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Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
HIGH HOBOING COST
OLD "BO" IS DISGUSTED WITH
WAR CONDITIONS.
Worse OFF Than Ever; Can't Make a
Touch Without Being Offered Work
or Given a Chance to Enlist.
BY LORRY 4. JACOBS.


Would you believe it, now comes the
high cost of hoboing!
We have listened patiently and
without much amaZement to the rumor
of advancing cost of living and of
dying. But now it surpasses all Won
ders to know that the cost of hoboing
is advancing by leaps and bounds.
Luckless Lou told me last night at
a 5-cent eat joint, and his wall was
plaintive in the extreme.
Luckless Lou is a celebrity as far as
the "bo" fraternity is concerned. No
truer knight of the Blue Jay feet ever
tramped the ties and no greater scorn-
er of work and seeker of comfort ever
lived than he. Again, he is the most
luckless individual that ever adopted
the pastime of riding the bumpers, is
Lou.
Once, he told me, he had the very
extreme of lucklessness when he set
tied down to make an honest living,
saved some money, decided to buy an
undertaking establishment and then
changed his mind and backed out of
the deal. During the very next week,
while he was patting himself on the
back, seventy miners were killed in a
mine at that place and the undertaking
establishment worked overtime
Bad luck? Well, rather But moth
ing more than the time Luckless Lou
was trying to make a fast getaway
and stumbled over a rock and the man
who was giving him the run discovered
lead to rich vein of ore where the
rock had been.
But to get back to the high cost of
hoboing.
"Ya get me, bo, when l say that it
amt no joke, this H. C. L. They was
once time when a bo could exist, but
now he has as much chance as a vege-
table-eating jackrabbit in a dry farm
ing country that won't dry farm.
picture me, always a success at the
bo game, approaching what looks to
be a sure shot and astin' him would
he slip me tin for the price of a feed.
What, SIR says he. Give you a
meal? Dye think Pm a cuckoo? Why
dontcha join tn army?'
Again, film me walkin' up to a gen
erous looking grayheaded, poke-bon-
neted country woman and tellin' her of
the things that have ruint me young
life.
All, yes, my man., says she. But
now is the age of opportunity, and if
you would work for livin', Pm sure
you could get on
80, lamp me in yer minds eye astin'
a farmers wife for handout.
g Sure says she. Well feed you
and give you twenty dollars week to
help harvest our CROP
"Or stretch your think tank and eye
me tryin' to steal ride on TIL bump
ers or the blind baggage. Why thy've
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
LOCAL UNIONS.

AmaIgamated Sheet Metal Workers No. .
NJ. W. Burg. Sec, 241 Grant st Meets
Monday evenings, rm. 3. B. Il. c., 1871
AmaiEamated sheet Metal Worker. No. Go
Shoshone st Meets I'd and 4th Monday
nights. B. T.. C., Club bldg,
AZ Friday night, MS d9s1 Logan o s st.. Giobeviiie. vile
Bakery and Confectionery Workers No. 2s
KoE hGgdssbsek sec a. and ID sus Is, sEt
BARRIERS No. so5-John E; Connolly. sec,
last Wednesday, night in month, Club
bldg, 1871 Arapahoe st.
Bill Posters and BiiIers Union No. 30
Joe Joe Tasart, sec, i28s California st. Meet: i
LIST and 3D. Sundays, 10 a. m, Howe hall,
Bindery Women No. 6s-Miss Matte Hoff-
man. sec. 81 Sherman st. Meets lst Mon
Boilef dh Max MaReP. No No. Il izs.H shaffroth oh sec.
Wss;,nesaays blSis is 1sIi, siI.I isi7 LqSrsnss
sec, 74o s.. Ogden. Meets I'd Tuesday,
Boot and shoe Rsp.irers No: aeo-Maurice
ID and 4th wednesday,, 152s Lincoln
d sss 7S &c. Meets B. E
1871 Arapahoe
BIacksmiths no: Iss-James r.. Knckler.
Friday. 4O1 Club bldg.
Bincksmiths No. 457-Michael W. Tipton;
sec, DOb curtis ST. Meets ISL ana I'D
Fridays, 323 Charles bldg.
Broom Makers No. 4O-Walter Stevenson,
1926 Il. Twentieth ave.
Building Laborers No. 1-GeorRe Walker.
sec, +. o. Box 80 Meets 1925 Larlmer
ST., every Monday night.
Carpenters No. 55-Robert Currie, sec, 1897
Stout. Meets Monday, Carpenters hall.
1947 Stout st.
Carpenters No. Ii2I-Ma1 Radetsky. sec.
1446 King St Meets every Saturday
night. Bank bldg, w. ColfaI.
Carpenters U. Is. No. 187i-J. T. Clapp.
sec. Meets every other Tuesday at Car
penters' hall. 19I7 Stout.
Carriage and Wagonmakers' Local No. I22
r.. Hneglln, sec, 1885 Il. Alameda ave.
Meets % Tuesday, 322 Charles bldg.
Cement Finishers Dan Vandermeulen,
sec. 1851 Fox st. Meets every Wednes-
day, Il. T. c., Club bldg.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
PUT AWAY FEW BUSHELS OF SPUDS
By HERBERT HOOVER

of Irish potatoes while they are cheap
est during the fall. Potatoe storage
in the home is fairly simple. The tub
ers must be kept cool, dry and well
ventilated. People often put a supply
of potatoes in a closed cellar, thinking
to protect them against cold, only to
find later that dampness and warmth
have caused decay. Heat probably
ruins more potatoes in home storage
than cold. Potatoes should be put in
barrels with few holes in the side
so that they can have a circulation of
air. or piled in bin that is not too
tight, or heaped on a few boards laid
along the floor Circulation of air to
keep them dry and cool can be secured
by opening the cellar windows during
the day and shutting them on cold
nights.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

Printing Pressmen No. lo-Charles Nichols.
- :; Downing st. Meets 4th Tuesday.
Printing Press Assistants No. 1t-Thomas
n9dgess 5as bus issS sSt iS and 10 AniS. %
I'd Wednesday, Charles bldg
Railway Carmen No. I+e-F. L. King. sec,
except last saturday Of month K. Of r.
Railway, Postal cierL:.L. R. st.rbuei.
sec. 453l w. Thirty-third ave. Meets 18th
OF each month. 80 p. m. rm- 4ls Com
Railway hLssi TslsErapher.. Union No. J5-F.
Ist Monday In the month. Markham hotel.
-, IL, lath and and, Lawrense sts. ,.,.,. .
Box 337. wheatridge. Colo. Meets 1st
and Sd wednesday nights, 200 Charles
bldg.
and bus. agt.. p; o. BOZ Ios. Meets %
and 4th Wednesdays. 0 a. m, T. NJ. A
Steam Filter. No. .os-chester J. Common.
ses B IT. c. la A55spssssoe ara st Meets
Seeis :SR sS charlie. @ rSns Sida "
Club bldg. Meets ist DI and I'D "a u %.dn..:: d Is:
s,sa. sn. b. g i7al Il AIsg,aSs st
81 Paul st Meets LIST Monday. 1871
s-itehmen'. Union of North Amerie.-H.
Meets LIST and Sd Monday. Io4s Caiifor-
Ladies Auxiliary to switehmen'. Union Of
North Ameries-Mrs. Daisy Mastow. sec,
Tuesday night. zoo Charles bldg. Ao "
T.iIors No. Sc. A. Buriund. SEC, a2l
Eighteen,h st, Meets I'd and +th Monday.
Tailor. No. :o.@Sseorr. ch.rty, sec. $50,
Julian st. Meets LIST and Sd Monday. zoo
Charles bldg
Transfers, Chauffeur. and Helpers Union
No. b75-Fred W. KorfhHHe. sec.. 3aS &
Warrington St Meets Friday nights.
ri, h [ = 6, c,ne sids3 i71i n,,.P A,raPahoe ST.
$. Warrington. Meets LIST and Sd Mon
days, B; II; c. Club bldg.
Tobacco striRPsr. N Noi Iois:-Ag9ss Ped
Hall No. /. Is. t. c. Club bldg
TIayslers' Goods and Leather Novelty
Workers No. f2-Meets LIST and Sd Thurs
days, b; T.. G. Club bldg
typographical No. OF. e. Birdsall. sec
S0l Bank blk. Seventeenth aud ArapAhoe
Box Gsl: Meets lst sunday In month
p. m. Horan's hall. 1921 Cleveland pl
United Laborers of Denver. Calderwood
sec, 30ig Humboldt at Meets 2d and tth
Friday nights. b. T. c.. 1871 Arapahoe
uphoi.terers No. ..-william Eggs. sec.
80 Z. Seventh ave. Meet. I'd and <tb
Walters No. III. N. Osborn, sec'y treas.
1873 Curtis. Meets at Walters Club
rooms, 1923 Curtis. LIST and Sd Monday.
at 30 p. m. I'd and 18th Mondays at 3 DO
window and House Cleaner. Union No. issos
E. II. Austin. sec. 1915 Perry st Meets
every Friday night. Hall No. o. Club bldg
c. Hanson. asos csamps se Mrs' M.ry ~
webb, sec. 3642 Eliot st Meet. I'd and
4th Wednesday,, 80 p. m. X OF T.. hall.
Evans blk. at loop.
Workers Co-Op-rativo Assoefatiop-M MIL
stone, sec.. 1881 f. I'D ave. Mccts Fri.
day evenings. room 4li Club bldg.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
WHERE YOU FIND IT
OIL WELLS A GAMBLE SAME AS
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD.
Biologists Don't Know the Whole
Story, as Has Been Demonstrated
by Natures Great Laboratory.

Up in Wyoming it takes a lot of
money to drill an oil well. Down in
Oklahoma an oil field is like an en-
larged pepper box. 1t costs little to
sink hole few hundred feet. Casing
is required only until the surface soil
is disposed of, that is for the ordinary
sized well.
When well is discovered in Wyo-
ming it is a well that does not have
to be watched for fear of its disap-
pearance.
1t is Natures familiar story. 1t is
true of minerals of all kinds. Nothing
without labor. A gold mine on the
surface does not mean a lasting gold
mine. A Cresson vug is discovered
nearly two thousand feet from the sur
face A Little Johnny ore chimney is
not found until hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been spent digging
thru the quicksands.
A Wyoming oil well is good for a
generation.
Oil is a gamble, with all respect to
the geologist. Like gold it is where
you find it. Unlike gold you go at it
verted periscope has been discovered
that will peer down a six, eight or
twelve-inch hole some two or three
thousand feet into the bowels of the
earth. When a mine is being devel-
oped one can tell what is taking place
all around. In driving a well all that
the driller, the prospector- and the
stockholder have to go on for weeks
and weeks is "log" and if it is an
fashioned rig there are good
many lapses.
The reason why the oil and the in
vestment worlds are all looking to the
"sheep state" just now is because the
demand for oil is greater than the
supply and Wyoming offers the best
field-not the speediest, but the best
from both standpoints.
That all the oil domes have been dis
covered in that state or in adjoining
states into which the oil search is lead
ing, like Colorado on one side, Mon
tana and South Dakota in the opposite
directions, is out of the question. Ma
ture's laboratory when it provided the
oil elements did so in great quanti-
ties over big areas.
1t will be Colorado's turn next. This
is only justice and a return of the
bread cast into the oil waters of Wyo-
ming. Denver and Colorado Springs
unquestionably made possible the
Wyoming oil fever of today.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

This years crop of potatoes is one
of the largest we have ever harvested
estimated to be over 400,00O,O0O bush
els, or 20 bushels for every Ameri-
can family. Behind that there is also
bumper sweet potato crop in the
South, where state officials have taken
steps to store this vegetable in modern
warehouses to preserve its quality.
So we can look ahead and see
plentiful supply of potatoes for the
winter at reasonable prices-there will
be no such famine as we passed thru
last winter. This is fortunate. We
need potatoes to cut down the cost of
living and help us save wheat and
meat for our army and our allies.
The United States food administra-
ton is taking steps to get these pota-
toes to the people. During October
and November retail grocers thruout
the country will conduct a selling cam
paign of Irish potatoes, handling them
at very moderate profit. Farmers
will back up the movement by send
ing their potatoes to market. News
papers will urge the public to buy and
store potatoes, and the crop will be
distributed to the best advantage to all
concerned from producer to consumer.
Every family with a cellar, or other
storage facilities, should put away
from three to ten bushels, or more,
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
international Union of Mine, Mill and Smell
ter workers-Ernest Mills, sec treas. Gil
Denham bldg, Denver.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
RAILROAD ORGANIZATIONS

Monday
o. u. G. No; a-Mects odd Fellows Tenn.
. pie. I.ol champa st. 10 .. IN.
b L. T.; =. No. sio-Meets Liberty hsn.
Is. l.. Y. % No. I ts,s{ie.a. tn woosn,, ,,p
Sixth ave. and Santa Fe. 40 D. IN
Tuesday
u. II. T. No. oso-Mects Club bldg. I7sl
Arapahoe st. p. m
Wednesday
Il l.. y. No. 73t-Meets woodman hall
B. l.. r. No. Iss-Meets Masonic TempI.
Sixteenth and welton, 70 % m
Is. Z. T, No. so-Meets odd Fellows bni.
La@is. & ahRs HaaiIia-y st. n, E E. z Nc. .s-M..,,
odd Fellows Temple. 1851 Champa st.
,as,,s ,s, and a,1,, 81 ,wedIssdHy.2 2 2; m;
woodman hall. Sixth ave. and santa Fe
2d and 4th Wednesday. 30 p. m.
Thursday
H. J.. r. y. No. 7l-Meets Masonic Temple
Sixteenth and Welton. S p. IN.
IhurEdny afternoons
Ladies Auxiliary Is. T.. y. y. No sip-
Meets "a and 9Th Thursdays. ? p. m.
Ladies Auxiliary u. II. t. No. tS-Meet.
Odd Fellow Temple. 175i Chnmpa st
"a and 4th Thursdny. p. IN.
Friday
Goody hall, Eighth and Santa Fe., list
and Sd Friday afternoons.
Lndir. Auxiliary o. II. q. No. es-Meets
odd Fellows Temple. 1T5l Chnmpa st.
Ladi-. Auxiliary Il. l.. y. No. sos-M..,.
Woodmnn hail, Ross ct. and Dunkeld.
b. i'i l. and 81 FSidHys Sn 2S pr. m: Co.,, 50,
Eighth and Santa Fc. 8 p. m. "'
H. Il. T. No. As-Meets Odd Fellows haII.
1913 Cbnmpa st. .. m
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

Bricklayers and Masons' State Association
M. T. Leonard, pres. Colorado Springs; !;
William Ryan. sec, P.O. Box 1I6. Denve
Carpenter State Council-F. II. Knollman,
pres. 1925 w. Alameda, Denver; A N.
Despair, Sec y-treas, 1912 Grant ave-.
Colorado Springs.
Colorado State Federation of Labor-John
McLennan, pres; Ed. Anderson, sec'y-
treas Box 140S. RIM. 301 German Amer
lean bldg, Denver. Phone Main 4o37.
Federation of Railway Employees I'd. 4 R.
G. system)-Harvey A Hanks, Sec, 21SO
w. Irvington pl Meetings called.
Intermountain typographical Conference
J. Charles Deus. Sec. s22 Lake ave-,
Pueblo, Colo.
international Association of Machinists.
District Lodge No. 20 I'd. r. @. sy stem)
Thomas Walsh, sec, 767 s. Clarkson.
Denver.
State Conference of Painters-Samuel s.
Forrest, pres. Abbott hotel, Denver !:
Fred w. Innes, sec'y-treas.. 113s- E.
State Journeymen BARRIERS Association-
Ed. Anderson, Sec, rm. S01 German
American bldg, Denver
System Federation Railway Carmen No. 81
Cd. d g. LII. II. Conway. Sec. 244 w.
Irvington pl Meetings called.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
HACKETHAL BROS,
Undertakers.

Members of organized labor in
Denver and vicinity are generally
informed as to the courtesies and
attention given by Hackethal
Bros, Undertakers, located at
1451 Kalamath street. Phone
Main 1868. Theodore and George
Hackethal comprise the firm, the
latter being a member Of Denver
Typographical Union. Their
office and parlors are open day
and night.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
LOCAL CENTRAL BODIES

Allied Printing Trades Council-w. c.
Thornton, pres; Thomas p. Rodgers.
sec y treas. RIM. Is. 1910 California st.
Phone Champa 42i. Meets Sd Wednesday
Trades Union hall. Charles bldg.
Amusement Council Of Denver and Vicinity
John f. Kessler, Sec, 1928 Lincoln st
Meets LIST Sunday each month. IL a. m,
T. N. A. hall. 1715 California st.
Carpenter District Councn-J. 8. Gobel.
sec, 1s47 Stout st. Meets 1st and Sd
Denver Building Trade: Councii-J. II.
Peter Johns, bus. rep. b. T.. c.. 113i
Stout St. Friday nights.
Board of Business Agents of the Building
Trades Council-Meets every day except
Phone Champa 2Tgl bet. II and u a; m.
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly-H. s.
Peregrine, pres 200 $. Marion st. Thos.
+. Rodgers, sec, phone Champa 424.
=. o. Box 101G. Meets I'd and 4th Sun
days, . p. m, $50 Eighteenth st.
Local Joint Executive Board Hotel and
Restaurant Employes-E. j. Lott, sec,
Il. 7. c., Club bldg. Meets every Friday
at p. m, 1871 Arapahoe st.
Metal Trades Council-W. F. Evans. pres.
rm. 33, $50 Eighteenth st. l., G. Brayton.
sec, 24G Inca St Meets 4th Tuesday, $50
Eighteenth st
Union Label League No. l of Denver
james j. Torpey, pres; T. c. Greene,
sec'y treas. 70. Box 11s1. Meets 1st
and Sd Fridays, p. m, Hall No. l..
b. L. c., Club bldg.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

hooverized the railroads so much that
they don't carry clean collar for the
engineer because it's excess baggage"
And there ended Luckless Louis
wall, except that he added between
gulps of Java that he was goin' to
give it up and join the army so he
wouldn't starve to death.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
GIRVIN FURNITURE & AUCTION
1441-1455 Welton Street.

BE READY FOR WINTER. Base. burn.
ers, Hot Blast and Onk heaters; gunrnn-
tech coal ana gas rungcs, just like new Mt
prices AWAY below first cost New and
used rugs, brass beds, bed dnycnports
drcSsers, dressing tables. china closets
round dining tables. rockers. library tables
exchanged for your old furniture nnd sold
on payments. Oak and mahogany officc
furniture always In stock Spot cnsh paid
for second hand furniture '
Auction sales of House TurnI.bIpv. Dnn,
y. m. Phone Main 1861
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
LESSONS IN MEMORY.

How do you suppose that dear old
man remembered exactly how much he
paid for his gold tooth, which he
bought forty years ago?
Why, l s'pose he carried it in his
head.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-12-06
THE HORRORS OF PEACE.

The other day workingman Of 2S at Indianapolis after trying for days and nights to and work, his pockets empty his limited credit exhausted. went to his shack, shot his three children to death one after another and then ,urned the revolver on himself tnd blew out his own brains.
 The day before a spnrt who had never done an hours worx in his life joklngly laid ten thousand dollar bill on the counter 0: swell saloon in payment for 2 ,o1rtail. He had a dozen bills more of the same denomination in his inside pocket.
 How many people are there who nave brains enough and heart and soul enough to comprehend the sig nihCance or these two incidents in contrast with one another? Low many are there who are capable of understanding that when work ingman kills himself because he is not allowed to work and live and feed his offspring ne is literally
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-12-06
No. 2f9. NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In Probate Court for Cope Nome Precinct, District of Alaska,
 Second Divi ion.
In the matter of the Estate of
 WILLIAM SCHROEDER.

In the matter of the Estate of
 WILLIAM SCHROEDER,
 Deceased.
 Notice $ hereby given that the undersigned mas been July ap- pointed administrator of the estate of William Schroeder, deceased Notice is further given that all per sons having claims against the estate of said deceased are required to present them, with proper vouch- CTS. within six months from the date of this notice, to the under. signed administrator, at his office at Eagle Hall in the City of Nome Alaska.
 Dated November Sth, 1917.
 JAS. J. STOKES. Administrator of the Estate of
 William Schroeder, deceased. N. s. 15. 23. 30.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-12-06

murdered by the community and his blood is on the hands of every member of that community.
 Thousands of human beings de- stroy themselves in this land oi the free because work is denied them, and therefore life itself, and these unfortunate brothers and siSt- CTS of ours for whom we should weep ltala ,5 blood are the murd- cred victims or the communities in which they are driven to their doom.
 These are some Of the horrors of peace under the capitalist sy- stem. The very thought of them IS enough tc make men shudder dn- less their hearts are pctrifed and their souls dead.
 Every one wE0 supports the ca pitllist system the system which only allows men to work at all if they Corseat to be robbed of what they produce and which denies thousands even the right to be rob bed is guilty Df the selfmurder of he haplcss creatures who are shut out, refused work, driven to des- pCration and finally into suicides graves in the pCtterS field
 Down, everlasting down ~ith this brutal, murderous warbrccding crime-inciti lg system of capitalism!
 Anything in the Due Of Job wOrA at the Industrial Worker Office SatisfaCtiOn ASSured
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-12-06
Satanic Ma jesty.

Satanic Majesty. Do you hear me? l hope you dr'
 Fraternally youls,
 B G. Organizer I. L. M. M. & s. %
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-12-06

Anything in the Due Of Job worA at the Industrial Worker Office Satisfaction assured.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-31
LVIII

Caballero, dijo uno de los desco-
nocidos cuando Sc hallaron en- pre-
sencia de Armando; nuestro amigo
Alfredo de Daubray nos ha comisio-
nado para devolveros Ia tarjeta que
anoche le entregasteis en- ell bale de
ia Opera.
-Selores, contest6 ell hijo del CO.
rcnel, ell ob:jcto De vuestra venida 10
comprendo y podeis decir a vuestro
r~eprcsentado que estoy a u orde-
mes.
En- csc case, dijo n de los Vi
sitantes, Jos parece bien que este
asunto SC venti!e manana a las sic
te en- ell bosque de Boulogne?
-Perfectamente, rdspondio Ar
mando.
Despues pregunto:
-;Cual es ell anna elegida?
La espada.
FL joven saludo a los testigos de
81 ~adverss-io, acompanandoles has
"a "a pue-ta con exquisite cortesia.
Apenas aquellos caballeros 80 au-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-31

sentaron, I'm nuevo personale com
pareci6 en- ell salon.
Era Job, a quien el %eeronel Leon
tenia eonfiado gu hijc.
e. aspecto del viejo soldado no
tenia NADIA de tranquilizador.
Lentamente Sc aproximo al joven
y lie pregunt6:
-iQuienes son esos sehores que
acaban de salir de aqui?
-Cosa es esa que debe dejarte sin
cuidado, amigo JOB.
va c~omprendo, dijo e! veterano
soldado, Sc trata de un duelo; pero
yo estoy aqui para ;mpedirlo.
El joven Sc echo a reir y con TO-
no burion, pregunto:
Sc puede saber, amigo Job, :que
causa poderosa tie obliga a tratar de
prohibir Ell que yo me bata siempre
que 10 tenga por conveniente?
-iPor los euernos de Belcebu! ex-
clamo Ell %veterano, iacaso no he pro
metido a yuestro padre que estando
a mi lado no c%orrcriais peiigro al
guno?
-iQuien tie ha dicho que yo CO.
IRA peligro?
-Siendo Ia primera vez que os
bats, REQ que...
TODD ha de toner su principle,
termino AyQalde.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-31

So interlocatora, cue tsta guard5
con sumo cuidsdo.
.-iNo vclversnlos a vernos? vol
VIC a insistir Armardo.
-Quien sabe, murmur6 Ia desco-
nocida.
Despuas alarg6 su mano a Amman
do, quien Ia estrech6 con efusi0n, a
IA e que lie decia:
-Os suplico cue no me sigais, y
espero de vos que sabreis ser tan dis
creto com galante habeis dado prue-
ba de ser.
La mascara Sc aleja y nuestro jo-
ven permanecio inmovil duranre al
gunos minutes. q fin de da- tempo
a que Ia desconocida saliera del bal
le.
Despues, ell joven sali6 q su vez,
dirigienGose a pie q su domicilio, al
que lego al amanecer.
El duelo que tenia Ell perspective
no &c preocupaba.
FL sueno de Armando fue largo,
profundo y lleno de arlorosas ina
genes.
Proximame1te a las doce, fue des-
pertado por e. groom que hacia las
veces de ayuda de camara.
Senior, dijo Ell criado, dos ca
ballercs desean hablaros, pretestGn-
do IN asulto urgente.
-iAh! C~omprendc, Sc dijo Arman-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-31

-Teataciones tengo, respond!6 Ia
joYen con zalaneria, de quitarme IA
,a-eta para que dejeis de amarme;
soy extrenadanente fea.
No Us creo, linda masearite, te-
neis los cabellOs de ORC, braces de
alabastro Y o de sirena y es impo-
sible que no seals bella como III an
gel.
-Fiendo estoy, mi joven acompa-
mantle. que tendre que hacer uso del
abanico para poner coto q vuestras
galanterias, pues observe que habeis
d~eSalojado al enemigo de IL plaza,
para oeuparla O
-Creo U no esLais en 10 cierIo.
sonora mia, contesto Armando; 81
enemigo Z quien hemos ahuyentado
guerra penetrar en- II fortaleza al
asalto Y tomarla 4 Ia fuerza, Y de
haberio conseguido, hubiese sido ext
genie, en- tanto que yo NADIA eNijo.
-SPues que es 10 que haesis, Sc
nor conquistador?
70 mendigo.
-iY que es 10 que Tendingais?
Una mirada vuesua.
La desconocida miro al joven de
I'M modo embriagador a 10 vez que
decia:
L Estais We conta1to?
-Aun no.
-1Puss que dsssSis?