The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
THE PROEAI
Nv the Tarna


BY the Carpenter.
THEY will tell you in AnChuria,
| that President Mirafiores, of
tFat volatile republic, died by
his own hand in the coast town Of
Coralio, that he had reached thus
far in flight from the incOnVen-
ienCtS of an imminent revolution;
and that one hundred thousand dol
lars, government funds, which he
carried with him in an American
leather valise as a souvenir of his
tempcstuous administration, was
never afterward recovered.
For a real. 4 boy will show you
his grave 1t is back of the town
near a little bridge that spans
mangrove swamp. \ plain slab of
wood stands at its head. Some one
has burned upon the headstonc
with a hot iron this inscription:
RAMON ANGEL DE LAS CRUZES
Y MIRAFLORES
'PRESIDENTE DE LA REPCBLlCA
DE ANCHURIA
QUE SEA So JUEZ DIOS
1t is characteristic of this buoy
ant people that they pursue no man
beyond the grave. Let God be his
Judge Even with the hundred
thousand unbound. though greatly
coveted, the hue and cry went no
further than that.
To the stranger or the guest the
Deople of Coralio will relate the
story of the tragic end of their for
mer president; how he strOve to es-
cane from the country with the
public funds and also with DOna
Isabel GuiIbert. the young Ameri-
can oDera singer: and how, being
aDprrhended by members of the Op-
posing political party in Coralio, he
Slot himself through the head rath-
er than give up the funds, and, in
conseuuence, the SenoTlta Gullbert.
They will relate further that Dona
Isabel. her adventurous bark Of
fortune shoaIed by the simultanc-
Gus loss Of ser distinguished ad-
mirer and the souvenir hundred
thousand. dropped anchor on this
stagnant coast. GwaitinG rising
tide.
They say. in Coradio, that she
found a prompt and prosperous
tide in the form of Frank Goodwin,
an American resident of the town.
an investor who had grown
wealthy hv dealing in the products
or the country bcAlAebAANA Nh - a
rubber prince. a sarSaparilla, in
digo, ana mahogany baron. The
Sancrita Guilbert, YOU will be told.
married senior Goodwin one month
after the presidents death, thus, in
the yerv moment when Fortune
bgd ceased to smile. wrestling from
. her gift greater than the prize
withdrawn.
Of the American. Don Frank
Goodwin, and of his wife the na-
tiyes have nothing but good to say.
Don Frank has lived among them
for years. and has compelled their
t-espfCt. His lady is easily queen
.f what social life the sober coast
a ffords The wife OF the governor
Of the district. herself, who was of
t,ha proud Castiliau family of Non
I, leon DOlOrosa de los Santos Y
VI andez. feels honored to unfold her
n, pkin with olive-hued, rinEed
ha nds at the table of Sonora Good
WI n Were you to refer (Wlth your
nu-thCrn prejudiCes) to the viva
cio US past of Mrs. Goodwin when
hel audacious and gleeful abandon
in Eeht opera captured the mature
prs sident's fancy. or to her share
in that statesman's downfall and
m IA LLtd ante N4lt LAIN '.''- -
tha shoulder would be your only
answer and reouttaI. What preju-
dies there were in CoraliO con-
Car1Iirg Sonora Goodwin seemed
no,s to be in her favor whatever
the q had been in the past.
II would seem that the story is
er, led. instead OF begun; that the
cIC Sc of tragedy and the climax OF
a 7 pmanCe have covered the ground
Of interest; but. to the more Gu
riorls reader it shan De some slight
Instruction to trace the close
thr, sads that underlie the ingenu-
Gus web of circumstances.
The headpieCe bearing the name
of President Mirafiores is daily
sCru 5bed with oap-bark and sand.
An old half-breed Indian tends the
grave with fidelity and the david
ling rninutenass Of inherited sloth.
He chops down the weeds and ever
sprtnying grass with his machte,
he plucks ants and scorpions and
beetles from it with his horny fu-
gers. and sprinkles its turf with
water from the plaza fountain.
TheQe is no grave anywhere so well
Kept and ordered.
OUly by following out the under
lying threads will it be made clear
why the old Indian, Galvez, is Sc