Francisco Our Little Argentine Cousin

uillerma was to be married. Her fiancé was a wealthy estanciero from the province of Mendoza, which lies almost at the foot of the Ande

seen her at mass, one morning, and the following day, he had presented himself to her mother and her Uncle Juan with irreproachable

ther, who had died over a year before; and the custom of mourning in Argentina

e for her trousseau, and she, with her mother, was bu

ce is the seat of numerous earthquake disturbances. Scarcely a month passes that the inhabitants are not start

elling him of the beautiful home she would have, surrounded by wide vineyards and orchards of olives and figs, wher

festival, came early this year, and never before ha

s share of it. He and Elena had counted it over and over, and planned how each peso should be spent. Each one of the family, including the ser

preceding Lent; and although it is really a church festival, it is

nt and revelry, and every house and every street is decorated before its arrival in flags, banners, streamers and lanterns. T

rade, and Uncle Juan had offered his motor car, which was to be decorated with garl

used on previous occasions, but as they had their own money th

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ted Guillerma and her trousseau one entire day, in order to go with the children to help them sele

ake place the children spent, dressed in their old costum

ched by unexpected pails of water thrown from upper balconies was not lessened, and the children broke dozens

drove up about six o'clock with a fiery red representation of His Majesty, the devil, on the front seat and a pierrot or

e lifted his mask, and soon the huge car was puffing along the street with the red driver in front and a dainty little shepherdess, a small king in velvet, gold lace and a crown, and

crowds of the other carriages and automobiles, all full of g

mes they were caught in a mass of carriages, that could move neither one way nor the other. Mounted police were everywhere, trying to disperse the people where the c

rocession was to form; his plan being to allow the children a view of part of the parade fro

of the procession and they were followed by large fancifully decorated w

with merry maskers, floats with goddesses, and burlesqued well-known public characters. King Carnival was seated on a high throne, very handsomely draped, and drawn by sixteen pure white horses. When the child

m to leave it and be taken home; and it was many days b

and Francisco was anxious to reenter, as he was f

p abroad immediately after Guillerma's wedding should take place. Francisco saw him often, for they had grown very

udly led Elena to the school, for this was to be her first year. He was very proud of

her, and then hurried out into the larg

their linen coats, their hair brushed sleekly into place and thei

middle of a group of interested listeners, rec

estions that seriously retarded Francisco in his account of their capture. The bell rang just as he finished, and they all fell into line in the patio, where the

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