Cañon City record., 1908-11-12

PaquitA grew to be beautiful woman.
Her hair was as black as night and
she had eyes that confounded those
of the gamblers who played with her
and voice as sweet az a silvery bell.
She was rs handsome a woman as one
could wish to see but with heart Of
Ice and nerves OF iron. Her small
white hands could manipulate the
cards yith skill that defied the
watchfulness of the keenest gambler.
Many psople thought 1t was merely
luck that followed her. but the luck
kept up TOO long. and the gamblers
who know few tricks themselves
understood that 1t was art
sun, % one was ever known to
catch her cheating. Before she was
tweatv Lanno Paquita was In New
Msxico leading q gang Of the worst
eAaraetsfs- of the southwest Hsr
death occurred in 1875 and was tragic.
Some laWlsss acts had been commit
ted by gang Of toughs and search was
made for them LOnna Paquita was
found TO be their leader and was
caught. She only laughed when she
was taken. and proposed that . game
OF cards be played to see whether she
should 30 free or kill herself. This
was agreed to and one of the party. q
gambler known the country round.
was selected. Tha woman lost Those
who looked on had scarcely time to
understand this, when Lonna Paquita
drew q knife from her belt and
plunged 1t into her heart
Tan and The Old @Yale pene-.-
Outing.
Ten years after graduation TAFT
said at a Yale reunion dinner of his
class. and he meant every word OF 1t.
Save the ties of home and domestic
life, there Is nothing to be compared.
in their purity and sacred character.
with the friendships which we formed
at Yale. We were then at time of
life when hard experience and the
race resulting in the survival Of the
fittest. had not dried up the juices Of
pure. disinterested love and affection
It It certain that our feeling for our
classmate is Just like good wine put
away In bottles; the favor grows bet
ter and better each nve years that
II ID uncorked. Its bouquet In sveeter
a. our circumstances become less
likely to encourage frieodship like
those ~ college days thought
never should have such good time
a. had at the trfennial. Now know
I shall never have such good time
a. haSs had tooight Eel . per
soaal aAsstioa Spc every nsmbsr Of
tie saa6 aaAsI know that fssaias
b geaeral anong ns-" .te- ..r-s
The famous yale fence" long
since removed to make room for .
pretsatioss recitation hall. was In its
glory a. . rallyinG place for the COL
lees n large. When the faculty an
noanced its intsntton. in 1888. Of doing
away With The Fence" indignant
protests aross from every corner OF
The planet More than 5000 graduates
signsd the petition to let The Fence"
alone. and mass meetings of students
raised futile clamor. Not all the
money In the world can buy . yale
Fance." WAS the cry that rose to hea-
ven. These rows OF worn and Whit
tied rails and posts bordering . corS
ner of the campus stood for the best
thing in Yale life. they were Yale in
uutniseure, the most tangible ex-
prsssion Of that traditional spirit
which stanchly held that not what q
man had but what he was measured
the standard OF his worth. And
perched along these rails the college
found and cultivated its nnest social
life.
The TAFT who ruled the Philippines,
who made Caba put her house In or
der. who said the right word at Pan
anna. who was placed at the head OF
the war department, who twice re-
fused seat on the bench Of the su-
preme court OF the United States.
owes somewhat Of his genius for doing
a days work with clear sighted fair
ness to all men TO that old yale
Fence" and the democracy 1t in
spired in all Who fingered there. And
the same traits OF character which
made him = leader among the under
graduates OF his time have been con-
spicuous In every step OF his career.
Through the tanEie OF college poll
tics and fr1tsrnity strife he steered
course marked By square dealing.
sound judgment and the faculty OF
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