THE "OREGON SUNDAY . JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY. ' MORNINGS MAY 17,:. 1908.
B AIR ONES PLANNING
Extraordinary Career of
Br'JoM Mondego.-- '
Copyright by Curtis Brown.)
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P4.DRID, April 25.-F.W a me "or
els tnat nave iireo. nw "ub'-
tlons of sensation-loving young
im.r.m hiiv ilmlt with o
Americans have f". wu "
Interesting- ana, at , the same
time, so fascinating a scoundrel as El to discover. He is today a burly, ruddy
Vlvllle ;;th, Andalusian bandll ; who was
recently arrested In Buenos-Ayres, Ar- not Beem po8aible that ha could aver
gentlne. Ha now lies imprisoned, under have been attractive to feminine eyes.
verV heavy guard. In the penal prison His manner Is harsh and overbearing
it 'Cadiz? but no one who knows any- and ha feels, and makes no bones about
thrnTabout his career and his extraor- "Pressing, supreme contempt for the
Alnarv eanacitv for wriggling out of Softer passions of the heart. ...,
d fflcultlesxpects thl hi wfll remalA With his fortune dissipated El Vivillo
within the four walla of his Jail ve.y r,rn,d"'on -TES1.'6 lm
long. It Is freely hinted In nigh dr. mediate marriage. He decided to re
oles here that' the hearts of many fair rnove tha financial obstacle n the
and influential ladies of sunny Spain TSi'
have been lost to the daring desperado After an unsuccessful attempt to turn
and that their owner" will move heaven his skill I with i the cards o advantage
and earth to secure his release. at the Municipal Casino of his home
Despite his life of crime and un- town, he threw tn his lot with a band
doubted vlciousness. .vivillo has been of smugglers. The future bandit's til
th, favorite hero of the youth of this Wltj and I nimble wit .soon made him
country for more than 18 years. The vorlte Jth ha m'Joritrof his
youngsters have followed his adventur- fellow-contrabandists, but they also
ous wrier, as set forth from time to aroused the Jealousy of one of the lead
time in the papers, with bated breath f. nick .naihed Lobo (Wolf).. The lat
nri nrkilnB- v and have, no doubt. ter was renowned for his dexterity with
Int longed I 'tsofht dyemulat. he fagger, and 1 he took -an early oppor
the bold bandit and the band of prec- "mr AP.11"?0, .PTCT.V 0. "I?
inus nmi ha mqS successfully cap- newcomer that his fame In that respect
Z.a 9 i o ugcessiuuy e" WM well deserved. One evening, when
laineo. r ' the members of the band were celebrat-
First Term In Prison.
This la not El Vlvlllo's flrt term
behind prison bars, but all attempts to
keep him there long have proved unsuo-
ceasful heretofore. Either by the ex-
... . . ,
pendlture of money In large sums, the
Influence of those in. high places, or his
own genius - as a Jallbreaker, he has
walked out ftppary when he pleased.
Like most heroes, either of fiction or
reality, he seems to have borne a
charmed life. Of the reckless band of
lawless characters he led during his 18
year.". prem.,er "knght of the road "
El VI villa, with one exception, is the
only one still alive. All the others
have i fallen In skirmishes with that
very excellent and sure-shooting body
of mounted police the Civil Guards,
Kl Vlvlllo's sole fellow, survivor , of
those strenuous times Is Pajarlto, his
rfeutanant, who is now undergoing a
sentence of 81 years penal servitude
tn Cordova prison. La Pajarlto yields
only to his chief in hla record of ras-
cality. '
A halo of romance has grown up
around El Vivillo and his band. Ac-
cordlng to the general opinion among
the Ignorant Spaniards of the country-
side he is a sort of second Robin Hood,
robbing the rich and assisting the poor,
Some of the stories which are told of
him and on which this view is baaed
are undoubtedly true, but the great ma-
Jorlty of them were. Just as surely,
woven out of thin- air by imaginative
writers attached to the press.
Kl Vivillo was born In the Andalusian
town of Estepa, as long ago as 1866.
As a very young boy he acquired a re-
markable dexterity with the cards, and
it was through the constant exercise of
this talent that he earned the nick-
name by which he has always been
known to the exclusion of his fsmllv
handle.'.' El Vivillo, translated in
English, means "Lively Little One." and
from all accounts the future bandit was
a very precocious youth. His parents
appear to have been honest, simple
nika mnA tt.h4 -ou i .n- i
him for a commercial career. He was
..n . rnnins .
shlp in a business house, but his em- l8"5?' Villamartin. After safely hid- another highway robberv between cahra
,loyer soon bundled him back home ,n P1 sPo1'8- the bandit, by means of and Prlego, on which occasion the bas
sifaln because of his unruly ways. Uri- a,Jelay ot .horses which had been pro- flit was captured and placed in prison
tier tne paternal roof he then remained
until be reached the age of 23, when
both his parents died and he inherited
a small fortune.
Paints Home Town Red.
El Vivillo immediately started out to
paint his home town red. His one idea
seemed to be to get rid of his fortune
In record time, and so successful was
.SSIUl Was
a1 '.u1 ,n t,.wo years he was penniless,
m lino nn. lanr-iiig ioini in nis ca-
APRIL SHOWERS A
HE hesitated for a moment before
he closed the door, as if he con
sidered whether he should do as
he felt like and slam it ta-let
her know that the was angry, or
Just close it gently. But his common
sense conquered; he closed the door
without undue noise, and now he stood
In the street. Involuntarily he began
to examine closely the house he had
Just left, not because It was an espe
Cxtt pretty house, but he had for sev
eral months spent every spare hour
there. The flowering plants behind the
wnite curtains had bade him welcome
every evening when he came riding into
town from his estate outside in the
country. Then he had greeted some
body behind the curtains with his whip,
and two laughing blue eyes had re
turned his greeting. How perfectly
happy he had felt during these last
months.
Evening after evening was spent in
the same coty, quiet, homelike way.
Uncle William was sitting in his easv
chair with his velvet skullcap and
his. long German pipe, reading the
evening paper. Aunt Hanna was knit
ting In a corner of the sofa, straight
as a candle. Uncle and aunt had four
children, as much alike as drops of
water. All four had pug noses, were
blonde, blue-eyed, easy to laugh and
Blender as the pipes of an organ, but
none of the long boys was as pretty as
the coldest cousin, Frances. It was
then no wonder that Cousin Karl
.courted her assiduously, and she ac
cepted gracefully. She allowed him
to light the alcohol lamp under the
samowar, thanked htm with smiling
lips and eyes for the flowers he
brought from his own garden, and
laughed at his stories almost as heart
ily as he did himself. And that means
quite a little.
About three weeks ago he had
chosen some new wall paper samples,
and shown them to Cousin Prances.
There was one especially he liked; It
was light with narrow blue stripes and
s small bouquets of roses scattered all
over it.
wouia you nice 10 nave a room
papered with this?" he had asked.
jsn i it Deautirui r
IP , "very Deautirui, .indeed! Although
she had answered only the"" last ques
tion, she blushed and laughed. Why
did she blush if - she did not under-
stand what he meant?- For several
days he walked around aa If In dreams
last he made up his mind. Today, the'
same day when he wan trembling with
anger and stood outside the house. It
vat Frances' blrthdaynshe was Just 18. .
,In the morning he came riding, into
town with a bouquet so large that
everybody stopped to look at rim and
smiled. Frances had thanked him for
it. as usual, showed him the presents
she had received and invited him . to
call again In the evening, when they
were to ha-ve a dance -
Cousin Karl came and when he looked
. st his own sunburned, honest face In
the looking-glnsa in the hall he almost
thought himself handsome. He had a
' rosebud In his button hole and inside
the bud an honest, brave heart. Fran-
wore her most beautiful rown of
white voile with narrow blue stripes
It almost looked like his wall paper
and In -her blond braids she had put
some beautiful pink -carnations which
he felt oulte sure were among the flow
.: era he had brought her In the morning.
Everybody was thye when' he came
- end Frances had been - congratulated
bv all the voung people. but , Cousin
. Karl saw Immediately that she was
out of humor. ,
"Good evening, Karl," she said. - and
pouted: "you are half an hour late' and
we-might" have started dancing. long
" ago if we (hadn't had to wait for-you.".
Karl was a good-oatured young fel
low,' but at, times it must be admitted,
El Vivillo, tke Terror
reer he fall violently In love with tha;
girl ,who afterwards became his wife.
- ," aiiiIO."oom.r.nd halt if
admirers. What aha ever aaw in a
Vivillo to admire It la hard to say.
Indeed, what the acorea of women who
afterwards lost their hearts to the bold
Paal.a w Jn him it is aoualiv difficult
ing an especially successful day's work
in a cafe in Estepa. a quarrel broke
out between El Vivillo and Lobo over
action it was decided to determine the
merits of tha dispute with the knife, so
Adue !2 th J,!
where there was more room and a larg-
er audienoe. "
Draw Their Daggers. ?
Heated wlthVwIne. the combatants
drew tnslp long daggers, wrapped their
. .. xa --
cats around their free arras and set to.
A large crowd gathered and cheered the
fighters. Much to his surprise. Lobo
discovered that his opponent knew a
trick or two about the use of the knife,
that he himself had failed to learn, and
to the astonishment of the spectators,
after a particularly lively melee. El
vivillo ran his through the heart with
a well-directed thrust. Before he had
an opportunity to get out of town El
vivillo was arrested and thrown into
prison. But that mysterious personage,
the influential friend, came to his as-
sistance and he was shortly at large
again. v
Instead of reforming him, this expe-
rlnnce only seemed to strengthen El
Vivillo in his career of lawlessness,
Soon after his release he took to the
countryside as a bandit" Rapidly there
grew up around him one of tha most
famous bands of brigands that have
ever infested this country. Among the
adventurous characters who eventually
acknowledged htm as leader and bowed
to his superior bravery and daring were
Sonlche, Chorlzo, Females, Nino Gloria,
Barrloneuvo and Pajarlto, all of whom
had long records as nuccessful hlghway-
men before El Vivillo ever thought of
the profession.
From this point In his life It Is dlf-
f'cult to trace El Vivlllos progress
clearly. Various crimes attributed to
him. were undoubtedlv .committed by
other men, cj inferior caliber. On the
other hand he was able to escape the
punishment for niany outrages, which
th?r?,J" no uoubt tr-at he committed, by
establishing remarkably clever alibis.
On one occasion, for instance, ha held
ud the dtllsrence on Its wav tn the vll-
Lt 1 jn ,i ' si" f a !,,.,. i.,
retreat 40 miles away. There a posse
1'L hit wu ffuniuR luunu mm ilctlx nil
hour later, sunk In a drunken slumber.
He was arrested and tried for the crime,
but his alibi proved too much for the
offleers of the law to combat and he
was triumphantly acquitted.
Among the outrages definitely ras-
tened upon El Vivillo are the acklnRGuj!rnan wa8 traveling toward the latter
of a mansion at Torredonjlmlno, when . , . . . .
he Becured more than J20.000: the selz-
1 1 m tt n Aiuljaliifltan milllonaJrA nn t h A
high road to Anleguera, whenMha ban-
an snot inree servanis wno attempieo
somewhat hot-headed and not to say the room. All this had happened when ment. I will put my things In the one
what he felt like saying, he simply we find him furious outside the door, corner, but I won't go there until the
bowed and retired to the next room. After a sleepless night. Cousin Karl moment the train starts. Do you un-
After 'that Frances, behaved as if he had come to the conclusion that a few derstand."
didn't exist, and it didn't make It bet- weeks at the resort of Schrobeck, a fa- mtt was quite bum he understood
ter that she sat down at the table with vorlte place for old ladies, would be and went into the waiting-room to get
another young man Oiough she had the only thing to heal his wounded h)s giBler. Tne beIl rang and Frances
promised Karl to sit with him. ToJS" i1" tr.uth- .t6 was not sat down opposite the embroidered
But Karl took revnge. a "ttle arrald of meeting there an old grip to look at her brother as long as
When the dancing was to begin he J"nt- who usually spent this time of possible. Frltx stood outside
stummed, gave a cry of pasn and fell the season at Schrobeck. but he found -Fxcuse me sir " aald a eheerful
Into a chafr. Everybody rushed up to comfort n the thought thathe might vol? cuMZd' him and a mile
him with the exception of Frances, jwho not be there, or might not notice him vaaye fth cherrTes on her hat
stood at a table in the other ertd of t she were there, and so he started entered the coartment and sat
the room calmly smelling some roses, the railroad station wearing Sown in the tird corner The
He said that he had sprained his ankle; a light y suit and carrying a grip A bu J, aTthe whistle blew!
that It was Impossible or him to embroidered with roses and violets. 'Krlt2 wno ma,e a rather long facc
dance, and that he would have to be H 'nto the waiting - room, when he perceived the ladv with the
satisfied to look on. Hhe spent the Jher he ' down with, his back to-' cherries was forced to leave his place
whole evening sitting in a chair by the ward the door so that he could see 0n the step and the conductor was
window thinking about everything, and anybody that came In In a large mirror just about to lock the door when a
the result of this was that he found no opposite. Only one of the many who young gentleman In gray came rui.ii
one to blame but himself. Frances was came Into the waiting-room attracted Ing out of the waiting-room and Jumped
right, he had been late and It was her h's attention and this was a little, very into the compartment for non-smokers
birthday. mtla young girl with brown hair. She Just as the train started moving, while
When Aunt Hanna shortly afterwards wore a hat trimmed with beautiful Karl, who knew what was coming,
gave the signal for going home Karl red cherries and she looked like good tipped his hat to Frances. She stared
stood up and asked Francis if she humor personified and kept on eating at him with wide open eves as if he
wouldn't dance Just one dance for him, pepper cakes. . . were a ghost The little lady with the
the pain in the foot was almost gone. 'Really, she's quite pretty," Karl cherries had looked surprised from the
but Francis who had never believed in thought, but at the same moment he one to the other and shook her head,
the sprained ankle looked at htm an- was terrified to see In the glass two but Karl made himself at home, placed
grlly and said: "I'm very eorry, Karl, figures, the appearance of whom aroused his embroidered grip In the rack, his
Just this moment I too sprained my In him a strong desire to hide himself hat next to It and began to look at
ankle, so It Is absolutely impossible for underneath the table. the little lady, who was still eating,
me to dance." A long, lanky bov of 14. blond, blue He was trying to find an opportunity
Karl bit his Hps and said nothing. eyes with a pug nose and carrying a to sit next to her and begin a con
After a short while everybody wantvgrlp and a number of bundles, came vernation Just to let Frances feel that
home with the exception of Karl who into the waiting-room, followed by a h8 didn't care.
was allowed to stay as a relation of young girl with dark blonde hair and a To understand the sudden change
the family. When all the guests had large picture hat which tried to distract ,n Co"s'n Karl's feelings we only need
gono, Frances went to the window and the attention from eves red from cry- to ,ook at a sentences In a letter
Karl wnose nean was iun w ioyo buu
regret, knew nothing better than to ask
her father for her hand at that very
moment. Thank God that part of It
was over now. He looked toward
Frances who stood straight and mo-
tlonless as if the matter didn't con-
co her at all. At last Uncle William
puQaway his pipe, took the-hands of
the young girl and turned her around.
"Well cbl d." he said, "this is for
you to 'decide. What is It to be. ye.
"No," she replied quick as a flash,
Turned around and began to tap a
march on the window pane.
arcn on tne winaow pane. .
"Uncle, Just let me speak with her
one for one moment and I believe I
n win her"
trnc e and aunt left the room and
alone
can
itJ .isJ":..1 "
r ranees.
began, "don't act
I have given yon
r, but font IZ
"Franees. dear, be
like a child. I know I
fSfnT in-t.rrrv . vou Vr.
think I am Just aa sorry as you are
that we should misunderstand each oth-
that we should misunderstand each oth-
er. Now. be a good girl, Frances." He
tried to take her haul, but she wouldn't
do It
When sue awt answer, ano oniy
Wwirdyou,yplease speak to
vZcTJV 1
l,.rv Vn't M kH fo&L ?hlld'
SS,. ,.r .ithie ?li him t hUU nn
you must either tell him the reason
v " VtJ tubIorn-k,d
.,Sr0UTr S11 ,i t .111 t .h-
' Noj ly"! not I will not, she
iSA "Lhh.vee.".h"!reht0i,ir
late and then he behaves aa no gentle-
man should ever behave and j-efuses to
daric. He has spoiled my blftnday
'".?'?' lr.l' c111 me luJ"d
childish and then he comes and wants
to marry -me. You expect me to say
Xes.r,hf awa?' l m not going to do-
"' w1.?11 ,ou m never going to marry
t..,, t -j- V ' ' ,. . ,
1 f'Welh; JVances. .Kart- said. dryly,
"we shalt speak no more about It. I
have made a mistake and I have been
a fool, v All T. can 'do now la to beg
your pardon because I have spoiled your
birthday. Good ' night, uncle, . Good
night, aunt." . .
He bowed stiffly and rushed out of
4-KTA Vm-.m K1a lea saa lie
foolish; Just think and remember that Jou K'0 there 0fall places r ' t
If yeu refuse me now I shall never ask "Because Aunt Amelle is there but 0
lui jvu nuu juu vmww v a vwuiuu s 1 m nnr trmn r nM iiaia- sahnAi isn't v-..
of Andalusia for0 Eighteen
l r SSSS. ' "
p
to defend their employer's property; and
ai me laiier town, escaping, as usual.
after two days' confinement
i.fc., trn1;
wpioil.
Another exploit of El Vivillo occurred
. oIii ,.,,,.,, .
between Setenii and Illamartin. A
wealthy landowner named Don Pedro
actompanaea. Dy nis siewara,
when thev were hel1 im hp V.I ( -M 1
band on horseback and forced to dls-
mount. j ney were oraerea to tnrow
-Good SWt Story for May
ing, who could It be but Frances and
her oldest brother.
u. VJ.i ,u. anyoody though
S2TmAtard nt r, bUK Fmz
.S8,"1 Je2.eXSry,bodj? "i? r,Jn
J5a? ?P, as. hLdlsc,oyereo Karl J)e
wV,hirah1 h2 8'.P.,aCtd18
d,"fr' 0whLc,b V. ' . . y.Z,f. ".th',r
QllY' ?" "Af,,!1? a" 5 signal whl-h
jrl Immediately understood. Fritss
pXtVf.rVr' cheplSArStSla;!
f "S-tl;.1' i?"'1 3?!.t he
iTarl wanted to ta? blm Ton2U"In
. "Vl!i Z IV..? lnL.aIon- P,1
he amrreiiteH tn t,i. .r.i. Vi. V.-. -i.
alwn fn rJr inJ e mni,
whw." J" afIJe Ttn an.rt, "I ! u"'0;
7.fL.-i 221 10 f1 good seat
7 v1aln:. FIlncef no b.Jeq-
but .sat down In a comer.
tO')k
, - , . , . -----
2 .h- X?? and.w,Po her
2 she didn t see a young man in
,nrVe,,?fr7,n?s,ln-,rSb,der9d
grJP sneak out on the platform
"where are vou eolna-" h mh
.-wifJei,aK.i y.VUvf)insr' b ,h
.d shook FriW httd "'
l5 to Schrohaek - TV)-.
J""
f"" fi""" . -xvtiri re-
..T too, am going to Schrobeck,T Kartfm"ioufia-laay Karf ' Veene VlthTT
h0e dld France' et th lda . Frances "otloss. d .tar
fj - Frit, said. . a.d Scn'tSS 5f. SSn XUSfWr
JIT'J4 "C Hi0r' a,1.nl,ht thorugh the catastrophe could be feeling fine and
lhere w th" n?"i w,tn ncl at even courtf a young lady In her presence,
home. Frances vcrled and father called Rut she dared not say anything.
her fool. whoVdldn't know her own in the meantlnTe the otSeV two were
mind, and ordered her to get out of soon chatting; as if they had known one
the . house this morning and take a another for years, the young girl
trip to Schrobeck to see-tf AWt Amelia faghed heartfly. but Karl fiad found a
couldn't make something out of he.-, plan to annoy Frances still more. He
then father gave me a letter that I asked the young lady if she objected to
should give you when I came bock smoking, and she replied that she had
from school but now that you are go- not the least objection If he other
ing to Schrobeck I think that I'll ke.jp young lady did not object. - -.
t myself." Karl struck a match and looked at
"you better not." Karl shouted and Frances.
looked, so angry that Frltx, who wis "I'm Very sorry." she. -said coldly,
rwavery easily scared, Immediately "but tobacco smoke always gives me a
turned 'over the letter. When Karl headache;"
had read It he smiled and put It Into "Well. Tm sure you never told me
bis pocket. . that before," Karl burst out, but he
. "8ayk Fritt,,V he said, "there is no bit his Up when he saw the surprised
special compartment ferjudle ln this expression In the other young- lady's
train., but .there Is a compartment for face while Frances rot busy looking at
non-smokers, an1 you are to reserve the scenery outside.
a seat for Frances la that compart- The lady with the cherry -bat -could
ESCAPE
Years, WLo is now' Lodged in a Prison in Cadiz' Awaiting Trial Squandered
El ih.iuii iJH.,wi mi','
EL V1VI1A0.
their guns on the ground, and the ban
dits made a search of their persons, re
lieving; the master of 88,000 Spanish
reals in bank notes and $60 In cash
money which was destined for the pur
chase of livestock at the annual fair at
Villamartin.
MaBter and man were then seated
upon the around at a sot hidden from
the road, with their elbows tied togeth
er. There thev remained in their un
comfortable posture from 10 o'clock In
the morning- until z in tne afternoon.
during which time the briganda had
"bsgged" aven other travelers, also
tllln, to th villamartin fair and all
n.ln. iwn.lilar.hl. .nm, t mnn-i'
The bandits then rode away, leaving
their disconsolate victims to
untie
'n i"11" 'V,""1"- "lm"
Frances immediately after Karl had
left had felt very sorry " and angry
with herself, but that It was against
ner 'ng of dignity to let him know
hw 'elt- . M
To make it easier for her during
tne f,rat s. Uncle William had de-
c,de t0 "fnd her wn to her aunt
for a week or so and ha was quite
8Ure that if Karl would propose at
' t,m h9 WUld "l
Mn't a long before an oppor-
tuiilty eania to exchange seats The
young lady with' the cherries had stood
"""" ,.i
upu "ndutr
when she d
to his feet
open the wl
ed to open the window, and
did not succeed Karl Jumped
i ana saia: rermii me to
onen the window for you ma'am." When
he had done this he sat down -opposite
ua. dvw ,., uvm, rsug
the young lady and started a conver-
aatlon with the unusually Intelligent re-
" ln t ht " " ba
. The young lady wno waa nappy not
J hav p?nJw."eJreraK-aour" f'"
VXS
Then there was a snort cause an.l
n sne- ainaiy orierea mm a taste
her pepper cakes.
I suDDOse vou as a gentleman don't
. p. est mItas " Hmo.lrl
OF FAMOUS BRIGAN
.w',MH'.ni"r
BL
themselves as best thev could.
In Estepa, his native town. El Vivillo
has been several tlmen imprisoned, usu
ally for horse-stealing, but he lnvarl-
dinarv manner. Some four years ago
his wife was suspected of maintaining
secret correspondence with him. She
was Imprisoned and remained under
lock and key for 18 months. It was
subsequently proved that during all this
time Kl Vivillo. although a fugitive
from Justice, had managed to visit her
in latl whenever ne pieaneo. An inves
ivea-
tieatlon was made, but It has never been
discovered how he arranged it.
When El Vivillo went into hiding he
employed an Ingenious stratagem ,to put
his pursuers off the scent. He would
stand It no longer, she leaned toward
Karl and whispered: "Is that your
wife?"
Karl shoot his head.
"Your sweetheart?"
Kurl nodded strenuously.
"Did you have a scrap?"
Again Karl nodded.
Just then the train stopped and the
conductor called out the name of a sta
tion. The young ladv hurriedly gathered
her bundles and cakes, and with a whis
pered "pleasant lourncv." she tumbled
into the armf of a whole family who
were waiting for her outside. The train
agutn started and Karl remained seated
at his window. Suddenly he heard
somebody whisper his name and turned
around.
"Karl, don't you want to light your
cigar?"
"You are very kind." he said curtly,
and Immediately afterwards he began
to fill the compartment with smoke.
Several moments passed In silence until
the sound of suppressed sobbing made
him look toward the other corner,
where Frances was sitting, hiding her
face In her handkercnlef.
At the sight of this his heart melted
and he was at her side at once.
"Now, tell me, Frances, dear, why do
you make It so hard for. both of us? If
you had been sensible yesterday and
said yes, we might have been sitting
haDpily and contented in your parlor
today, and we might have gone out to
look at the blue wall paper which you
selected yourself." She smiled through
tears, and shook her head.
"You did behave like a child," Karl
continued, "and here we are now 'sitting
In a railroad train 'going to a place
where we don't care to go at all. How
will it be when we get to Schrobeck
and you keep up being foolish?" x x
"But.. Karl," she said, laughing and
sobbing at the eame time, "you know
I want you. don't you?"
"Well," Karl said when she had got
her emotions somewhat under control,
"now 1 will, confess that I have al
ready told somebody that you were my
sweetheart."
"Told Whom?" Frances asked In sur
prise. - "I told it to the youn- ladv with the
cakes." Karl replied calmly. "What
should she have believed If I hadn't?"
"Schrobeck?" The door opened and
the couple looked at one another,-but
Karl knew Just what to do.
"When does the next train for Lnyby
leave here?" he asked the conductor.
"In half an hour."
"Well. Frances," he said, gaily, In
half an hour we can go right back to
your parents."
"But what are we to do during that
half hour?"
"Anything you say, with the excep
tion of going to Aunt Amelle."
"We'll take a cup of coffee . In the
restaurant." Frances suggested.
"Good for you," Karl cried, "of course
we win take a cup of coffee here."
Half an hour later the, two young
people were traveling In the opposite
direction, but they no longer sat In op
posite corners. r
StTOgRl With, Ti
From the Inaian Daily - Telegraph.
Two brothers, Khuda Bakhs and
Shaikh Abdul Ghard of Moradabad. were
dispatched recently to Rarapur on an
errand,' and while entering a grove at
Khadpura a tizer sprang upon Khuda
Bakhs. who, being an- athlete, warded
off the blow aimed at him with his
right hand and caught one of the paws
with the other and maintained his hold,
though the tiger was mauling the other
hand. ; ' -
Abdul Ghani now rushed up with a.
stout stick, which, he torced down the
tiger's throat, making It release ' hla
brother's hand, when Khuda Bakhs
seised another paw with .his wounded
hand, forciny both the paws back.. He
wrestled with the tiger,' keeping It down
by sheer force, while Abdul Onanl be
labored It with his lathi and killed It.
Tha tiger was carried by the .brothers
to his highness the nawab of Rempur,
"who kept the skin- as a memento' and
sent Khuda Bakhs to the state dispen
sary for treatment"- ,
, v ' I 1
) "ffn'aiiwiiiai nil iiininuiimnni-"-iii ft n
F 3
21
VIVILLOS JIOUS
address letters to various well-known
reople of Andalusia, and, inclosing; them
o Algiers or Tangier, would cause them
to xe sent to their destination bearina,
" r. rri" "iy.;ri
mVrk- WTh'.a."SSB,: v E-SEJEI
inquisitive police officers that El Vivillo
was realty out or tne country.
Many anecdotes are told of the famous
bandit. There Is one that illustrates
his kindness to the poor. Entering; a
farmhouse not far from Setenii one day
with the Intention of robbinor the in
mates, he found the family In great dis-
trens.
them.
:;rnv.hKal.1
PAttle hurt Mtraveri ni heAfi tnut
or stolen! the eKceasivelv drv season
had almost ruined the crops and vines,
and for some time they had been be-
hind-hand with the rent. Now they
were finally threatened with expulsion
.... ....,......,. "",v"""
due the landlord, some ISO. was not
forthcoming. Rreatlv attached to their
home, and absolutely without the hope was prosaically arrested at a ranch)
of raising even a peseta toward the sum tenanted hv him at tho vtllaa-a of Vn.
required, the farmer and his family tena"tea lm-l4tne vulad or En"
were sitting around the open fireplace senada, near La Plata.
In dumb despair. Careful of the duties That misplaced admiration of. and
of hospitality, however, they offered the ... ,,. ,,.. j -
stranger bread and a skin of rough red "yP1"? or. le accused of crime Is
wine to satisfy his appetite. El VM1"- not confined to the fair sex. of .the
on discovering the cause ot their iinhap- United States, is proved by the treat-
plness, declared that he, the next , .. v(,.l1ty. ... , v,
morning, would bring them the sum of m" t El VI villo has received since his
money they so much stood in need of. ""est. While he was In Jail at Buenos
Jumolng into the saddle, he rode to the Ayres he received hundreds of letters
landlord's house, and. placing a pistol ?f commiseration from women contain
to the man s head, forced him to hand ng offers of assistance and money. It
over 50 neither more nor less. Rid- 18 ald that he laid by a tidy sum by
lng safely away he returned to the poor charging $5 apiece for his autographs,
farmer and thrusting the money into which were in great demand among the
the astonished man's hand went off Spanish senorltas of the South Amer
chuckllng over the knowledge that the lean city.
landlord's rent would be punctually paid
wun nis own money.
Daring Raids.
Bi,, ,h. ji - i.
Perhaps the most daring of El ivll-
lo's exploits, however, was his robbing
of his old enemies, the civil guards
. ..i. , ,j T, , .
themselves, single-handed. He learned
that a pair of them on a certain day
were going to bring a large sum
jn
!, , Clll Dll. ,
...
country ne entered the posada where
the two officers were about to com-
mence their midday meal. He got. Into
conversation with them and they finally
THEIR EXITS-By
HEY have their exits and their
entrances, and one in his time
plays many parts." So said
wise old Will Shakespeare.
who had studied life from
every conceivable angle. The fact that
he puts "their exits" first In his sen
tence shows what a keen observer of
life he was. A man may come upon
these scene of action quietly, unobtru
sively, but rarely does he make his exit
in that way.
Watch two men on the street as they
say "good-by," one to the other. It
doesn't take them long to greet each
other, especially when they have not
seen each other for years. In a little
while thei- tell the principal events that
have occurred since they last met.
Then they desire to make their exit.
Each of them realizes that the exit
should be the climax of their conversa
tion. Each struggles to say the word
or mouth the qulrp that shall leave the
remembrance of the meeting garbed in
an apotheosis of glory. Unconsciously
they are fearful of the anti-climax.
They hem. haw, look wise, seek in vain
for the right word and finally leave
each other, half way regretting that
they have1 met.
To know when to quit and when to
get out of a conversation Is one of the
fine arts in life. How many men keep a
hostess standing in the door while
mumbling idle words that bear their
eloquent testimony to the fact that the
man does not know how to make his
exit.
But the women! Heaven bless them!
Ah, they are the ones who know how to
make the effectual exit. Watch my lady
of the kitchen as she archly gives "Big
Tom," the policeman, good-by. She
leaves a vacant spot In the heart, a
made desire in the life that makes
"Tom" wild to follow after her. But
she smiles archly and "Tom" knows
that he is left, and not badly at that.
His head swims his eyes dilate and his
pulse Jumps to 100 beats pee minute.
She has made her exit and left a void
In "Tonya" heart that, canndt be filled.
See- a splendid tragedy queen. She
may make her entrance quietly, unob
trusively. She may come in with a
AMERICA REMOULDS t)LD
WORLD By Prof. DeEmil Reich
IT 13 amazing. Indeed to ee the pro--..
found change coming over Euro
peans in America, -j
The restless, fidgety, over-sensitive
and impractical Irishman of
Europe becomes within a few years a
lard-headedPpractlcal persIstenC" work-"
er and leader of men. Even his voice,
so beautiful in Ireland, undergoes a
-change.-'. t '. ; V; ;
. The dreamy, heavy, taciturn and mel
ancholy Swiss becomes bright talka
tive, inventive and agile in the United
States. : ..-.-'-;'-
- The physiognomy of people changes
completely. -The eyes become muh
more glistening and lively, the mouth
la pulled up and has more animation, -the
cheeks ..thin out and lose their
heaviness. . ..- . ".
" The change that Is made In Euro
pean women coming, ta America IS. If
possible, - even greater. t
I do not. mean to sit here In Judex
ment Ethical or aesthetloal i on the
Americanised woman from Europe. I
only mean to state that she is, if an
Austrian by origin, , aa different from
an Austrian woman aa from a Chinese
woman; and the same holds good for :
a German or Swedish woman. , much
less so far a French woman. 1
Thev are totaUv altered, not to say
revolutionised, This has la many ways
Fortune He nad InKeritcd
: Invited him to share their repast. Kl
Vivillo proved himself a delishtful ta
ble companion and the two officers of
upon meeting such a good fello-v. Their
awakening waa a rude one, therefore,
-.when the bandit pulled out a brace of
revolvers and said: i'l am El Vivtllo;
? lease hand over the money in those
wo bags." The guards were helpleas
and had the mortification of seeing their
dinner guest ride away In safety with
his booty. ' '
: Tha bandit once escaped what ' ap
peared to be certain capture by remark
able coolness and presence, of mind.
. While he was seated with some friends
In a house in Setenii playing the na
tional card game, "tute" over wine and
cigarettes, Npne of his numerous pro
' tegea ran into the room with the alarm
ing news that the civil guard were ap
proaching the house bent upon - his
capture. His companions at once of
fered all kinds of advice to him; he
. must drop out "of a rear window;, hen
must climb out upon the roof and lie
quietly hidden there, and so on. El
Vivillo, however, begged them to be
quite at ease' and continue their Inter
rupted game as if nothing were about
to happen. Descending the staircase
he opened the front door and eame face
to face with a patrol of the civil guard.
They inquired whether he had , seen El
Vivillo, Irt an even, glim voice he re
plied that he had ; that he had even been,
playing cards with him, but that, half
an hour before, the bandit had rlddea
off to a neighboring village. , The of
ficers dashed off in hot haste In the dl-
ren;iiun indicated, dui needless 10 say
did not succeed in capturing El Vivillo
oh that occasion. , , ,
The brigand's family Is 'composed of
five children two sons and three daugh
ters. One of the former Is married and
resides in Estepa. The three girls,.
Dolores, Carmen and Consuelo, are
noted beauties, with the voluptuous.
figure, dark hair, eyes and complexions
that have made Andalusian women fa
mous. They all speak French correetly.l
an unusual accomplishment in. the chll-J
aren or a
aren or a spamsn brigand, in their.
. but comfortably furnished house
in Estepa Is that luxury, a piano, whlchj
me secona aaugnier piays wiia except
tlonal ability.
Expelled by Police.
Expelled by the police to Gibraltar
last November, the children took steam-
to Buenos Ayres and so unwittingly
caused the Spanish authorities to SUB-
pect that El Vivillo, who was badly
, ,...
aned, was in hiding there. Informa-
tlon was sent to the Spanish legation In
ui Argenum capital, ana a lew aaya
, , - ,, ...
"r the arrival of his family El Vivillo
On the day of El Vlvlllo's arrest a
German presented himself at the home
of the president of the Argentine re-.
public and asked to be allowed to visit
. i i i .i i . i u . .
mo D pain Mil uanuu. xiib requfssi wk
denled and Wer he approached a sub-
ordinate official to the prison. The of-
ficlal, believing the over-anxious Ger-
man to be a confederate of the brigand.
sported the offer to his superiors, with
the result that the-subject of the kaiser
was placed under arrest. An investiga
V."" I"- '"T ...cue nnu 11
tion was suosequenny maae ana it was
discovered that the suspected man was
nothing worse than a newly married and
very wealthy tourist on his honeymoon,
who was very anxious to see what a
real live Andalusian bandit was llke
John And ersoh
Jayne
crowd, a simple Juliet, but when she
leaves her Romeo, then it Is a different
matter. There la no ailDnln v awn v mil.
etly. She realises the value of the exit
and works up to it accordingly.. .
"Dannie" boy goes out to call upon
his "Eliza Lou." All through the even
ing, when papa and mamma are near,
she may be demure, - sympathetic,
friendly. Only that and nothing more.
But the time comes for "Dannle'rto say
"good night." It Is his trial, hut her
opportunity. How much she can put
into the final handshake. What heart
love is wrapt up in the last. long, lin
gering iook. coy little miss that she is,
she has learned and knows and prac
tices the effectual exit. -v-t :
Most men are not above thinking rel
ative to the final exits from the stage
of life. Perhaps few would say with,
Charles Lamb, "that he would like to
draw his last breath through a pipe and
exhale it In a pun." .But all "would like
to make an exit commensurate with the
degree of success they have won. To
die with the boots on' was the' wish of
many a rough-and-ready desperado of
the early western civilization. ."To hus
band out life's taper at the close - and
keep the flame from wasting by repose,"
tells how Goldsmith longed to keep hi
faculties to the last While the . old
Spartan, who said to Diagoras, after he
and his grandsons had won the Olymplo
games. TTJle, die now, Diagoras, for
thou canst not be a god," expressed the
universal wish of man to make his final
exit in a blaze of glory.
Tour exit! ' ,
Do not worry about it!
"Act well vour part, there ell the
honor lies." Know this, that If you live
truly you will make a good exit, no mat
ter how, when or where the time shall
come for it to be made. Tour exit mar
be like the sun at evening going down
In the clouds of most gorgeous hue, or
It may be a silent fading vt the light
away and the shadows softly stealing
over the earth; but, howsoever It may
come. If you have run "rejoicing as a
strong man coming from his chamber
rejoicing to run a race," you will be re
membered, not so much -In your victori
ous exit, as the way you ran your race.
endowed them with an energy and re
sourcefulness that has long sine don
away with evils still encumbering their
less energetic European sister.
The category of -'foreigner" doea not,
however, comprise such people, nlv
as actually move from one place to
another, from one county or country
"to anotherrrBeleflclal as such a
change will almost invariably be
the person concerned, it is yet evident
that, for a variety of reasons, manv
an Individual is not In a position t
effect such a bodily, or, if one may say
so. geographical change.
Persons prevents! , from ' becoming
"foreigners" proper might yet wtili
great advantage become relative f..i.
eigners without leaving their country
or even county at all.
- There are Indeed In every count -y
groups of men and women. kim
psychologically, we must needs (t(t
'foreigners," if relative ones.
These relative foreigners sre perso n
who, for one reason or another, d-tac-
themself from the generality of ',.-,.
pie.' Such a separation, not ' to v
alienation, takes piace In 'm eunt,
the numerous sects in EiigU'nd a -'.' J
America.
By embracing religious aM e ! -,r
ideals that differ more or .-.i s, . ,
thtse of the comrrnmltj', tr-nv , . 1 ,,
A late themselves) tmth ritvi ,
socially slid be:orn fornix. ,? ,
relative cues.