The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-15

adjoining state gives the following &C., count of the visit of an amateur eau, drllla of which he is member, to small pueblo, where they were invited to appear in honor of the saints day
 of the iefe polltico, who was a good fel- low and great favorite. Naturally that part of the corrida which made the lasting impression on his mind was that taken by himself, and this is not strange considering that he had as- cended from the office of "peon" to that
 of "banderilero" during the fight, and
 came near being gored in the bargain. "It was all the fault of the malditas mujeres, he began Che is the sort of q
 Mexican boy who would risk his life for
 pair of dark eyes), but I must begin
 at the beginning and tell you about the reception"
 "As this pueblo was a very small one,
 and there was no such thing as a car
 riage of any sort in the place. the home talent was in a quandary as to how 1 they should receive us. They felt bound to give us some sort of big recep- ! ton, so they took one of these great | two wheeled carts such as are used in | the haciendas, covered it with flowers and national eolors, and hitched on to | 1t ten mues--two on the wheel, then 1 two strings of four abreast, and pair of leaders. A band was at the station | (one of these bands in which the play CTS wear white clothes and guaraches, and in which the drums were chiefly prominent) and after getting us all into the cart they hauled us through 1 the principal streets of the town, with the people staring open mouthsd as though we were all Antonio Fuentes or his equal .......
 Then they took us to the one rneson" in the place, with big corral filled with mules and .burros, most of which
 belonged to families who had come from far and near to see us torear. Of
 course we had the best room assigned Jus. It was big and dark, and damp, with wooden bench in place of chairs, There we put on our costumes. and
 started for the plaza.
 "The plaza was enclosed in adobe walls, and there were no convenient
 places of exit, in case of being pur- sued by the bull. as there are in the
 city plazas--only little low hotels at intervals, that a man would have to
 double up to get through I noticed this when we entered the plaza. but I
 soon forgot it. for looking around the crowded arena. my eyes rested on the loveliest "ranchers" I ever saw, una
 cosa diving, hambre!' She was "guapsima," with a complexion like rosas crema. a pair of wonderful dark eyes, de esos ojotes rasgados" and when she smiled she showed
 whole mouthfuI of pearls She was dressed charra fashion, with a bright red mascada around her neck, and white gardenia in her hair My work was to draw the bull away from the
 man who was to perform the suerte, by flirting my capa in his eyes, but
 when I saw that 'rachera divina,"
 became wild to do a suerte myself, q went to the captain of the cua- drila, and told him I wanted to plant paid of banderillas. Don't be a fool man said the captain, you don't know
 how to place the sticks, and this bull is
 muy manoso-he'll kill you NO he won't, told him. The lovely ranchera was looking at me: l believe she knew I was going to do something for her Well if you will be fool said tn captain, let me plant a pair first arc you watch me well to see how l do it. He took Q pair of sticks and placed them media Vuelta' That's all right I told him. give me the bahderillas.' When I got them, I went over where she was sitting, and tok off my cap. and offered her the suerte, and
 she accepted it. and gave me smile that made me feel equal not only to
 placing the banderllas but giving the
 estocada afterwards. I took my place
 and called the bull, and as he answered
 the call. I rose so (rising on his tip
 toes) and planted the sticks--pero per- fectamente. The whole plaza yelled, and I was so elated I even forgot to look for the charming ranchers. Give me another pair I said to the boy who
 held the sticks He handed me an-
 other pair and I called the bull again
 Look otit' yelled the captain, and then
 saw that instead of answering as he
 should, he had his eye on my body and
 was bound to get me. turned and ran
 for my life, and he after me. l reached
 the hole in the wall just in time and
 bolted through If, and while the bull Gjd't get me he came so hard he hurled his horns in the adobe wall. No
 sIr-not much! The horns were not cut off the way they do them here; and the
 bulls were of Piedras Negras too, with sharp ones
 But about the ranchera--when the