The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-21


 tear the flesh of their kind. The Tex
 an soon reached his home, where Spi- dron and the cowboy were welcome
 guests. They supposed that thehuffian
 who was lying in the wagon was dead,
 but after short time he sat up and
 asked for water. Several neighbors
 had collected at the ranch, and, after
 listening to Spidron's story, they con-
 cluded that the wounded stranger was
 not wanted in Texas and a committee
 was selected to hang him at sunrise on
 the next morning. During the night
 the man escaped. At least it is said
 that he was never seen afterward.
 Boston Spidron worked on the same
 ranch for several years after he saved
 the life of little Lena Trent, and he nev-
 CT allowed a week to pass without go- ing to see his little sweetheart" as he
 called her, always putting in her hands something that her childish heart would
 appreciate. Nearly ten years ago Spi-
 dron went to Old Mexico to superintend a ranch belonging to a Texas cattle , company. As time passed the name of
 the once popular young man was men
 toned less frequently in the old neigh | btAipOd III NlilLli ilC llGlu iiNGd Sp lciISo' Many people had forgotten the hero of
 the famous battle with the wolves.
 Miss Lena Trent, as her recent conduct proves, was not one of these. Some l four or five months ago q Texan who has been travelling i'll Mexico heard the story of a battle that had been fought between party of American cowboys and a band of Mexican vaqueros. It was bad affair." ill which the Ameri- cans had been Worsted. Several of them had been arrested, tried and sen fenced to serve long terms in prison. Among those who were convicted and 1 sentenced appeared the name of BGs- ton Spidron. Miss Trent, who is now beautiful, we'll educated and highly popular young lady, no sooner heard this story than she made diligent in- quiries concerning the truth of the matter, and when she learned that the man Spidron who was langulshing in gloomy dungeon in Mexico was certain ly the same Spidron who long ago had saved her little body from the fangs of pack of wolves she at once deter mined that she would use every means within her power to help him regain his liberty. Earnest friends tried to prevail upon her to abandon what they considered hopeless undertaking. They told her that she was taking her life in her hands. "The laws down there,' they said, are not like ours. If he has been convicted you had as well hold out your hand and try to stop the sun from rising as to try to get pardon" Well-meaning advisers said: If you feel that you must do something hire lawyer-send an in- fuential diplomat-dont go yourself Such man." he replied would be working for money. My heart is in the affair, and in such case the heart is worth more than brains or gold"
 In spite of all opposition this fearless young girl set out alone, with none too much money, to wrestle with pro- blem that had baffled one of the ablest lawyers of Mexico Fortunately she speaks Spanish, but she had no knowl- | edge of the laws of Mexico, nor was she informed as to the etiquette that | prevails in official circles of the capital | or the methods used to reach the proper 
 You will find everything against | you and you will soon learn how pow erless an American is in Mexico," said | one of her Warmest friends: you had | as we'll undertake to move a mountain
 Moved by a resolution born by inspi- ration, and cheered by a desire to sat- isfy the promptings of a grateful heart, this courageous young girl went to Mexico, resolving that she would 4a IL Car l. +to ,Fl | the man who had saved her life as long as she had a dollar or the energy to raise her hand She found the lawyer vino had defended Spidron and she was ,omforted by the assurance of this man hat he was convinced that his client vas innocent of the crime of which he rad been convicted, Armed with pe- .ition signed by numerous influential Mexican citizens and hundreds of Tex ms, she continued her journey to the ,apital. There fortune brought her to he notice of an American lady who vas the wife of an influential diplomat. Ter earnest, innocent department, her mple manners and her beauty won ev- ny heart. Finally she reached the pal ce accompanied by the wife of the var minister and the American lady. 'he president listened to her story with eep interest She did not forget to ell about the wolves, and when the reat-hearted old soldier had heard 1t Il he said:
 You are brave little girl. The yorld would be better if there were lore like you. Such courage and de- otion shall not go unrewarded Con6- ent if this man is not what you think e is, that vou will make him good tizen, if there Is a spark of manhood I, him, I will make you present of oston Spidron. '-Texas Letter to the t. Louis Globe-Democrat