Wanderings in Mexico; the spirited chronicle of adventure in Mexican highways and byways . e breach exclaiming, Que hacesf (What areyou doing?) and at this juncture the gendarmes ar-rived and carried off the cup-grabber. At the corner,however, they let him go, nor was this the only case ofleniency I witnessed. A decent-looking young peonwas arrested on the complaint of a girl of the middlelower-class, who claimed he had robbed her of a neck-lace of glass beads, breaking the string and snatchingthem from behind. The peon swore he was innocent,told where he worked, produced a huge key to proveth
Wanderings in Mexico; the spirited chronicle of adventure in Mexican highways and byways . e breach exclaiming, Que hacesf (What areyou doing?) and at this juncture the gendarmes ar-rived and carried off the cup-grabber. At the corner,however, they let him go, nor was this the only case ofleniency I witnessed. A decent-looking young peonwas arrested on the complaint of a girl of the middlelower-class, who claimed he had robbed her of a neck-lace of glass beads, breaking the string and snatchingthem from behind. The peon swore he was innocent,told where he worked, produced a huge key to provethat he had a roof to sleep under and declared that hiswife was seated over there, under the portales, and thatit was not convenient to leave her alone in such a was for letting him go and I think the gendarme was;but the girl, while she did nt seem at all certain he wasthe man, insisted on his being taken to the station. Bueno! said the peon, and then performed a strategicmaster-stroke that gained him his freedom. Taking offhis hat, he besought the girl to go and fetch his wife,. Xatiuiial jialace, Mexico City
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