On the Mexican highlands, with a passing glimpse of Cuba . th fine darkeyes, her long hair coiled beneath her purplerehozo. There is no color line in Mexico andSam proved himself to be a great beau among theMexican muchachas. Sitting in the smoking compartment of my car,during the morning, I found myself in companywith three Mexican gentlemen who entered atMonterey. They could speak no English. MySpanish was limited. But as we sat there I be-came conscious of a most friendly interchange ofsentiment between us. They were demonstrativelygracious. One of them offered me a fine cigar,the other ins
On the Mexican highlands, with a passing glimpse of Cuba . th fine darkeyes, her long hair coiled beneath her purplerehozo. There is no color line in Mexico andSam proved himself to be a great beau among theMexican muchachas. Sitting in the smoking compartment of my car,during the morning, I found myself in companywith three Mexican gentlemen who entered atMonterey. They could speak no English. MySpanish was limited. But as we sat there I be-came conscious of a most friendly interchange ofsentiment between us. They were demonstrativelygracious. One of them offered me a fine cigar,the other insisted that I accept of his cigarettos,and they would accept none of mine until I firsttook one from them. They sent the porter forbeer, and insisted that I share with them. Theyeven got out at one of the way stations and boughtfragrant light skinned oranges, and pressed me toshare the fruit. I could not speak to them, northey to me, but I became aware that they weremembers of the Masonic order. I wore my Mas-ter Masons badge. They displayed no outward SO. MULES CARRYING CORN On to Mexico City-tokens, but their glances and friendliness revealedtheir fraternal sentiments. They treated me withdistinguished courtesy through all the journey toMexico City, and at last said good-bye with evi-dent regret. At a later time, I learned that aMexican of the Masonic Fraternity wears no out-ward sign of his membership, owing to the hos-tility of the yet dominant Roman Church, whilethe Masonic bond is of peculiar strength by veryreason of that animosity. After leaving San Louis Potosi, the great in-land plain which we had all day been traversinggrew more and more broken. We came amongsmall hills, with here and there deep ravines, andwe began turning slightly toward the west andclimbing by easy grades toward distant, toweringmountains far upon the horizon to the now became more plentiful. We followedthe course of a stream, wide, between high banks,where were long reaches of sand int
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