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1892 
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Guadalajara 
(Jalisoo) 
June 
Courtship 
or usually on the farther side in shadow of a doorway. 
It is customary for ladies to sit in balconies a story above the 
street on pleasant evenings and the suitor remains silent 
shadow-like for 2 or 3 hours until the ladies retire and then he 
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leaves his post. This 1 b kept up by the month until at last when 
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the proper amount of endp*ajao© is sham same relative of the latter 
interviews the parents of tjie girl and the marriage is arranged. 
The young man must furnish %he bride's trousseau, bub her people make 
the wedding feast. 
If 4<ho suitor is nov considered suitable, it is made evident to 
him soon after he writes his letter and he usually abandons his pur¬ 
suit. Hescfc door to where I stopped in Guadalajara, a young man was 
seen nignt. after night xn the shadow of a doorway usually frcsa. about 
7»o0 or 8 p.a. to 10 or 10*30, locking up to a balcony 2 stories 
above the street where a girl was accustomed to sit with her mother. 
At times the girl gets a chance to talk with her lover through 
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Pairing the iron bars which cover all of the lower windows of the houses and 
at times when they are concealed by the shadows the sound of a stolen 
kiss may be heard if one is so unfeeling as to permit himself to hear 
lv, I was told of one case in which a young man of fine family was 
.riding down the street in which ins inamorata lived and saw a young 
man talking with this girl. He at once drew his pistol and fired, 
killing the rival on the spot. He then rode rapidly away while his 
brother, with drawn revolver, prevented pursuit. The murderer es¬ 
caped and after a long absence he returned quietly and tried to see 
the young lady, but she refused to have anything to do with him and 
he closed the tragedy by shooting himself. 
(The story of the daughter of the early governor «v>d ancient 
palace comes in here.) 
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