"A singin' artist would choke to death in El Paso.

The dust's a fright." "Oh, I reckon it's so," said Dan Anderson.

"Now, the bull-ring over at Juarez would be a fine place for grand opera--especially for 'Carmen'-- which, I may inform you, Tom, is all about a bull-fight, anyway.

Yes," he went on softly, "I hope they'll sing 'Carmen' over there.

I hope, also, they won't see the name on the Guggenheim smelters and undertake to give Wagner under a misapprehension.