The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-15
OPENLY CONDUCTED.
Traffic in Slave Girls In the City q
Mexico.

t'ANAttNfs
The August American Magazine con.
tains another article in their series Of
"Barbarous Mexico" which has attract,
"a such widespread attention. The au.
thor Of this article Is an American wom-
an, who was the wife Of the grand
nephew Of the king Of Poland, and whc
upon the death Of her husband took up
her residence in the city Of Mexico
where for the past twelve years she
hes pursued the profession Of trained
nurse The following incident she de.
soribes as proof positive Of the fact that
slavery IN rs most degraded form exists
in Mexico,
4 wa- sitting In the foyer Of a promi.
nent hotel in Mexico City one day. The
nozo had just started to announce me
to The attorney whose leisure was
awaiting, when the gentleman himself
appeared IN The door, H. glanced down
into the patio, and beekoned me to come
to the railing, and snidi
- DO you SEE that rirlr pointing
10 group Of three persons standing
with their arms about each other. The
girl was crying. Stunning, is she not II
| have just bought her for $500. She's
bidding her parents good.by. They re-
turn to Yucatan'
4 looked 1T him inteRtly, to see ii
he was in earnest, or only trying to
shock me because Of the interest he
knew took in Mexicos submerged
mo, really, l mean g. he said, and
then, hastily; On, not for myself. On.
~ AZ an investment Immediately /
shah pass her to a friend Of mine for
$780,
H'But her own father and mother did
not sell herT demanded.
"'oh, yes they dad he answered.
They had TO, but they were glad to
do it, though none Of the money goes
TO them. They know they have done
20 much better for her than they ever
could have hoped to do had not their
owners needed She money
SEEING that he had shocked me, per.
haps more than he had intended, he
explained that the owners q the girls
parents, eheuts Of his, having 70 meet
a note on short notice, had asked him
to undertake the sale in Mexico City as
the quickest way OF raising money.
But ! should think the parents
would rather kin heri' cried. surely
they don't know The slavery they are
ceiling her intoi on, Il could speak
Maya, I weuld ten thenl'
Sit down, sonora, he said. let me
explain. Yes, they know. They know
also the slavery from which they are
saving her. Sad they not done their
owners will, The sr herself ia time
would have bscains sleif owners sthiug
as she already u ti.eir slave. They
their friends and the stranger within
Their gates" would have had their will
Of her until her youth should die and
her beauty fade, Then she would have
been forced to marry. any one not Of
her own tribe most likely chinaman I'll
they had one That they were ANXIOUS
to keep aud bring other slaves into the
world So you see, sonora, her parents
have done well by her. Degradation
As you will, sonora, but YOU know moth
ing Of the degradation she is escaping.
The mother weeps9 Yes, sonora; but
seel She weeps softly, quietly, not
terribly as at sacrifice. She reioices
that her child has escaped the wretch
edness which she herself has known.
She may never see her again, nor hear
her voice, but as she thinks Of that
she says to hsrselfi ''No, thank God |
III never hear her scream in the night !
nor see her slammed in che light Of day |
shall never see her crawl out in the
wet, false dawn, with aching head and |
quivering limbs, to he driven like
beast all day ! shah not see her round
shoulders blistered by the monday sun
nor her yonng flesh cringe to the goad |
nor welted by the lash Thank God, |
shall not see my daughter in the place
To which return That, seuora, Is
what the mother il thinking, though /
sbe does not put in into words For
/ few moments he was silent, and then
asked, with suggestion Of sadness, but
more Of mockery; Well, sonora, what
think your
II could not tell him what I thought,
left him without speaking, forgetting
% mention the business which had