Putnam patriot., 1911-09-15
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.g. z. {. 1.'s.s. sf.T.~. .S.s.S., AFTER THE
 REVOLUTION 4 Story Showing How hagnanimiiy
 Comes to Follow Victory By EDWIN PENNINGTON Copyright by American Press Asso
 citation. 1911
By EDWIN PENNINGTON
Copyright by American Press Asso
 citation. 1911.

belag favored By the law they hav' been hampered by it Having estab llshed themselves ln power. tue othel
 cd of the sword ls brought into plaj
 and cuts in the opposite direction ID
 ste1d of being used 10 imprisgn or exc
 cute fevolut.0uists 1t k used 10 execu.t
 the adYorates of the government over
 thrown
 When the recent revolution fin Mex
 trO became tbe dc facto government the I rpvoIltiOnlsts stood ready 10 use the
 ilw 70 punish those who had used il
 a puuEh faem During that period
 gheH Presideut Diaz Lei5 his own in
 5e city Of Mexico young lawyer
 .f1nz0 Fernandez. sympathizer
 .lih the insurgents. left the city 10
 pin the forces Of Hadero During the
 lltiBg he was captured by the gov
 r4aent troops and, being nan Of
 aaueuee. eFerY ceert was made 10 in l .u.e Him to return fo the support Of
 resident Diaz He was turned over | ; one Jose Siprra. q man deeply Inter steI in putting down the rebellion. tth orders to persuade forre UT buy asn to the government support SiarHa tauA tHp cattive th bis haeien da. gls him on his parole nT 10 ienve
 f and tfr3ta4 bH like salest instead if prisoner The iailer hust was an
 dcH at winning over au eaerE and ssod eeerv aataf pessuasson that sHe sesteH lfsc.f fa aim
 raaria. safta's daughter. a girl ef fecnt5. ro4esacd oae ef those oval rrs of aassF shade. large Hquid eyps aza csaeutiv fhc long lashe+ of tha eHaaiara Her fafNer noticed sonu srtar Fasnaudos 's arr.v8l that Ge was ttraase1 bF his daaGhter and she WAS
 H.racted by Fcrusadez II oacurr q zg Sierra th4l FerHaHdez's conversion nieht hr accomplished more readily 6y means of the girl than by his own arguments or threats He gave the young people every opportunity to be together and when he saw that the pear was ripe undertook to pluck it.
 He offered Fernandez prominent position under the government. which. If course. would be tantamount to se. curing his adherence. FernandeZ de clincd The offer Then Sierra inform ed his prisoner that he would be tried for treason. which meant that he would he found guilty and executed. In love with the daughter of the man who had made the threat. the temptation to Yieid and desert the cause in which he had embarked was well nigh resistless Ireruande2 seemed to have every lhlng to gain by giving his aaher- ence to the established government President linz then appeared 10 be Grmly fixed ill the presidency. and II would be difficult to unseat him. By welding Fernandez would acquire position of prominence that might he per-panent That position he might make more enduring and more prom aent hY throwing his influence on the de of the man who had done much Cor Mexico These arguments were re enforced by the fact that on one side .foad death. en the other love. BuI honor forbade
 Fernandez now considered the parole he had given void and began 10 take measures to escape if possible Concia procured for him womun's dress and drove him in her volante past guards who had orders to be watchful and on nc account permit his escape. Had II nor been that she accompanied him he would noi have succeeded in deceiving them. As II WAS. he made good his escape and returned to Mexico City Not even Sierra knew how Fernnn | dez got beyond his clutches Concia kept her secret. and directly after the escape changes occurred that rendered the episode thing of the past and soon to be forgotten.
 After nmzs departure and the ap | pointment of q provisional president "i ! the republic the work of retaliation ommented Jose Sierra, who had been saptured by the revelutiouists Was brought 10 the capital IT. aeepse a man af treason against Il government
 hat was uot established when the act wns committed would uoi come with good grace from the government that | aad been in rebellion These whom sierra had made 10 suffer brought | aim to trial fer having murdered a l man whom he had shot during the struggle.
 | And SD it was that the law which ! had before enabled Siprra 10 punish 1 now afforded the same machinery for | nunishiug him. As to his having or l tered shot the man he was accused ot | auraerlng. there was no denying the
 act That he had done the deed le
 .ally did not concern the iurymen whu
 were on the other side The uiaL
 therefore. was merely il iudieial re
 vence. and verdict of guilty was ren
 iered accordinrlv
 The jury, the lawyers. the spectators
 saw nothing but the bare facts of the
 trial that have been here outlined
 To these persons in the courtroom
 there was far more than this They
 were the Judge before whom tht
 prisoner was tried, the prisoner him
 self aud hls daughter. who sat hesid,
 him. When the time came for th,
 sentence to be passed Sierra stood ul
 te receive It, but was so weak tha
 his daughter supported him. Jose Sierra" said the judge, I'd,
 you remember man who once stop ped al your hacienda and whom yol endeayored to seduee from his al legiauce to that government 9hicl
 now exists. but was then struggling for it's existenceg
 Il do."
 . And do you remember having glveI him choice between accepting aI
 appointment under the Diaz govern