Evening star

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seems to fill the place of song.

"They are, of course, very, very poor,

these peasants, but they are amiable,

light hearted and hospitable. I recall

several occasions when my husband and

I, with our so-called guide, would have

been undone but for native politeness.

We were once In the mountains of

northern Haiti when night came on,

and we had got to no shelter, having

left the. matter to our guide. Presently

the latter, an English-speaking

Jamaican negro, began to weep and

wail, and finally to howl. We had become

lost, and this was his way of

meeting the dilemma.

"We discovered at this time that he

knew nothing about the country he had

ventured to guide us through, being a

seaman who had lived always upon the

coast. We were in a quandary, and, to

make matters seemingly worse, we

looked up to see a torchlight procession

descending upon us. I was not

sure as to what might befall, but we

waited, and the formidable, nearly

naked, band came on. As they neared

us we observed that their expression f

was less ferocious close than at a distance.

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approach and had come to see us and, J

if possible, to help us. We sought food

and shelter, and they brought fruit

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with the laconic answer of the bey:

"My head or yours."

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How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1915). Washington, D.C., 1915-09-12. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1915-09-12/ed-1/?sp=46

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1915-09-12.