Show IT MELTED IN Ht HIS MOUTH Tho arset got 11 applery ry an im by a Urn I 1 lantto latr I 1 w t I 1 f it was two or three ir r boarin n an upper pro ince Inco of brazil that I 1 had the pleasure of breakfasting with ono one of the inn most it 1 il I old I 1 U was vi as ever my lot to boodt bvm lw 1 pratt the houses iu hit art of thu country are not sumptuously and if OLO were to juil ti tha of his ills abd 0 of it on lisping lie would collio disastrous r PI on acra ire worth millions hut but who davo havo 1 learned to benj enjoy the tile ue tise of luxuries will livo live nil all tile r iscil in a one room house whose whoso t to consists co nelta of a bablo and two cli ch or I 1 once met un all electric doorbell door bell peddler who had tried that country and found it a poor field gold ile said that ho had in variably to 10 ox x plain to houe owners first the nature of second of a doorbell door bell a and I 1 nd third rf tie tise they could make of the iwo whig corn coin bencid the last rit much for him nod and lie left in si 1 mendt j 1 I fouad the tile adoro genina benini ittin on his ills front doorstop door stu in la tho the hade of a laree largo palm palin tree which earno lain 0 amplo ment by the the time of most fi in tropical ical amerle Aino rici t I 1 bad had been tramping alon along V the duety dusty roday ro day einie day breiL bretL and was tired the place looked rather clean and I 1 accepted the cord tl d invitation which a southern ont lemau will vill always extend to a stranger etra ngor to come in fn and rest As A I 1 sat ami and chatted in the cool hade shade of tho palm pam tree I 1 found that tha my briend was not a but it native of spain lie had crossed the tile sea to this country with 75 in his pocket when roan man and had been boon a pretty successful cultivator of augne ono frani iliac day to this lie ile teemed seemed boulto quite proud of hie his house it WM was suf stif ficie large he lie said to enable him to entertain with ith that bounteous hospitality pita lity which he enjoyed and was rendered commodious by the convenient nature of the beds which in common with all in that part of the country consisted alm simply 1 y of mats of straw which could eairly pu y be rolled up or kicked into a corner when not in use rhobe woven woren mats spread upon the earth loor are much cooler during summer nIghts than thau mattresses would woul goulabe abe be this ia is very very desirable but what ii Is of vastly greaber importance they can be put bodily into a tub of se scalding iding water are fleas a in B bracil eleven the spa ash breakfast hour having arrived I 1 was invited to lit sit down at the table the meal was more sumptuous than I 1 had expected to flud after soup their followed instead of peche roa dish whose nature I 1 was puzzled to make out it seemed to be a email small animal a little larger lar er than a arab rabbit bil the meat was dark andrich and rich and bad na As I 1 remembered afterward ter ward that rare delectable quality which enables a thin thine to in melt 0 it in the mouth such bei 7 the case I 1 ate without stint enjoy enjoying fr ng it exceedingly sometimes I 1 thought that I 1 could dete deaett lt a slight and rather peculiar gamy flavor but as there was no game ame gatej w I 1 that size WO within hundreds of jes miles thu seemed hardly possible I 1 tried in vain to imagine what tho the animal could ibe be after the meal meat was over I 1 thanked my hot host in my spanish for hn his hospitality and asked that as a patting pal ting favor be he would tell me 4 hat fiat it was wits th that at I 1 bad had so sr much ea enjoyed enjo loyid jed he looked at roe rue queerly for a moment and then led me out through the back door of hia cot cottage g e he said nothing but merely pointed to the ft ground round I 1 it M may a r or er may not have been dar wini aniam ism bat as my e ae followed the th direction of the old mans gesture abero camo over conscience a feel tuff lug of guilt so 1 strong that it even extended to mv my sto for there on the ground before me the in the serene and silent dignitis of deat hlay the head of one of those peats p cats of brazil a black mon keyl |