The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-05-01

From Which a well-Known Street
in the City of Mexico Takes
Its- Name.

The jewel from which this we'll
Known street in Mexico City takes its
name was a magnificent bracelet of
gold, set with many precious stones.
The jewel was made for Isabel de la
iarside Tovar, a beautiful woman
belonging to the most exclusive society
Of the capital of Mexico, both by birth
and marriage. But, alas! it was not
Ter husband, Senior Alfonso Fernandez
lie Bobadilla, who presented the
bracelet to her, relates Modern Mex
CO. This gentleman had for long
time been much more unhappy than
ne appeared. In truth, he was the
most miserable of mortals, for he was
filled with apprehension that the wife
IF his bosom, whom he so much loved,
not true to him. They lived in the
greatest luxury in one of the finest
homes in the street, and, indeed, in
Mexico. Senior Fernandez offices were
on the first floor of the house, and
their large and handsomely furnished
living apartments were above. One
day the senior was sitting in his Office,
sadly meditating on his lot, when let
ter was thrown through the bars of the
window and fell directly in front of
him. He started as if from dream,
but even before he broke the seal he
knew what the letter would reveal. 1t
mentioned no names, but between the
lines he read the guilty name of pro-
fessional friend, Senior Raoul de Lara
Filled with suspicion, as he had been,
the definite revelation of the truth al.
most stunned him. He thought of that
very morning when he had ridden forth
with his lovely wife by his side in an
equippage that was almost royal in its
richness, envied by all who saw him,
and richer than any of his acquaint-
ances, but also more unhappy.
His first impulse was to rush up to
the living rooms with the letter in one
hand and dagger in the other, to
charge Dona Isabel with her unfaith-
fulness, and, if she could not deny it,
to stab her to the heart. But instead
he decided upon the cold plan of es-
tablishing watch that he might prove
to himself the bitter truth. Accord-
ingly, he went calmly up to his wife
and told her that he had made an en-
gagement with the government that
would keep him away from home until
late at night. Dona Isabel bade him
an affectionate farewell, and he de-
parted. A few doors away he secreted
himself in the gathering shadows.
Night had just fallen, when a man, well
wrapped in a long black cloak, which
he held over his mouth, as was the Gus
tom at night time, and his sombrero
shading securely the upper part of his
face, passed him hurriedly, and then
stopped in front of Senior Fernandez
own door. There was no knock, but
bona Isabel appeared on the upper
balcony, greeted him, and then the
heavy street door opened silently a
little way and the man in the long cloak
entered. Senior Fernandez waited no
longer. Fastening into his own house,
he found his friend just clasping a
beautiful and costly bracelet on the
arm of Dona Isabel. Another instant
and a dagger had pentrated the black
cloak and the blacker heart beneath
it. Dona Isabel turned to flee, but
finding the doors barred she fell on her
knees before her husband and begged
for pardon, mercy and her life.
"'Tis thus I pardon YOU" exclaimed
the outraged husband, as he plunged
the blood dripping dagger into her
heart.
The following day the two bodies
were f~d in the house, and on the
door, with the dagger stuck through it
to hold it there, the bracelet as proof
of the crime. Senior Alfonso Fernandez
de Bobadilla entered a monastery.