=Ernesto García Ladevese=, b. 1850, a writer of commonplace, and
sometimes coarse, stories. He is at his best in _Pescador de caña_.
Other works are _Fuego y cenizas_ (verse) and several volumes of short
stories.
=30.=--[30.1] =cubierta la cabeza==_la cabeza cubierta_.
[30.5] =el bueno de Chaviri=, 'the good Chaviri.'
[30.7] =al pasar por allí=, 'upon passing by there.'
[30.9] =Y no siempre eran los chicos los que==_y los chicos no eran
siempre los que_ ('the ones who').
[30.17] =Antes de hacerse Chaviri=, 'before Chaviri became.' Note that
=Chaviri= is the subject of =hacerse=.
[30.20] =al ir á=, 'when about to' (lit., 'upon going to').
[30.21] =se le adelantó alguno=, 'some one got ahead of him.'
[30.22] =por él concebidas==_concebidas por él_.
[30.23] =Lo que no... nunca=, 'what he never fully understood.'
[30.24] =chascos= is the subject of =producían=.
[30.25] =cómo á... no les había pasado lo mismo=, 'why the same thing
had not happened to....'
=31.=--[31.1] =al establecerse=, 'when they went into business.'
[31.3] =Anduvo=, 'he was' (lit., 'he went'.
[31.11] =se=, 'to themselves,' or 'to one another.'--=al verle=, 'upon
seeing him.' Note again this common use of =al= with the infinitive.
[31.12] =Chaviri= is the subject of =trae=.
[31.13] =se supo=, 'it was known.'
[31.14] =no hubo quien no dijese=, 'there wasn't any one who didn't
say.'
[31.23] =le= is redundant: do not translate. It is in apposition to
=pescador=. This idiom is very common in colloquial Spanish.
[31.25] =de tarde en tarde=, 'some afternoons' (lit., 'from afternoon to
afternoon').--=se le veía=, 'he was seen,' or 'they saw him.'
[31.29] =cuya pesca=, 'the catching of which.'
[31.30] =que.. le pagaban á subido precio=, 'for which... paid him a
high price.'
=32.=--[32.1] =Ho había nadie que... llevara=, 'there wasn't any one who
brought....'
[32.2] =la de Chaviri=, 'that of Chaviri,' or 'Chaviri's.'
[32.4] =iba durando una y otra semana=, 'lasted week after week.'
[32.5] =Á los dos meses=, 'after two months.'
[32.7] =Fué la noticia extendiéndose=, 'the report spread.'
[32.8] =ya no volvieron á gritarle=, 'no longer shouted at him.'
[32.14] =en evitar que nadie me viese=, 'to avoid being seen' (lit., 'in
avoiding that any one should see me').
[32.20] =á que acertasen el sitio=, 'to the risk of their finding the
place' (lit., 'to that they should hit upon the place').
[32.26] =levantóse==_se levantó_.
=33.=--[33.4] =del de más allá=, 'from one farther away.'
[33.9] =Si querrás=, 'can you indeed expect': =querrás= is fut. of
conjecture.--=se puede=, 'one can.'
[33.11] =¿Cómo que no?= 'why not?'
[33.12] =los tres=, 'you three.'