El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-10
(By Miguel zamacOis.)

O.
scars that covered his attenuated body
was a certificate Of goodness and char
ity. so there was no need for him to
bargain with St Peter, who immediate
" opened the gates Of paradise where
he was soon Joined By Sancho Pansa.
For about three centuries the knight
of the sad countenance remained al
most quiet. being satisfied to make
violent speech to his humble fol-
lower whenever some fragrant injus-
tice on earth came to his knowledge.
But one morning he simply could not
stand it any longer. In face OF all
the cruelties of these days his old blood
began to boil. he must go down into
the world once more and mete out JUS
tice to the thousands Of evildoers ana
rush to the aid of the suffering and
oppressed. 1t was no more tnan MS
plain duty.
Considering that his splendid be-
havior for 800 years surely entitled
him to some reward he asked permis-
sion to resume the flesh for a space
of 365 days. The permission was
granted him and suddenly the old
knight found himself on the Place de
IOpera in Paris.
The terrible noise and commotion and
the almost epiIeptic behavior of the
crowds at first confused him, for since
the time of Gamache's wedding he had
seen nothing in any way like it. To
calm himself a little he fled into
deserted courtyard Of Palais Royal
where for a moment he imagined him
self suddenly transported to the peace
full and silent plains of MontieL
What greatly annoyed and grieyed
our hero was that nobody paid any,
attention to him when the mere sight
Of him had, in days of old, caused riots
in the hamlets, villages and towns of Ia
Mancha. He imagined that probably
this was caused by the rather old
fashioned cut of his clothes and he
went to Landolfs and ordered COM
plete Don Quixote outfit. The people
there simply smiled at him and assured
him that in our egotistic century no
body would think of wearing Don
Quixote costume But, as he insisted,
they finally dug up a mambrin, armor
and a rusty sword
Don Quixote donned the armor, trim
med his beard. buckled on the sword
and went down Into Chausse u Autin,
where he bought an antiquated morse.
jumped into the saddle and rode off
in the direction of Boulevard des Ital-
lens in search of suitable adventures.
He got only as far as Vaudeville,
when he was arrested by policeman
and taken to the station house There
an official explained to him that was
permitted during the 18th century OF
despotism, was no longer permissible
during this era Of enlightenment ana
liberty.
Don Ouixote grew indignant, pro-
tested and ended by calling the Off
Gals names. whereupon he'was prompt
" seized by the guards and beaten
far more vigorously than by the mule
drivers Finally he was accused or the
following four crimes:
First Of insulting a public official
performing his duty"
Second, of having appeared in the
public street dressed in carnival cos
tune, and thereby causing commotion
and obstructing the traffic"
Third, of carrying arms in defiance
of the law. and,
Fourth, of torturing an animal or
the equine race, evidently worn out and
fit only for human. consumption
The knight donned his old coat and
decided in the future to work incognito
Spending a Sunday on Butte Mont
martre he passed by Moulin de Ia ia
lette. where there was dancing, he
thought he saw a survivor OF the
giants and attacked him Immediately
with true Spanish fervor. but after re-
ceiving a sound thrashing from the
bouncer Of the establishment, he still
had to pay damages, which did not
however. save him from spending sew
eral hours in prison.
Don Quixote, however, was not 10
be shaken in his determination to PIT
an end to all injustice, the more so as
he was now convinced that society had
become even more corrupt than dur
ing his lifetime
one evening, on the boulevards, he
discovered a wicked looking indivlduai
beating woman and did not hesitate
to interfere. He called the man
coward and in less time than 1t takes
to tell the individual butted the brave
knights solar riexus with his forehead
and stretched him prone upon the side
walk. The woman called him all kinds
of vile names and policeman who
came sauntering up 10 minutes later
told him to mind his own business and
thereafter to move on in hurry Il he
did not want to be arrested for dis
turbing the peace.
The next morning after witnessing
an old woman's narrow escape from
death by an automobile he was fOollsh
enough to catcher a crowd and make
a speech against the murde-ous tea
denotes of the chauffeurs. The crowd,
v-na misunderstood his remarks and
thought he meant to depress the trade
IN pneumatic tires and wanted &c turn
over to the police ;he honest wage
earners driving mechanical cars, came
very near lynching him.
Later in the day, when he was walk
ing near Pantin's, he was attracted
by a number of strikers VINO wanted
to prevent scabs from taking their
places Don Quixote grew indignant
and made a speech in which he cham
pioned the right to work and the free
dom of the individual. but again he
made a fatal mistake and would surely
have been killed but for the interven-
ton Of the police He was kicked and
buffeted and thrown into cell accused
with acting as agent provocateur, in
citing to civil war and encouraging
peaceful citizens to attack each other.
One evening in the theater a woman
was sitting in front Of him with an
immense plumed hat, which completely
cut off his view Of the stage, and he
foolishly made the remark that 1t was
an outrage that a man who had paid