Show hard on an foreigners in mexico once m bile sojourning sojo in the city of mexico I 1 happened to call upon a friend at one of the principal hotels of that thai capital said southard Sou thaid of ohio while in his room I 1 noticed a very line revolver and making some comment upon it he picked it up and be gan to explain how bow although it was of single action he could fire it as fast as though it were double action in some ni way ay his hand band struck the hammer causing the weapon to explode in a second my friend turned deathly pale and became so agitated that he be could scarcely speak having not noticed ted that the bullet struck a rug and took a downward course I 1 dlan t see and cause for ex eft ement and lifting up the rug showed him where the lead took lod gement lie ile became calm pretty soon and then he explained hla his aaita tion had that bullet gone into the court all the hotels down there open into acourt a court instead of the floor and had it 11 struck any mexican my life not have been worth a ten cent piece I 1 have lived town down here long enough to know how swift Is the punishment meted out to foreigners even in case of accident where LL a native Is injured indeed had I 1 been tate nate enough to have caused the death of 0 one of them it Is quite probable th it you as well as myself would have bave been executed the tact fact that sou had nothing to do with the shooting would mould have hae been of no avail tor for our presence here would have con damned iou washington post |