Show r THE DANISH WEST INDIES I Resources R r of Undo u Sums N Possessions Island d dL L Society Tho Haunt ot of Piratical Gentry J lUiro AMALIA St StThomas Thomas Thorna Iob 4 1602 1902 ThIs historic port whose whoRe name was Yn bestowed by tho the French C during their brief W of ut the island wears n v salt ecU conscious air of ot having seen hotter better days day Time MB was when whon Charlotte Amalla waif the for foi forthe the products of or the northern coast ol or v South An DH OH well as os of or iono oil nil the HI co Halt Banto Domingo antI and Windward In Inter later yearn the tho merchants of ot those parte discovered the time advantage o of at going direct to Ku gu rope ropo or to the United for tor their goods and the trade of or this port pore sud suddenly denly declined After Atter the tue abolition ot of Slavery In very In ISIS Ill fit Thomas which hall hod lieu hitherto Iteen heln covered with cane fields no more moro sugar the emancipated negroes absolutely refus rous refusing log ing to do any work on the plantation anti ami Hocking Into tho the towns to become n o burden bunion and a 11 menace m to tho the comparatively lively mall proportion of or whiten In III the th population The sollIs so no fertile It ItIs ItIs itIs Is A s favorite saying Slick n a fence fenc poll Into the tho ground and find tomorrow you ou have n t tree yet It In n a tow few year eor the tue Island for tor lack Inck of ot cultivation became b UlI a t waste WRite In III the eyes eye 8 ot ol the tb reed freed blanks blacks labor car carried ried with It the stigma sUrma of ot slavery ix tr r haps liapi naturally enough and to this day the lIam game opinion prevail among them St t Thomas Thoma fortune fortunes a little Ie with our civil but another crush lug blow followed with this tho removal of or orth thi th lip Mall Mail Steamship Rt headquarters to Barbadoes Truly there Is no loss gain This long continual busl busi leaven leavell plenty of 0 op n Inge for energetic Americana AmericanS and those hone who ho get got hero ahead of ot the hi com oit coming lug ing rush ruih need not fear tear to embark In any nn sort tort of or trade or manufacture At pres pr prent ent nt there la is l almost no and anit mon thore will be ue abundant demand not only anI In this but In Islands Inland To ro be to lUre sUle Urn bulk of ot West Veat Indian population Is Ia not exactly what tile the nt fI rage American would woul chaos hooi for con can congenial genial society being mainly and crook but bUI the new Joiner coiner should bring lilt bill hi along In Inthe lie the way a of or wife ami children and watt walt or the tho rood fOod time Imp that In ls surely at III a hand when his hili own race rat will wll predominate Th There la Is now a 11 sprinkling of or 1 h French German and 1 to My II y the thu th Danea w t Ions own on ro of or the nr II are the f tew and 11 h balM lra U Is l about the tnt onh onI lan not h ItIN r The present ire ont gov ov lias hn his mansion manlon on one un of ot the lie 4 orIO liar oUt att and 1041 rID th there r are no many hand mm lam private house housep hl b by Li 11 the way rent for tor about oils 01 A quarter tilt the prices that prevail In N NOW w ow York and Washington genial climate climMe thrown In III One Olle company of or Danish Is quartered on oil tit Ht Thomas and ancl a n Danish Danish Clua I Is 18 usually In lit the harbor There hore are aro at of or o schools where l and amI Danish Do rush oro but In these Lucite tho coming Am will lint mourn loom for fop Improvement rO Considering that the island lint bat be he belonged longed longell to Denmark almost sine since Its first discovery discover with short Intervals of ot Franch l and IIa h oc no occupancy It la lii that its tha language should In III commerce and anit and te le taught exclusively holY In tho the schools Tho The town of lit Charlotte Chari otto Amalla Is 18 as all neat anti and nd clean an ne n a now 1101 pin buildings solid spacious strong tn 11 Well macadamized and sidewalks In Iii excel excellent lent order Stono gutters aru lOft along nil alt tho the streets while big rt llO built to carry Mrry mountain streams stream vown built to carry streams wn to the tho harbor There oro H a numbe II II bel of at Moron Moros some of ot theta them showing 01 I stocks stock of at dry Ivy goods pro Ions drugs etc sto and nut nil all nh appear to IW lI L prospering Their principal however are from the numerous ships that come here to coal eoal gen going Ing ashore to pick up lip IOU tou IOUI Ir and crews crew replenishing their I Remembering that upwards of ot one Otie hundred thousand ton tos ot f coal roal ore are taken tram front this Island every year yearby yearby fIr by hy the of ot till all nations to nay aay nothing of or mull mail and ond trading you will realize that fiat the th streets end shops ara an always thronged thron d Main street which runs along the aea the this whole length of at the tho town Is IH the only level lavel bit of ot ground round In Charlotte Amelia Amalla all nil the rest being on n a sharp the hr cross cros streets speedy hiding places In nearby ravine ravIn rn III M and nd foothills Life Lite here Is always divert dorl divertIng Ing mi of at men moon In t he e streets con converse verse rIM with such vehemence and nd U no so mildly that you ou momentarily m expect to see SIM t a n knife knits pi plunged mi Red Into bosom hut hili It Is ii I only the local IRI wiy of or discussing the tho affairs of or orthe the tue they day and presently tho the grinning dl ilta Ilia saunter along to tu renew the tho fracas with the tho next acquaintance they lh y meet Though Thou h makes make ual usi and chater I is II In n a hurry hurr about even the In their driving of ot bargains who always ask n k foreign at taut Met double the price which native flatly bUY are nN Ix ted letl to pay pa A sudden nm In mit and wild vociferatIon at nt your ur ol ci bow I milk mak makos you ou think that K 1 luntoo n asylum has hal broken loo loose or that H murder Is I being heln but It l it h honl only a II bevy he of or lathes ladle lad I win h haf ve happened ned to 10 me mt t on the street and are exchanging friendly greetings this Is IA not tint the of at Charles Kingsleys If tons song where whre M ton on Ul work women must n Continued o on OD Part Page Twenty THE DANISH WEST i P lIl nIr 1 n for the tIme hardest labor Is performed by Jy bythe t the Ino ho I sex You 1011 ace noisy nolay companies of or jet et black and sturdy n us 1111 th thE Amazons would bo be luul thoro tabled over ever ex cx sited wear nothing but n IL very sPort bo e original color tolor In Is under tinder years n of ot mutt dirt and nn a n twist of ot 1 her head like Ilko a halo H HI He V imri IH is plaited in stiff horn that out nil all ways way for tor t anti many Inon add 1 t tl the by b wearing a gourd nr M c Imf hR I by of ot a n bonnet They The are 1111 the canters returning 1101 houm hard liar hor labor on the till but hilarious sinning am shouting at tit the tho tots of KOH 0 11 n 11 till 1111 and stately Haitian woman 1 u it V Juno In ebony bony In guty anti and trailing whIte 89 c J leI It that tP tl human filU divine 1 1111 darkly a Celled On tOp tip t 11 of or lur queenly queen html h lId I II turban mid on Ott tot top of or the th turban l Is hI a I tint flat tray tiny of rakes Int Hero Iere comes comos a 11 white whIt horse hr o no u o around here h rl for tOI It tho Ito to tl RO gi II With It with scarlet and ammil othi odie brilliant ely followed by b a mt sheep with a ct boll bell tied t to Its lis neck Does Doea H It signify Dignify n it coming cirrus circus oh ohno no IIO The patriarchal rider with mutton hop thop in and ant anI closeout hair hn r under tinder a 11 broad bond Panama hat hal l I Ic only Sir lIlI Somebody f of or and It Is IH the here hort and an In iii many parts POtlA of ci till thin AV t Indies for Tor pet sheep heep to 0 a III ni at homo home run un un mitt under der iler carriages carriage They Thoy y It In Is healthy for tor both horses and tind cheep p to live Iho In time tho Ih same stable liable Me they often orten becom so II attached to one no another as to be tit become b come ome Inseparable Of OC rule rulo the time casual visitor PIP doc little lie observes that relic relico o 0 ages the Iho on some sonic of th the public works Ruth women wom n work mg Il side ld by Ii b slOe aide with manic convicts The Time unfortunate females themselves 10 io care rare ices I IIII It than time the spectators tore tors shouldering theIr sp and pIck pl k fixes with a jaunty IIII air singing to tho the thol l ot Qt o Jingling chains Tramp fare farl badly how here for the police has an uncomfortable of picking tip lip ll idlers and exiling them thom to 10 th time the tiny island 1 lund of oC Inn theto thele to ruse and anti cattle We AVe met mt a 11 mother nother who Wilt wa Wail steeping wailing anti like refusing to be comforted be lie eau e her mm Hon a all aVail M U ii had luul been sent to t St 81 t Jun the day Ilay before merely merel for tor forthe time the often of lit the tho streets With nothing on cn but a 11 aarl of oC toes iMi 1 that than the Ihl regulation length A year yen I or ci two to mare more or lew lesi Ie appears to make flake a world of tf difference In local regulations tor oJ on every even doorstep you set tu children of or them perilously neat near to the tho Huge age of ot discretIon playing about ell a u as the time minute they the wor born horn TR laws RH of at theio thelO Islands are arc a us ns i queer r and behind tho the century nit rw those Of ht the time of Columbia which have been Ixon mostly Intact since King Kins Georges time It The Tho pr the tho group who ha ho get gets lil tItle from torn presiding oval the th senate Is also judge and altorn attorney f As AR tS In iii sonic some parts of ot our own tar far welt wait where to steal a U is held a 1 grantor crime crimI than bun to kill n a maim theft Is III punished with more morl severity than minder murder r Then r I is I a it ro eo COli I partly appointed by II the lie king of oC Denmark I und and portly partly pa Ill elected el by byth bythe th the to the governor In hi huis hIli arduous duties go aa say IlIr i ithe the time book Affairs to run r n monthly ns nR on ott wheels hart barr lag Jars over some Borne I lined ili dt rtin r killing kill In of ot an an n lUll ani animal mel mal without from roam the coun COUll council Ill cil Ii of ut course you must mallet visit 1811 the two me mp oa eastie tle of the which are ar prominent f In the time land Inn l overlookIng tho tito harbor Many tany tales art are told concerning them hm and time the frowning structures still II M u s bu bugaboos to r frac try y Away Awa back baek In hi the time seven even century when Charlotte VOM c l an as a stronghold 1111 the came to soil sell their mind their stores two to lit It f time ilia most Inot note minted scourges of or time the II sea Hta 1 a as I tho the old books say sayi lIa i stat hail had theIr here Their re respective p tho ran rae i II an aN aP u tI considerable apart almart 11 seeming to command time tow n situ NIK I harbor It I ItI is a 1 pretty SUIT stilt up ft their her though you ou may go co In u II nf It tin till way vay WI W V Ve did Old bet 11 bett t r than that In iii our Isit to I in a n yacht a ht close 1011 tip lIl It U loners laving only u ii bit iti I i i o to 10 toU tob U b bt 11 1 a r 11 I lot rush rash l tM It must haw hai been a I remarkable turf III tn lin ii fur far dIstant III da this iM of nf 1 w rr built f round roun HJ ad htay h n towers l ara rapt t dark lun ons helow and alit lookout atop Now Xon I II i stands stand on ground and ami thought though of course ourse unoccupied Is lit kept In toler tolerable tol r able repair by hy the tile owner of ot the tho property All at of t romantic and tales r recur our tn to a mind aminO an WI you r through Its ibm gloomy stone III one rooms and 1100 corridors timid toll toil up he tile lIil find lind narrow staircase The summer r resume laden with the of or bold l for CM nUll aid III it n tho hOCut of on Oil J lImo Ihn shrieks k nn groans roans of at those on ones n whoso whose ears eam toes anti other were wr loii lo l oft err out oil by h one nail and aa ems I reminder to their vl en the watt was ns slow low In In n one OM of ot the lower lowr are dark dl k laIOR that well veil be tx blood tind ir MIll the himself kl i hIs bis famous hirsute ot of blue them thug in time the th wind sweeping the tile sea ra II with an tin enor enol spyglass In rth if Hp tm tl mind and ot r ll to After nit nil this It om omes an UI a R poi poe I tl m I m f to hear tain mini ii rh fi rill n nt ni lit if the tilt tuna tonn ile tui th Ih us 1111 never any on Mi II hi Itt ut all aU and that time the th old ohl castle was nag as not a II PIrates home hOllie but wan vat built by the I Danish government for Cor or colonial pur lIr purposes poses II only about a century apo n fI Such Huch heresy should not be lie tolerated an more store thorn than that WillIam Tell and and an and ride chile unit nt other cherished gospels or at our child hood boo Other Charlotte will toll tIll tIllou you yott ou no end n of or legends comi 1011 on both castles Ono One of or tin thit popular H itt to the tile effect that an tin named probably from ark ork to Dublin nil 1111 those J J Islanders being awny from home time the board b about years year ago ngo been advised In a 0 lo to mug cUs fur for treasure In iti its 1111 he lie dug dUB Mil and dun dull through weary ami cU I ourn In luU mouths until nt itt last when hen about abouL t I abandon ohan on the quest he lie In I I enough olden goiden n coin sliver silver plato Plate and nud stores of jewels to lo make him n a yenta verita veritable ble Croesus The story ROCS goes COI S that ho had one lime little daughter the time ride of hU his hl heart III mini light o u his life lit charming Kitty sue sho Is till still allied who had imad n a skin of lit roses IO r In iii cream halt and eyes ot or Irish blue Of Ot course she was the time hills bell bellof of ot the time island Inland especially utter after her hII fa a I timers stroke of ot good fortune forton ani I 1001 he and pure as a II described as OM fleet twee pretty Hut But the pirates Wits it brought t black 1 IP Un lih will Pratt Kitty mn I It Prel Ill 11 11 h less clerk riel of oY th time the Ills an f fhy nah ulM tolled to Jr fathers her n r by hy 1 A Sho iio tune cam back J ent 1 b bY h hH haired alsO beaUtiful b bY It 1111 h 1 14 l scamp H mp of ot a lover to 0 a then aged and hair parent davs l 1 ill sad Rad to end her fl fl I |