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GIRL WON'T TAKE DARE:
MAKES PARACHUTE LEAP
Inexperienced Young Lady Horrifies
Friends by Going Up in Balloon
Lands in Safety.

Middletown, n. Y.-Rather than
take dare" Miss Margaret, Daley.
aged 20, of Middletown. made a bal
loon ascension and parachute leap at
Midway park, summer resort near
here. 1t was the first time the young
woman had ever been higher than the
top Of the tallest Office building in
Middletown. She knew absolutely
nothing Of ballooning or the manage
ment Of a parachute.
Her horror-stricken friends watched
her cut loose from the balloon thou
sands of feet in the air. She dropped
with the parachute and landed about
two miles and a half from her start
ing point, uninjured, but completely
unnerved.
With several companions at the
park she stood near the balloon while
1t was being inflated. Suddenly Miss
Daily took her position on the trapeZe
and told the helpers to cast off. The
balloon sailed swiftly upward with
Kelly, the aeronaut, sitting on the
trapeZe. There was a gasp from every
one. The crowd below expected every
moment that Miss Daley would fall.
but she clung tenaciously to the trap
eze
When she had ascended nearly
5000 feet the parachute was seen to
drop. The young woman fell like
streak Of lightning. Then the para.
chute opened and Miss Daley. sus-
pended from the trapeze. foated gent
ly downward.
She was found by her friends. much
frightened by her experience, but also
elated at the successful outcome of
her first balloon ascension. She said
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place OF honor there. and on the walls
are Few good engravings. This hall
Is ike those found In all the fine
old southern mansions. On the first
moor are the library. drawing.room
and smoking hall.
But II Is up Il wide staircase to the
second floor that one must 20 to find
n room about 20 feet square. furnished
with chintz-covercd chairs. hung with
pictures. such as have long since been
consigned to the fashionable and
wealthy 10 dusty attic corners. and
strewn with sewing tables. chests, n
tea table and music box. Everything
is oldfashioned. with one exception.
and that is an up-to.datc desk. with a
telephone attachment. which stands
unobtrusively In corner. This Is the
room. with Its windows filled with
red geraniums the year round. where
Mrs. Ryan plans her good works.
which the wealth OF her husband exc
cutes.
There Is never an idle moment when
Mrs. Ryan Is In that sitting room Of
hers. No visitor is so important. no
conversation so interesting. as to alb
sorb her entire attention. She has
a sympathy for the comfort and in
terests of the friends who go to her
there. but always begins the visit
with:
You won't mind my going on with
my knitting. will you?"
Not very long ago. when Cardinal
Gibbons called upon Mrs. Ryan. his
eminence was shown to the sitting-room
where Mrs. Ryan was busy. between
telephone calls. knitting a baby's pink
and white sack. After formal salu-
tation to the churchman. her fine
white fingers began TO ply the yarn
In the weave again.
you will pardon my doing this.
your eminence." smiled Mrs. Ryan.
but II | worked only when alone sons
babies wouldn't be as warm as l like
them to be-"
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There are tent villages outside OF
Phoenix. Tucson, Mesa and a score OF
other desirable places where con-
sumptives find Natures cure, which
has been furnished and supported by
en- whose means made such measures
impossible.
II Mrs. Ryan hears of a boy or girl
who has shown any talent and has
not the means Of developing 1t, her
handsome. motherly face brightens
with one Of her happy smiles as she
says: Il am so glad can do this
little thing for some other mothers
boy" 1t is always "a little thing
that Mrs. Ryan does. whether II be to
build a church. a hospital. a school,
or help the Ill in body or mind. It's
always "a little thing" for the hands
which give a million dollars year
for good work to spend long hours
making baby clothes for some little
one whose mother finds life a poorly
fed. overworked. back-breaking prob
lem. It's "a little thing" to take q
worn-out shop girl away from her
drudgery for a month or two Of rest
and comfort where Gods air Is pure
and undefiled. It's little thing" to
send some young boy with hard
cough and red spots on his cheek bones
out into the eternal sunshine Of the
southwest for q new lease of life. It's
"a little thing" to 60 out personally
and hunt employment for the support
er of some family, to provide COM
forts and necessities for families in
want to make employment for men
and women untitled for the response
bilities which have fallen upon them.
It's "a little thing" to educate ambi-
tious boys and girls, and to do all these
little things, with just one stipula.
tion: You won't say anything about
it, except sometimes remember me In
little prayer" !,
In the big public subscriptioas
where donors names are advertised
for what they have done, Mrs. Thorn
as F. Ryan's name is never seen.
Avoiding always publicity. she is the
same quiet, retiring. great-heartsd
woman who came to New York the
girl wife Of Tom Ryan, clerk with
nothing but . baby and . genius for
making money, - years ago. There
arc women In the old Jesuit parish ON
Sixteenth street who still remember
the sympathetic little woman who
lived there 4 spartsrlof Of . century ago.
and who hslped many an unfortunate
from the eArnlnu1 Thomas Ryan
brought A6nns cta Saturday night
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RICH NAN TAKES A
RIDE ON THE BUMPERS

north of Kingston. The entrance TO
the estate Is short distance from the
north yard OF the West Shore rail.
road. where nearly all freight and pas
senger trains stop for coal and water.
When Mr.. Freer saw north-bound
freight train about to pull out Of the
station he decided that 1t would DO
much easier to ride on II as far as tho
coaling station In the north yard than
to walk home or walt until his horses
could be sent to town. So. without
attracting attention. he boarded the
freight and took up q good, secure
position on the bumpers between cars.
AS the freight. with Mr.. Freer
aboard. moved up the north yard, the
solitary passenger commented to him.
self upon how much better the coun.
try looked at close range than from
the Interior OF passenger coach.
Then, as the train approached the wa
ter tanks and coal elevators. he pre-
pared to alight.
Instead OF slowing down the train
seemed to be increasing Its speed, and
when 1t reached the usual stopping
place 1t was travelling 80 miles an
hour. 1t bumped over the Saugerties
road crossing. less chan 200 feet from
the entrance to Maple Lane Farm,
with sufficient force to bump on even
an experienced hobo. but Mr.. Freer IL
athletic and he clung tenaciously TO
the cars.
1t was a fast freight that Mr. Freer
had boarded. and the engine had taken
on coal and water before starting. At
the end OF two hours the train slowed
down and finally stopped at Ravena.
WIpIng dust and cinders from his
eyes Mr.. Freer. hardly recognizable
through his coat OF dirt, climbed
down. looking more like a hobo than
millionaire.
Passenger trains on the West Shore
railroad do not run as frequently as
they might run. and Mr.. Freer faced
wait of three hours. While he was
debating how to meet n dinner en-
cagement a south.bound freight came
into sight. This time 1t was fiat cars.
loaded with steel rails. but Mr.. Freer
Jumped il" and headed for home
The same Providence that provided
the freight for the millionaire way
farer neglected to provide that It
should make the usual stop for coal
and water. and without a halt the
! weary wanderer was set down in
Kingston. almost at the spot where he
had boarded the northbound train
earlier in the day. Another ball game
was being played inside the grounds.
hut Mr.. Freer did not attend.
| Mr.. Freer's disappearance had cre-
tod t,Nfn vol TO-
family and friends. and they were
greatly relieved when he showed them
| that he was safe and unharmed.
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Of months. and come around here to.
morrow morning at ten o'clock. am
going to put some things aside and
wait for you. Good-by. and God bless
you'll"
II you wandered into the big sit.
ting-room any day you would hear
many talks like that.
Mrs. Ryan is q great traveller. and
owing to the i'll health of one Of her
boys. who has been compelled to spend
so much OF his life In arid lands Of
the southwest. she frequently takes the
six-days' journey frem New York to
the Painted Desert In Arizona. During
these trips she always travels In her
private car "Pers Marquette" which
includes In Its furnishings q conss-
Grated altar and all the fittings for tho
celebration OF mass. At such services
her car Is always thrown open to any
In the villages who may wish to at
tend.
1t was because of her sons ill.health
and necessitated stay in the southwest
that Mrs. Ryan interested herself In
the missions to the Indians. She has
built II churches throughout tho
southwest and she has done much for
tuberculosis sufferers In that region.
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own THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLIS F0R'
HER GENEROSITY To THE UNFORTUNATE

stitutions or clothing bureaus for AID
MIS- Ryan calls that person her friend
VINO tells her Of such people In need.
There Is score OF families, rem.
hants OF broken-down aristocracy.
whose sole support lies in the f,ne
needle-work which Mrs. Ryan gives 10
women otherwise united for the bur.
den Of self-support.
over In the south corner of the sit
tins-room there Is big chest with
many drawers. each carrying some alb
breviated label. In this chest are kent
exquisite alter linens. the making Of
which has been the liberal support Of
families In need. As fast as these
supplies are accumulated they are
sent out to poor missions or heavily
mortgaged parishes where the people
are unable to contribute such things.
There Is another chest full of baby
things. and. dearest of all to the heart
OF Mrs. Ryan. u weli-illed medicine
chest
Il don't believe you look we'll" said
Mrs. Ryan to a little needlewoman re-
turning a package Of nne linen one
day. How do you feel? Do you ever
cough? And in the end the woman
went away with three bottles OF hypo-
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similar experience and mystery, told
of the cistern near by and requested
the party to make an inve estigation.
Into the darkness of tile cistern
went the men. A white figure moved
about at the bottom. There, sure
enough. was his doglets, with 1use
strength enough to rear himself on
his hind legs against the sic ping earth
which had been his prison for nearly
three weeks.
The dog was very feeble and had be-
come greatly emaciated by his long
fast. He was reduced to canine
skeleton. He was unable to partaks
Of any solid nour.shment at nrst, but
eagerly licked up much cooling vatar
to soothe his parched tongue.
During the dsy OF hin discovery ths
contents Of workman's rail ~
slowly given him. ana " Mat ~
showed Visible signs " imDsSvsn
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phosphites. which would have cost her
as many dollars.
Mrs Ryans life has not been with
out cloud and bitter grief. Death and
long Illness have weighed heavily on
the motherh heart. and that great flood
of sympathy given her by nature Is
ever wide to a fellow sufferer. Long
and intimate acquaintance with Illness
has given her practical knowledge,
and she knows more about medicine
than many a man with n license. Two
Of her boys have been stricken down
with lung trouble, and the great white
plague holds greater terrors for her
than any other physical aff1iction. She
has given OF her financial and personal
aid toward the cure of those afflicted
with this disease.
"I am more afraid of a sneeZe than
Of sprain. and a cough than a broken
bone" she said one day. "Oh. just
can't talk about 1t. 1t breaks my heart
to think of the flower OF the manhood
and young motherhood Of our country
being cut down by this terrible curse.
When think Of other mothers who
have seen their young sons lie down
In their youth before their life work
had begun. victims of this disease. I
long to do something, anything, to help
find a cure for 1t ALL"
A tear dropped on the ivory knit
ting needles and the usually placid
features Of the kindly face set In an
expression of suffering.
A ring of the telephone bell and the
knitting was put aside.
"oh, is that you, Mary? Now. don't
assume that coldly polite manner and
say nice things about appreciation and
ali that business. It's purely busi-
ness deal You are not fit to work,
and you know you a: , not. Suppose
you die, who'll take care of the
mother?
"oh, oh, oh, that cough! Now. look
here. little friend of mine. you do as
l ask, or you will make me very, very
unhappy. What good would any
money Of mine do me II thought
people am interested in and like
would die rather than let me help
them7 Now, look here, you 30 up into
the mountains until you get we'll and
strong again, and then you can come
back and pay me back, II you want TO.
tome day. Let me look out for things
for awhile
.Loss your positionf GOOD thing!
IN ~ you i better ons. Now. I an
busy knittinS. You tall ycuF chief To-
nteht ron wun't b thsrs for 4 ccupls
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"And whose baby are you working
no hard to clothe?" asked the card
inal. a.,
"oh, q poor dear little sirl who VIII
appreciate It," and then the subject
was changed. but not the thoughts OF
Mrs. Ryan.
A few friends who have been In the
sitting-room many times can tell OF
dozens Of packages Of baby clothes
made By the nimble fingers Of the
rich Mrs, Ryan. And besides, she
keeps 1 ccrps Of hswsrs making chill.
.drensp aarmepts, which are delivered
q ~ residence and W her given n
ssssson "a tint mast untortunAte Of ell
~ olaseea, ~ Decud pctt. VIE wih
|s'sl aia 4 NJ dporr y shAsatabls ~
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ia and day out she sits and
md kn!ts and knits, with q
hapess Of purpose that ruled
hers OF Nine. Jacobin. But the
Z she takes are not the record
\ de,lnIcs. They mean succor
y sick and heavy-laden. work
)s hands, bread for the hungry.
ktpment for the untutored.
sympathetic. intensely pious.
seloyer and a home-maker. Is
kcman-this mother In the old.
ned meaning Of the word, the
h Thomas Fortune Ryan.
,haracteristics of Thomas Ryan,
.nsking prince and Wall street
In a way also rule in the life
b Ryan. builder of churches,
bis and schools. and the little
but enthusiastic cooperator in
move making for the bctterment
human kind. II has been said
husband that he has had q fin-
every big financial pie In the
seste. She has had a hand In
every phIlanthropical work In
York, Virginia. the District OF
lbla and the southwest In that
She is now giving away more
100000 year.
woman, Of whom the world
J practically nothing. has built
churches, hospitals and schools
ldoved more places for the wor-
u God than perhaps any other
person. She gave 100000
far alone TO the churches and
Of Virginia. her native state.
Eicity is Mrs. Ryan's bette noir.
|. without ostentation IL the only
p give, according to her belief.
Is no difference between Mrs.
Ct 30 years ago and the Mrs.
.. to-day. II was OF no moment
public then what she did or did
b She cannot understand why
(uld be Interested now. She
herself as doing no more than
PIE Of poor man who gives Of
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,,.s gasse to others. She gives
jt,.s.er 'ner purse, that's ali.
cms. c.oned as Mrs. Ryan is. she
!. .n combining all the business
ano foresight demanded by
She is . woman Of aRairs,
aome life comes frst.
80 into the favorits residence
,~Ha-the old Minturn house,
invest corner Of Fifth ay6-
twelfth atrsst III . mental
Is sne glitter ard glars and
!. one usually mests In tho
.oe rich. dsclayso ! Wsit4r
York TiuaSs. ;Yot 800
~ " 4 !:
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Jumps on Fssight to Make Quick Trip
Home, But Train Does Not Stop
at Point EHpected-Baseball
Game Causes Trouble.

Kingston. N. Y.-While his family
and friends were frantically search
Ing for him, assisted by sheriffs and
police. Watson NJ. Freer. Kingston
millionaire and son-in-law of Col.
Frank Hecker. OF Detroit. was seeing
the country from the hobo's vantage
point. the bumpers OF freight train.
After five hours OF this diversion the
millionaire. dust and cinder begrimed.
returned and allayed the fears OF his
family that he had been kidnapped for
ransom.
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TO THE SwAYING CARS.
and the other day he planned to take
in both games the Hudson River
league played In Kingston. The base.
ball field is stones throw from the
West Shore station and one of the
exits opens upon the West Shore
tracks. When the morning game was
finished. Mr.. Freer left the social set
with whom he had been sitting. and
without attracting any particular at
tention from anyone left the grounds
through this gate.
Maple Lane Farm. the magnificent
country place OF Mr.. Freer. is situated
on the Saugerties road. two miles
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THE YOUNG WOMAN FELL LIKE A
STREAK OF LIGHTNING.
that she enjoyed the trip to the clouds
immensely, and after descending tho
first few hundred feet she got over
her fear and only wished to go high-
er. When she cut loose from the bal
loon the rapid drop toward earth took
away her breath. but when the para
chute opened she enjoyed the sensa-
lion.
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!. Thomas Fortune Ryan, One or tho
Most PhiIanthropic, as She Is One oY
,be Most Wealthy, New York Women
Who Devote Their Lives to Doing Good
|;o Oilers.
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(NDS A MILLION DOLLARS YEARLY On
hER VARIOUS CHARITABLE SCHEMES

Of Wall Street Baron. She Lives Plainly,
builds Churches. Helps Hospitals, and Spends
All Her Spare Moments Making Baby Clothes
',or the Poor-Gives Without Osfcntation and To
ku Who Are Worthy and Unfortunate,
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IMPORTANTE
AL COmerCiO de proViSiOnes

tE En- el Almacen de Senores
CADIERNO LOPEZ Y Ca, Tetuan
80, Sc expenden entire otros muchos,
los articulos siguientes:
BACALAO del Pacfico, PEI largo
muy blanco y seco, 6 sea LA III
TINA palabra en- este salado."
.GARBANZOS Mexicanos, (Los pre-
dilec,os del p1blico EN- generaD
por su rendimiento blandura
.LECHE Cruz Roja'', exito compile
to por la justificada conhanza que
inspira.
WEYMOUTH Italiano, "Ferrero di
Ricardo clase especial, que com
pite venta josamente con las mar
cas- mas conocidaS.
CHAMPAGNE, Extra Dry, al al
Cance de todaS las fortunas.
.CERVEZA-
ALEMANA legitima dc "Munchen' y,
de la famosa marca "Zacherlbrau v, ,
confortante INN eiorable.
DANESA, de la bien reputada mar
ca "Tuborg".
AMERICANA, de Ia sin rival India
Wharf =. superior en- presentation
Y calidad, a las marcas que mas
Sc anuncian.
AMERICANA Union de Puerto Rico
NEGRA. bien NEGRA, de nuestra pro
pia marca "Tres-Estrellas", re
comendada por la facultad medl-
ca. etc.
LECHE CONDENSADA, marca
Cruz Roja" S 500, GAIA.
Y, para cerrar con broche de orc,
recon endamos nu c stra exquisite
SIDRA DE ASTURIAS, La Pra-
viana."
San Juan Puerto-Rico. Enero 1900
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El Pueblo de Puerto Rico,

q Josefa Obdu1ia Echavarrfa, 6 sea
una de las demandadas antes men,
cionadas, que Sc ha1la auSente de
Puerto Rico.
Por Ell presente anuncio Sc lie no
tifica que ell abogado Don Carlos
Franco Soto a nombre de The Anne
rican Railroad Company of Porto
Rico" ha presentado en- la Secreta-
ria de la Corte de Distrito del Dis
trito Judicial de Aguadilla, Puerto
Rico, una Solicitud de expropiacion
forzosa de la propiedad particular
para la construction exploitation
de una lfnea ferrea entire Aguadilla
y Camuy, en- la cual solicitud Sc ha-
LA usted incluida como duefIa de I'm
predio r1stico situado en- el barrio
de Guayabo del ternino municipal
dc Isabella, compue este de veinte
cuerdas de terreno llano Y quebrado;
equivalentes Siete hectareas ochen-
ia y seis areas Y ocho centiareaS,
colindando por ell Norte con terrenos
pc Don Ramon Ruiz TN camino We
cinal; por el Este terrenos de la ST.
N(oACAA ~ A|Cli l. CIlO <AIudQOI, al AGS-
te terrenos de Ale ejandrina Ortigosa
y Jose Ramon Echevarrfa Y por ell
Sud Jose Cardona, Jose Ramon Echa-
varria Y Ia carretera que conduCe 4
Quebradillas. De dicho predio de
terreno Ia COmpaffa demandante ha
de ocupar dos mil doscientos veinte
metros u centfmetros cuadraoos.
eSta conforme Y dispuesta la dicha
Compafifa a indemnizar Y pagar a la
expresada Josefa Obdulia Echavarrfa
la suma de cuarenta cinco dollars.
Y habiendo ordenado el Honorable
Arturo Aponte y Rodriguez, Tuez de
la Corte de Distrito del Disirito Tu-
dlcial de A?uadilla. que en- cumpli-
miento de 10 dispuesto en- la Secci6n
7 de Ia Ley estableciendo Ia ex-
prop1aclon forzosa de la propiedad
parhcular para los fines Y baio las
cond1ciones expresadas en- Ia mis-
ma Sc avisa Ia expresada Tosefa
Obdulla Echevarrfa que sc ha pre-
Sentado la mencionada solicitud por
medic de anuncio que Sc publicara
una vez por semana durante scis Sc
manaS conSecutivas en- TN peri0dico
de la lsla, a fin de que comparezca
ante csta Corte de Distrito. sta en-
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En- la CORTE DE- .DISTRIfO
DEL DISTRITO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN PR
Estados Unidos de America J
Eel Presidente IS.
de los Estados Unidos
DECLARATION DE DOMINIC.

PoR CUANTo habiendo presentado
eel abogado Don Wenceslao Bosch
una mocion a nombre de Juana Ca
males, viuda de Cepeda, y de sus
hijos Maria Antonia, Juana Antonia
Cecilio, Cecilia y Luis Cepeda y Ca
males, solicitando ell dominic de la
|siguiente finca
"Predio de terreno sito en- el ba-
rrio de Santurce de esta Ciudad
Compuesto de mil ochocientos no
venta y siete metros sesenta y dos
centimoS cuadradoS, y dos casas
de maderas techadas de zinc, en- NAL
estado, en- el edifcadas olinda por
el Norte, en- diez y seis metros &c
centfmetros con la carretera central
que va de la Capital a Ponce; POI
el Sur, en- ounce metros 70 cent?
metros con la Succession de Don Ro-
mualdo Andrades; por el Este, en-
II7 metros so Centimetros, ICON Don
Jose S. Belaval y por ell Oeste, tam
blen en-. II7 metros so centfmetro
con Don Jose Tomas Silva"
POR TANTO ha biendose dispuesto
por el Honorable Emilio del Toro,
Juez de esta Corte, Sc publique Ia
peticion por tres veces en- un perio-
dico de los de mayor circulation de
esta Ciudad, para que los que sc
cream con alg1n derecho real sobre
ell inmueble descrito, las personals
ignoradas d quienes pueda perjudi-
car la inscription Y en- general todo
el que desee oponerse asf como los
individuos que componen la Succession
de Romualdo Andradcs, cuyos nom
bres y domicilio Sc ignoran, puedan
efectuarlo en- el termino de sesenta
dias naturales, libro Ell presente en-
San Juan de Puerto Rico, seis de
Febrero de I9o6.-Jose E. Figueras s,
Secretario. by Enrique Power, Sc
cretario auxiliar.
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prender al hombre del cual estaba llamada
vivir
La ncompatibiidad moral Sc afrmaba entire elos
de TN modo defnido.
Susana podrfa ir al dfa siguiente tener una expli-
cacion Dersta darle la raz6n instaarse de nuevo
casa la vida material volverfa ser com1n para
ellos pero vida intellectual existira nunca Sc QUE
rrfan, pero no podrian comprenderse.
Pensando estas cosas. la velada Sc fue prolon-
gando para Derstal, fumando discurrendo con MT
cha calma ucdez. daba cuenta exaca de los erro-
cometdos de las responsibilities en- que habfan
incurrido.
Sac6 la cuenta de las faltas que correspondent
cada uno: e habia pecado por ambcion; los Brandon
por orgullo.
Haba deseado particpar de rqueza de su lu-
jo yeos cambo, habfan querido adornarse con plo
ria, recfprocamente habfan enganado
La rqueza e1 luo carecfan de valor 81 no eran
adquiridos por el trabajo; la gloria 1ncamente poda
ser estmada por e mismo que Ia conquistaba.
La com1n deception tenfa forzosamente que tener
por resutado una eomdn p6rdida de afecto
La union entire e1los no habfa sdo mas que ma
illusion engadosa; aque momento SO habfa roto Ia
ruptura era para siempre.
Los primeros abores del dia empezaban 4 blan-