The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-27

port from Vera Cruz recently. Seno-
rita Minyara comes not only to each
us much of the moods, measures and
melody of her people, but to learn
something Of the manners and Lam
guage OF our own land. and herein lies
the real romance of her coming, for
she has accepted an engagement in
this country that she may earn COM
petence sufficient to permit her to re-
turn to Mexico to wed and care for the
hero sweetheart whom she has snatch
led from deaths gaunt hand, but who
Will be cripple for the balance Of hill
life
AS other Mexican maids have done
! before her, Minyara fell in love with
torea0or-not the handsome, velvet
and gold lace CARRIED, copper skinned
| cavalier of the familiar stage type,
but strangely enough, one who,
though handsome and bronzed, is a
full nedged American-and q toreador.
The fame of this huge, strong young
American bullflghter, who for some
time past has been genuine idol in
Mexico, has spread all over the world,
for he Is as intrepid a gladiator as
ever entered an arena. But twice
lately he has been so badly gored that
he may never fight nor even walk
again. The nursing by Minyara is all
that held him back from completing
the journey he had begun to the "over
yonder," and she has determined to
marry and, IL need be, care for him the
rest of his life.
A fellow countryman of Senorita
Minyara who arrived on the same
steamer tells her pathetic little story,
30:
| Several years ago, when Minyara
was a little girl, she had very beau
tiful older sister, Iona by name. Their
father owned ranch, nestled low UNI
der the mountains that shut In the
CITY of Durango. One day Iona, who
WAS enjoying a siesta in hammock
slung between two great palms, awokd
In confusion to find herself the object
of respectful but admfring scrutiny on
the part of two strangers, one OF whom
she decided at once was the most
beautiful man on earth They werS
Spaniards, he of the beauty being the
great bullfghter Antonino, and they
were in search of fierce young bulls to
be found at the approaching fiesta in
Durango.
1.-THE men visited at the ranch for
teveral days, during which the ath4
letic figure self reliant face, gentle
nature of the toreador completely won
the heart of the fiery little Iona
When they left it was with q promise
: that all would meet in Durango at the
beginning of the fiesta week
ION the first three days the fights
bach afternoon were thrilling, but
without accident Always Iona and
her small sister Minyara were there.
Watching every move of bulls and
men. and always after would come
The smiling Antonino to receive blush
Ing congratulations. On the fourth
day, when fighting a great red bull Of
wonderful activity and ferocity. the
Epaniard signaled to the picadors and
banderilleros that he wished to be lefd
lIone with his antagonist Barely had
they withdrawn when, In evading a
furious charge by the crazed beast. tina
splendid toreador stepped upon a ban
derillo that had fallen to the ground,
slipped and fell Screams arose from
men and women. Picadors vaulted
barriers and tore across the ring
shouting at the bull. but he turned and
rushed straight at his fallen enemy
Not as quickly, however, did he move
as did Iona.
THE incident had occurred directly
before the box In which were the two
girls, with their father. AS the Span
lard fell Iona jumped to the rail
thence to the barrier surrounding the
ring and, like a flash OF some great
brilliant bird, to the ground within
the ring, few feet from the slowly
rising toreador With a scream and
waving her scarlet mantilla, she dash
ed between her lover and the oncoming
bull, to be caught on the uplifting
horns and hurled against the barrier.
The next instant the bull crumpIed in
la heap, with Antonino's sword through
hts heart but poor little Lona's life
had gone out In the saving of her
lover.
For years Minyara has been held
THE most perfect of Mexico's profess
lsional dancers, yet until now she has
resisted every inducement to leave her
native land, even refusing to Journey
TO Buenos Aires
And now she win dance something
of her own conceiving Words, music.
settling, have been evolved BY herself
from the memory that has lived with
her so bong. Her dance is portrayal
from inception to the sad, sad ending
iof the lover story OF her sister Iona"
According to the fiowery encomiums
of the journalistic word painters of her
native ltsnd, senorita Minyara's Offer
ing il "a terpsichorean tornado of pose.
poetry and passion in sumptuous set
tings that depicts with fiery fidelity"
this romantic story Of love and sacri-
ice In seven beautiful scenes and en-
titled LA Novia del Toreador''
For testing big guns with as little