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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-26
Notes of Interest
Anong Railroaders

c. w. Van Horn. Grafton, shperin-
tendent OF the Monongah division Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. was
in Fairmont this Afternoon
According to "sandhouse talk. tho
railroaders are waiting until April 2S.
next Wednesday, !, to lay down a settle
ment in the switchmen, S strike or else
another strike win be precipitated
There apparently is no Official phASe
to the matter. at least II has not hee.t
learned in Fairmont II there is.
Last night the BIZ o. moved a
train of mixed freight over the r. NJ.
& P. to Connellsyiile, this being the
first freight moved since The switch
mems strike broke except some fucl
for company use. which was moved
last week.
Striking switchmen along the Pitts
burgh and Lake Erie railroad have
yet failed to return to work and
the freight transportation service ze-
tween BROWNSVILLE, Pa. and Pitts
burgh continued TO be crippled today.
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WENT WALKING At
MIDNI.Gl:HT;;NOVDEAlll D
Police Trying to Solve Mys-
|. terry Surrounding Young
Girls Death.

"a rs BY Associated Fttb5l -,
PONTIAC, Michigan, April 76.-Ihe
city and county authorities early to-
day we're still without definite clue
as TO the identity OF the murderer OF
Miss Vera Schneider, 19 year old teie-
phone supervisor, found early Sunday
apparently choked to death on the
porch of an unoccupied dwelling
Arrival OF blood hounds from Man
chester. Ohio, was awaited this morn
ing. To give the animals every as
sistance in tracing the murderers the
police roped OF the space around the
house to keep crowds from destroy
ing footprints about the place.
The ground surrounding the dwell
ing which was in one of the city's besI
residential sections, gave evidence &C
cording to the officers that terrific
struggle had taken place.
The authorities have not yet obtain
ed "a description Of the man with
whom Miss Schneider is said to have
been seen by friends about midnight
Saturday.
Miss Schneider, according to some
OF her friends, worked until late last
night and was seen in the company OF
a strange man about midnight. Since
coming here last August from her
home in Elkton, Mich, she had seldom
been seen with male companions IL
was said. 49, ,si4irs@92
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.EMPTYFLOW BEST
IN REGION SINCE
THEEARLY WINTER
Total Runs Up to Almost
2O0O- Means CONNER
cial Business Again.
SOMIEMBARGOES LIFTED.
Shipments to Cement Mills
Resumed Railroad Fuel
Loading Very Heavy.

More empfies flowed into the Fair
mont region today than any time since
November s, Immediately after the
miners returned after the bituminous
coal strike, when there were 1882 cars
Up until today the heavy aggregation
Of empties was on April II, when there
were 1,S97 On December /, there
were 1919, which almost equalled to-
days showing. The high mark OF
empties in March was 1919, and Feb
ruary i ,3os Today's total is 1888.
With today's big brace OF empties
came ,permission to ship TO P. & r..
points on permit and as a result the
coal for the cement mills has again
got started after this outlet for pro.
duction had been obstructed for some
weeks due to the switchmen's strike.
Shipments to Staten Island points
We're resumed, terminal contracts
alone being embargoed by the Balti.
more aud Ohio railroad. Points along
the Long Island railroad, are open for
fuel coal and acoal for hospitals and
public utilities. Due to the accumula-
tion of coal and freight generally an
embargo has been clamped on lake
shipments by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. With the overflow supply
win come some increased commercial
business, which suffered due to the
heavy loading of railroad fuel in the
region.
The Car Supply.
ON the Monongah division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad the 1888
empties IN the region are classified as
follows. Open, 1856; coke, 27;. NJ.
". r., 20; n. e. C.. X, Al. Cars left over
from Saturday were Sc. The early
morning placement was ideal at 1858.
The mines today ordered 1,759 cars of
which % were requested for coke. The
infl,r& Of empties is largely from the
east, b. e %. officials gay. Quite a
large number are returning from Cur
us Bay while Of course many others
are received from connecting lines.
There is also decided improvement
in the car supply on the Monongahela
roilroad, there being an early place
pent today of 215 In the West Virginia
district and 206 In the Pennsylvania
district There, however, are no cars
in sight for Tuesday. The coal and
coke loads that accumulated at the
Brownsville; Pa, yards are diminish.
tcondnued on page fourI
.
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Local e ds
Post Threats
AgaiinstLegiion
lnflammatory Placards APP
pear in the Mining Towns
Over Night.

Government officials are working
today on somethign quite new along
radical lines which took shape last
night in the posing of thousands of
anarchist bulletins throughout Marion
county especial! IN the mining towns.
These bulletins we're found pasted
to houses, barns and on fences and
were about two by eighteen inches in
size and were said TO be issued by
the soviet advocates including the
various communist parties in the
country. Marningtou, Homewood,
Downs and elsewhere were particu-
larly favored. Up TO noon today the
sheriff had not learned OF the mat
Ter and nothing had been done by
ntm. The federal office however
had been working on it since early
morning.
On one part of. the bulletin was
printed 3 you'll never catch the man
who posted ithis.'I Among other Wild
declarations was that which command
ed the nottingham to arm himself
and learn how to shoot the Ameri-
can Legion which was controlled by
thesbig man.
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DR.. WILL BOYERS
PAINFULLY HURT
His Leg Broken in Fall at
His Home on Merchant

DR.. William Boyers, well known
physician Of Merchant street, was seri-
ously injured this morning when the
bannister on the first floor roof of his
residence gave way as he was reach
ing fora stick OF timber, throwing him
to the ground.
He suffered broken leg and Sc
we're bruises about the body. It Is not
thought that he was injured Internal
w. eSEas not removed to hospital
but IS being treated at his residence.
Dr. SRamRge, DR.. Traugh, DIR. Clinton
and DR. Lee B6yers were called soon
after the accident and took charge OF
the injured man. -
EARLY this afternoon 1t was thought
that his condition was as good as
might be expected. He is suffering
greatly from the shock.
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Winfield District
Votes Road Bonds

The voters of Winfield district an
thorized the issuing of $11s,00o worth
Of bonds at the election Saturday for
the purpose of building roads, 123
votes were recorded for the project
and but 81 against It.
The roads to be improved are the
Morgantown ahd Fairmont Pike for
which $40 900 will be expended. Prick
.etts Greek road, 1000 and the Non
tana road on which $4,000 VIII be
spent
This issue Of bonds win be afine
thing for the district. especially II. the
amendment TO the constitution passes
this fan enabling the state. to issue
fly million dollars worth of bonds.
inasmuch as in that case, the Sis, 900
wiz be available for class b. roads,
the, state taking care Of roads IN class
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Business Girls
To Dine Tuesday

The business and professional girls
in the city are looking forward to the
supper to be given tomorrow night at
the ,'Yssand are urged to get all reser.
vations in by tonight so they won't be
disappointed. The supper planned
win be an excellent one and so cents
will be charged.
The Womants council, the governing
ment are scheduled including a talk
by Mrs. Bohler on the big .sY''s conyen.
ton In Cleveland and further plans
on the professional and business. club
to be formed In the city. The supper
is tosbes a rainbow supper someth hing
in the nature of surprise.
[ The Industrial committee OF the
Woman's department OF the aY''' will
meet on Wednesday night at seven
O'clock.
The Woman S counsil. the governing
board or the ayr. viii meet Friday
night at q 80 at the .sY,'
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-26
AGED NEGRO GLOBE
TROTTER'S LIFE ENDS
Daniel Smith, Remarkable
Negro, Long Monongah
Glass Employee.

Daniel Robinson Smith, aged SO a
much Travelled negro who had been a
resident OF this city for q number of
years took his last Journey this morn
ing when he departed for the great
Unknown, having dropped dead at
about ten o'clock today while at his
work at the Monongah Glass plant.
Robinson came here some fourteen
years ago from Brownsville, Texas,
and had been employed as boss at
the plant during that time. For fifty
years the ma z said to have tray-
eled the ocean on merchant vessels
and had a number of times sailed
around the world. He is said to have
served in the Mexican war, and to have
travelled extensively in the United
States. seSaS
Ills career was an Interesting one
and his associates at tie plant have
been entertained many times with
tales of his experiences in the war
and on the ocean. He was an exenl-
plary old man and hard worker. For
many months he had been too weak
to work but kept at it and left his
boarding house near the glass house
this morning as usual and apparently
in his usual health. HE suffered a
stroke and fell this morning while at
work and was dead in few minutes.
The man is said to have eight chill
dren living In, the city of Baltimore.
The body was prepared for burial by
Undertaken R. L. Cunningham and no
funeral arrangements have been made
at this time. e--a
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Heintzelman Post
Vaudeville Tonight

All members of Frea neInlZcIman
Post No. IL, American Legion ara
urged to. be present al the smoker.
vaudeville and business session TO be
held this evening in Masonic hell be-
ginning at eight o'clock
AT the meeting tonight, the drive
for the sale OF stock in the new build
ing corporation will be started. It Is
anticipated sthat considerable por-
tion OF the s3O,O worth OF stock will
be subscribed for.
Abig feature Of the Entertainment
viii be to vaudeville show which Is
said TO eclipse that Of the smokes
held few weeks ago
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Government | WINS
SUITS AGAINST
HARD COAL ROADS
Vote Was. Four to Three
With Two justices Not
Acting.
.GHIEF JUSTICE DISSENTS
Railroads VIII Have to Dis
pose of Their Coal Hold
ings.

WASHINGTclSj April 20 The fed
eral government today won its anti
trust suit against tie Reading com
pany and affiliated coal cotnpanies In
one of the so.called anthracite coal
cases.
b. vote OF four to three the Su-
preme court sustained the govern
ment's charges that the co1npanies
Interstate Commerce act and ordered
a dissolution of the scompany
The Reading and Central Railroad
of New Jersey, the court decided.
must dispose OF stock ownership re
spectively of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company and
the Lehigh and Wifkesbarre Coal com.
pany.
Justice Clarks rendered the decision
for the majority while Chief Justicc
White in a rii,lorityso in which
Associate Justices Holmes and yande-
vanter joined said the minority was
In favor of accepting the opinion OF
uly lower court.
Z i Associate Justice AicReynolds and
Br5ildeis did not participate ia the
decision. Justice McReynoids was at
taEney general during time the gov
crnment prosecuted the suit which
was Instituted in 1918.
Another OF the so called anthracite
coal cases against the Eohigh valley
railroad company and affiliated coal
production and sales company is
spending and when Justice Clark read
his decision in the Reading case IL
was II first assumed that this case
had been decided Examination OF
the written opinion. however, disclos-
ed that confusion had been brought
about by reference in the opinion OF
tho Lehigh Wilkesbarre coul company
one OF tile companies attacked in the
ReadtnE case
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MORMON PRESIDENT
CAN'T LANDHERE

Two deeds recording the transfer
of a piece of property consisting OF
two lots in the Harr addition, Fair
mont, during the past year, tell an IN
teresting story OF conflict between
the rules OF the Mormon, or Church Oh
Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints, and
the laws OF the state Of West Virginia.
The property was first bought on
March 26ths 1919, from William ii.
Graham and wife b. Charles w. and
Edith Downey, John W. and Mary
Jane Rowe, and Stephen E. and Mary
E. Bolton, acting for the Mormon
church but when an attempt was
made to transfer the property to Presi.
dent Smith, of Salt Lake City, 1t was
found that such action could not be
taken under the state law. A board Of
trustees was then formed consisting
of the three men named above with
the addition OF F. NJ. Camp and Lewis
F. Enlow, and the property trans
ferred to the board, the deed having
been recorded on the eighth day OF
this month.
No immediate action was taken yes.
terday by the church toward building
an edifice by the annual conference OF
the Northern district Of West Virgintu
which met in the Dixie theatre but
it is expected that preparations will
be made at some time in the near fu-
ture to build a meeting house on the
site.
President c. w. Mccune, of the
Eastern States conference of the
church, with headquarters in New
York city, was present and delivered
three addresses.
This morning meeting of the mis-.
sionaries in this district was held in
Woodmans hall, at which President
McCune presided
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Elijah II Watkins
Buried at Maple Grove

Funeral services over the body Of
Elijah freeman Watkins. aged 20
whose death took place at Cook hos
pital ON Saturday we're held tnls
morning at 1850 o'clock from Fala'
fine Baptist church and were attend
ed by a large number OF relatives and
friends. Following the services the
body was taken to Maple Grove ceme
tery by undertaker Fred jenkins and
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US. COMMERCE CHAMBER
WANTS TO AMERLCANZZEI
Board of Directors Recommends That Chamber Coor-
dinate All Present Activities and Finance and
Direct All Efforts to That End.

the effort of organizations now en-
gagged in philanthropic and patriotic
activities.
To finance this undertaking it was
proposed adequate collections of mon
ey be made and disbursed by
standing committee on American
ideals under rules prescribed by the
board OF directors.
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tBy Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, April 26.-The
Board OF Directors of the United
States Chamber of Commerce in con-
vention here today proposed that the
chamber assume supreme control of
Americanization work in the United
States, co-ordinating ard directing
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HARD COAL TRUST MUST D|SS0L Ne
Illinois Jail
WiNBecome
Hotel Soon

IBy ASsOClaicd PreSoI
OTTAWA, H.. April 26.-Sheriff
Ayres announced today that the
Ottawa jail would be turned into IA
hotel because prohibition has
emptied 1t OF prisoners.
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THE WEATHER

Rain and warmer tonigi,i-
Rain Tuesday
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-10-06
The Norwich Pharmacal
Company
Grandes Laboratories en-
Norwich, N. Y.
Manufacturers de PreductOs Quiini-
cos para Farmacias.

Sev garantiza que nuestrOs prOduc-
tos llenan todos los requisites de la
Ley Federal sObre AlimentOs y DrO-
gas aprObada en- 80 de JuniO de 1906.
FORMULAS PRIVADAS.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-10-06
CUENTO
Ell PESO r ERDIDo

dor De las mismas casas, me parecfa
que atravesaba pafses en- busca de mi
DpbEe ainante! La anhelada de mi al
ma no estaba lejos, viva en- uno de
esos barrios de Ia ciudad en- donde ha-
! bitabani los gitanos, entire las inmun-
7 ffdicias, la miseria y la ciquillerfa,
Earrastrando una vida extiafia Y sos
pechosa.
Fu& bajo el techo de una de esas
casas bajas, s6lidas, de ventanas gra-
sosas, entire esas Gales en- las que las
yiejas depiojan a los chiquillOs, donde
por agar descuhrf Joselita en- medic
Ede los suyos. Ella me vic de lejos y
cOrri0 hacia mi ,sin tenor de NADIA nj
de nadie, riente como un niiio que en-
cuentIa i'm gran amigo. Apenas 81 tu
We paFa decirla mi sorpresa, cuando
Joselita me 9dijo:
-Venga, q. lie voy presentar mi
padre.
No me atrevf contestarle que te-
MIA miedO de ese honor, v la seguf.
Me hizo penetrar en- una, tienda tan
obscura, que estuve punto de caer.
I'm olOr cebOllas envenenaba Ia at
m6sfera tibia y sensual. En- un rim
,6n humeaba una mala lanpara. En-
el suelo Sc arrastraban dos nifios y
me agaardaba un viejo viyaracho, de
blancos cabellos, con traje de chalan.
Era 81, ell mismo que habfa robado a
Joselita.
/ Le tendf la mano. La hija Sc SEN
to su lado. Ell viejo sepos0 su bra
20 sobre mi hombro.
-Joven, me tlijo, yo no lie tengo rem
cor.
Hizo una pausa Y agrego:
I -Pero no perdamOs tempo. o I'd.
quiere Joselita Sc viene a vivir
con nosotros usted no la quiere. E.
I Y en- ese case, besela y vdyase.
Nunca podre olvidar ese instante.
No saba que responder; un padre i'm
EperativO, ese cuadro, el olor de la,
pieza, la tristeza miserable de ese rim
con. La cara de Joselita me di6 mie-
do. Ella me amaba. Ese amor insen
tsato brillaba EN- SUI mirada, mirada
que expresaba la vez felicidad, an
gustia, resignation. No me atrevfa d
hacer un gesto Y volvf la cabeza para
que no viera mis-, ojos. Y bruscamen-
te, como Sc arroia uno al aqua, vino
ella haeiS mi Y murmur6:
| -Besame.
1 RENE DIET.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-10-06
LAS ALMAS BLANCAS

NADIA conozco de una simplicidad
tan augusta y expressive como las pa
labras que un evangelista escribe de
JESUS: "Pas6 hacienda el bien".
Hay almas predestinadas la per-
petua blancura, que despues de un
serene vuelo sobre cienos del mundo,
llegan inmaculadas a las riberas de
la eternidad: Antonio el Piadoso,
Marco Aurelio, Juan ell Evangelista,
Luis Gonzaga. imuchos! Otros hay
que manchan su plumaje y que des-
Epues Sc purifcan, ganando las otras
en- impetu de carload 10 que cedieron
en- nitidez y pureza. Agustfn Antonio
Abad, Francisco de Asis. Admire a
las primeras, admire y amo a las Sc
gundas.
Yo soy mas amigo de los grandes pc
cadores vueltos a santos que los JUS
tos perseverance,. A los imperturba-
blemente blancos les tengo miedo, un
miedo de niiio travieso ante el padre
severe. A los otros les tuteo como a
Dios. Estan mas cerca de mi espfritu
porque cayeron, y mas cerca de mi es-
peranza porque lograron levantarse.
Son las ovejas descarriadas de la pa
rabola en- cuyo pos va Ell pastor dejan-
do en- el redil las buenas; v por.
cuyo hallazgo hay mas regocijo en- los
cielos que por la perseverance, de mu-
chos justos. La impecabilidadses ses pro-
pensa juzgar duramente y condenar
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-10-06

Eel que no haya vistO a J0selita Ro-
sario inclinada sobre Ell parapeto del
viejo paente de Mareia, con una ro-
sa en- la boca, sefadora " negligente,
no conoce la gracia soberana que en-
vuelve a las ppincesas de los cue9tos.
No creo que. exista ser alguno que
reuna mis- ercantos en- stl cueFpo nj
en- su rostTo nj que evoqae de manera
igual, por la languidez de sus aetitu-
dies, m!s tlescOn0cidos hoFizontes.
Seiiora 10 die aproximandome
a ella, Sefiorita
No Sc hign6 retirar los ojos del rio,
que miraba sin verlo, nj menos NOR
t.flcar por una respuesta, la rosa
que mordfa como a una fruta
Me atreyf a repetir:
Escuche, seiiorita.
Ella permaneci0 inm6vil.
iQue hacer en- un case semejante?
Y como 20 no soy de los mas auda-
ces, me resigne a seguir mi camino.
Pasaron varios5 dfas. Como todas
Las ciudades del sur de Espa1a, MUIR
! cha esta hecha para la vaaancia. No
hay allf Otro placer que ell de pasearse
lor esas callejuelas que huelen a ma
anja mugre, O. ell de mirar, SEN
ado en- una silia, frente al cfrculo
le los comerciantes, el if v ,venir de
'se menudo pueblo.
mo Sc. aburre mucho, sefior, asf
an solo5
Dos manos me taparon los ojos, ma
los j6venes y frescJs... Una voz
Aegre me hacfa la DFegunta. De un
alto me puse en- pie y me halle faz
faz con mi sohadora del pHente que
10 Sc habfa dignado mirar nj respon-
ler.
Vestfa sencillamente una peineta do
ada en- sus eabellos castafios, un jul
ION blaneo v una falda negra, algll-
laS. afhaJas dlSeretaS Y la rosa Gle STEM
re. Mi sorpresa era tan grande que
70 eneontraba que decifle:
-..C6mo ha podide reconocerme
.uego nos pusimos a andar. Yo iba
eliz y tfmido como un enamorado de
ounce aflos.
iC6mo sc llama usted?
Joseiita. !, Joselita Rosario.
Z --sVive usted en- Murcia?
ST.
-lD0ndc?
-POr ALA. (. hizo un gesto vago,
lues NADIA indicaba. Iba tranquila,
sin la menor inquietud de ser vista
al lado de un extranjero.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-10-06

AL hacer formulas privadas emplea-
mos gran esmerO en- la selection de
materias primas. A los Sres. Medi-
cos armaceuticos que recurran a
nOstrOs, Sc les brinda tOda garantia.
NUESTRAS ESPECIALIDADES DE
FAMA MUNDIAL
ExtractOs FluidOs STANDARD"
ensayadOs prObadOs fisiologicamen-
te, Tinturas "STANDARD", Extrac-
tos Norwich, solidOs y pulverizadOs,
Pildoras, aTbletas COmprimidas, ClO-
ruro de MercuriO, AmpOlletas,I Leche
de Magnesia, la de mas consume en-
los EstadOs UnidOs, Unguentine, ia
bon CutaneO, BalsamO AnalgesicO, Ca
pricol, ICrema Dental, la preferida de
Ia sOciedad NeOyOrkina, KalendOl, Pa
painOl, Senna- Cara, Vibursan, Zema-
col v Productos MiscelaneOs, son ar
ticulos preferidOsy por ell pIblicO con-
sumidor, que tiene tOda su fe en- la
marca NORWICH.
Toda mercancia Sc entrega libre
bordo en- New York, y tOdOs los pre-
clos incIuyen gastos de empaque es-
pecial para la expOrtaci6n.
Representatives. generates,
CERECEDO HERAMNOS & CIA.,
SUCCS.
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COMMERCIAL

Los se1ores j. Charriz Y Co. S. en- c
de Arecibo, nos participant que han cons
titufdo una sociedad mercantil que gi
rara en- dicha plaza bajo la expresada
denomination; que ha adquirido pol
compra los derechos Y acciones de la
que giraba bajo el nombre de Ell NucVC
G1ctQae, de los sefiores GOTTA Aguto y
Co: s. en- G.
Ell socio gestor con ell uso de la firma
don Juan Charriz Rodon y Socio Co
manditario don Martin Charriz Aro-
tceHa.
La nJeya seciedad ha concedidO po-
der general para que la represente en-
todos ysu negocio a su empleado don
Jose Charrizs y Rod6n.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-10-06

. 81 *
;Es que no puede decfrmelo. o
que no quiere?
ESQ depends. =.
It's usted de Murcia?
No.
- ;De d0nde entonees?
DE donde los gitanos. de ALA
tabajo.
Volyi0 Joselita repetir su gesto
/ |impreciso, asf rodaba la conversa-
ci6n sin lograr descubrir NADIA de ella:
Tenfa unas ganas locas de llevarme-
Fla por la fuerza, no Sc a donde, muy
lejos para arYancarle ell secreto de
su vida sin que pudieFa engaiarme,
y al mismo tempo vacilaba, como si
mi possible violeacia temiera profanar
una existencia real ,euyos misterios
no debiera sondear un yiajero vulgar
como 70.
Marchabamos por las Gales estre-
chas, bordeadas de casas cuyas puer-
tas Sc entreabren para dejar adivinar
esos patios umbrosos en- los que seme-
| ia el aqua, al caer en- las pilas, una
IlluVia de flores de perlas Y en- los que
Isuefia romanticamente con ameres al
canto de gritaTas. Ibamos sin ha-
blarnos, pero felices de sentirnos .el
luno al lado del otrO, cuando de res
pente. al volver una esquina, un HON
bre grande, viejo, de anchas espaldas,
Sc puso frente mi Y con una bruta-
lidad salvaje, agarr6 mi compafe-
ia por la cintura, la coloc6 bajo ell
braZo como 10 hubiera hecho un milo
con una mufieca, Y hugo a las voladas
con su dulce carga. Me precipite tras
el, pero Ic6mo es possible guiarse entire
ese laberinto de callejuelas Y pasajes
cuando no Sc conoce la ciudad? Me
detuve. OF 10 lejos un rufdo de bo-
fetadas Y gritos.