Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
THE ella
MONSTER
By DAVID WALTER CHURCH
CopyrlEht 1910. bY American Press
copyrlSht 1910, by American Press
Association

iA'tle inez Basquemento. Mexican
girl l saw while engineering I'm the
southwest. was Il merry child ar she
had been born In the north she would
have been u child: bur, being n MexI-
can. she was woman She might
have been anywhere from fourteen TO
sixteen. She played the guitar and
sang with n little hinllike voice. inb.
bered Spanish muslcally, danced and
her face wore perpetual smile. which
was for every one. But II any person
attempted TO guy her she would knit
her brows and shrink away rs though
terrified. And once her confidence
was lost by II bit OF banter her good
Will could never bc regalncd
There was n young engineer engaged
ON the same work as myself out there. M
the time fresh from one OF the '"rccli"
schools OF the northern states. uo
was twenty years old. handsome MS a
picture and ms bright MS new brass
button. What must he do but mako
love to lncz with all the recklessness
of youth regardless OF tho conse.
qucnces both 10 himself and her! /.
VINO was older. saw his danger and
warned him. knew what was up.
for In the evening when tho days
work was over I would hear on the
Bnsquemento vcrunda the twany OF
lncz's guitar, her little Gute voice, her
merry laughter mingled with sounds
which | recognized NJ coming from
Ben Egglcston. the young man who
was sowing the wind 10 reap tho whirl.
wind.
You little fool" l would say TO him,
don't you know that the girl Is min.
Cling or child aud woman-chlld In In.
experience. woman In development;
that she Will fall In lovo with you and
them
I'll break II of at once" would be
the young fellows invarlablo reply.
The boy fully intended TO keep his res
olution when IL WAS made. but gave up
trying TO do So when IL got cold. The
next night l would hear tho same
pleasant sounds on tho vcranda and
knew that they were breeding the
same storm.
This went on TIL tho work on That
division was finished and We were
about TO move. Eggleston assured me
there wouldn't be any trouble. The
girl was such child that he couldn't
believe she had been attracted TO him
MS she might have been IL moro OF II
woman. He was going away and
would simply bid her goodby as h0
would any other girl OF immature
years whose companion no had been.
MY advice 10 YOU" said. "is to do
no such thing. Go without saying any.
thing about your going"
He didn't take my advice. The day
before leaving Ire told her In n care
less way that the engineering party to
which lie belonged was going to move
lts headquarters.
And ] Will not see you again." said
the girl her smile vanishing
Perhaps not" replied Ben. not think
Ing II wise TO lcnvc her 20 look for
ward to meeting him again. "YOu II
grow up soon and get married. Then
you won't want my young men friends
like me-"
In order the better to Kill in her Nil
expectation Of getting any nearer TO
him Inc told her he had n girl In lie
north.
That evening l met Inez carrying a
cudgel I'm one hand and a canvas bag
In the other. She wore the same iuuo-
cent look she had always worn. bat /
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