Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-13
The YicerOy's Snuf-Bo1.
A Story of Favors Deity Used.
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IN the DAYS when his excellency the
roode de Revillagigedo represented a
Soaash king as viceroy of "Old New
S5sin," there existed in the City of
Mexico a certain woe-begone, lean, and
br0gry-looking under secretary who
reot by the euphoniouS cognomen of
: bon Bonifacio Ortiz de la Huerta v
= Iegpnbres. You may take exceptions
- 70 the word existed" One, however,
IN y.ss it advisedly. Poor Bonifacio had
At eighteen taken unto himself a wife,
re- spite of the fact that his salary as
A. mibicute, or under-secretary, in the
Z Tceroys palace brought in barely
:. enough money to support him and buy
: few clothes at rare intervals: Nor
le MAS this the least of his troubles, for
q every succeeding year or so brought
er young BonifaciO, or Juan, Juana, Jes-
rta. or Jesus Maria with it, until on
the fifteenth anniversary of his marriage,
Don Bonifacio found himself the father
Of twelve hungry, clamoring children,
9 and, above all, the husband of peevish,
COMPLAINING wife, whose one cry was
o Money, money, money!! with which to
|. buy food and clothing and pay for the
!, charcoal, and whose one wish was that
/. she had died before marrying such a
s hckless one as Bonifacio Ortiz de la
Huer.a Y Legumbres. This unfortunate
family lived and moved and had their
I, being in humble tenement house on the
/ Gale Ancha, not far from where the
II NJ OIL
I families equally unfortunate, lived in
this dreary place, the monotony of which
! was broken only by the fighting and
Il Quarreling of children, or the whining
II Of beggars in the patio. So that, take it
!. al in ALL one is justified in saying that
Don BonifaCio existed" and that in
most miserable fashion.
It must have been relief to the poor
man to escape daily from such home
and repair instead to the palace where
q he acted as under-seCretary. Here, at
any rate, there was no squabbling chill
81 dren, no SCOldlng, recrlminatlng wife.
8 Here, seated at the same desk he had
! occupied for nearly eighteen years, he
!, could at least dream dreams as to the
gaming Of quick riches, and what he
ed on his high stool, and dressed in
rusty yet neat black suit, with clean col
! lar and cutfs-for one had to wear de-
scent clothes while serving his excel
If3cy the viCeroy-Oritz de la Huerta
y LegumbreS would ponder by the hour
on various schemes which would en-
aILe HIM TO draw a prize in the grand
lottery, tlye-cent tickets in which he had
bought by the dozen, to no avail. For
no one could have called the poor man
!n1SGHy Fortune, like the Levite of the
pio.e, seemed to pass him by, on the
other side
Io b sure, one small prize of twenty
CoAars tell to Bonlfacio's lot one fine
aSSfd Gay, He fingered it hungrily, and
wanted to invest it all in a small ''ha-
u1lda de benehcio" just opened up by
SSo"e trends in the town of Pachuca,
WI too well did he know his duty. The
twenty dollars found their way that
92ght into the pudgy, greedy hands of
SONORA Ortiz de la Huerta Legumbres,
&"'Se only comment was a grumble at
~ not being twice as much. Notwith-
SSiI@,nllng which, the d0Hd proceeded to
ooW IN the desplsed twenty III most
approved style, buying with it several
!11Ige gold breastpins for herself, and
Ga"ooT2te Cutf-buttons for the boys.
",@s' bona Bonifacio purchased several
a pa'1S Of mgh-heeled satin slippers
TT'I'OA SrleVe to say, she wore without
L I.9 usual approved accompaniment of
~osS-d new lace maHtiNd or two, and
LSo A.. Tor each member of the family.
1850 "a IN their new gewgaws, the thir
w" 'hen proceeded to feast upon a
S'5~C deal of Savory mole de puaia-
..,y' with plenty of ''pulque conlpuesto"
a.-g many other things too numerous
S:'q ,oothSome to mention here. What
~. "a ."INlesSs Don Bonifacio get out of
me WC.ce? Nothing! He had to con-
IN, himself with days of boring mac
u'.'I III the palace and faultl6ndinq
;;..SatS with his family, the wife bicker-
ny and the children complaining. There
w. ", nowhere any peace for him,
= mere came morning, finally. when
D AfaCio decided. as he drearilv hetOol-
himself to the palace, that he could I,nt
and would not stand things anv 1onanr
His wife had Quarreled With hin, -.
three days because he could rn+ iol
borrow, or steal enough money To -
her and the children to 90 to 1f fcs4S
at which they had intended to disDo-
themselves in the new jewelry. bouIeb
with the twenty dollars Don Bonifaci,
had drawn i'll the lottery. He did no
know how or where to get the money
and so had informed his loudly scoldin,
5fF5ra. Then, fleeing from the wrath
present and to come, he decided to thinl
up another last plan for making monev
as there was no writing for him to dc
toat day If he was successful. good
Il not, few cents worth of laudanun
lSon his friend the botica-man in tn,
Yale de los Parjaros would end mat.
leTS 50 far as he. was concerned. "Anc
now thought Bonifacio, griInly, as he
%ated himself On his high stool, what
shall ! do?"
for hours the undr-secretary sal
gGnonless at his desk. His companions
G .l what work remained, chatted among
themselves. and finally betook them
siEes to their various homes and occu-
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