Show i WORLDS WORDS TWO OLDEST MEN Herbert Give Pen Pan Portraits P of Portuguese Por Peasants Peas Herbert Tourte In London Away A among the Mills mus aid IC valleys that roll r 11 between he e el lofty forest clad SOD S of and ami the pale W waters rs of the Mondego M Port g Ts river of romance dwell a race of people famous for forr the t e ages ads they at 1 tain t Men aag l are Shand f und ei frequently that they Ole excite little at att t Q n Two men in ift this district new MW living are ale as far as can be ascertained the old oId oldest est et inhabitant of the world United their tale of nt years ye r well authenticated scores 15 One Onet is it i the theother theother other is five fhe years j The ne a latter lacier can n remember carrying lila hi hl young Y ng rival across arross the MM M rd 4 of the Mond go more it than tan n years yearn ago Both remember re the peninsular war ivar as if it were an event eveRt of yesterday They dwell in adjacent cent villages each Otan n 11 the pride and glory ry of his bis own peo people e The younger younge of ol II e is Js Antonio Aatonio Neava of p T ode two miles of or award sward Chit atad you reach the he Val Remigio the theof ti of the elder universally known a as Jose J Se 7 I The only thing th that t the two patri p patria trl a hate in ht is J their honor honorable enor able attie Ie age a Two men more different in temperament appearance nee and bearing would be difficult to fled find Jose Joee is te A JL Jovial jo jovial vial tal happy cheerful man me Antonio is haunted by grim grins shapes oaf t tear and terror He passes his days in hi an agony of d lest teet death d arh should suddenly IUD a down and nd put an end to t his immunity Jose Joee skips about confident con confident in the belief that death has lias lost it i perter over OYer him fund ia d that he Isdes is des les lest desto t to Maas B his hia days in an as immortal youth Y Jesse Jese sits aits on the steps of his humble dwelling passing days s i iserene to toi i serene rene satisfaction sa faction He rambles under uDder tal v using Mains th the l ns staff which W Ae carries s more from custom t tm i tip em i m 11 Mee ty AJ lies lied en j his bed In darkness with his face to the theW walk W watt aUt There rh ere are furrowed wrinkles of 0 f bo oa Joses Jews sun burnt brow Aa Ate Aate te is a mask of ere eBe is little more mol to is say of l To Job Jost I i leave Iea kits kIm ae as I saw t him he e canter of e eat of s n and ana health th rig g in the glorious sunshine S sitta ll of tied lovely country a of wine that had hatI been en pressed from grapes that i grew in Mondego vineyards j There is ia a very r different story to tell fail tellof I of Antonio Neava Neva His house require 1 sore gets s me tinting finding l n i even in such a J el 4 village AS s Pinheiro n After Ater we had I j looked la t three e o tour ur ur At v Jw etI ll anti a offers apologies apologias p to and aad i 0 t ly t canto our r rei ree o l Sha Was In r t lt tt duds ot of persons hail had come 4 our way 87 bet before re Was Vas she willing to 01 M how us U fie HIe o house of ot Antonio the an j j Plait cleat so p w tt r qua j 1 ailed tt t to e t i the f emotes s to the old ohi j l j 1 man naan Was she rot Antonios own daughter da g ler Josepha r s 1 She he be wea not t without ingest rast li I When asked her t tg ag side slie S replied with a touch of taste that t she vas yas l 4 41 MOB broth than that would not nt ad admit admit 1 mit but lity Sh he In n her er I Othi Othia th 1 Y t ar v ity years ben a ar l r r s 3 1 jJ ass as iQ ft dut JiE G gh h I tl r watt leer fb is onus mUm guar guarI I dun 11 p I I orals aw tort 13 Her Hr face was hoary heavy wl with i the ridged fu fur furrows I rows of ot age She he looked In ire reality considerably C erab Ol OI r than her father tather Th The 1 of ot her bearing EmB B the we re suit pt T a l nf in I e opens s rh r the peas pea a t practice f ctr In I c on onn tee th head Her wua wa due ajl fin n unspoiled d l l most royal race Taking a brazen lamp Jamp of ancient make in her h r hand she ste bade us follow Antonios house stood before us the thedoor I door wide en alc Sl steps step s W we e clam clambered turned tur eC and n 1 e tn In black Away was still further to tile the left ten Iii 1 r reeds recess rec was w a It Qt glimmer an anti and i cami came tile the 1 low moan Sag lAg echo tu of 11 a voice i t Holding high the with Its naked swaying flame Josephs JOSePha stored t teJ ard the voice olce Be Before i fore her the darness darn disappeared cH eared in j t I huge silo e in In her wake The rite r rears lamp ick 4 ina flared red light lighting lug log up In dim U rW n n wig wiep A n ailed d ix twit fe t long Ion ong three feet wide ide and six toot feat in height I Ytre lEre tre on ais s bed covert ove i l with Ith a single sheet heet lt lay J W i iI He moaned out oat t tn unintelligible I bie ble words or One Oae 0 af at those who stood by b bidding JosePha Jose iia rinse the lamp still higher took t 10 o him Irim e the th he hers ers I and lifted Kim him into l toO a posture More than one of hose who ho toed Stood inthe in inthe I the doorway a T the he Wolfe protested rot ted To TI Tot t handle such auch a frag t je casket tw ket fraught t with Win certain flanger danger Every moment we feared teare that the th spirit s to ht the ern i body would pass aSB under un seen eon tIn into f the great greater er id l t feared fe And m no one ODe would to have haye any share in th tM the death of eta aman a tItan who had I defied the shadow adow tot for such a 8 length ot t I time Tt it h tp i i all right said He H HI I wants ants to look leek at you Antonio passed t his ills hands before his eyes eYet and ancI 1 loo J at Ma each each ach of us with a nt ff Kr f mno as Its though he were anxious to convince cO himself that he ht were still sn Jn in the tha landof lando the living Ung Then he sank Batik on his bed b d Eight years he had lam lain i that at darkness Eight years ago they raised him from Ills his bed and na set s t hm brad in the sunlight at att athis athie his hie doorway Tha Th cM mac man stayed stay t there thee therea a few f w minutes pring out his soul in torrents torren of terra tears UL It was ap a an evil yU thing te to do flo he be deviated deemed Why had they set him there for tor death if he chanced to pass Weeping g he his h Was as borne back backis te is be bed U an and n thIV 1 h the he gloom lie he has hItS retrained That perchance the 1 darkness may make mated it mere difficult for forthe forthe j the King of Terrors t recognize too and n 1 Mm hero We did Ot lot ot stay tay there long Once Onee On e we j were outside in the he o en An s voice ouid c be e heard haard petulant pendant petulantly ly scolding his aged daughter In in indistinct distinct h S explained to us a 1 moment later lie he fiC expostulated exp with her Allowed the Ohe liB vis visitors because e e she had not tOrs to stay atay a little longer Why i iThe The answer ans given was a as significant Int and tint ln it t tite I may be taken as an a ati of surviving dominant as ih in Aft An j tonio mind nil and wasted frame Why ic i I Because having gone on so tom visitors would not t leave have l ve anything g in fit inthe the form of at money for the old man they tRey had bad seen gees R Josepha J pha at t once o e q that they thoy had already left something for him Ho Hov much he asked trem tremulously Five hundred bunked refs ref she said That represents a bank note for about s fibre e K q 1 is r darn d iE J me nn n eJ l iben then was a Antonio Antonios 80 sole co tuna 5 i j f |