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I'.'Ift v l I 1ftii' ■home.The Arrival of Don Jose Leandro.“The next day, in it he forenoon, while standing in 'the front of my house. I saw an unusual activity amongst the people and saw a crowd gathering near the Railroad House. Shortly afterwards 1 saw the ambulance belonging to Don Jose, drawn by four mules, coming up the street on a good trot, and it. soon arrived at my place. After coming to a stop, Don Jose called to me from the inside of the carriage, and I stepped up to the door and passed the time of day with him. He asked me if I had in my employ a peon girl who belonged to him, by the name of Lucia. 1 answered him by saying that 1 was in possession of no ‘peon’, but that I had in my employ a girl by the name of Lucia, who had been formerly a ‘peon* of his. He asked that I deliver this girl to him.1 explained that ho could not get the girl because, since the President’s emancipation proclamation. there were no ‘peons* in New Mexico, and that such being the case the girl should stay where she was until she was willing to return to him of her own free will.A Soft Answer Turneth Away Wrath“Don Jose was very courteous and affable, thanked me for the information and left without more ado. During the time of our conversation 'theUllft r: t. aat 8 CHall.DAVDMAGOTheequalcities.work iand yr* have aerervthe. beOwReiren' As* ho uTheto I oniFor
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Sat, Jul 15, 1905
Page 9
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