Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05

In Mexico custo
man who is al mar,
all the expens' wed
must furnish k7sef
required, the Ten
the wine that til al
addition to this,
bride with trou
Frankline Osmd
went to Mexico to-
and construction D
thus engaged he md
girl who had been n III
father had died and Iekt.
with little or nothing.
this time arrived at d M
age, and 1t behooved BID
husband who would take |
She did not think of love 81
considered it in her case
question. But there were
means in the place where
and she could not go else5
quest Of husband At <horf|
were several young men Of ind
ability to make living. any
whom would be glad to marry he $
she settled upon Diego Escobar
most promising of tho lot and engd
herself to him.
Now, Marina, 1t win be seen frdfi1
this preface, was practical younf
woman, and 1t was her purpose to bel
the man she married to obtain thu
worlds goods. Oslnore fell In low
With her and asked her to marry hiut
bit fhe fact that he was not Of hid
rrce Qr religion, that az soon as he h9I
- work in Mexico she wakllj
finished - U nhiIq TO- "
probably have to 20 with L. SON
benighted land, most probably the unv
congenial United States, caused her to(
decide against him. But Osmore was,
In receipt Of good salary and she
would have liked to share It She re-
GREETED that she could not marry both
men, remaining in Mexico with the
one and being provided for by the 9th
er. Either would havetsuited her If
he had had the qualifications of both.
Marina, being. as has been said. of an
acquiring nature, concluded to get as
much as possible out Of Osmore in the
way of household effects and trousseau
then send him off and marry Escobar
Osmore, who was madly in love, fell
into the trap. He was self made man.
and Marina, though of a different ma
tonality, was lady and at the only
age when most Mexican women are
beautiful. He sent her to the City Of
Mexico with ample means, to spend In
any way she liked She did not need
much for household effects, for she
owned the furniture that her family
had possessed in their halcyon days.
She spent most of what her lover had
given her on rousseau.
sAfter her return, instead of fixing
day for the wedding. as Osmore begged
her to do, she began to cool toward
him and within another month broke
off her engagement with him. Now
came for her the critical moment.
Would Osmore try to take back the
trousseau, and, If so, how could she
keep it? She offered to return it to
H..
Later he was informed that the girl
bad not intended to marry him and
was intending to marry Diego Escobar.
Osmore would not believe it till the an
nouncement of Marina's engagement
to Escobar. Loverlike, he threw all the
blame on the man and resolved to take
revenge upon him. He sent Escobar
an invitation to walk on the line of
the railroad at 6 o'clock in the morn
ing. armed with a rife, and he. Osmore,
would meet him, armed with similar
weapon, A reply was sent stating that
the challenge was accepted
At the appointed hour the engineer
took his rife and proceeded ON his
way The stretch over which the COM
batants were to walk was straight for
a mile Presently Osmore saw small
figure Escobar, like most Spaniards,
was notwithstanding, bearing
rifle. The Americans rifle would have
carried a ball for the distance, but
he. did not fire. The figure kept adj
vancing, and Osmore finally stopped
and raised his weapon. After a time
the Mexican did the same, but took
so much time about 1t that Osmore
could easily have shot him. At that
moment the manner In which he had
been tricked came up to influence Os-
more, and, taking aim, he pulled the
trigger The figure fell.
Regret at once took the place of pas
sion, and Osmore ran toward his enc