The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-15

never seen an HSlante OF u. ! SUIT
missed that the man might be wooing
according to the Mexican custom. i
could see him from the tavern veran-
da. aud. going there. ! took a seat in
order TO observe what would follow.
While doing SO the landlord came out
on to the veranda. and. pointing to the
walking man. I asked him what he
was doing.
"He is the man who shot the hacen
dado last night. The girl who was
robbed Of her sweetheart lives there.
The man is probably trying to see her
and ask her forgiveness"
An hour had passed from the time !
had first seen the man walking under
the window when n figure of n woman
appeared within the house. The walk
or stopped, and | saw that he was
speaking. The woman came to the
window. and. the sunlight falling uron
her, | recognized the young girl who
had bcen robbed Of her lover. won
dercd il the murderer could obtain for
givcncSs So 500 after the tragedy
The two talked together for some
time: then the man held his hand up
to the window After some delay the
girl took it. but | fancicd I could see
her Shudder \ few more words be-
tween them and the man went away.
lie passed the veranda near where !
sat. and | saw an unmistakable look
of triumph on his face.
Interested in the drama which was
being enacted before me. | determined
to remain where ! was till the last act
had bccn played | wondered if the
girl. actuatcd by religious motives. had
felt constrained to forgive the slayer
! of her lover. Had it not been for the
triumphant look on the mans face as
he passed me | would not have dream.
ed of anything more than this. But ]
bad discovered that the MeXicans are
n strange people. and one cannot in
any event tell what II woman is going
to do. Was it possible that this man.
like King Richard Ill. wonld win her
whose lover he had slain?
| had seen no sign of Il burial of the
first love and did not think it possible
that the girl could take another until
the body had been laid away What.
then. was my surprise when just before
dark | saw the murderer approach the
house where the bereaved girl ived
and stand under her window. Present
" she came out of the door. joined
him. and they walked away together
| confess that, though by this time |
was prepared for almost anything in
Mexico. | could not believe what my
eyes revealed to me, | wished that |
might follow the couple and see what
occurred between them, though | shrank
from witnessing Il girl throwing her
self into the arms of n man who had
only the night before shot down in cold
blood the man she loved.
| lit II cigar and sat smoking on the
veranda. The twilight faded; the stars
came out. All about me was so peace
full that ] could not realize | was In
Il country torn with anarchy and II
great part OF 1t I'm the hands of robber
bands: that within twenty-four hours
| had witnessed an instance of the
desperate condition of the country. Blu
my mind was ever on the couple had
seen go out into the darkness. !
thought of the lover Of the evening be-
fore. n smile on his handsome lips re-
turned by one on those of the girl he
loved. now lying cold In death in II
Of the houses within the range of my
vision. while the girl he loved had gone
with his murderer
1t was quite dark. . o'clock perhaps.
when. tired of sitting, | arose to stretch
,., ~u I.al 1aXNJn n l.,nt ~
on which the two persons | had been
watching had disappeared. Suddenly
a figure. n woman's figure. fitted by
me. She was moving rapidly. and |
got Il glimpse only Of something white.
And yet | was impressed with the idea
that it was the girl who had lost her
lover, If So. where was the man with
whom she had set out?
Believing that nothing more of the
drama which was unfolding would be
revealed to me that night, | returned
to the tavern and ven TO bed.
In the morning everything about me
was still peaceful. The inhabitants Of
the place Went about their daily vO-
cations as usual. If there was war In
the neighborhood II was TOO far dis
tant to be heard. Still | refrained
from leaving the place without more
information as to what interested me.
| determined to remain where | was
until the climax.
In the afternoon occurred II simple
funeral OF the murdered man. The
chief mourner was the girl who had
been bereaved. The murderer was not
i'm evidence ut any time during the day.
The Door girl was supported by her
mother and attended by Il few friends.
| went into the tavern and asked the
landlord what had become of the sol
der.
He was found this morning. not far
from here. stabbed to the heart vas
the reply.
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