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Updated: May 6, 2025
"It matters little what becomes of me, since all my worldly possessions are on board the craft those scoundrels are carrying off," remarked Don Tacon, as he sulkily walked the deck. Colonel Armytage kept his post on the deck, eyeing the English ships. "It would be wiser for you, sir, to go below," said the captain.
This parlor arrangement is so nearly universal as to be absolutely ludicrous. Sabbath Scenes in Havana. Thimble-Riggers and Mountebanks. City Squares and their Ornamentation. The Cathedral. Tomb of Columbus. Plaza de Armas. Out-Door Concerts. Habitués of Paseo de Isabella. Superbly Appointed Cafés. Gambling. Lottery Tickets. Fast Life. Masquerade Balls. Carnival Days. The Famous Tacon Theatre.
Scarcely had Colonel Armytage disappeared than another party entered the court-yard. In the centre walked the worthy Captain Tacon, who was examining the building with much curiosity, and looking about him with a swaggering air of independence.
High mountains hem it round, and two rivers run in their deep beds alongside the irregular streets, a superb suspension bridge spanning the Valley of the Tacon, a depth of fifty yards. Higher up, a handsome viaduct spans the Valley of La Bienne, on either side of these two stretch clusters of houses, some sloping one way, some another, with picturesque effect.
It is in form a perfect square, and on each of the four sides was placed a broad, pretentious gateway, flanked by heavy square pillars. That on the west side he named Puerta de Colon; on the north, Puerta de Cortes; on the south, Puerta de Pizarro; and on the east side, facing the city, he gave the gate the name of Puerta de Tacon.
We visited the parks, the Exchange, the old churches, the navy yard, La Fueza, built by De Soto, the old markets of Colon and Tacon, the Palace; and we stood in the Cathedral before the medallion which marked the burial place of Columbus when his remains were removed here from Santa Domingo in 1796.
But to insure your faithfulness, I must put you for the present under guard." "As you will, your Excellency," said Marti. Tacon rang a bell by his side, an attendant entered, and soon after Marti was safely locked up, orders being given to make him comfortable until he was sent for. And so this strange interview ended. During the next day there was a commotion in the harbor of Havana.
The Spanish element in the city is popularly said to be an exaggeration of the old country quality. The Tacon theatre holds three thousand people. Cafés and restaurants abound, and never lack customers. Some day Havana may be transformed into a nearer Paris, with a larger American colony than haunts the dearer city across the sea. Cuba has nearly the same area as England.
"You will grant me full pardon, under the king’s seal, no matter how great my offences or crimes, if you call them so, may have been?" "If what you reveal is to the purpose," said Tacon, wondering why his visitor was so unduly cautious. "Even if I were a leader among the rovers myself?" Tacon hesitated a moment, looking closely at the stalwart stranger, while considering the purport of his words.
She was soon alongside, and a tall thin old man made his appearance on deck. Captain Gerardin scrutinised him severely, and he stared at the captain in return. "We have met before, my friend, if I mistake not," exclaimed the former. "I see before me Don Annibal Tacon." "The same, though changed, I suspect, since we last parted," said Captain Tacon.
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