Mexico, the wonderland of the South . mpire. He wascaught and robbed by bandits near Guanajuato. Hiscaptors then decided to punish him for being a traitor toMexico; and in order to bring about his death throughhorrible torture, they conceived the idea of shutting himup in the mummy vault, where, after some days, he wasdiscovered raving mad. Like all Mexican cities, Guanajuato is a place of con-trasts. On the main street there are some very fair shopsand several American agencies for such goods as type-writers and phonographs. While you are contemplatingthese evidences of progress, you hear a c
Mexico, the wonderland of the South . mpire. He wascaught and robbed by bandits near Guanajuato. Hiscaptors then decided to punish him for being a traitor toMexico; and in order to bring about his death throughhorrible torture, they conceived the idea of shutting himup in the mummy vault, where, after some days, he wasdiscovered raving mad. Like all Mexican cities, Guanajuato is a place of con-trasts. On the main street there are some very fair shopsand several American agencies for such goods as type-writers and phonographs. While you are contemplatingthese evidences of progress, you hear a clatter of hoofs,and a train of burros comes along the street driven byswarthy Indians in their picturesque garb, bringing in fruitand vegetables, or perhaps loads of silver ore from theneighboring mines. But these interesting scenes willsoon have passed away; for Guanajuato before long willhave asphalted streets and electric tram-cars, while electrictrains will bring in the market commodities and carry downthe ore from the THE SILVER CITY 363 The increasing number of Americans, too, cannot failto have some effect on the manners and customs of thepeople. very much amused at overhearing a con-versation between the son of my hotel proprietor, whoacted as clerk, and another youthful American. They werejust at the age when young men devote a good deal ofthought to the fair sex, and were discussing one of theirfriends who was very sweet on a Mexican girl. Well,observed my young friend, the clerk, Mexican girls willwait a long time before theyll catch me playing bear out-side a window. If Im not good enough to go inside thehouse, Im not going to play the fool outside. Thats just what I say, and I was telling Bob the samething, remarked the other young man. If he plays thebear for a girl, he ought to be ashamed of himself. Thatsa thing no decent American would ever do. Evidently,if the young ladies of Guanajuato wish to marry Americans,they will have to modify the pop
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