Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-08-03
Her
Mission
How She Kept IL a Secret and
How She Performed II
BY MANUEL GORDA
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

/ was born In Madrid of eminent
though not noble parents When was
sixteen | formed the acquaintance Of
AlOnzO Gonzales, an anarchist
| entered the university year be
fore Gonzales left II. and II was dur
ing this year that was converted TO
the theories OF the anarchists There
were others of our set thar were cap
turcd by Gonzales among them girl.
Dolores Sierra. who had been a play
mate Of mine But Gonzales so far as
he was able. kept his converts apart,
maintaining greai secrecy IN all his
prosecuting work conceived Il great
reverence for him. which later was
turned to horror When | was nine
teen he persuaded me to join one OF
the anarchist circles OF Madrid} had
been initiated only y few months when
the society decided - put out of the
way q Statesman high in power, who
was considered an obstaele 10 anarrh
istic principles ono night when |
went TO a meeting Of the circle II was
announced that lots were to be drawI
with view to determining some mem.
Der who should assassinate the person
In question
Up to this moment | had been fasci
mated by the romance | conceived to
peryaGc these efforts 10 equalize the
social strata. When / put my hand
In a hat to draw bit of paper that
might compel ME to Kill a man and
probably be executed myself as n
felon. the illusion vanished like a mi.
rage, or. rather. 1t was changed into
rcpusion. and when the paper drew
was opened aud saw by skull ana
croqsboneS on 1t that had drawn the
order TO commit murder | was frozen
with horror
| did now what / should have done
In the beginning-I made a conhdant
of my father. He saw at once the
terrible position in which | was placed,
but. instead of making 1t worse for me
by reproach. kept his head aud consid'
cred what II would be best for me to
do The result OF his deliberations
was that | should pass out of exist
ence-that Is. that ! should disnp-
pear from the world as myself and re-
appear as far away as possible from
the place of my exit as some one else.
A few days later. with what ready
money | needed and certificates Of de.
posit In the Bank of France, payable
to me as Ebenezcr Swift. disguised as
an old man. left the city. Ny object
in taking an English name was that
| proposed to settle eventually in
America, and intended TO give out
that | had been born OF an American
father and q Spanish mother.
1t was year later that turned up
at New York as nature made me, ex-
cept that my heard had grown. Pre-
tending that my eyes We're sensitive
TO the light. continually wore dark
glasses. II was not absolutely neces-
sary that ! should earn living. for
once a year my father RENTED sufl-
cient funds to carry me for twelve
months We knew that my family
would be- watched. that my location
might be discovered hence there was
to be no communication oftener that
that interval
One day SO learned long after
ward. Dolores Sierra went 10 my
mother and told her that for my
safety she must know where was.
stating that the circle 10 which had
belonged had condemned me to death.
that they knew whore was ana
that must he warned ut once. with
out thinking what she was doing my
mother told her where | would be
found In New York. My father was
absent nj the time and when he re-
turned my mother, having learned that
she had been indlscreet IN giving my
whereabouts. Gid not dare tell him
what she had done She trusted Do
lores implicitly and preferred 20 rely
on her TO protect me rather than reveal
her action to my father The conSe
quence was that | was not advised of
the natter
Living with sword suspended over
ones head Is by no means pleasant.
In my case It brought on q nervous
breakdown, The summer was on, ANA
was advised 80 20 up to the Cats
kill mountains ! therefore went 20
ono Of the hotels ON the summit hop
ing to recover my lost nervous rjcor
I had not been there week before
met with great surprise Walking
out one afternoon, met girl coming
toward me. and whom we met who
should Il be hut Dolores Sierra
cut or MS I had been Tor moro ham
a year from every one } had tnowu
before. her appearance gave me-
thrill I sprung toward her with a
clv of joy Instead yf meeting me Ia
the same spirit She stood as D, para,
lived all the color leaving her face
"nonras exclaimed "What
brings you herat
Il am SO surprised" she stammered
at meeting You that r. she could
get no further
But Dolores how strange that
should meet You of all others, and the
very one ] would rather meet"
She put her hand 70 her breast Her
breath was coming quick For mo-
nant tbnutrbf sha NS-Nsfl3 fall