The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-16

sixteen Formed the duaintance Of
A)onzo Gonzales. an snarchist
l entesed the university year be
fore Gonzales left it, and it was dur
Ing this year that | Was converted to
the theoces OF the anarchists. There
were others of our set that were cap
tured by Gonzales, ansng them a girl.
Dolores Sierra, who had been a play
mate of mine, But Gonzales. so far as
he was able. kept his converts apart
maintaining great secrecy In all his
prosel yting work. I conceived q 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 few months when
the society decided to put out of the
way Il s;.'">u.;.. high in power who
was considered an obstacle to anarch-
istic principles One night when
went TO q meeting OF the circle 1t was
announced that lots were to be drawn
with view TO determining some mem
Der who should assassinate the person
in question.
mated by the romance | conceived to
pervade these efforts 70 egualiZe the
social strata When | put my hand
in hat to draw a bit of paper that
might compel me to kill man and
probably be executed myself as
felon. the illusion vanished like mi
rage or rather, it was changed into
repulSiOn and when the paper I drew
was opened and saw by n skull and
crossbones ON it that | had drawn the
order 10 commit murder was frozen
with horror
did now what | should have done
In the beginning-I made a cOnidant
of my father He saw at once the
terrible position in which was placed,
but, instead of making it worse for me
by reproach, kept his head and consid-
cred what 1t would be best for me to
do The result of his deliberations
was that | should pass out Of exist
ence-that Is, that / should disap-
pear from the world as myself and re
appear as far away as possinle from
the place of my eXit as some one else.
A few days later with what ready
money | needed and certificates of lie
post in the Bank of France, payable
to me as Ebeuezer Swift disguised as
an old man. l left the city. My object
in taking an English name was that
proposed to serrIS eventually in
America, and inus.1sd TO give out
that | had been bern a an American
father arS n Spanish mother.
1t was year '"ter that turned up
at New YORK SIS nature made me, eX
cent that my henrd had grown. Pre-.
tending that NV eyes were sensitive
so the light. ! continually wore dark
glassss 1t was not absolutely neces'
sarv that | should earn a living, for
once a year my father RENTED suit
cient funds to carry me for twelve
months. We knew that ,SJ family
would be watched. that my location
might be discovered, hence there wa
TO be no commuuica iu0 oftener that
that interval
One day. so learned long after
ward. Dolores Sierra went to my
mother and told her that for m
safety she mast Know where was
stating that the circle to which | hh'
belonged had condemned me to death
that they knew whore was ant
that must be warned ut once with
out thinking what she was doing my
mother tGld her where | would b'
found IN New York. My father was
absent at the time and when he re
turned my mother, having learned tina
abe had beeH indiscreet in giving my
whereabouts, did not dare tell hin
what she had done. She trusted DO
lores implicitly and prefe~ed to rel!
on her to protect me rather than revea
her action to my father The conse
nuence WAS that | was not advised o
the matter.
Living with sword suspended owe
ones head is by no means pleasant
In nv case It brought on nervou
breakdown. The summer was on, an
was advised to go up to the Cit'
kill mountains. ! therefore went I
one of the hotels on the summit, hoI
ING to recover my lost nervous vlgol
had not been there week before
met with great surprise. Walklh
ont one afternoon. met girl comm
toward me and when we met WI
should II be but Dolores Sierra.
Cut off as l had been for more tina
n wear from every one | had know
before. her appearance gave me
thrill. | sprang toward her with
cry of JOY. Instead of meeting me
the same spirit she stood as II par'
y lyzed, all the color leaving her face.
ii "Dolores," | exclaimed "Wni
" brings you here|
"I am so surprised" she stammere
"at meeting you that u She cou
get no further,
But, Dolores. how strange tnat
IA ,ooot Won of all others, and Il