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heard in thc house I returned 10 IKE
salon. where everything was in disorder.
my hosts were distressed. their friends
embarrassed and troubled. and old Mmc.
Laroehe horribly pale and trembling.
What in the world has bap7enedg" !
asked They explained incoherenry chat
Nine. Larocho's diamonds were stolen
Old family diamonds OF great value. All
The servants lad been summoned ir-o
an adjoining room-in short. d formal
search was to be instituted. An old gen
tIeman. n Come, had been unanimouz-
Iy selected to direct this Investigation
just as / was entering. and his first prop
osition was that everyone should sub
mir. or. rather offer himself 10 -
searched Although the thing was rath-
er offensive. no one protested. and it
was decided that after The servants
each person present should be examined
To tell .he truth. all This seemed Of
small importance beside my personal
cares: and. with several others. await
ed the end Of the adventure. while N
Cope. his TWO witnesses and our host
began The inspection OF the doneat3rs.
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e yU1on By loyalty Il
4 Tale Of Diamond Robbery.

If na love me, arrange that they
acarch y6l first: then try to be near me.
and. wtthott being seen. try to conceal
The object hat 1 shall pass you from
behind"
My blood rsn6oid- This annoying in
cfdenr became terrible. filling me with
the most Dasstonae trouble, looked
at the girl in agony. but forced myself
20 smile. and whtspersl
III shall lie as you shi"
My knees frembled. mypouth was hot
and dry. The feeling thatpverwhelmed
me was iue1gresstbIe. II US a strange
mingling OF bitterness and plqsure. that
my loved one should be weakto such
decree. ] forced myself to nav sort
OF disdainful pity. and in really love
beat ardent. strong. stern in my beast.
understood, in a fash. how beuty
could become divine above baseuess of
soul. and how one could respect il eva
in dishonor-and hundred other thing.
in which were confused fervent love. de.
vouon without limit. desire noble an,
rerverse.
Jeanne had thanked me with hardI,
perceptibIe movement Of the lips: SIT
stood by the wall with an air of indff
ference and pride,
They are very long about it," sh
said sternIy. M. Cope is a man O
method some one replied And a 81
Ience followed which told more an
more on ones nerves. for even the wait
ing in peaceful frame Of mind inishe,
by disturbing and emptying the brain
like pump, However, the moment ar
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rived when the searching OF the ser
wants. ended. the door opened. disclosing
our host. the two witnesses. and the
old gentleman.
My heart beat furiously. 1 felt myself
become terribly pale. but. conceaIins
my agitation and steadying my voice,
asked to be searched first.
n Cope smiled at what he consid-
cred the within OF a young man. and pro-
ceeded methodicaIIy to my examination
I blushed, ] became pale, without any
one finding that peculiar under the cir
cumstances. When II was over ! made
two or three steps backward and I found
myself near Jeanne. She lowered her
fan and handed noe something with
GOODNESS that was only equaled by my
caImuess in Selling the object and pIac-
ing ii in a pocket of my coat. After
(Which Ieant against the fireplace. be
iR now merely a witness and above all
suPicton
N>Coppe search was unProductive Of
esd There remained nothing to do
3ut visit al the rooms ana then in
,orm y police.
stiu NJ trouble Of mind increased as
z remand standing by the fireplace
NV brain vas in whirI, and / felt the
erime weish2n me as though I were in
Iced the thiE
Jeanne al Ist came 'orard me. with
that undulatint step Of hers. ard gave
sme q look Of sch Passionate gratitude
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A T that time I was engaged and
II very pleased 10 be- 10 a most
\ eniematicaI young person she
spoke rarely and in way always little
Inysteriouziy. making voluntary secrets
Of hundred little actions Of life, and
loving solitude in an alarming manner.
All this vas onset by eyes SO beautj-
full by a colorfng so marvellous, by an
expression SO divine. that had net the
courage 10 reflect on the singulartty Of
her character. loved her, and often
passed hours Of the night sitting before
her doorstep. simply dreaming that she
lived mere" and meditating on her pres
ence as does the believer on the tran
substantauon.
did not know. in she first place,
whether she loved me or not; she al
ways refused 10 answer that question.
referring to the wishes Of her parents
and her confidence in their wisdom II
I insisted she generally ended by saying
that she knew nothing about it, but
that she felt 10 antipatby toward me,
and that. according 10 her ideas, was
enough 10 decide young girl on mar
riage." In vain ] suppIioated, in vain
tried to animate this enigmatieaI be
ing; she remained as distant as the
manner in which she loved. as unknown
as she was dominating.
One evening as I was dreaming a little
sadly of these things a commotion was
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gQben Babp Says 5000 14tobt."

What greater boon OF helpful biisz
Than dimpled cheeks 70 press and ks
/ seem to part from ways OF men
And cling the more to heaven, when
She trips adown the winding stair
With little feet 50 white and bare.
a last good night and then she's gone
To tread the shores that love grows on
The dreamIand isle where roses meet
And tangle Up the childish feet
That pass that way I grow resigned
To Fate which seemed to me Uakiud
And cruel in its every task.
But now no earthly boon / ask;
only laugh at sordid care.
And bless the feet so white and bare
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eve have the Jewels and the guilty
one.' he said very elamiy.
had only time to hear this nueh, end
to see TIE Hg.d face OF the vaIet-the
guilty one-when found that Jeanne
was gently urging ne out on the terrace
where the shadows lay thickIy There I
felt my head seized with two hands,
while two pure lips were pressed 10 nine.
IS Jeanne mUrmurea:
'-lhe thief adores youl She las
trick d YOU! To test your iove5she gave
you her own jewel box
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above all law. human or natural, drawn
from the fountain head and againss
which nothing ought to prevail.
1 felt strangely happy in This equiv
ocaI adventure, and could not throw of
this happiness for which 1 reproached
myself and Of which I was terribly
ashamed.
As I was struggling with these con-
tending emotions, exeIamations were
heard. and I saw II. Corpe resppear
holding a little box
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Graceful form Of q Century Ego A9ain
Women Of The Day Are
Getting BaCR TO the Sim
pie and Charming Cos
tunes Which We're the
SartOridI Grace Of the
Maids Of the HUDpYLOnQ
AGO. y x Il X X
. RETNA GREEN. as costumer. has

" RETNA GREEN. as cOstumer. has
= proven conclustveiy that the
slender waist and graceful arm
are quite independent of the corset And
the physician and dress reformer may re
joice. for their offers may again receive
unexpected aid from the stage
It is a welI-known fact that the vogue
of the ''straight -frout'' corset is due to
Sarah Bernhard. For ages divines and
doctors had launched the thunders of
their eIoquence against the corset in all
its forms. Legislation had endeavored to
cope with it. The textbooks on physI-
ology in use in the schools contained on
one page q picture of the Venus de Milo
with her ribs curving delightfully."- out
ward at the bottom, as a model of how
perfect woman should be formed, and on
the opposite side, by way of a horrible
example. WIS the representation OF
modern belle with an hour-glass form.
and her ribs interIaoed and every bit of
vital machinery crowded out Of place.
The Two Pictures.
Lovely woman looked ''on this pictuSe
and then on that like HamIe:'s mother.
and then-drew her corset strings a little
tighter in the eternal feminine quest for
the small waist. Even the threatened
terrors Of the red nose had no power to
deter her. a dash OF two OF powder
could speedily right that matter. As for
such trihes rs impaired digestive organs,
cramped lungs. and overworbed breath
ing apparatus-what did they 2ount be
side an eighteen-incb belt ribboae
But 10! One day an actress Tants TO
play part where youthful slfmness is
one of the main reQuisites-wheIs there
are 10 be no teII-taIe mature .urves
She Ioosens her corset Iacings a the
top, slips it well down over her hips.
let's out her waist line as Nature in
tended it, and behold every womaL in
the land is going about with the lev
figure" and the corset factories are
working over time on straight fronts
Short asthmatic breathing and biz.
DuIging hips have vanished as by magic
and even fair. fat and forty views
without apprehension the formerly
dreaded "thickening up of middle age
knowing that all. feshy additions can Is
safely hidden from sight in the kind
shelter of the garment, the one touch 81
art. that makes all women shapely-
Radical Changes Foreseen.
Now it is a matter Of conjecture as
TO whether Miss Elizabeth Tyree viii
bring about more radical change still
and induce womankind to don stays al
together and float about in classical. IN
confined 1901 styles. This would be Z
step farther than even the hnost sd-
vanced dress reformers have yet taken.
When they counseIed woman to emea-
cipate herself from the tyranny of she
corset they advocated tse substitution
of all sorts of corded waists and ooned
girdIes. each uhampioning some pet
brand o. her own. It ueaser once was
argued that ones own bones gieht
prove as enectuaI as those o5taine,
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that it almost seemed to SEQ .ch me.
Then in an imperative tone she said
DO YOU stElI love me?"
I did not hesitate 1 replied firmly:
Yes
In spiteJof ali that have done?''
In Spite OF everything
VIII you marry me-"
i wily marry you.
She developed me with the same look
still wb rmer and more lingering. / fully
eomPtHsheaded the power Of woman
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TER little feet so white and bare
RI Trip down the wide and WING
1 L ing stair.
Arrayed in simple gown Of white
She comes 20 bid me sweet good night
The rosy cheeks, the chubby arms
I worship all the baby charms,
Ard kiss the lips that prattle so
OF childish JOY and childish woe.
And then I breathe q silent prayer
For little feet so white and bare
Fer tired heart and brOws that ache
There's balm that follows in her wake;
No greater blessing JOY commands
Than soothing stroke Of childish hands.
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Of Betsey Camps immortal friend, Mrs
Harris. there amt no SIGH" thing.
There Is no painful dissection. because
there is no petticoat fastened about the
waist. The slip Of silk or dainty cam
brio hangs from the shoulders just as
the outer garment does.
Too Much Flesh
And as to wabbHng. one of tbs
bugbears aIwsys conjured up by III
bare idea OF The remuneration Of tn
corset. just follow directions AMI see nov
firm and solid The flesh becomes
Tt will perhaps be aruged that thi
style is more suitable to the youthfE
sveIte figure than those whom nature
heredity OF Iaztness or an fnordinat.
love Of sweets OF any one o. a thousan,
good and sufficient causes has endowe.
vfth TOO much solid flesh But aIack an.
alas rs this not true of all styles ans
nodes Nowhere except in far Orienta
lands is embonpoiat considered a desir
anIe adjunct TO beauty Even Marth-
Brown. the plump. comfortable nurse o
he Earl OF Bassatt. does not look g.
much amiss in her Empire gown. Sh,
Tools mognerIy and cozy--he kind OF
nurse one could cucdIe up to and %.
camforted Tor all sorts of childish Ills.
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from the whale. when support vas need
ed, and that natural muscles might tend
to give grace aud symmetry As well as
bands of coutfHe or twiIIed Saline. Tho
tGretna Green" costumes have proven,
however, that such aids are not Reccs-
sary in producing beauty Of =orm and
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tsii -
srnaIIaT V aisIs.

What viii perhaps. appeal 1c5re fhan
anything els 70 tae sex, ever on a sdn
hunt for tenderness and @-Hio~Iy
effects, II is listmed that waist and
hips are botlh.a<ch smaller than in
corseted measurements. and that he
dressmaEer had to axe of inches in
her calculations for he 1901 gowns. So
the viii o the wisp. witch we hive been
pursuing all these yearN and Thiea we
underworld to lure 10 ! by means OF
the corset strinp. is rigt here within
our grasp if we viii but p't For5h q lit
tie effort. And that is-propr standing
Expand your chest th\w yo0r
weight on the ball OF the Eoot och are
rules which. If faithfully obey VIII
lead up 20 the ever-pursucd. ev yan-
fshing goai
And ao=. About The petsieoaJ
with its painful bisecton2 In the w6d4
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-26
10 DEL PRESIDE

De nuestro colega San .J1so1
r1rs tomamos las siguientes dis
ae;.iones adoptadas por el gober-
eodor Hunt, en- el asunto del pre-
.idiario Torres
Aplaudimos la actitud del 90
AsrnadOr, pOrque creemos que es
= bora de investigar minuciosa-
asnte 10 que viene ocHrriendo en-
i Presidio departmental.
Dice III Ne1cs-
rCruz Castro, el alcaide del
presidio. fu6 suspendido en- las
f1nciones de su cargo, hasta Que
: rerifque una investigation de
Ia asuntos en- que Intervene, CO.
mn resultadO del reciente asesina-
T. perpetrado en- una joven por uno
A. los presos de La carcel.
Ell Gobernador prOcedi6 tan
nronto como tuvo cOnocimiento del
becbo. de que es conveniente que
Iaya una minuciOsa Y total inves-
tiraci6n de La cOnducta del Presi-
dio he San Juan.
La investigation debe hacerse
II Il manejo de los presos, el sis
fema de vigilarles, la discipline
one 80 aplica, Ell m6todo de llevar
los iibrOs Y las cuentas, Y Ell efec-
"a debe extenderse a toda la cues
ti6n de la administration del Pre-
sidio.
xSe me ha ocurrido que caba-
Tler0s apropiados para hacer esta
investigaci0n, 10 pueden ser el Sc
nor r. 3. Dix Y el doctor Herman
dez. ii esta usted de acuerdo con
esta reeomendaci6n, le suplico que
a0tifique a dichOs senores Y les pi-
ia Que inicien La investigation y
uresten Embellishments este ser
rieio ptblico Y que emitan un in
Arne. Ell cual despu6s usted me 10
p9dra trasmitir.
Muy respetuOsamente.
lF1RNADo) William n. Hunt.
Go5ernGd0r.
Mansion Eiecutiva.
San Juan, Mario q de 1908.
Al Director de Carceles.
lPor conducto del Procurador
General.
Senor:
El asesinato de aver, en- una
casa cerca del Presidio, exige una
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impuesto ell deber de estrechar cada dia
mas las relaciones de puertorriquenos Y
dominicanos, pues considera & Santo
Domingo una prolongaci6n de Pto Ri
co v vice-versa; Y que do quiera lie lleve
Ell destino, quizas ahora en- esfera mas
amplia, continuara la obra empezada,
pues para 6l Puerto Rico es su segunda
patria.
El sefIor Henriquez es un caballero
apreciabilisimo y enteramente quito, Y
tenemos referencia de que es una cons
pfcua figura en- su pats, donde Sc lie re-
conocen actitudes Y m6ritos para des-
empenar cualquier puesto p1blico. in
elusive ell de Presidente de la Rep1blica
Lleve feliz viaje Ell viejo luchador,
Y sepa que sabremos corresponder los
buenos deseos que le amman acerca de
nuestra querida terra.
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Immediate Y conRleta investiga-
c!on de Ia cond ucta Y administra-
clon del Presidio, con el fin que
pueda averiguarse el hechO, orde-
nand0 que sc practiQue una inves-
Tlgaclon. En- La carta que dirigf
al GobernadOr General, dice que
debe haber algo en- Ia administra-
clon de La Penitenciaria, cuando
SO le permite a un confinadO que
salga del Penal y que use armas
mortiferas.
"A instancia del Gobernador,
Ell Director de Carceles, Luzunariz,
ordeno La suspension del Alcaide
Castro, hasta que una investiga-
clOD de los asuntos del Preside,
que no sc limitara solo a la fuga
del presO, sino que Sc extendiera a
tOda La administration, los libros
y cuantO tenga relacion con el
PresidiO.
He aqui las cartas que Sc han
dirigido con motive de la suspen-
sion de Castro:
Mansion Rjecutiva.
San Juan, Mario % 1903.
A Procurador General Interi-
no: San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Senior:
De acuerdo con una acci6n
mas amplia con relaci6n d La carta
que dirigi a usted, aconsejando La
suspension del Alcaide de Presidio
y de nuestra conversation. verbal
esta manana, creO definitivamente
a qulen corresponds la responsible
lidad de La negligencia en- ell cum
plimiento del deber.
IO no cOmprendo como a un re-
clusO, armada de un revolver Sc le
permite atravesar La calle para yer
a una mujer, nj tanpoco como Sc
lie permite cruzar La calle para yer
a cualquiera persona. Hay algo
que esta NAL en- tai administra-
ci0n. Yo aconsejo que ell Alcaide
del Preside sea inmediatamente
suspendido, hasta que una investi-
gacion aclare los hechOs; Y que ell
empleado que le sigue al jefe Sc
encargue del Presidio, mientras Sc
conoce el resultado de la investi-
gacion.
Muy respetuosamente,
(Firmado) WILLIAM III. HUNT.
GObernadOr.
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lNCENDIO

En- el barrio de San Antonio de esta
jurisdiction hubo anoche un incendio q
Jas nueve, en- Ia casa de Ramon Moran.
Segdn explic6 este 6ltino q la Poll
eia Insular, encontrandose el fuera de La
casa ocupado en- busca de un caballo pa
"a trasladarse & San Juan, noto que SUI
casa ardia por 10 que Sc apresur6 a sal
var Ia fanilia perdiendo totalmente todo
guanto quedaba Ell su vivienda.
He aquf 10 quemado:
Cafe, tres fanegas.
ArroZ, tres media idem.
In rancho de tabaco de 8 varas de
largo con de ancho y una pisa de un
qulntal pr6ximamente.
La Policia trabaja activamente en-
el asunto indagando Is veracidad de los
hechos
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-26
G Q M RIO
Al CESAR 10 DEL CESAR

La G0yTcsD0nde7acsd. en- su edlcl0n
del q del actual publica una reyista de
este pueblo en- La cnal Sc afirma, sin aten-
der & antecedentes Escolares. que dos
Escuelas ruraIes. las de Cedrito v Palo-
mas, han sido conseguidas por Ia actual
Junta Escolar, asf como los edificios
ofrecidos para las Graduadas Y La de
Agriculture
FL autor de esa revista Sc ha pues-
TO fuera de toda verdad: las dos escae-
las rurales que sc contrae fueron crea-
das Ell pasado a6o, con Otra que tambien
Sc cre6 en- ell barrio de Cejas Y que esta
sin cubrir.
Los edifcios para las escuelas gra-
duadas Y Ia de agriculture, fue ges-
tionada su construction muchas Yeces,
no solamente por los medios que tuyo
& su alcance local Ia Junta anterior, 81
que tambien 10 hizo por conducto de
personas infuyentes de San Juan Y por
gestiones repetidas ante tres Inspectors
americanoS el actual senior Landr0n.
como puede probarse por los hbros de
actas repetidas Y comunicaciones cruza-
das con ell Departamento, el testimonio
de dichos inSpectores.
Para la escuela de agriculture fue
senalado hasta ell sitio por un Comisio-
nado del Departamento de Educaci6n.
De modo que, ell corresponsal de
SLa Correspondence apartandose de
la verdad, nos da motives para exterio-
rizar servicios prestados al pueblo por
la anterior Junta Escolar, los que el quiz
so adjudicar q Ia actual que 81 verdadera-
mente esta compuesta de ciudadanos
capaces por todos conceptossde hacer
mucho por la instruction, no les ha lie
gado la oportunidad del elogio, que yo
sere ell primero en- hacerselo tempe
cuando siquiera Sc haya dado termino
las iniciativas de Ia anterior Junta, pa
ra la cual sabe ell pueblo que tiene mo-
tivos de gratitud.
Al Cesar 10 que es del Cesar, Dios
10 que es de Dios, y las fgurGs deob;s-
cu5t para Gd0rsoS de las suJgs.
LEOPOLDO SANTIAGO.
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Don Juan Henriquez

Aver tarde, de paso para Ponce,
donde enbarcark hoy en- 81 vapor .Jata'1
F1rg1s, con direction Santo Domingo,
tuTimos el gusto de reeibir Ia vista del
dlstinguido dominicanoy v emlnente honn-
nre p1blico de aquel pals, cuyo nonlore
slrye de epigrafe & estas lfneas.
FL sefor Henriqnez, que acaoaOh oe
leer la DEMoCRACIA, pnes empezo
circular cuando lego 4 esta eludad, nos
elcarga consequences; que ei no VoiyerA
DC Consul Z Puerto Rico, como olce
maestro corresponsal de san JUAN que
"A para 81 pals, pero que 1gnora ia' nj
sion que le confara ell nuevo gobleTho
49e Sc forme bajo Ia Presldencla oe uon
Juan Isidro ,Iimenez.
Bero 10 que con mas preferBhclA
los recomend6 hacer constar, es que
antes de tener representation oncliAA la
bia uegado 4 Puerto Rico. hallandO aqul
una generosa hospitalidad, al extreme
cue Ia epoca de 81 vida que .recuerua 90
con mayor regocijo, fue la que paSo -
AgqadilIa, donde lego 4 ser macs ITO oe
escuela.
Luego fue nombrado C6nsul J 6
pals le sigFi6 distinguiendo con So So. ~.
pzslss; quS r. ese puesto se nA''A'
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r O M A
LEoPOLDo SANTIAGO.

Calc6lase en- IS mil ell n6mero de
las personas que asistieron las ceremo-
MAS relgiosas del Jubilee de Leon XIII,
quien al ser Ilevado Vaticano, en- la 81
la gestatoria, Sc puso de pie varias
veces para bendecir al pueblo que lie
aclamaba freneticamente, y su paso Sc
inclinaban espetuosamente, los prfnci-
pes, los cardenales los diplomaticos Y
los obispos, que lie saludaban en- diez
idiomas distintos.
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Demonstration de gratitud
Humacao, Mario, "a de 1902.
Sr. don Mariana Abril.
Caguas.

Muy sef1or mio: Enterada conye-
pOr mis- hijos don Eleute-
rio don jose Rivera Y Cintr6n, del
noble desinteresado comportamiento
de Vd.. cuando ellos tuyieron necesidad
de llegar & las puertas de su casa, con-
duciendo en- coche mi otro hijo Carlos,
recIufdo hoy en- un manicomio, conse-
cuencia de enoontrarse en- estado de
enagenaci6n mental, no puedo menos,
sefIor. Que demostrarle p1blicamenbe mi
mas profunda gratitud, por la ayuda
rue Drestara z mi familia, en- mOmentos
tan tristes, en- que la desgracia lego en-
hora nefasta, refugiarse en- mi pobre
hogar. La opinion p6blica sensata, va
me habfa noticiado Ia magnitud de sus
delicados sentimientos.
Acoja estas hneas como testImonio
fiel que por 81 generosidad, lie envfa mi
pulna zgradecida.
Respecto los pueblos desde HUI
macao & San Juan, no siento NADIA mas
que del de Juncos en- donde manda IN
tai Anguita, quien, sin apreciar la ma
gestad de Ia desgracia, permiti6 Que su
Influenza preyaleeiera, hasta conseguir
que al enfermo Sc le negara IN bagaje
hasta Caguas, que facilit6 don Jose B.
Cintr6n sin cobrar NADIA.
Como repiten mis- hiJos que don
Ricardo A. MARITIME, no estaha DE Al
calde Asi es.
Al sefor Cintr6n y al doctor Goe.
naga, tambien les vivire agradecida.
Con la mayer consideration res
peto. doy Vd. IN million de gracias =
me suscribo de Yd. 81 af~ amiga y :. 5
QUINrTsA CESTRos VDA. pF RIVERA.