The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
BEAUTIFUL sENOR|7A
R0VED AS MALE TRAMP
Spanish Heiress Ran Away to
Avoid Distasteful Be-
i~ trothal. -,
Special Cable to The Journal,

SSpA0
Madrid, Dec; l5.-Truly an amazing
quez, a wealthy merchant 5 daughter.
Who,. after being missing for three
months, was found masquerading as a
male tramp, and is now a nun in con-
vent: She is only 10 and her father
is Leading citizen of Santander. The
senorlta was carefully brought up and
educated. : She is a tall, good-looking
and well-built girl, who was known as
a regular daredevil, and the heroine
OF many merry escapades. With men
and women alike, she was intensely
popular. [,s
One night. three months ago, the
Vasquez mansion was ablaze with light.
as great ball was being given to cele.
>brate the betrothal Of the Senorita
Esperanzi and the Senior Pablo =
Cerda Of Bi1boa. The next morning
the senorita was missing. Day after
day passed and there was no word OF
her; NO clue by which her whereabouts
could be discovered. She had simply
that she did not take kindly to her
lover or the thought Of marriage.
Rivers, and ponds in the .neighborhood.
were dragged; general police alarm
was sent out and finally a reward was
offered for news Of her.
For several weeks the girls disap-
pearance was the sensation of the dis.
trlct. Then her discovery caused an
even greater sensation. Disguised as
man, she was found last week in a
house run by the municipality Of PanIss
Christina in district Of Madrid.
Clad in rough mems clothes, the girl
had been a ledger for three days. On
the night before her discovery q dis.
pute arose between her and a burIy
giant, the bully and terror Of the place.
The bully struck her, knocking her
senseless. -.
When the police rushed in, doctor
was sent for and thus 1t was found
was in reality girl. Then It came
out that she was the much-soueht Es.
peranzl Garcia Vasquez.
me glrl was reconciled to her family.
and her lover pleaded for an Immediate
marriage, but instead the senorita has
Just taken the veil in the Hermanas IA
Carload convent in Madrid, and swears
she will spend her life as a sister If
mercy, tending the poor and nursing
the sick. *
She told 9 remarkable story Of her
was because Of the distasteful ha.
trothal that she determined to leava
home.
The household, in the early morninp.
tired out with the ball, was soundiy
asleep. The girl, dressed in her
toughest clothes and taking only such
money as she had in her purse, quietly
walked out into the street, made her
way TO the railway station and boarded
there she took another train to a lonely
country station and began tramp
over the highway to Madrid. The firsts
night she slept with the female servI
ants in cottage back of big man
sion.
On her second day she fell in with j
male tramp who suggested that she isl
sumo male attire and join an adventure
GUS band of which he was member.
She agreed and he introduced her toI
the chief. who gave her man s clothes.
cut her hair and taught her to wall
sWagger. talk from her chest and q
her hands properly in her pockets. Wy
She was treated with great conside. q
atlon and finally position was securet.
for her as footman in a noblenan .
house. The suggestion was that she
furnish plans and information OF the
house SO that the band could rob Il,
The girl declares that she did not in
tend to do this, but seemingly agreed
adventure. But she only stayed the
one day, for she found she had 20
share the sleeping accommodation OF
one Of the other men servants
B The robber band were angered at her
behavior, SO she escaped and became q
wanderer in the land-a tramp.
Frankly she says she did not enjoy
herself and is glad of the haven Of
rest and peace which the convent has
now piven her n