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Show SPANIARD SEEN AT HIS BEST. Illustration of Courtesy and Hospitality Hospital-ity It Would Be Hard to Find Match For. Havelock Ellis, In his "Soul ol Spain," has revealed intimately and charmingly the temperament of tha Spanish people. According to him, tha Spaniard is still fundamentally primitive. . In proof of his possession of the primal instincts of hospitality and charity he quotes the following anecdote from an Aragonese newspaper newspa-per of a few years ago, at a time when there was much distress in Aragon. A laborer out of work came on tha highroad determined to rob the first person he met. This was a man with a wagon. The laborer bade him halt, and demanded his money. "Here are $30, all that I have," the detained man replied. "There is nothing left for me but robbery. My family are dying of hunger," the aggressor said, apologetically, apologet-ically, and proceeded to put the money In his pocket; but as he did so his mind changed. "Take this, chico," he said, handing hand-ing back $20. "One is enough for me." "Would you like anything I have In the cart?" asked the wagoner, impressed im-pressed by this generosity. "Yes," said the man. "Take this dollar back, too. I had better have ome rice and some beans." The wagoner handed over a bag of eataoles, and then held out five dollars, which, however, the laborer refused. "Take them for luck money," said the wagoner. "I owe you that." And only so was the would-be robber rob-ber persuaded to accept. Youth's Companion. |
