The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-04-30
CHATTER X.


one Of the most noted lions In
the city OF Mexico Is the prison
called Ia Aeurdada. Few strangers
visit the Mexican capital without
also paying "A visit 60 this celebrated
penal establishment. aud few Who
enter It's gloomy portals issue forth
from them without having seen
something 10 aaddsu the heart and
be ever afterwards remembered
with repuRuAuce and pain.
I-hera In. perhapas no prison Ia the
universal world where one may VT
ness - many and such variety Of
criminals. since there Is no crime
known To the calendar that has not
been committed by some enc Of the
iallblrla Of the Aoofdada.
It's cells. OF elolaiefs for the
building vas once a menaat RY=afe
usually veil eilai With thiev4h. farE
crs. ra4iahafa. hlghwAY fuhbhts and
murdefers. uone appearing eVNed or
repcntant. but boldly bras ans Il
out. aud even boaHtIug Of tbe# deesis
and vttlafnY. fierce and Htfnnx ~
when doing them. save the tssahie1
ones. Who suffer from Wo1hAs ~
Some luathsame disease
Nor Is all their criminal nction
nus pended inside the pfiaoI &ailm.
II Is carried on within thsk cells
and attll moro frequently nsfn The
courtyard 81 the ancient tnnVsnt.
where they are permitted r. meet
IN common and spend \ cons Fasfahie
portion % their time Here Is may
be seen IN gfuuta. most af IGN rag
Rst and greasy. squRttsd IN the
/ fiaNa. card playing and cheating
/ when they ean-uo8 and then aaaf=
rullnx. but always talklnnE loud ana
/ eufHlus
into tho midst Of this mass Of sa.
/ PRAYED humanity we're thrust tNo
/ Of the unfaftHaatn prisoners taken
/ At the battle ot Mler=lhe tWo With
/ ahom our tale has alone 70 10.
i For reasons that need not be told
/ ulasf nf the prisoners were excepted
from this degradation. tbs main body
OF them being carried ea through
/ this city 10 the Pheasant suburban
village 81 Taeohaya.
Hut Florence KeaueY aua Cfis
Rock weNH not among the exeap-
| lions. tath being consigned to the
hoFrtd pah1emonlum Sc have paint
| ed.
Il wan some isolation 20 them
/ that they we're allowed to share
/ tho same eel. though they would
+ have ftkrf Il better could they have
T had this All - themselves "A #
.aa two individuals were slowed iu
II along with them
/ II naH an apartment of limited
Internationally ; feet BY ta-the
eiotstar - some ancient monk in the
days when TIE Aeofdaaa vas =
/ pleasant place # residence for him
/ self and cuwied companions
/ BESIDES itH Texan prisoners ~.
+ occupants nov were men 81 Mexiean
birth. one % them. under more IA
f varahle circumstances. would have
+ presented a fine appearance. Even
+ In his prison karh. some = bat ragged
au1 aaualld. he Looked the ksntte-
man aud something mere. For thnne
/ wAa that In his air AMI phYNta9p0-
my which pro- laimed him no cum
nnn man. liz face WAS Of the TO
tund type. bold IN IL expression.
+ yet with something Of gentle hu-
manity in the profound depths Of
dark. penetrating eye. Ills complex
lon vas a clear olive such as + com
mon % Mexienns Of pure Spanish de-
scent. the progeny 81 the eoaaulata-
DOTS his beard and mustaehe coal
black. az also the thick mass # hair
faat. tuahlnE cut and down over bis
cars. half concealed them.
criH Rock 'coitened" 10 this man
On sight. Nor liked him much the
less when told he had been a fobbeFi
f.ris supposed that IN Mexico a rob
Der may sometimes BE an honest
mau. or a. al events have taken t.
the road through Soma aupr0Had
wrun E-=parsonal or political. Free
hooting t. less crime. or at al
events mere easy Of eEtanuH van Ia
a country whose chief uaaetatrate
himself IL a freebooter, and such al
this moment. neither more nor less.