The sun., 1918-12-08

member and 50 does this Senior HUDsON, upon whom
be the blessing of COP and the thanks Of an old
man.
Patriarchs of the Plain
First let me tell you that liked best in this book
Of the light blue binding the casual account Of per-
who were made to stand up again before me.
And not only stand but walk, laugh and ride on
their horses. At the outset, the bcggar on horse
back; man without a horse being vertically
without legs. as the gauchoS did say He had small
boy as squire or groom, a naughty lad who folded
his arms and outstared the Hudson boys The
beggar-tall, straw hat red cloak, iron Spurs-re-
quired yerba mate, Paraguay tea as you call it;
sugar bread, hard biscuits, cut tobacco, paper for
cigarettes and leaf tobacco for cigars rice -four,
farina an onion two, little garlic, salt and the
two peppers, red and black. And when all these
wants had been supplied he returned thanks and
said courteous farewell and was led back TO his
tall horse by the naughty little boy (for he was
blind).
Next best deemed the account of the patriarchal
Don EvARISTo PENALvA, the husband of six wives,
an upright man, beloved and respected. Strictly
a vlrtuOuS man, also; Senior HUDSON remarks:
IF it pleased such to have six wives in
stead of one It was right and proper for him to have
them And he adds and | agree, that for Don
EvARIsTO TO have executed or put away more
wives when taking another would have been a bar
barOus deed They were all happy; what more
would yOu? Moreover Don EvARIsTo healed the
sick by writing upon their skins In the name of
the Father, ;" &C., and rubbing them with tcads A
good man and an invaluable neghbor
Don ANASTACIo BUENAvIDA ruined his land by
his fOndnesS for pigs, but he too was greatly re-
spected. He wore the gauchO costume blouse of
the finest black CLOTH silver buttons puffs peats;
a chiripa, which is like shawl instead of trousers;
white carsoncillOs with lace work. like the panta-
letteS of your old fashioned ladies' and his cloak Of
the finest blue. cloth was lined with scarlet In
those days men wore handsome apparel; they were
not clad like jackdaws.
Timorous and Fearsome Beasties
There is about beasts in your Seniors book
than about men, think and that too is well and
natural in the recollection of those days Rats
swarmed about the fOsse or ditch; serpents were
of many kinds, living under the house and con
verSing at night in kissing sounds birds were then
dbundant-plOver, carbon birds, famingoes vul-
ture-eagles, pajOnales, snpc, ostrches of course,
and know not how many others that we took small
heed Of, though the Boy HUDSON observed them all
attentively and with delight. He was charmed by
all animals from the parOquets which with great
irritation cleared pcrches for themselves in the bios
sOming peach tree, sending down showers of lovely
pink petals, TO the armadillocS and that opossum
discovered living with venOmous snake coiled in
the midst of the litter Of young Each to his taste!
For these things l. did not care as a youth. I did
not see them with his boy s eyes; yet am glad TO
have seen them even now
Senior HUDsoN is truthful about the gauchos and
their fighting, but again do not see alike He
recltes typical speech of the cutthroat in answer
TO the pleadings of his captive: "Ah friend"
says the gaucho, your words pierce me to the
heart and ! would gladly spare you for the sake
of that poor mother of yours who fed you with
her milk, and for your own sake too since in this
short time | have conceived a great friendship
toward you; but your beautiful neck Is your I'M
doing, for how could possibly deny myself the
pleasure of cutting such throat-so shapcy, so
smooth and SOFT and white Think of the sight
of red blood gushing from that white
column The while waving a steel blade before
the eaptive's eyes. This Senor may be the very