New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-08-02
Gratitude Versus.
Revenge
B. ETHEL HOLMES

One day party Of ladies and gen
tlemen were making merry on the
grounds of the hacienda of Senior En-
rique Cosfo, not far from the City of
Mexico One of the walters who were
passing refreshments. boy Of fifteen,
spilled red wine, on the coat and shirt
front OF guest The Spanish blood
is easily excited, and the man who
received this unwelc0me baptism struck
the boy across the cheek with q small
cane he carried In his hand, laying
open the flesh.
II will be even with you for that
blow some day, senor," said the boy,
as he went away. You have spilled
blood from my cheek, will spill some
thing more than wine on your shirt
Sonora Cosio saw the accident, and
the blow that followed it. The boy
went into the house, and she joined
him there, and when, through wounded
feelings rather than wounded cheek.
be burst into tears, she put her arms
about him and soothed him as If she
were his mother.
The hatred he felt for the man who
had struck him was only equaled by
his alteration for the woman who had
sympathized with him. And she did
more for him than that. The next day
she called for him. and when he came
said to him:
PEDRO, you are too spirited for
servant, you must be something better.
But you can do nothing without an
education. Tomorrow you go to school.
and will pay your tuition. You may
repay me by work done before and
after school hours"
"Ah, sonora madrel How can re-
pay so great a benefit by such small
serviceT
Twelve years passed Mexico was
under the government Of a so called
president. He was really, as all Mexi-
can presidents are, a dictator, and he
was also tyrant- While tyrannizing
over the people whose government he
had usurped he was also robbing them
and depositing his gains In the United
States, for he knew that his tenure Of
Office would be short, and when his
successor deposed him he intended to
make for the coast, where be kept a
yacht always with fires lighted, In
which he proposed to escape.
Sure enough the day Of retribuion
came. A young leader arose, whose
influence had for some time been grow
ing with the people, and one day the
president learned that an army Of rev.
olutionists was marching on the CAPT.
tai The tyrant fed, as he had intend
ed, but the revoludonists got on his
track and brought him back.
Those who had occupied the offices
under him and were permitted to
plumber on their own account put up
fight, and the new dictator found it diff
fcult to maintain the lodgment he had
effected. While the ex-president was ~
ing in Jail the new incumbent was de-
feating forces of the late governments
adherents here and there till at last all
We're subdued. Then the late incum-
bent was summoned by the new. He
stood before his conQueror with bowed
head
You do not remember me, senior"
said the victor.
Il do not, but have been told who
you are"
'Oh! Then you remember scene
that occurred dozen years ago when
occupied the humble position of me-
NAL in the household Of Senior Cosio
Do you see this scar on my cheek2
Perhaps you have forgotten that be-
cause accidentally spilled wine on
your snow white shirt front you laid
open my cheek, leaving your mark as
we'll"
remember" said the other.
And the words l said to you. T
have repeated them again and again
since that day, now long passed, that
might give them to you on this day Of
my vengeance. said to you:
Il will be even with you for that
blow some day, senior. You have spilled
blood from my cheek. will spill some
thing more than wine ON your shirt"
am very rich. I will give you all I
possess for my life'
Were you to give me all the gold
the conquerors took from the Emperor
Montezuma, all that has been taken
and yet remains in the soil of Mexico.
1t would not buy one drop Of your
blood.''
The captive looked into the eye of
his captor and saw-death.
You will be taken from here con-
tnued the new president, ito your
prison. At midnight you viii be taken
eut and shot. will keep my promise
to stain your immaculate linen with
your blood. Guardsv'
"Holdr' said the other. II have one
hope. When was brought back to
Mexico woman came to see me. She
gave me this paper
He drew forth the paper and handed
It to the dictator. While it was being
read the captive watched eagerly the
face of the reader. He saw Indications
Of conflicting emotions. The c6nqueror
crushed the paper in his fist, but the
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