloma; and s.Teresita. MIa and
yaniwant To- listen to. me aing :Me Gus
tan Todas' TO Gracia.. the fairest OF the
fairi Come -on. fellows, out in. the
plaza. end then !ieten to the cid felix's
cussl".
They adjourned then. after q drink
for courage. tn. the moonlight and the
plaza; and there, beneath the shut
tered windows and vacant balconies,
the guitars; and violins took up liz
Paloma," while Phil and a few brave
epirits sang.
A silence followed their. first at
tempt, as well as their second and
third, and the lcomisario of police, a.
mild creature owned and paid by the
company; came around and madc a
few irefeectual protestsy.;
But inside the company's conces.
sionI where by common consent: the
militant rIrales kept their hands OF,
the Americans knew they. were safe,
and they soon joliied the comieario
into taking q drink and departing
Than, De- tHancey took up the burden.
and the string band. hired by the hour.
lstrummed on as +if for eternity.
One by zone the windows opened:
fretfqf fathers stepped out on the bal
cony+ and bound: by the custom and
convention or the country. thanked
themfaud5 bada4 them igopd might. But
the two Windows behind which,. the
Senor Aragon and his family repoaed
did=inoe open and, though the -tiwin-
ding band stood ddirectly-undef their
balcony. and all knew that hissdaugh..
ter vas the faireat: :oi the fair. Don
CteMAhos did not wish them good night.
PsrhApa he recognized the leading
te51prss,tnd the big !. .yolree of & Bud
HgSa to still the riot hut.
hdWavSE 1t wis. I, he. would. not speak
20 tnem. and De Lancey would not
quit. /; zsi, ~ y,
t""Try ,em on American musicl. he
cried, % everyone but. Bud went away
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