| Show STRANGE II TR ROMA ROMANCE Ct I IN Ht HERMITS MITS MU MURDER f Striking Life Story of Gil The Unfortunate SpanisH Friar FriarSON FriarSON SON SOH OF A FAMOUS BANKER Driven from the Homes of Relatives In Search of d Ills III Wealth lie Uc Was as Cruelty Cruelly Assassinated Correspondence III TV Jt A 1 April 10 In real life Ht M I It I t Is II i generally u it soi ki lol I that t Ii ri t Is II laid In itt tt by I u 1 i ii u Hut the of ot t n it poor friar Oil II lius revealed 1 n I 1 tale ta It of ot o t IVl pathos th and II nil tIll I Kph g y yot of ot orrow and heroIsm nf ot pin III II nil ton d and of ot a it I noble purpose that pom of or t tho th most 10 to of or Victor Hugo It hRH I H fur with th more morA than thant t a 8 His II l SIn might well bo b tho the title of ot thin Ills hl lory lor or for tor Its most pathetic chapters and tito Iho terrible crIne which ends 1118 It II t wore were the iho traits of or a 1 proud mans Infamy As is usual It II Willi the tho innocent who nut BUt teteL through eh It Antonio till Ull y Laet was wan V B a 1 por In Madrid Ile II I le had tho U o knack of ot making In money mone Inti I nI the tho still aumer knack of ot Mint t he lie Hu I le flu i lILt mt el ed a 1 fortune In lit tho limo hanking bulnes ind Inri doubled It IL by h successful cum com Ho lie Jo took an aim active In III erect lerest ll In local politics 1111 a n member In Ir If f the ho t common council 1 and ultimately mm It lina tely tOR lS to be Ie 1 president o if the municipal of ot Madrid ad rIh Tho Id ug con erred errell on Oil him tho the order of ot Diaries harles II III I ml Ind of or the Catholic A man muan tf It r llo who lived frugally ud was sai entirely freo flet from the ht he vices ot or society ho was wi egi us nA a a 1 lino IIno type of ot tho timo model All hk hi lire life Senor UI III remained a n In wa m a ml rt Mm ho to tho tim of at poverty mid add m I Id III d that of ot a ri 1 pretty faco It Is IR cold MI l flint lilt Oil all to t mairy her hN To Jo a 1 however that save lave la VI Involved awkward results for tor a II mn a who pil dod Id lt t on hiM bin Ii lm I im lion Ion ns am a I pattern of ot virtue and ly b he h e turned t mm hor out of ot till the bonne I He Ill I Ic no provision loll for fol her he hean an nM opposed l on principle to 10 Investing Honey ioney Ilone In anything lug that did d lii not 1101 prom he re e a 0 profit and the tho poor gIrl hid hili hem ler I In la a II garrot LEIT LEF 1 IN 1 A I There In 1610 van born holl limo tho man Sm ii hosl lios tragic death and pitiful story lIon lIons Us las s caused no go profound a IL I Ut ul Spain Tho poor mother I mh rote rolo to tho time father him to 10 take pity lilt lit on fl their abo and out of ot the thu abundance of Ills make nomo allowance that I afford tho the little waif laIC something Ike Iko ke n r t fair In Il To 10 ap N eal Oil Gil returned no answer Ho Ito was wa Iv IC only that thul ho Imo should run rumi no liNk of at besmirching bis own on 1 lou lon lour r 1 went hard with its poor 1001 Josephine I orI out by b tho to tn support 1111 1 her hor Infant she was mit iii mm 11 with a II fini fl When It be lie tame lame HUI OIlI that sha Kho imo had only a R lit litlo ii t go lo o to t ti live lIe she left loCI her hem child at Rt rrt I k foundling pinning to its 1111 e lagged drOB dres a II card on OIL which she he hc If t This ThiEl at Is named 1111 1 Nl Oil hid ind las has boen lie HB Is IA IS 18 IU I old and linK has not been bern liy ly hilt mit father To tho timo on ono OlIO friend who hail had not hamm hammI I her In her trouble Mark larl Gonza J rz Z nn nfl old man sha tho Iho t he tory story s III m iT f r her mind exacted I r 1 I from rom a it e that when hn fi fiTt III Iho 10 m 0 hoy boy had implied hIs hla lul ft ft eon t It hI t h I II ny ity he ho tell lull him Ii lou tho lie t Had liar Perhaps nho Iho ln mUd his hlA fathers Tt I 1 I l art might aught be softened by h that time P l I lAM nil ind ho he would do ilo for tor tho lad JI then hell shi Ihl hp returned to her 1101 garret to 10 die IIII Hut But holding by I time the faith tin tinA AM A 1 had imail her that to obtain tort lorl for her own sins aim hA muRt nn I h t nil 1111 who had wronged her Kim Hh H Senor lii IL u letter telling him thit I ii i t on 1111 oh her het ii t hInd Ii ad pardoned pa him hint hintI Ho Ill I I i Willi 14 ii over a R meeting iii g of It If the th common council when tho tha Will wax to III huh him He Ill I le mad loud It without v i tiui color olm and tHI It Up III and pin pio with the of ut till the It I t Willi vH iu a II line example xu in pie of o f eI of ot 0 f the t Ite devoted a I who ii I n u to Pu bis hili lul own private cares and to 10 mu with time the transaction of public Three days 11 later III tel Jose Josi phillo imo died ul led and ammil al l received a paupers rM bur burial ial lal When iuen little was Jive Ovo years ear CaIA old ho Ito was IVaM ln transferred from the tho foundling Institution to tn an un orphan lum He I 1 Ii turned out mit nn tO unusually tractable and andI I mu tell t fl IH r a 01 1 us III mm lie hI grew gr 1 older 11 I Clell such Much a ml keen and ami de III devout up vout t lot emt I In I a tim u spiritual 11 It ha I teachings t nguu of ur it his hiM instructors that It II was waB de te decided to 10 I u train t I 0 him Ii I in for tho priesthood pr iest TO I or I HIM m l Tint 1111 to his 1111 old 01 1 Mark Iak Oon on xii Iz looked the boy ho up 1111 on hiM mid told tol 1 him hlll mill all about his hla hi hiI I a Pu go ind u nul the t he Id pitiful iii t I tim I mory o oI of I t his hiM Ii is betrayal rim yuu I anti I s u tim u Apparently It i I only ii mu ly H I tem ug the mu ed I u ihl ihla aim allO a Ito In III Ills hiM Im purpose to tn devote C P I t tn to toa I a 1 religious 1 life HP III made no 1111 attempt at 11 dl t th I im e time lumie t to ti un tu a tim with ct I P his Plum father butt but his hiM ol with Increased Mn I When 18 IS years old i pleased from tho seminary where he had completed hUm his mu t leH I I Iii laimo went etu t to 10 Madrid uI 81 and mm nil on nn ou SPool m till nil Ill to tim whom time the In itt Intervening lug Ind nil brought hl great III In IiiI muse I of rI luei C nil IIII of ot appreciation I Ion for hU JuN ii civic virtue Time Tha banker received him with some show of or admitted 11 that he ho was his hiM father regretted that Plum hit hl position and nn reputation to mu would 11 U tint not penult t him h I n to toa a I y murk their t i relationship I p l his iii um resolution mit to 10 a n I gino mu mu I mu hut rim nt umul d I e in I him Ii tin ilK poor pOOl la III i It pocket as ne when luen he ho entered e house e He II I Jim bud wasted no mm on oil th thu Iho mother m item and 1111 mu P d evidently mu ho Ito did d Id not lIot Intend to 10 t a waste any 1111 mu ii y on no the t in sou 1111 Accepting Ael thu poverty Julu it an nF a mu his hili Jut um lot In t I tibia i mm Joined Jo I neil mi mun order nl of ot i lea lit friars fri trim Ile III I Ic traveled I on oil foot toot Spain vl viII is Its famous and jitu far a r In III Ii i foreign fore I gim us obeying ohe obey tug the t ii e 4 ri I mu Jut mc t Ion with v IUm Ith respect to t 0 money mih I ii g entirely en I I rd y on ni ins preaching the lie t nO 1 mum I mm Is ten mug to 10 tot the Ihn t Ii n sick mu k k and afflicted mu II I tall as mis ho lie found foti mu ml op nl opportunity and hiM luts IH food fond with mu who IV ho ml j mi I ht t claim cut Ii mm n mm I portion port to mu After a it to 10 the Holy Joty I Land La lid lidh he lie h went to t I Home BOOt C having lam v i ii g meanwhile una n in become member mum em of or mu I the tim e Frant dr 01 dor mit V POOR OS Ills I I Is III piety pie ty humility luti and U 1 now had hll l at t mac t at tu In lii lil high P I gi h oti lopo Leo Leum Kill Xi I 1 appointed mm mu ted Plum him C U itt mu of or time tho shrine imP ml me led to the thu Holy Virgin Mary Helta i I of ut the tho Osk Tree Ire and ho tp I unit for fOI years His HIli I I I is Pea it yearned PRIll erl for a II Cut affection and mu iii he h paid several to iii Ih MHd ill banker lout but littler latter r 11 1 d 1 to 10 ti him is 1111 his P lit son Kon Advancing I I mm g mu ge however n it Pea med to 10 t mu exercise cx sot 10 mie l soft I In to on OIl tIme the Ih stern old man and amid per he lie felt cit 1 of oC re n munn nn ito for fill to i his hili Ii Is cruel im ci treatment of poor loor Josephine Joseph limo When tIme the Ih young g friar fj mm r hallo bade ha li him farewell on out the tho lust of these visit I r Oil nil 1 I I 1 him for tIme the tins t time I I u mm and tint told him that In lii his will lIl lie Un would recognize ize him itt mum as liB u his hili It I im mm minim and it i m i bequeath t It him Itt umu all ull mu I I his lu Is fortune fort Jut Hut I while v it ii e ho lived led I hn ho would ii 1 log to 10 his hi a money and tutu his hili lit im imre reputation re rc ii mu t at Ion IonI It II I I was paternal Pa I love i 0 C and I I nut not wealth WuI 11 It I t U h UI that I tin t U I haul had fought suu but hut the I Ii e 11 minim port of o having hallIg a mm large fortune lit at lil Juts disposal tilled Oiled him with Joy jo for It would him to realize veil It ize 10 an nit ambi ambition mm tion ho had long cherished the found foundIng Ing of ot an ito asylum for fOl until and forsaken children He In returned tn to toI Italy tat I y and mu gum I mu became lump a II wanderer va mud ever It II In III March 1904 I O 4 when IV lien he II chanced to 10 lip Un mu gum itt In I mm that t he lun received rel a ml letter front from a n priest telling him that Honor Oil BI had Imd died In tim December of the tiui Ih previous year lIr nod and his hIM Iona I Jane Jut imp and mm nil his hIli ii lii two nephews i vs Don I tout Millton ulmI I I nil and H I II I t t Oil 1 I I lund taken possession m of bis hili lu I 4 fortune tori tune on nil iu mu tool foot It Plum in journeyed Jo mu to In t o Mad Madrid rid rill II I tm Ions Pu lo mm of 0 t f the IIII I P e fortune fort meant the lie thebus t limes bus 10 of nt the I tie hI home tOm for poor POOl dishonored di u waifs la lal I im which be lue lund hIll Intended tnt ended III ii establish i iI lish I and for tor them Pent t I he hl was resolved vel to tomake tomake t 1 make a ii tight light Senor Oils relatives hud bought a mm magnificent mansion mm In III I ii Madrid i a nil were 1111 living I IvI mu g III In sumptuous style lit yIn They refused to I n re in receive 1 the thA frill friar I and nut n It liveried livened slummed si mm in till the I he mInor door In III I a his hili P lM face FIGHTING Without Pout means i though t be lie was WAil and aim ii compelled to 10 I live III a 11 u ex It existence Is tommie on nit y u dome doll the Ihl t hi friars fuin tum um mu tuse purpose supplied um itI him lit mu with vl t P a n stronger lit If PI stimulus Mt I mu H than ban t most mORI worldly y folk foll find d In III I it avarice a tue fly lly dint ml I lit of ot ra and mm mm I persistency ler ii y hI Ii e overcame e all 1111 time the legal obstacles that Hint wealth could Continued on page H It In Inti n ti k y I I I 0 I i IW 1 1 I r i i r r rET r 1 iI iv 1 Jl j h J o d 1 t L r nt kt kl i r 4 t 4 I r r J Jr i I IET l r 4 I 1 i ET I I 1 IID 1 E I y yI yr Y Yr Ym r Y r m 4 X XI IB I a ht Y Y Yn L r YA AH J A n t tA Y Y A ih t y A Af j ji VV t 1 f t aU U m laO fl Y 1 t 1 E I A I nty L i uS c cS cL cz 1 S L t z J I Jo JIK SCENE AT TilE THE HERMITAGE AFTER ATEI THE Tilt MURDER Crowds From the Iho Surrounding Country Flocked to the thc Place flace Clamoring toe te or Vengeance Against the AlJ oO STR STRANGE Gf R ROMANCE M Ct I IN HERMITS MURDER F Continued from page thirteen against lu n him Ilm and 1111 succeeded In minting H Il lawsuit hi dult to not got possession pos of lit the th While the tho o In lu were bent on mukluk him watt wait UH its ii ig 1111 HH rr 10 from the till bishop b Kholl of n tin the of ot of ot n II hermit hermitage hermitage age II called In La Cueva del Corn Cine VII If ot of the short abort till die dl e fl In the little town of ot The hud hind been built hullt In thin twelfth century HB RII n 1 retreat for pious l 1 penitents attached to It was n 1 annul Thu cavo cave contained sonic Home altars anti and n tt very old the Tho country round wn WIM wild willi and Ill abounding In hl gorge Korg gorje e e and deep chasms It nun was in 11 December Dl host Insl that the thc friar took soak up his bin abode In iii the desolate old place The fie Included an or orchard orchard chard hlll I trout from which he aright obtain some sustenance In III summer Mummer but bitt dm Inn In the r he ho watt WAR n dependent cn en CI tItI th ely on the alma of visitors to 10 the ninon tin Lie were his these them did Jill not to supply hl his needs unit he le hurt bud to make frequent tripe to tin tho tutee town to 0 obtain food troll from the Ih charitable Ills gentleness nud Ity II speedily mil mode dp him Ii Inn u II great Brent among UK Its humble und and he h honl would l eked out oUI n living mid and been hecl contented consented with his hiM lot lint hilt tin for the per 1 1 tuition of oC n II shepherd Vincent nimo Olmo who some omo years eui hail had established amid his faintly In 11 the house nt lit tin bed to In the thC olmo 1 waR alts is u it burly brutal sot MOlt gf of It 11 of ot the tho type t P f front i om which the Spanish obtain their nines allies and recruits Tin fill the 1111 of ot f the thc friar he hr h had tho the gifts of ot visitors to ht the thin that he Ill tilt obtain lion of lit them Ih he set about bout ii m Ufa at fit the hi Ii to t i He II It at his 1011 abused nud Insulted him hint unit and then tool took to III n Inn him 1 In the Iho unit Imp that tho thu brute might have sumo some of teeing f In III him Ii tin that would bo be h It Ible of ot pity lilly the poor 1001 friar told lull him Lull tho mind story tolY of ot hU hit hI life and what nhat h hii ii at HI ai i to 10 help Nut Hut night at us II well ell Lave lino ha ap nIl pealed to 10 n It stone stolle Olmo Olum treated him OM than At tt t l last tin filar s limits of endurance were HUi Ilta BI U lt and into blue from the bruises he h Imd ic re e ho he hI lied lIrt afoot to 10 In to tin tho depth of r u winter Inter Half famished hi lu h wondered I for fill days 1111 about tho tiro and ut nt night slept dept under i carts irtH ami on Oil 0 In his misery n n nhe I till d h i nr n 11 r ra 1 he hI i even 1111 en for tor help to thoi Iho those e who vho ff in luxuries on his hiM fuli fat II II IH m iii the money tint that hull luul beta hint him he ht wits was 1111 driven dri en from flum their theli door 1001 WOW AND SD LAM 1 11 PI v I no way telly 1 of or escaping n m i iu u il utai it If he me In Madrid So Nu he Ito Iole Ie Oleo Olmo a II letter telling the that he hI should Id have mo half tho tha ii left bv by tl IT ho he would 1 per 1111 mil ode him elm to tn return and live lle o in III peace at lit the To In this Omar Olmo lI It iL 1 h reply 1111 whirls which was WilK tin the lust hut step atop In III a 1 dastardly plot pint he had formed In III his letter hiller the ex foi ter his hlA cruel 1111 1 treatment of oC the friar filar unit and tnt tin him to 10 Ii him that In hn would not be again In tho tIto olmo Ohwn had hind himself United Mn item II drill h Id Hod hud bud culled called on Ott the Oil isle There Therein in II II many Ill HII who attain it u n signal cum i to 10 this till fact H CL Hid and It nh tin Ih crone crime that Iha I followed returned II 1111 1 to 10 thin the the Ih day utter after hI he II olmos t letter un nu IVI Idl JO 20 1 hut hiet Next Net day Ia he hI ml lImo olmo said tutu that un oil tin Ih night if t tin Ih let 1st u a 1 stranger hid hail railed l to I see one seethe r the lilt friar Hod he hI hall had Ii left the Ih with 1 II h him of nf foul got KOI bout |
