Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-12-02

BY RICHARD WAYNE II
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/ copg1isht. 1910 by American Press
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Aiosr saan5 ,MeA lso 10 college x,,,h-
out any fixed life plan before them.
What they viii 90 with their eiuca.
tion tacy put OF deciding until after
they get II, was one of these. 1
was a good classical scholar aud one OF
the houur men Of my class The clos-
ing days Of my college life were very
pleasant and very exciting. deliv-
cred the salutatory- In Latin-havins
the satisfaction Of being considered
a very learned young man.
! Went home with the plaudts Of
my admirers ringing in my ears. But
there found a contrasting quiet. The
excitement had all died out. and
found myself face to face with the
problem Of aaeareer Many young men
who take honors in college become
ped0gogues | had no such inclination,
nor did care for profession Of any
kind. preferred stirring life.
went to the city. hunted for a business
position and found one with a house
doing a commission business whose
clientele was in South and Central
America.
stood the humdrum Of business life
for about year. when some one was
needed to so to Honduras TO collect
debt owing the frm. ! offered TO go.
My offer was aceepted and within a
few weeks found myself in the coun
try of the rubber tree.
while collecting the debt was ap
preached by some men who told me
that they were plotting to seize the
government They persuaded me to
join them They were defeated. !.
with others. was captured in arms
and thrown into prison. The same
evening we were told that we would
all be garroted the next morning.
When at daylight an officer entered
the room where we were confined to
take US out TO execution he said 70
me.
II understand that you are an edu-
Gated man. Am correctT
81 consider myself good classical
Scholar" l replied.
Every we'll" Then, turning to a sub
ordinate, he said; ElfFgs8 85tl
Take him 10 his excelleney." fttl
was led TO the presidents house
and told to wait til called for About
o'clock was conducted to the pres
dents private Office.
what do you know about the class
sizes he asked Ef |8Ilt 5liI
told him that was college grad
uate and had at commencement deliy-
cred an oration IN Latin.
you're just what want be said
"AIy son wishes to enter an American
college next year and needs a tutor
If you will ct him for the entrance
examinations I will pardon you for
your stupid completely with these ras-
Gals who have sought to put them
selves in my place. But understand
your sentence is only suspended. You
will come iato my family and be one
of us Any depression from a straight
path and You will suffer under your
sente' II treason. Say nothing to 4
ar q. u your connection with trai,
tors
d not understand what he meant \
iv amy digression' till i arrived at
lis house and for the FIST time saw
that lie had a daughter at that tender
age when girls are liable to fail in love /
with any presentable man they hap-
pen to be thrown in with. Donna Mar,
guerlta was nineteen and of course
Spanish type. 1t was plain that bad 4
been warned against making love to
her.
I was introduced into the family by
President Sanchez as college .gradu- /
ate he had imported from the north to
tutor his son Pedro, sixteen years old 4
Sonora Sanchez was probably the only F..
person in the house that knew I was
under sentence Of death.
have a theory that we only enjoy
by contrast Another way. Of putting (
it is. Stolen fruit is the sweetest
The president made a great mistake /
in warning me. To young man OF /
twenty-three being forbidden under
penalty of death to make love to n (
young girl is terrible temptation,
Had SenOr Sanchez made no such \
threat might HaYe lived in the same
house with his daughter aud not trans
gressed. As il was was tortured !
with terrible desire 10 win her and
with terrible fear Of the garrote II I
did.
Whatever were my feelings, | dared <
not show them even to the young lady
herself And here made the same
mistake with her that her father anl
made with me Observing that / had
unlntentionally inspired her with as
sentiment that might lead TO Floye.
condded to her the secret that l0ve
with us meant death FOR me.
From that moment a passion that 4
might otherwise have either neser
been born or at least soon have died
out famed up in Donna Inez and alb
sorbed her whole being. Could this +
passion he scientifically analysed
think it would appear that the pre-
dominant element in it would turn out
to be a desire that I should accept
death in preference to giving her up.
There is something paradoxical aboul
this. but nature is full Of paradoxes.
There would surely come time
when we would put not our necks in
d halter. but my neck in the garrote.
we were one day in the room where
I taught Donna Inezs brother. he hav