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El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1904-10-20

to, es un contrasentido preten
der que un cuerpo tan numeroso
de hombres Sc hallen esclaviza.
dos por ninguna clica. Este solo
hecho demuestra 4 las claras la
falsedad y falta de sinceridad de
aquellos que propagan asercio,
nes tan ridfculas.
Nnestro pueblo ha sido siempre
victima de las| |calumniasmas NOR.
daces 6 injustas de parte de in.
dividuos que viven en otras loCa
lidades, mas no puede haber min
guna calumnia tan injuriosa co.
mo aquella que han lnventado
los escribas y fariseos de la De.
mocracia, cuando afirman Y de-
claron que dos tereeras parties
del pueblo de Nuevo Mexico son
esclavos de una clica eompuesta
de unos cuantos oficiales. La
misma enormidad de la calumnia
constituye su propia refutaci6n
porgue no existe sobre la faz de
la terra un pueblo desmoralza-
do Q inferior que sea, que Sc so
meta q la voluntad y capricho
de unos cuantos, y mucho menos
un pueblo civilizado como el de
Nuevo Mexico donde ell partido
Republicano cuenta ELI cada con.
dado muchisimos miembros lle-
nos de Independence y virilidud
que no se someterian pOr NADIA
del mundo Il los maudatos de
ningGn dictador 8 dictadores.
Por supuesto, hay hombres que
son ofciales y otros que no 10
son, que tienen gran hombre 4
Influenza en- el partido Republi-
cano y que por esa raz0n han
merecido ell nombre Y caliiicativo
de jefes. Pero resulta que estos
jefes no son nunca todos de la
misma opinion sobre cuestiones
que atahen al partido y luchan
entire 81 sobre esos puntos en- las
luntas y convenciones, quedan-
do la victoria de parte de aque-
Hos que tienen de su lado la ma
yoria de los delegados del parti-
do. 81 este es gobierno de clicas
ent0nces no sabemos cnal serG
gobierno popular, y deseariamos
que nos 10 explicdran los macs
tros Ell el arte, que son los susO.
dichos oradores y peri6dicos De.
m0cratas y sus aliados. Pero 10
cierto es que NADIA de sinceridad
y buena f6 podremos esperar de
tales individuos, y 10 meior es
dejarlos que digan 10 que quie.
ran, pues en- 1ltimo tGrmino ma
die da credito Il sus asertos.
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1904-10-20

zaci0n politica que merece elapo
yo de los votantes leales y con
cienzudos. En- el Norte, en- el Sur,
Ell ell Oriente y eI POniente prosi-
que adelante con todo tes0n la
campaha Republican,, teniendo
por comandante en- iefe al invicto
senador W. IL. Andrws, quien, 81
las probabilidades SC realizan,
sera el representative de Nuevo
Mexico Ell ell Congreso quincua.
gGsimo mono.
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1904-10-20
El Partido Republicano
En- Nuevo Mexico no esta Someti-
do al Gobierno de Ninguna
CGca.

La cantilena de los oradores y
peri0dicos de la Democracia J
sus ayudantes y secundadore'
los Republioanos descontento,
no tienen mas fin que amontonal
cargos sobre cargos de que e
partido Republican, de Nuevc
Mexico Sc halla dopinado Dol
una clica Official que Intervene er
todo y maneia los negocios de
partido vali6ndose para clio dc
la corruption y de procedures lie
gales y arbitrarios. Al mismo
tempo, seg1n las atirmaciones
de los citados acusadores, los
miembos del partido no tienen
ancion nj VOC en- el asunto V sc
dejan gobernary conducir como
rebano de ovejas adonde quiera
que ordenan sns amos y pasto'
res. Esta es la muletilla con Que
diariamente regalan los oidos de
sus oyentes, creyendo sin duda
que todos son ienorantes y que
Sc van a tragar sin pestanear bo.
las tan descomunales. Las in
tenciones y prop6sitos de sujetos
que propalan semejantes especies
son bien conocidas por los vo.
tantes Republicanos y por lpue-
bio y sus asertos son considera-
dos como delirios, hijos de una
imagination desordenada, 8 fail.
sedades concebidas por .indivi-
duos que deliberadamente Sc va
len de la mentira para realizar
sus fines.
Sin embargo, cualquiera perso.
ma de iuicio y raciociDio puede
conocer POGO mas 6 menos que el
partido Republicano de este Ter
ritorio no es nj puede ser pro-
piedad de ninguna clica Official 8
de otro gfnero, porque esta a la
vista del mundo entero que ell
partido es gobernadO por los
mismos Republicanos. Esto Sc
prueba con ell hecho de que los
miembros del partido son convo.
cados para que la mayorfa de
ellos disponga y determine Ell ca
da precinto y condado 10 que 81
debe hrcer asi Ell cosas locales
como generates, y NADIA sc hace
sin el beneplacito de la mayoria.
Los delegados elegidos para que
yayan d las convenciones de con-
dado 8 territoriales son MEM
bros del partidO escogidos por
sus asociados para que los repre-
senten en- tales convenciones EN-
la nomination de candidatos pa
ra empleo 9 en- otros negocios
que sean necesarios, y por 10 tan
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1904-10-20
F. ]. Gehring,
ferreterO, HOjaIaterO y PIOmerO.
TechOs COrnlzas, Utenclos Agente CalentOnes
de Casa, Estufas Ranges. wv Horn0s dc Yapor.
Agente para Calentones
y Hornos dc yapor.

enemo oda ce dc ferrete Esua Ranges para one
agn pronto coda complete surdo de Tates de
Oaa ras Esmaados Fao dc Oa, Aambre Apara
para pone apor Deouadores de tubes as ue Monods
Vcno Pompas Cndre na Aambqne Bhos toda ase
domeria.
Todas Acncou, Garnta DO
Bacn TrabaIo.
EDIFICIo DEL TEMPLo MAsoNICo, EAST LAS VEGAS Nm
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
The Land of Regret.

There Is city whose gates are wide
us pavement pure and clean.
mere shadow forms fit side by side
On the road called Might Have Been %
But folks walk there with their heads
bowed low.
And heavy eyelids wet
For evry corner is haunted so
In this, The Land of Regret
They meet the ghosts OF those other years
In dreams Of memory sweet,
Ana wet with passionate frenzied tears
The graves which lie at their feet;
But never. long as their lives shall last.
Can they again forget
Who once have walked with ghosts OF ths
Past
In this, The Land of Regret"
They feel the touch Of n hand grown stfll
Its fingers softly press.
The tender passion OF kisses thrill
Their own i'm fond caress ii
All, me!-but pity the folks who stray
Where long the sun hath set.
And walk with the ghosts who're laid away
In this. The Land of Regret"
Pail Mall Gazette.
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view OF him. Even as we looked he
plucked out from under his COVERING n
| short, round piece of wood, like a
school ruler, and clapped it to his
lips. Our pistols rang out together.
He whirled round, threw up his
| arms, and with a kind of chok-
ing cough fell sideways into the
stream. / caught one glimpse of his
venomous, menacing eyes amid the
white swirl of the waters. At the
same moment the wooden-legged man
threw himself upon the rudder and put
! 1T hard down, so that his boat made
straight in for the southern bank,
while we shot past her stern, only
clearing her by few feet We were
round after her in an instant, but she
was already nearly at the bank. It
| was wild and desolate place, where
the moon glimmered upon wide ex-
panse of marsh land, with pools of
stasnant water and beds of decaving
vegetation. The launch, with a dull
thud, ran up on the mud bank, with
her bow in the air and her stern flush
with the water The fugitive sprang
out, but his stump instantly sank its
| whole length into the sodden soil. In
vain he struggled and writhed. Not
one step could he possibly take
either forwards or backwards. He
yelled in impotent rage, and kicked
| frantically into the mud with his other
foot, but his struggles only bored his
| wooden pin tie deeper into the sticky
bank. When we brought our launch
| alongside he was so firmly anchored
that it was only by throwing the end
of a rope over his shoulders that we
were able to haul him out, and to drag
him, like some evil fish, over our side.
The two Smiths, father and son, sat
sullen1y in their launch, but came
| aboard meekly enough when COM
| manded. The Aurora herself we
hauled off and made fast to our stern.
A solid iron chest of Indian workman
ship stood upon the deck. This, there
! could oe no question, was the same
! that had contained the ill-omened
treasure of the Sholtos There was no
key, but it was of considerable weight,
so we transferred it carefully to our
I, own little cabin. AS we steamed
: slowly upstream again, we flashed our
search-light in every direction, but
eHN.N was ho SlS II VI lle lSldnOcr.
| Somewhere in the dark ooze at the
bottom of the Thames lie the bones of
that strange visitor to our shores.
'See here" said Holmes, pointing to
the wooden hatchway 1--WE were
hardly quick enough with our pistols. :"
There, sure enough, just behind
where we had been standing, stuck
, one of those murdcrous darts which we
knew SO we'll. 1t must have whizzed
between US at the instant that we
, fired. Holmes smiled at it, and
, shrugged his shoulders in his easy
fashion, but | confess that il turned
me sick to think of the horrible death
which had passed so close to us that
night.
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POETIC THOUGHTS.
Disinte-es.ao Arsc.,o,


"hen You see little fel.er iookin' fondty
al his dad
You Know he thinks he's bout the greaes
est man I
ihat any town i'm all this glorious countxy
ever had
han
mere ; frienss an there is fam'lys symps8
THIN when YOU srieve
~, An ready fur 70 answer at your call,
Out there's somethin i'm his manner whfcn
conpe.s you TO believe
mat the little fel.er loves you best Of an
AN Il KIND o. makes you fee; like bracizs
up an jumpin' in
~ t'Nih tut record in the game:
Sause YOU know how honestly he is en-
pectiu' YOU VIII win.
An II you don't EC'.l love YOU les the
same
An tEese isn't any thought in him thai
lSr [ fur your good.
v An II at last cure driven to the wall
lou Know he's goiu TO stand by dad jes,
where he's a.waNS stood
all
Washington star I
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CHAPTER ZI
THE GREAT AGRA TREASURE.

r.
Our captive sat in the cabin opposite
TO the iron box which he had done so
much and waited so long to gain. He
was n sunburned, reckless-eyed fellow,
with network of lines and wrinkles
all over his mahogany features, which
told of hard, open-air life. There
was singular prominence about his
bearded chin which marked man
who was not TO be easily turned from
his purpose. His age may have beer
fifty or thereabouts, for his black,
curly hair was thickly shot with gray.
HIS face in repose was not an I'M
pleasing one, though his heavy brows
and aggressive chin gave him, as had
lately seen, terrible expression when
moved to anger He sat now with his
handcuffed hands upon his lap and his
head sunk upon his breast. while he
looked with his keen, twinkling eyes
at the box which had been the cause
of his ill-doings. 1t seemed to me that
there was more sorrow than anger in
his rigid and contained countenance.
Once he looked up at me with a CLEAN
of something like humor in his eyes.
well, Jonathan Small, a." said Holmes,
lighting a cigar, 81 am sorry that it
has come to this"
And so am L." he answered, frankly.
al don't believe that can swing over
the job. ! give you my word on the
book that i never raised my hand
against Mr.. Sholto. 1t was that little
hell-hound Tonga who shot one of his
cursed darts into him. / had no part
in 1T, sir. ! was as grievcd as if it had
been my blood-relation. ! welted the
little devil with the slack end of the
rope for it, but it was done, and could
not undo it again"
Have a cigar" said Holmes; "and
you had best take a pull out of my flask,
for you are very wet. How could you
expect so small and weak a man as this
black fellow to overpower Mr. Sholto
and hold him while you were climbing
the rope?
"You seem to know as much about it
as if you were there, sir. The truth is
that / hoped to find the room clear.
1 knew the habits of the house pretty
well, and it was the time when Mr..
Sholto usually went down to his sup
per. / shall make no secret of the
business. The best defense that can
make is just the simple truth Now, if
it had been the old major would have
swung for him with a light heart.
would have thought no more of knit
ing him than of smoking this cigar.
But it's cursed hard that should be
Jagged over this young Sholto, with
whom ! had no quarrel whatever"
''You are under the charge of Mr..
Athelney Jones, of Scotland Yard. He
is going to bring you up to my rooms,
and / shall ask you for a true account
of the matter. You must make clean
breast of it, for if you do hope that
may be of use TO you. / think l cap
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She had slipped unseen through the
yard entrance and passed behind two
or three small CT aft, so that she had
fairly got her speed up before we saw
her. Now she was flying down the
stream, near in TO the shore, going at a
tremendous rate. Jones looked gravely
at her and shook his head.
"She is very fast" he said. ~ doubt
If we shall catch her"
"We must catch herl" cried Holmes.
between his teeth. Heap it on,
stokersl Make her do all she canl If
we burn the boat we must have theml,
We We're fairly after her now. The
furnaces roared, and the powerful en-
gines whizzed and clanlSed, like great
metallic heart. Her sharp, steep prov
cut through the still river water and
sent two rolling waves TO right and to
left OF u.s. With every throb of the en-
gines we sprang and quivered like
living thing. One great yellow lam
tern in our bows threw long, flicker
ing funnel of light in front of US.
Right ahead dark blur upon the wa
ter showed where the Aurora lay, and
the swirl of white foam behind her
spoke of the pace at which she was po-
ing. We flashed past barges, steamers,
merchant-vessels, in and out, behind
this one and round the other. Voices
hailed us out of the darkness, but still
the Aurora Numbered on, and still we
followed close upon her track
pile it on, men, pile it onI'' cried
Holmes, looking down into the engine
room, while the fierce glow from be-
low beat upon his eager, aquiline
face. Get every pound of steam you
can"
Il think we gain little" said Jones,
with his eyes on the Aurora.
81 am sure of it," said l. "We shall
be up with her in a very few min
uteS."
At that moment, however, as our
evil fate would have it, a tug with
three barges in tow Numbered in
between us 1t was only by putting
our helm hard down that we avoid
ed collision, and before we could
round them and recover our way the
Aurora had gained a good two hun
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Stress or Snasinn

me clock upon the mantel-shelf \
WIN vacant face. stood still while tins
ran on I'm quite a needless way;
because his mentor failed to chime
ne housewife wound Il up. then shook
Inc stubborn thing tits side and that.
AnG peat II sore with sudden lar
Aha' walked the babe and scared the cat
II would not move. and so II stood
or many moons. its work undone
Inc housewife asked the time next doom
Or guessed 1t by the mornings sun.
A friend dropped i'm one eventide
An! what's the matter with this clock 20
IL VIII not run" the housewife said
Though wound. and shaken with .
shock"
Wei let me try" and 10, he sent
drop of oil. now here. now there
On each small wheel and tiny cog
TIL. fabricated everywhere.
Inc clock began its merry song.
Tlck-tock. tick-tock" the Iivelonv d.x1
us running yet. and keeping time
30 time no more can run away.
Margaret Sullivan Burke. i'm Good Hou,..
keeping
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Compensation

And n have not that I most desire.
Why storm at Fate. and weep her firm
decree?
what seems most fair that which most
admire.
Perhaps were fairer still. ungained BY
me.
II others have OF beauty. wealth. or power.
And | pcrchance lack riches such as
these
stu! hidden evils Turk within their bower
For every comfort brings it's own dis
ease;
AND though my love be scorned when free
ly given.
II should not turn to gal, within my
heart.
No love is truly lost though freely given--
MY love is OF myself the better part;
For have that which has DO othcr man
nry HE like his. may freely bless or ban. Z
Sarah Palmer Byrnes. In Chicago Intsy
Ocean. !
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prove That the p6iso
that the man was deac

tsO'~ NhoN bhC DOlSO
that the man was deac
reached the room"
That he was. sir. never got such
a turn in my life as when | saw him
grinning at me with his head on his
shoulder as | climbed through the win
dow. 1t fairly shook n e sir I'd have
half killed Tonga for it if he had not
scrambled o@. That was how he
came to leave his club, and some
of his darts, too, as he tells me,
which dare say helped to put
you on our track; though how
you kept on it is more than can tell.
don't feel no malice against YOU for
1T. But IL does seem a queer thing"
he added, with bitter smile, that |,
who have fair claim TO nigh upon
half million of money should spend
the first half of my life building a
breakwater in the Andamans, and am
like to spend the other half diggin'
drains at Dartmoor.. 1t was an evil
day for me when first l clapped ewes
upon the merchant Achmet and had TO
do with the Agra treasure, which never
brought anything but curse yet upon
the man who owned it. To him it
brought murder, to Maj. Sholto it
brought fear and guilt, to me it has
meant slavery for life"
AT this moment Athelney Jones
thrust his broad face and heavy shout
ders into the tiny cabin. "Quite fam
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CHAPTER x
THE END OF THE ISLANDER.

THE END OF THE ISLANDER
Our meal was a merry enc. Holmes
could talk exceedingly well when he
Acse, and that night he did choose.
7Q1Rared'to be in state of nery-
itation have never known
him so brilliant. He spoke on a quick
succession of subjects,-on miracle
plays, on medieval pottery, on Stradi-
varius violins, on the Buddhism of Cev-
Ion, and on the warships of the fu-
ture-handling each as though he had
made special study of it. His bright
humor marked the reaction from his
black depression of the preceding days.
Athelney Jones proved to be a socia bic
soul IN his hours of relaxation, and
faced his dinner with theOair of a bon
vivant. For myself, ] felt elated at
the thought that we were nearing the
END of our task, and / caught some
thing OF Holmes gayety. None of us
alluded during dinner to the cause
which had brought us together
When the cloth was cleared Holmes
glanced at his watch and filled up
three glasses with port. "One
bumper" said he, ito the success of
our little expedition. And now it is
high time we were off. Have you a
pistol, Watson?"
~ nave my old service revolver in
my desk"
You had best take it, then. It is
wei to be prepared. | see the cab is
at the door. / ordered it for half-past
six"
It was little past seven before we
reached the Westminster wharf and
found our launch awaiting us. Holmes
eyed it critically.
us there anything to mark it as a
police boat?"
"Yes-that green lamp at the side"
''Then take it off,
The small change was made, we
stepped on board, and the ropes were
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The Old Mnn-

like tho German word that means the old.
Thor a't from which ours came because
IL shows
More clear the meaning that one seldom
knows
Drawn from the Roman mine OF verbal
gold.
Now from tho Latin "n,tus' sec unfold
The beauty OF The term which man be-
slows
Upon the aged: on whose head the SHOWS
or years are resting; in whose lives ara
rolled
Years Of experience. For alt means high.
Like altitude. So. old Is high or near
To Heaven and to God; and the old man
Is like n mourtatn-top. He has passed by
The lowly things Of earth. and with no fear
White-crowned, the Infinite OF God doth
sean.
Chester Wood, I'm y Y. Independent.
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Lullaby.

Low. low. by low, ~
Dreamy eyes 20 Slumbcr go,
/ heard the moon-fay call, I know,
Drop thy tender eyslids so,
By-o, by-o.
Softly swings the maple bough.
a cradle for the birds and thou
Nesting on thy mothers breast,
Graded in that fragrant nest.
Sweetly rest sweetly rest r.
The frefiies CLEAN in grasses tall,
And over all the night dews fall
Sweet and low the mock-birds call.
And dewy sleep has kissed thee, s0s
By-low. by-.ow
Ola Smith IN Woman's Home Com
pantoE.
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cast off. Jones, Holmes and | sat IN
the stern There was one MIN at the
rudder, one to tend the engines. and
two ourly police inspectors forward
Where TOP" asked Jones.
ITO the tower Tell them TO stop
opposite TO Jacobson's yard"
Our craft was evidently very fast
one. We shot past the long lines Of
loaded barges as though they were sta
tionary Holmes smiled with satisfac-
ton as we overhauled river steam
er and left her behind us.
I'VE ought to be able to catch any.
thing on the river" he said
well, hardly that But there are
not many launches to beat us"
I'VE shall have 10 catch the Aurora
and she has name for being clipper
viii tell you how the land lies, Wat.
son. You recollect how annoyed | was
at being ballSed by so small thingP"
Eyes"
well, gave my mind thorough
rest by plunging into chemical
analysis. One of our greatest states
men has said that a change of work is
the best rest. SO it is When Thad
succeeded in dissolving the hydrocar-
bon which ! was at work at, ! came
back TO our problem Of the Sholtos, and
thought the whole matter out again.
My boys had been up the
river and down the river without
result. The launch was not at
any landing stage or wharf, nor had il
returned. Yet it could hardly have
been scuttled to hide their traces
though that always remained as a pos
slble hypothesis if all else failed. I
knew that this man Small had a GER
tain degree of low cunning, but did
not think him capable of anything in
the nature of delicate inesse That is
usually product of higher education.
then reelected that since he had GER
talnly been in London some time-as
we had evidence that he maintained a
continual watch over Pondicherrv
lodge-he could hardly leave at mo-
ments notice, but would need some
little time, if it were only a day, to
arrange his affairs. That was the bal
ance of probability, at any rate"
1T seems to me to be a little weak"
SAID l. 1T is more probable that he
mac arranged his affairs before ever he
set out upon his expedition"
No, hardly think so. This lair of
his would be too valuable a retreat in
case OF need for him to give it up until
he was sure that he could do without
1t. But second consideration struck
me: Jonathan Small must have felt
that the peculiar appearance of his
companion, however much he NAV
nave top-coated him, would give rise
to gossip, and possibly be associated
with this Norwood tragedy He was
quite sharp enough to see that. They
had started from their Headquarters
under cover of darkness, and he
would wish to get back before it was
broad light. Now, it was past three
O'clock. according to Mrs Smith. when
they got the boat. 1t would be quite
bright, and people would be about in
an hour or so. Therefore, | argued.
they did not go very far They paid
Smith well to hold his tongue, reserved
MS launch for the final escape. and
prrled to their lodgings with the
fasure-box. In couple of nights.
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The Mother-Tone.

Never song that the breeze whispers
low,
Never measure that bugles may blow
Like the Tilt and the Groom
OF the old-fashiOned tune
That babes in the arms of their glad moth
ers know.
Never an anthem tina: goes 10 the throne
Where angel hosts sing and trUmpets are
blown
Like the low note and clear
That falls on the ear
OF the baby in arms-lke the dear mother
tone
j. NJ. Lewis in Houston Post
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(To BE coNrINUED.)
Unexpected.

"If you please, sir?"
We'll, Jimmy?"
Me grandmother, sir"
Aha, your grand&other Go on
Jimmy"
Me grandmother an me mother
What, and your mother, too! Both
very i'll, eh?"
NO. sir. Me grandmother an me
mother are goin' to the baseball game
TINS afternoon and they want me to
stay home an take care of me little
orudder." Plain Dealer