San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-20
GONZALES PUNISHMENT
TIED TO A TREE AND EATEN
ALIVE BY MILLIONS
OF ANTS.
That Is How Manuel CARA
Avenged the Dishonor of His
Beautiful Fiancee, &C.
lestine Guerrero.
For the V.EGFT.

lie IdlS VI IIlG iISSIO IdpS iShdS
Smith, at Paris, Texas; Miller, al
Bardwell, Kentucky, and others
though fully deserved by the enor
nifty of their crimes, is appalling
to humanity, and yet these cases
are nothing, as compared to the
measure of justice melted out to a
licentious Mexican, ia "the land OF
God and liberty"
The story is true and romantic
in the extreme, having all the
shades of daily life, ending in the
sombre darkness of a weird TRACE
dy, and the scenes are laid at
Buena Aqua, in Southern Mexico.
Ramon Guerrero, a prominent
rancher, was the leading character.
He was wealthy and counted his
acres by the thousands, aye, tens
of thousands, and his cattle were
in equally great proportions. He
had a magnificent home, which
was adorned by his charming wife,
Donna Sylvia, and his delightful
daughter, Celestine.
The daughter at this time, in the
seventeenth year of her age, beau
tiful in face-in fact angelic, al
though brunette and petite in
statue, and was accomplished and
possessed of a graceful and volupt-
uOus form.
1t was quite natural that such
maiden should attract the atten-
ton of the sterner sex. Many
gazed longingly at the beauty but
only two enjoyed the privilege of
an entree at the Guerrero Nacien-
do. These were Manuel Cara and
Jesus Gonzales, their two good
friends, and it was soon apparent
that one of these would capture
the matrimonial prize.
Manuel Cara was of Castillian
descent and inherited all the
natural grace and the gallantry of
his ancestors. He was thirty
years ofage, giant in stature, fair
to look upon, of manly physique
and endowed with an intelligence
remarkable for one in his position
and only explained by the fact
that he was a enthusiastic reader
and student, but in worldly goods
in resources, though growing and
indicating ultimate prosperity,
were considerably limited.
Jesus Gonzales was four years
younger, smaller in statue, and of
that swarthy appearance, indicat-
ing the predOminance of Indian
blood. Outwardly he was ultra
gallant, but judiciOus sounding
would show that he was cruel, de-
ceitful, ignorant and coarse. He
had good face, though married
by sinister, Ominous lines and it
was easy to see that he was not
only a bOn-vivant but an ardent
votary at the shrine of Venus, as
the records iGdeed showed. More
over you cOufdsee that he was en-
dOwed with that cunning subtil-
ity so characterSE i his Indian
ancestors, but he MI, Tealthy,a and
wealth, like charfryg 6ill always
cover a multitude of .ae
Guerrero knew this Cara and
Gonzales were rivals for the hand
of his beautiful daughter. While
he appreciated Cara, he was an
admirer of wealth, and knew Con
Zales could count dollar for dollar,
acre for acre and steer for steer
with him." This threw his infiu-
ence on Gonzales side, although he
apparently left his daughter the
liberty to choose her her own hus-
band.
Woman's heart has usually an
intuitive sense of right and wrong,
and though circumstances NAV
dictate otherwise, she will, follow
ing the hearts admonition, gem
orally decide right. The beautiful
Celestine had already decided and,
unasked, had given her heart to
Cara. When Cara, taking adj
vantage. of quiet tete tete, pro-
fessed love and asked her to be his
Wife,the fair Celestine gave a glad
consent and the lovers were en-
gagged.
Soon after this Gonzales knelt,
with full homage, at the feet of
Celestine and preferred his love.
1t Was rejected in a kindly way on
the ground that she did not love
him. With all his craft he said.
sighingly, 81 see, you love Cara"
She answered not, for she and
Cara had agreed to keep their en-
gagement secret for the present,
but the tell-tale blush revealed