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Show ANOTHEE IRISH SPANIARD. Wealthy Jose Cortez a Son of Deceased De-ceased Hack Driver. There was forwarded from Guadalajara, Guadala-jara, Mexico, to Lo"don, a, short time ago. a. draft for $1,000 gold, to be used in the erection of a monument above two graves in one of the cemeteries of the British metropolis. The graves are occupied by th bodies of Patrick Collins, Col-lins, a London cab driver, and his wife. Collins died only a few weeks ago; his wife had been dead for nearly thirty j years. ' j The man who forwarded the draft, is I Jote Cornea, owner of one of the best j business blocks in Guadalajara, of ha- clendas and of the tines horses and carriage? in tlT state of Jalisco. His action was not prompted by the i-e-membrance of faithful -s-erviee or some past favor. . He had not seen the. i:b driver or his wife siii'-e he was a olv'd I of 3 years. The $1,000 draft vcw sent through a sense of filial duty, for Jose Cortez. the wealthy Mexican citizen, is in real!:-. Thomas Collins, the son of the Irish cab driver and his wife Many years ago .Tose Cort?z. the descendant, de-scendant, of a wealthy Spanish family, married a piominent young woman of Guadalajara. It was a-genu:n. love match. The husband was w?lt!ry beyond be-yond all needs, and the future looked particularly bright for the voung couple. cou-ple. But as the years went by a sing! great sorrow came u-.-'on them. They remained chi:die. One dar Cortes and his wife left Mexico to make a tour of Europe. They expected to he away a few months. The- remained absent for more than three years. When they returned the: had a son. who bore his father's given name. There was one striking feature about the boy. He had b'ight red hair. Years passed and Cortez the youneel grew into manhood. He forgot hi."? real name, his baby days in London and the few word;! of English Ilia 1 he had learned. Never was he reminded that he was an. adopted son. In the course of time Cortez the '.-lder and his wif- di.l. mii 'heir wealth descended to iheir adopted son. ; His birth or.fl adopoW had bcowe ; a closed chapter to Jose Cortez, tho I Mexican-Irish citizen, when a. few days; 3sv' a K-tier was received from London. r was from the Catholic priest who j at !oni3ed Patrick Collin? on his death- j bod. Through all the years the cab 1 driver had kept the name and address j of the man who had adopted his son. His dyinsr rccntost was that the priest j endeavor to get a letter to the. son. I "Tell him, if he is living." the letter I stated, "that God hr. punched me for parting with him. The money I received, re-ceived, was spent w ithcut bringing mo ,..,. Of,.- e'?!M-on were denied us. His mother died of a broken heart, x iiave lived a miserable, lonely life for years, and am now dying in poverty, unknown to my own child." The draft was forwarded to ;the priest w ho wote the letter, with instructions ns to the use of the money. -The Tidings, Tid-ings, Los Angeles. |