San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-12

unhampered become a citizen OF some
other sovereign state; said pardon to
be granted under one. or more. of the
following conditions, as the President
may deem expedient:
Ask Ten DAYS.
First condition-That your petition
er be permitted TO return to the
United States for ten days TO arrange
personal affairs. but at the end of
said ten days. he shall quit the ter
ritOry of the United States and never
again set foot in the United States,
its territories, insular possessions,
nor upon its ships; that as soon as
he can qualify, he shall become a
citizen of some sovereign state.
Second condition-The same as the
first condition, except; that your pc
titioner shall never, directly or indi-
rectly, transact business with any
citizen of the United States, its ter
ritories. insular possessions, etc.
Third condition-The same as the
first and second. except: that in or
der to uphold the laws and the dig
nifty of the courts of the United
States, that your petitioner shall re-
serve one month at Leavenworth.
Fourth condition-Under such cir
cumstances as shall be deemed ex-
pedient and just.
Composed and tyned by nv own
hand at the City Of Mexico, March
Z. 1923. 1 have the honor to be
respectfully,
GEORGE WILBUR HAWKINS,
"The Borders
In his exile Hawkins has turned 70
writing and states his intention of maxi
ing it his life work. Among several sub
mitted to The Light the following called
The Border is perhaps the best:
Oh, Anglo-Land is Anglo-Land,
And ever will be the same;
And Aztec-land Is Aztec-land,
And ever will he the same:
And Anglo-land and Aztec-land
VIII never understand.
That Aztec-land and AnRlo-land
Can never be one land:
For center line of Rio Grande
Cuts the two in twain:
And North is one and South is one,
And that is ever so plain:
But North and South OF line are two
And ever will remain.
The Border, that's my name. far,lung
and wide:
I'm husband Of dusiSy Aztec bride.
We keep house from the mouth OF Rio
Grande.
zig-zag west to Paciflc's golden strand.
1 am the sunset streak flung over land
The ribbon of the river and the sand.
am niek-named by some, BELT OF sun
And. then. by others. "Angio-Aztec-line."
am threshold and on bodeful night,
I Il
Down the deep-carved gorge OF the Rio
Grande,
Chased by ghosts Of the Toltec Gods
the damned.
I am hell across Columbia hurled;
l am a haven, and a heaven world.
My rivers roll down the rock and the
They grind the Rockies to make Delta
land w -, i~'l
My .conchos tears north through Old
Ny Rio Grande spays out New Mexico:
My Peeos slashes down throufh TEXAS
My Devil roars on to the Rio Grande.
My San Pedro mops up the mucky sand
My ella rollicks west through Desert
\ land:
Ny Colorado. minus IFS and butts.
Snowmad. rips out the Rocky noun
tain's CUTS.
My rivers won't heed. and don't give a
damn
They got big contract from great I am.
Some day about million years ago.
To fill the CULTS OF California and Mexico.
I am land OF work, no time TO play;
hit the ball, sun or rain. night and day.
am that place. beneath the shining sun.
Where startling and colossal things are
done.
I am, indeed, the land that God forgot
! am reckless. fearless, tempting spot:
My mountains cash the everlasting blue
And am hell-of-s-place. old or new.
I am the damnedest land you ever saw
And so myself, and by myself. I'm law;
am mixture of the worst the best:
I'm damned by some, and then. BY others
blessed.
I'm made of mountains, mesas. cactus,
brush,
OF canyons, caves and valleys filled with
hush;
When. you think you know me. then's
when you don't;
When you think you'll win me, then's
when you wont.
| Oh, Anglo-land is Anglo-land,
and ever will be the same,
And Aztec-land is Aztec-land.
and ever will be the same;
And Anglo-land and Aztec-land
will never understand.
That Aztec-land and Anglo-land
can never be one land:
For Center-Line OF Rio Grande
cuts the two in twain:
And North Is one. and South is one,
and that Is ever so plain;
But North and South of line are two,
and ever will