. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . irds of the UnitedStates representative of American manhood. I have been amongthe common Mexican people in all sorts of ways, under conditionsadmirably suited for light lingered operations and often with anarray of luggage that must have looked like a boundless fortuneto a Peon and never on one occasion have I had cause to lamentthe loss of the smallest article. For myself. I wish no better proofthat they are trustworthy. They possess a lively imagination andth
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . irds of the UnitedStates representative of American manhood. I have been amongthe common Mexican people in all sorts of ways, under conditionsadmirably suited for light lingered operations and often with anarray of luggage that must have looked like a boundless fortuneto a Peon and never on one occasion have I had cause to lamentthe loss of the smallest article. For myself. I wish no better proofthat they are trustworthy. They possess a lively imagination andthe rich Spanish language, which deals largely in superlatives rathertends to habits of exaggeration. Everything is the biggest, therichest, the most beautiful and so on and vou must exercise con- 44 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO siderable caution in assimilating what you hear. But it isnt amalignant kind of lying after all, very far different from thosekinds of untruth that have made the vice odious the world is rather a picturesque form of drawing the long bow thatdoesnt do anyone special mischief and does not necessarily pro-. Verano. A Mexican Mountain Farm. ceed from a \icious heart. As for intemperance, there seems tobe a strange appetite for alcohol the world over and the Mexicansare not exempt from it. The majority of them go on occasionaljamborees, but the chronic soak is a rareity and the vice very sel-dom goes to the extent of unfitting them for the business of mak-ing a living. I should say that they w^ere no better or worse than A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO 45 people in the same station of life in the United States. If anythingthe comparison would be in their favor. There is a class of Mexicans with whom the sojourner comesin close personal contact and from whom he can gather a very fairestimate of the general character of the people. These are themozos a kind of equestrian valets of the Sancho Panza des-cription. Everyone who wishes to be considered somebody mustof nec
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