The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-30
Woman Bandff
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falna IN Spain, once company "
bandits were q terror 70 the country
below. TheY were accompanied ny
number Of women. one OF whom WeA
As terrible a. any Of them. She was
suzanne, girl Of twenty, very oeaiitl
fui and one Of the br5lyest ana tness
ni4iieas or the band. The Spanlsn
froopt hunted them down at Inst anu
Ffiied nearly an Of them. suzanne,
disdainIng night continued to load ana
dre. expecting every moment 70 pe
0hot down. she was overpOWered ana
would have been executed had II no.
boen for the admiration OF the othceR
commanding flte troops, Captain AA4gu-
ii Mendoza. He spared her Ire Anu
took her TO Madrid, where she was
lodged In 5aii. 8,
CaDtnfn Mendoza visited the girl IN
uriSon and endeavored TO lead her
from her evil ways, telling her that ono
- brave and 80 beautiful should looE
hfGl,er than the profession OF rooDeF.
she listened to him. now LOOKING Al
him with her dery eyes, then down IN
evident penItsnce MS he pictured the
yyfckedness OF her life.
Captain Mendoza soon came 10 pc
49, that IN, had rescued one who had
known nothing but a bandits IRE Dut
ln.-hoae breast beat a naturally loving
hsart he had no power to hberate
suzanne and despaired of enlistinf
9ympathy for her on the part OF the
onthorities. by whom she had mean
,ZbJIo bean tried and condemned to
death. The night before she was TO
have been executed he assisted her 70
escape, and together they went 70 the
Toledo mountains, south of Madrio.
EIis intentions were to leave tne glll
IN hiding there and when she had been
eor0otten help her to lead an honest
ItSe Iinder an assumed identity.
He wnS doomed to a bitter dlsap-
n0intnent. on reaching the mountain
suzanpe met two members of the band
- which she had belonged. POINTING
To her benefactor. she said:
.sPut that fool out OF the way.
In Mendoza there flashed SUDDEN
tempest and, drawing his sword, the
only weapon he possessed, he drove
SI1S three into a ravine, where he lost
mem for he could not follow on &c
count Of the wounds they had given
him. He was found by peasant an
carried down the mountain.
when Mendoza returned to MadriG
- y,aa not known that he had assisted
Suzanne to escape. he asked and re
roIyed permission to take troops to the
Toledo range and clear 1t OF oanolIs
Once there he soon got on suzanne >
track. She had gathered about ner :
hand. at whose head she had places.
herself and made them scourge
mendoza met them and drove them to
a dehle where they ensconced them
selves behind a rocky barricade, bGf
the soldiers got behind them and pick
n of ali. except Suzanne, whom Men
doza had ordered should not be harm
al. Mounting the rampant of rocks'
she kept on firing, doubtless expecting
to be shot, but no bullet touched hes
The soldiers closed in on her. 4he'
6he saw the man she had duped CON
ing to take her Raising her gun, 81
fisefI at him. but at the moment So
+ (ifer Jumped down behind her, knocks
the weapon upward and disarmed her
suzanne, held by two soldiers, m It
the gaze OF the man whose love, KIN
ness sacridces, she had sought to re
4Nrn by death. 1t was duel of on
human soul against another, weapon
OF good against those of evil. FOR
time it seemed as II the battle wouI
he drawn. At last the woman's gianc
feRan to weaken, trembled, and. he
eyes dropped. Then Mendoza, pointing
said one word:
500"
The girl stood for q moment, again
raising her eyes as IL to learn II she
was sent away to death, but there was
no death In her captor's eyes. Then
she understood Turning, without n
word either OF thanks or reproach. sh
walked away and In a few minute
was lost behind the trees.
A year passed. One night Mendoza
was walking In Madrid when car,
Rage was suddenly driven up to the
curb. two men aliGhted, one threw
cloak about the captains head an
both hurried him into the carriage. Az
night Mendoza was driven, under
Guard OF the two men. and toward
morning he felt that they were slowly
ascending. In time the carriage stopped,
the door was thrown open, and Men
doza was ordered to allght. His hrst
glance told him that he was on noun
tain side, and moment later his eye
rested on the figure OF a woman whom
he knew at once to be Suzanne.
"once more" ahe said, you are IL
my power.
$50 see"
AGet into the coach"
Mendoza got In, thinking he would
be taken to execution.
Drive the gentleman home" said
suzanne to the cOachman.
she turned away without look o.
4 word. and the carriage was driven
down the mountain. Several men on
orBebact rode behind tin the carriag
reached the foot of the mountain, then
they turned and disappeared.
There is a sequel to the story, but
I,ofxvaoV1 tho two n not