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THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: SETTEirBEIt 23, 1906.
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Marie Robinson
who Travelled a Thou-
Muleback
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and Crossed
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Her Vast Holdings of
South American Lands
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By Edmund Russell.
IF th first missionaries had been pretty
women all heathen lands would long
ago have been converted.
An editor said to me the other day:
"Every pretty woman who comes Into
this office wants to tell roe about a rail
road concession she has somewher. in
South America."
Marie Robinson Wrlfht has dons even
better: she hs?s mads them give her the
land from which she can make her own
concessions, with enough placer fold lying1
around to olek ud and pay lof reiiroaus
while they are being built. Long ago two
pretty women opened a bank In wall
street. 1
Wall street said i "Some of ui must
marry them."
It took two milllonnalres to close the
b"k.
Then two homely women opened a buns
In Wall street.
The bank olosed Itself.
Neither ease accomplished anything.
Now a pretty woman playe a gamier
game.
She route by flank movement. Goes
down to Patagonia and geta a concession
to turn the Antarctic elrcls Into a roller
skating rink. Then comas back for the
business world to fall at bar feet. Mill
ions are hers, and without the usual con
ditions. The Peruvian government has given Mrs.
Wrlstit t course, there Is no Mr. Wright
ISSK1 vii'tr jr?IW2uS'
r?" W werTbulU
" r,T h '. d rn thousand, of years ago and stand to-day.
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Mrs. Wright wound and unwound great
chain of Brasilia n amethysts about ber
wrist aa she talked, and I asked her If R
were true that the had he en aatea nv can
nibs U.
"It la not true, as widely reported during;
my laat trip," she replied. "I have never
seen a cannibal, and very few South
Americans have, though It lo known that
they still exist In the Impenetrable forests
of the Valley of the Amaaon, but they are
eald to be much scattered and constantly
dwindling In numbers. The whole country
Is now so generally settled and governed
that they are only heard of when some
reckless explorer tries to make a record.
"I travelled everywhere with letters
from the Secretary of State of my twi
eount-y and aim from the government o(
the State In which I happened to be.
Everywhere I was met with the greatest
courtesy, though, of course, such a journey
had Its Inconveniences
One day In Southern Chill, after riding
twenty leagues, in a drenching rain, she
was obliged to spend the night In a little
tavern of the frontier and start out early
In the morning with only a eup of tea
and a bit of black bread to break a fast
of thirty hours. Rite had missed the gov
ernment launch nt for her the day be
fore, so had to make a three hours' ride
In a email passenger boat. Oaos started
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p&m'ed Mrs Wright.
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Marie "Robiason Wrichl-
syrup; out unm mum k n . . Ml1t
Bhs conquered, easier
not difficult to imaglna ths oharm of suoh
a trip. If our art student. Instead of years
of copying from ths classic and from ths
nude, would seek- suoh 'adventures, be
would return with new "concessions" for
Z- w w.... H. till K. hail tven 1-'"v Mironomioaj ODSWVatory, DS- Thera are tahla lands loftlee thaa anv.
k"! B:: . p.Vr shi ,.u.l ..n1" r.Woh our greatest star gasers standi thins ouuide of Thibet where stretch the
her halt of Peru
than Plsarro.
Woman like, she thought there might be
some concessions left In Bolivia, where she
has Just returned from a thousand mile
nvileback trip. I will not be ungallaat
enouirn to sugsest any ovsr-generosity of
elrhers hsrs. hs must have smiled at the
mules and they forgot they were carrying
her where she oughtn't to go, for no pretty
wo nan had ever made such an Itinerary
' hat ira.
I felt Just like the Chilian Deputy when
she uncoiled herself from tfcs sofa of the
Countess Castelmenardo'S roaasloa. Where
she waa staying, and cams to me over the
puma strewn floor. I aaa axpeciea
scrawny, scrotty woman Who doean t get
concessions, yet I knew shs bad gotten
concessions, so ought to taave expected
what I found.
She ts a dream of- a woman, nearly six
feet high, with the grace o serpent and
the smile of a child. . "I felt ciphers add
i .harroiM ta varvthlng." she said.
She was sorry to have kept ms waiting
. minuiu. t told net I could have
furniture
"f"" th rt11" knowledge of KS hlgheat navigable waters of the globe, dot-
IM. v " pruiouno. graap oi ted with lalanda called the "Isles of Love.
I'" """" greaest aswononuoai Ths natives reach them In "balsas," boats
At.OUantaytambo, a few leagues away,
one finds- cyclopean blocks greater than
those of th pyramids, brought, no ons
knows how, from their quarry three miles
across ths river and deposited for the
foundations of ths centra structure, from
whloh extend subterranean passages to
smaller palaces supposed to have been oo
eupled by priests and nobles of tha nuri
The Incas of yesterday are the pariahs of
wuay ana give utus hint of their splendid
ancestry, simply adding a picturesque
dash of color to the gray desolation In
their soartst ponchos. Thslr full dress
retains ths character of the Spanish rule
and In the faded volvet knee breeches and
Ixiuls XV. ooata. ornamented with tar
nished silver lace, they appear as quaint
pastels where everything else la rushing
Into the blaok pit of modernity.
The women m their gorgeously Jncrusted
boleros and Carmen hats are sufficiently
(usclnatrng. Ths BDinlsh DOet 4TlA.ni rvrbA mnss
! exclaimed at bis first visit: "Thers are not
a uuavn pair or eyes in Andalusia that can
mads of rssds bound together. Ths Jour
ney had Its horrors, too. While on the way
from the oapltal to Potoal, of the silver
mountains, our beautiful heroins bad so
experience ths memory of which still
makes her shudder. -
Ths party had ridden from daybreak till
noon, and were hungry enough to bs glad
of ths humblest shelter where luncheon
oould be prepares and the usual noonday
rest given to the tired mules. Seven
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wuttA r.-irtv veara. The
old. the Vsn Buren mahogany mixed with) qua tno) , (ee everywhere here!" Z
twtstea rusn onaire m -w -
In the form of peacocks. Strange baskets
trm th. lla of the A as axon, where
Joaquin Miller tolls us "God's poet Is al
baee," were strewn round wtthout any
apparsnt purpose, mixed with poisoned ar
rows and the eklns of tropical blrde.
The lady herself was swathed In cllng
lag shawls with long, trailing fringes that
oaufht In all the baakete as she paaaed.
These shawls made her look even taller
and smDheetsed the lines of her superb
maja at ths lower classes are but charming
animals, children of nature, of the earth
earthy-of the dirt dirty, as you choose
It Is an Interesting fact that ii
Christopher Columbus Indians, as I would
wt uwu, io aistinguisn irom my Aryan
bMUaos, have, their ddstlnotivs dross ac
cording to Uis pueblo or town to which
they belong, ths same as In India to-day
where the embroidery on a woman's skkrti
ww iriuae am rorohaad, ths
way ahe wears ber nose ring, tall exact)
caught and held my glance while Blanco from the Indigenous blanket or
stammering ciphers, and the work ?"nchf'or fra th n"ve woman s mart
Bmpleted by a great comb of golden from a.
..h.11. a. big a. a pot. In her tawny 1"',?
. ., uum mm aama raLher bar-.ths village to which eho beloaa-a. m
barto 'embroidery obovs the fringes that jeioquaJnied with South Amertc. san tell at
rudely caught and held my glance while fiance from the Indigenous blanket or
X waa stammei
was completed
tortoises h
mnnn D,ir. . . . .
Marls Robinson Wright, who cams of "a"??1"1 Pde
an ante-bellum Southern family wtitch J-f. JT?r7!llt ar r
owned acre, of happy .laves, ha. visited J2W'B tMhk havs
every Houth American republic and " "x""0"
shaken hands with every President ex-; h . . f
cept Castro, who doesn't extend the tlad' J? f ,.h,"'1, miles on
band to Northerners- Meally shs has tltTamliL f BMvU
won the friendship of thess hoapltabls and ZZEfTZt thZTJSL'?" Ukm
smotlonal p-uple so often misrepresented . ' w"!? th to"est
In trav.llsrs" tales. Has has .roeaed the l"!' Sail?.! .rV-h"t"' of w "ut
Andes live tlmss si various polnU. has .fi ' J "ff knowing
Climbed perilous peaks, peeped Into the n2lh'" . ut seasons ths SeAora
craters of sxtlnct volcanoes, has allowed urn oaek.
k.r..i to K HMnua iniA ,hu. inl ths Brst tlms on reooi
record that a
v .i ., . . ladv had made the luurn.. t
oucaeie ut uur wuuieaa mines, yet. sns " r . : . , . ------ -wuxwa. ---iiAn, m- t(!n,.n,nnotu,
still remains a most feminine woman. Shs mountal.! "i'.m" A ""i"'":
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Sides of SfcreehCuzco.
hour, of jolting ovsr Bolivian mountain
roaa. u. acourtung to art. wngni.
has been at the source of ths Amaion1 ,"?V aruiuea , lorr.ma, being well
wlthout becoming an Amaxoniao; has1"'.' Impasaab is save for ths sure foot
talked la monkeys la their native tongues, "i; a . .
without loelng her eoft Southern accent .J" Pvan spent tweaty-four days In
Shs knows ths We ds la Plata from source ! ih mules carried bedding
to crocodile strewn sstuary, and yet ean n 'evslona '
Ind her way te the best dressmaker la'. A wnt th travellers slept In adobe
ins Bs ds la Pais wtthout a guide; has nulJ srovJoea oy tae uouviaa goverameut
postilion bad cone ahead with a
little mors thaa his usual dash as ths
"poata" appeared m sight curving around
ths mountain road. He had blown his sil
ver tipped horn to herald visitors of spe
clal Importance. He led the way to the
bustllua- "Umbo." or vlllaaa inn. annunS
which the whole population, including ths1
Mayor, gathered as Mrs. Wright and her1
had many yeer. of tropic .unburnT feCIT Protection i. 7 rod. th7ou,h the gateway Inlo ?h1
Plague and "mountain .lckneM(- and stll " satlrs long Journey were never mo- wm". he was I?itln hi!
",tn' . "7 nA"r.?l. harsai-L,. hi belns thsrs. the arn, ..
in.aiaMni a-wia, if . "' f - K N , J I I
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odern Amazon
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lnca Sentry Box afc
the Ruins of Colcampahs
aearCuzco
lng baskets and spreading their luncheon
on the droit, it seemed a community af
fair, and soon Mrs. Wrl rot's neighbor,
seeing ahe looked wistfully, yst did not
help herself, stuck his bowls kntfs. with
which he was sating, through a rib of
roasted lamb and offered It to her. Then
another brought her a glass of chica.
Travellers havs a way of finding each
other In different parts of the world. In
the Straits of Magellan Mrs. Wright met
the Duke ut the Abruxal. whom shs had
known In Italy, and In Lima shs snooun
tared Prince Udlns of Savoy, whom shs
had last seen with D Annunilo In a fog
hunt on the Koman Campagna. New
Yorkers travel very little in South Amer
ica, and their yachts are hardly svsr seen
there.
"The meeting with the Dues d'Abrusxt,'
said Mrs. Wright, "as ths Countess en
tered from the garden, reminds ms of ons
of ths most thrilling splaodee of my trav
els. It wa. th. next morning. A. our
ship passe, through the Narrows so uncer
tain la ths place for navigators that every
passenger Is obliged to be on deck, all the
life boats ars swung out on the davits
and made ready with supplies, and there la
breathless silence as ths steamer slowly
thtsads Its way along, for death Is Im
minent. This part of ths trip Is always
mads between seven and sight o'clock is
ths morning, In full daylight. Many ship-
as a trainer knows horse. Ks had w roc, o... . upenn..
Irs veiled In charge of expeditions from ons Is never mads except when ewiiry
end of ths country to the other tor more weather outslds ths archipelago finders
than a quarter of a oentury as guide. busW.lt ths only poastbls way.
ness ' manager, valet and chef, and was jt Paraguay ths oruslty to animals Is
particularly .ought after to conduct fami- aom.thlng frightful, and street oars are
ueed for funerals. 1 nsss two points would
lies because of his respectable character.
Bold, Indeed, the traveller who would try
to thwart htm In his plans for the day. He
seem to havs little connection except that
Mrs. Wright relates seeing an entire
ears, wngnt nas recently been making wm" r"'r""," oeing a aon-
studlea In Chili. Peru and Bolivia of peou-Unt tat Insurrsotton.
uar Interest to business men and oapltaW' A picturesque member of the cortege
lata, who ars now turning with new m,.iwss ths Indian no.tllloa. or courier, whose
tentlon to ths teeming natural resources 4ut? " w' icuna"ft the party from
that almoat .tins .ach'thar In "hrou! 'f." ?,!d"V1, ".!!
01 luxuriance. She believes that ourtnJ "T "1.h"bl"T"- h ' ehar
duatrlaa.lllaneswtthtlTSM.i.tsr rJbl. . 1" ,nl m h! feclee in
T."clil. Mrs. Wrla-ht. aa .haU Vt "ch r guitar, which he he!d
I then so BiS own way
The iwovr mi" a insi.ua on ni.
carrying out my wishes," Mys Mrs
Wright, "remain as awful memoriae and
convincing proofs that a good arriero
knows more than the beat guide book ever
! published. Palaclos was a magnificent
horse trader. When we left Coohabambo
on our uiue days' rids to Sucre (In the
summer ralas It takes Islet as- long to
make ths trip as la th. winter on aoeount
of ths washouts! wo started with only two
horses, lo"" mules and a pitiful little
donkey. Before the day was ovsr ths
donkey had been 'swapped' thres times
until a very strong and sturdy .peel man
had been put In bis plaos, to bs traded off
next day In its turn for a still more de
sirable mule. It would lake too long te
tell the subsequent process, by whlrh ur
caravan, when ws enured ths gates of the
capital. eouHMiau vi israe oorses and a
colt, six splendid mules and two donkeys!"
niua when Mra Wrta-hi ami h..
could light falling en lis ftce revealed it llckl. who laughed over tUe frlgnt W ie .tapped to breakfast at a little Inn near
6mi- ever ww was to tacts ui Caaao so. ne sviei oinlng room
veryday occurrence. iuaoered ail over with portrait, aut fr
AJl ttl Ml ... U ITntflluW t. ra u lo T n Ul..,ha UvaiMunt U . . .
- vt -a a.-.-- - - ntrWlll' - WBTeiL ies la
lnca Ruins of AstronomJ Observabory
,., . At Pi ssa.c.
pose of his being thsrs, ths arriero rode un
ana ioia awr. nniu au, iiw.nt aismouiiL
as a room had been prepared for her.
It waa a dark place, with no -windows,
and as the ladles entered thav i
, ji-.in-ui.h ain 1 " s " railing eu a aav ,-eveaiea aaaava -
'(12 ' a wJmTnJ w., !m wUa n U' "t stage of ths "
""V.A H il.rA 7? Wltn lon. dUeas. Ths child bad been taken from S
-"- -----, -KT"er whsrs the bed to make ruom lor the
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always bad everything carefully mapped' -' of forty neoDle ellnti.ni to
out. and all must obey. Palaceos would on caf that two dying skeleton beasts
listen respectfully to the wildest schemes, I davorlns to draw throuxh deeo
,nod In saemlng aotrulescence to svsrythtng1, ruta up a hill. It mads Mrs. Wright
and her secretary ao indignant that they
tell upon the men with their parasols, ex
claiming In every language they knew and
finally beating them oft till ths corpse was
permitted to ride alone.
"In parting I was offered a bit of the
Temple of the Bun," said Mrs. Wright,
"but tt loksd Hks any lump I could pick up
In mv back yard, aad I havs never had any
sentimentality over crumbling curloeltlee
since I read of the bone Mark Twain found
oa ths field of Waterloo and sent to bis
aunt labelled 'frasTmesit of a Russian
general.' "
In ths evening I saw Mrs. Wright at ths
epara. Shs wore a branch of diamond
roses froen shoulder to shoulder end ths
same comb of blond tortoise shell,
painted with little star, of gold, that mads
her ths "connoisseur" of all eyes. Few
Imagined that this lovsly lady had slept
wtth slsven la a room in s small hut,
beaten a earful of peopls and rlddrs forty
eight days on a mule.
Brahmins snd missionaries and fisher
men aad pretty women nave points of re
semblancs. In India the Vedle legend
distiuouUia
ZhZa ah. said It was the hart .,, w" choral" .,.., . ! . u com,non PP' In soum America ,ge and number and Emperor William says the Sge Valmlkl. author of the
!fau' h'wrtrt to ?1-iJ?".11 Wlthtt. f;ar of a .ont.rlon; Jho have ,,oyt learned to dlif.r-n.Uts riinked .oond. During the meaj u?. I K.mayana, who was so In lov. with h-s
.a t remt. "T. . t-i ui,. i . ... m .7. " " " niuni r
. . . . i.i.irnsw ik ri i m i list intua ai nn aTrvein . 1 n dt 'mm i -
- .h. .n,.ka tha anun.1 t . ! '"T ' ,T- .s. -Li-i "L': .u 'dress
" -a aa villia t TV. a aeneral vauviaianayaa, aw, wumu .11. car- I'W au.nv, wj 111 way, a m rnaraa er
Wrf,,..:i..a,.'a nam a that he stood for IO.ob wara
With her usual good humor forest tepea'.lns "llimj! Rama!
Ing came from the b.jnkets. Haaiiiy ried all the instruiuenU, but the postilion hlnuwlf. About sixty years old,
a-WF-a " a.vM,ii ji up and nea in ifrryr, in aarwciw iiaueorniy re- a wa aacu jiiiitiiiBrii afi-i uniajllMg m . flUf a, -am th rwulv
rushed to ths door, when ms full day-j fused ac4 shs soUld do Bottung win. Uie,oeaainue senes, WB4 knstT human nature u w "W.
- A t name. "He llama
be aa. ,.r . .prvir a usted. aeAara." ,,f,.Lri..i.r.'
UnfalllMg Ta " . .atoa .ha
Rama!"
But I don't really suppose he stood U4i
nws ihaa one ttousaud ysarsl
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