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ish-Mexican beauty of Chihuahua, the daugh
ter of the wealthiest coffee platitir In Mexico,
and heiress in her own right to an estate of
more than fT.Ono.oun, has been banished from
her home ami Immured In a convent, almost
as a prisoner, lit cause her heartlcssness and
fickleness have cost the lives nf four men.
Not only have four men killed themselves for her sake
hut each of the four, by a strange compact with close per
"nal friends, arranged that after death hla heart should bo
p moved from his body and sent to the Sofiora Inez Mendosa
Agulllo as a token.
The Sofiora Inez gWfully accepted the heart of the lovtra
who hud died because of the hopelessness of their passion.
Hrfore this little ahrlne the Sefiora Inez always kept burn
ing, day and night, four small was candlea
Learned the Secret of the Hearts.
Her father, of course, knew nothing of It, but one day
the Seflora Inez fell ill of a fever. She was 111 for many
weeks, so 111 that her life was despaired of. It waa during
this time that her father, who spent the most of hla time
In hla daughter's boudoir In order that he might be near her,
dlacovered the four hearts almost by accident.
Tha dlecovery shocked the Sefior Mendosa y Agulllo be
yond measure. By threats and perauaslon he learned, grad
ually, the whole story from Inez'a maid how Inei had flirted
desperately with each of the four young men In turn, how
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t-he had built In the corner of her boudoir. Ordinarily the
Jars containing the four hearts were hidden behind what
appeared to be a triple glass mirror, but on touching a spring
the three silver framed mirrors swung back and disclosed a
recess In which rested the four Jars, each containing a man'a
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she encouraged each of them to declare their passion, how
he led each of them to believe she would elope with them to
the priest, and when each In turn In despair at her fickleness
had declared his purpose to end his misery by ending his
life, Inez had with sneering laughter urged each to commit
suicide and send his heart to her as a token that he had
kept hla word.
The Sefior Mendosa y Agulllo was stricken with horror.
He was ever a stern parent, lenient to his daughter, but
just.
When the Seflora Inez recovered and was again her own
self her father taxed her with her heartlessness and she
confessed It all.
Plan Punishment for Heartlessness.
The Sefior Mendosa y Agulllo consulted first with the
priest and later with the bishop. They all agreed that the
Seflora Inez must be punished and punished severely. As
, her four admirers had committed suicide Inez could not be
charged with a crime. Therefore the church must punish
her.
I In Chihuahua, far from the railroad, far from the towns,
far from the plantation lands, there stands a convent, built
cf hewn stone quarried from the mountain around it. It Is
a hupe, pray stone building, covering with Its wall Inclosed
yards, rdens, and compounds, several acres. It looks more
like a prip.m than a convent.
It w:) lo this convent thru Inez Mendosa y Agulllo was
tnken In orrttr that she mlftht do penance for her sins. In
this convt nt the Seflora Inez must remain for four years.
One month In each of the four years must be spent In soli
tary confinement. On four nights of each week of this month
she must do ponance four hours on each of the four nights.
The penance Is a severe one. Inez Is required to put on a
dress of coarse gray cloth that chafes her tender flesh.
Around her neck Is a rope, to which Is attached a heavy cross.
This cross she must carry from her cell to the chapel and
then prostrate herself on the floor, face downward, with her
arms outstretched. In this position she must He from mid
night until 4 o'clock In the morning. Then, exhausted, cold,
weak as she Is, she must carry her heavy wooden cross back
to her cell.
Admits She Deserved Her Fate.
The other eleven months of the year Inez spends quietly
In the convent. From the quiet, weet faced nuns she learns
sewing:, embroidery, painting, music, and other accomplish
ments. She also Is learning to nurse the sick at the request
of her father. She submits to her punishment without a
murmur, for since her illness, which brought her so near
death, she has realized the enormity of her offense against
humanity. She believes that she ought to be punished for
what she has done and she has already shed many bitter
tears over her folly. She waa 16 years old when her father
immured her in the convent. She will come out on the day
that she Is , doubtless a lovely but chastened young woman.
The story of the four hearts garnered by Seflora Mendosa
y Agulllo reveals the character of a girl who beyond ques
tion was the most cruel young woman of modern times. Inez
was the spoiled child of wealth. She was imperious by na
ture. She was a natural born flirt, In her own heart she
knew naught of faith, constancy, friendship, or pity. She
made love to men, lured them to confession, to frenzy, only
tc laugh at thorn.
Her first conquest was John Hiiddlesfleld, an Kngllshman
and a mining epglneer.. sent by a London syndicate to ex
amine mining property in Chihuahua. He was the guest of
the Sefior Mendosa y Ag'illlo. and fell madly in love witl
the Seflora Inez at his first sight of her. She neoiirmrrd him.
even to the limit of woman's daring, and one i vi tiing when
he declared his love she laughed In his face, taunted him
with his plain looks, his big hands, hla long arms. Then
her mood changed. She wept on hla ahoulder. clung to htm.
kissed him. and declared she couldn't live without him. Kit
weeks she alternately taunted "him and loved him. Finally
when John Huddlesfleld became convinced that she was only
amusing herself with him he told her plaltjly that he would
t.'.ke his own life. '
" Do," urged the Sofiora Inez, "and have your heart sent
to me as a token. Then I'll know you killed yourself for me "
Arrival of the First Heart.
Four days afterwards a strange peon brought to the
Mendosa plantation a package which he said was fur the
Sefiora Inez, to be opened by no one but herself when no
one was by. In her own room Inez opened the mysterious
package. It disclosed a glass Jar containing a m in's heart.
Inez placed the Jar containing her lover's heart nn a shelf
In a closet and even forgot about It. for even before IluuMlis
field had killed himself she waa engnged In a most dtllght
ful to her flirtation with Henri Durante, a Frenchman nnl
o factor for a groat coffee importing house at Havre. She
had reduced Durante to the same despairing state of mind
that had sent Huddlesfleld to his death.
Durante, too. threatened to kill himself. Then Inez re
membered Huddlosfleld'a gift. She brought out the jar and
showed Huddlosfleld's heart to Durante.
" If you do decide to kill yourself." she said. " be sure
to send me your heart."
Durante was as good as his word and Inez Mctvdns; y
Agulllo had two hearts In her keeping. Then she longed t'r
more and she used all her arts and smiles and tears to 1 tire
others to self-destruction. Her next victim waa an Amer
ican, Jack Rowland, a civil engineer, employed In the 'groat
Irrigation works In western Chihuahua. When he had been
taunted into taking his own life he provided In a letter that
his heart should be sent to Inez. The 'fourth victim whs a
Mexican, Manuel Lopez, the son of a neighboring plantation
owner. He did not really commit suicide. His desperation
over the taunts and cajoleries of the Sefiora Inez, however,
led him to a reckless Indulgence In liquor, and he was thrown
from his horse and injured so badly that he was told he
could not live. Knowing he was to die he begged his parents
to send his heart to Inez Mendosa y Agulllo and they kept
their promise.
There Is no knowing how many more victims Inez Men
dosa y Agulllo might have lured to destruction had not her
long illness let her father Into the secret of her heartlessne.su
and thus brought her to the convent, where she Is now doitij;
the most severe penance ever placed upon a girl In Mexico.
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BARBER SHOP A T ROME'S GA IE.
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GROWTH OF SKUI.L.
At the. left ia the skull of a new burn infant
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WORTH SAVING.
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pound the rice for the family to edt. For in
this land, us in others of the orient, rice is
the chief article of food. The grain Is not,
however, the kind known in America. It is
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