The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-02-17

bat for evefy one wbe reads the
Dany idEht that has been 10 san An
touio there arc ten ~ho haye not ls."n
theve and To these / aend this letter
San Autoplo. established in tTtt.
IL ane VI the aldeat settlements In the
ssat, and H. from a historical point
o. tiew oue 81 the most interesting
cities 10 The souutrs Since The early
days uf the last century u has bevh
ecntpg Of Texas life and prosperity
n * called 5he cradle Of Texas 80,
sfty rs vas She capital Of the Tex
AS Republic The San Antonio of to-
daz Is q modern. weil built city. con
tanning. besides many fine buildings.
noteworthy public buildings and
beautiful homes lis handsome. Well
kept pIazas. adorned with IA wealth
Of flowers. palms and shade trees
add much 10 the attractiyeness of the
city san Antonio Is much frequent
ed as winter health resort II is
the largest city in size in the state
In the heart OF the city rises, the
SCARED visagc Of the Alamo. where
was fought one of the fiercest bat
ties of the Texas Revolution The
Alamo Is now the property of the
state. OF coourse this was the first
place OF interest ! visited | stood,
1 or imagined / stood. where the noble.
| brave and dauntless Travis stood
when he drew a line in front of his
men, and said: Those who wish to
die like heroes and patriots. come
| over 10 me, and in by minds eye |
| could see all his soldiers crossing
over. save one, and ! saw him hest
! tate, quayer, hang his head and walk
away. Then | heard the unconquered
! immortal Bowie say: Lads, | cant
get over to YOU, but won't some of
YOU be kind enough TO lift my cot on
the other side OF the line?'
was shown the place where the
dauntless Bonham fired his last shot,
where the fearless Travis fell, where
the gallant Bowie died across the
dead bodies of two of his murderous
victims, and where brave Crockett
gave up his liberty loving soul sur
rounded by twenty dead MeXicans
As | stood there looking at the sacred
spot thinking of the twenty-one souls
going up to their maker to give an ac-
count of the deeds done in the body,
| and the noble soul of Crockett must
have plead for mercy for the souls
of the poor. half heather Mexicans
my little boy came to me and re
quested that | read the speech of the
matchless Guy Nj, Bryan, and as
read that. the greatest speech even
! made in Texas, if not in America
! l seemed TO see him as he said: II
rise, sir. an advocate OF no common
cause. Liberty was it's foundation
heroism and martyrdom have con
seorated it | speak for the orphan
child Of the Alamo. No orphan chill
dren of fallen patriots can send
similar petition to this house-non
other can say, I am the child of tn
Alamo
Grant this boon. She claims
as the christened child of the Alamo
baptized in the blood of Travis,
Bowie. Crockett and a Bonham
1 / next went to San Jose mission
Oldest OF the missions IT is down III
river about five miles from th
-. Alamo. The roof is gone to all III
grand old mission except one room
In this room the Catholics hold Sc
vices once month. This mission Wa
founded in l71S, and the architec
ure on it is unsurpassed by the be
sculptors of today. An artist of Spai
spent the best years Of his life worl
ing on this cdifice After The lap
of POO years his handiwork stano
. there a grand monument to his gen
d us The paint on the facing Of OIL
of the front outside windows is SIT
= beautiful. The sacred image of JOSEF
4 stands in one Of The windows on q
inside of the only room intact just
= il was placed by the first priest
this mission