The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-11-26


fatal day. February IL. stora escort
ed his mistress to q boulevard cafe
frequented by artists in quest of an
engagement Stay at the door
and wait for me-" she said as she
went in. leaving the unlucky man
with her dog put in the bitter cold
Hours rolled by, and there he stood
while, Muguet, was chatting gaily
with friends in the warm cafe, ami
making fun of her lover as ne sniv-
cred in the cold outside; but no one
joined in her merriment, for they all
pitied him. At last she condescend-
ed to JOIN Stora. h took her on to
a dinner at a restaurant. AS they
passed by a flower stall he bought
| ner a boquet of ~violets, n she
threw IL in ais face. Even when they
had returned to her abode, Muguet
| Kept on taunting him. Smarting I'M
der these indignities. from his mis-
tress, Stora secured a revolver aid
| shot her. Former lovers of the wo-
| man were called as Witnesses, and all
/ declared that Muguet had a very dis
agreeable temper. One of the witness
ses declared ina the only a he
lcould reduce her to submission was
by shooting at her, although, he said.
he was always careful to miss. AFTER
hearing the evidence, the court COM
mented: when a man has a mis-
tress who Is not agreeable, 1t Is bet
ter to leave than to kill her." The
p~hilansophic reflection as to the eth
les of Illicit love affairs. however, did
not prevent the court returning a YER
dict OF acquittal, allowing the defen-
the benefit of the first Offend
+, ers' act" 1t Is presumed that should
Stora kill another mistress. he znignt
be slapped on the wrist.
II Is not generally known that the
Grand Duke Michael, the uncle of the
Tsar of Russia, who was exiled for
taking as his moragnatic wife, the
granddaughter of Russia's o fam
Gus poet, Pushkin, has recently re-
ceived an i~nti:nation from the Tsar
that he might return to Russia. But
TO his credit he refused to accept the
invitation unless his nephew would
consent to receive his wife. better
known as the Countess Torby, at
Court. The members OF the Hous
of Ramonoff are not distinguished for
their steadfastness, In the fact that
the Granu Duke Michael has spurned
} the pardon which carried with 1t the
restoration of all his titles, rank in
the army. and as much of his vast
estates as are c~onfiscated. should
make MIN more popular h ever
with the English.
Another OF our naval monsters mas
J taken the water at Davenport, and
within a few months will be able TO
take ner place in our feet. The In
defatigable will be the twelfth Dread
nought completed. she will be a LONG
way ahead of ner elder sisters. She
Is sixty feet longer than the other
three Invincibles, to which class she
} belongs. She has engines of $4,000
} horsepower. and although her guar
{ anteed speed is twenty-five knot is
confidently expected that she will be
, able TO move at the rate of twenty
eight knots If required. With her
. eight Pinch guns she will be able to
deliver a broadside of over three
tons in weight. and her fire will be eff
! ~fective TO FIVE miles. 1t is terrifying
TO think of the power of a ship like
/, this. moving at sucn a tremendous
speed and carrying such an ar.na
I mant The ceremony of the launch
of the Indefatigable by Lady Lore
r burn was enlivened by a telegram
from the d interchangeable, which
has been on the West Indian station
for several years. wishing success to
our baby sister" The baby sister
Is about five times as big as her
namesake.
Reynolds newspaper contains a
: criticism OF the Lords which repre-
SCENTS the growing sentiment of mil
lions of Englishmen. 1t is as fol
lows:
Is not a monstrous scandal that the
: existence of a thoroughly Democratic