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Guadalajara 
(Jalisco) 
June 24 
to 
June SO 
First 
Governors * 
Palace 
and 
Rcsn&nbic 
History 
cealod. After failing to find it the French offered #30,000 for 
it, but without success. 
Among the interesting buildings of the city is the ruin of the 
ancient palace of the governors. Shis site is now occupied by the 
Meson de Medrano”* 
One of the first governors, Don Francisco Parja, had a beautiful 
daughter who loved a young man whose hopes th© father refused to 
sanction and swore he would prevent the union. The young couple 
agreed upon an elopement. One dark night he concealed horses near 
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at hand and ascended to the bed-ohamber of the girl by means of a 
ladder which she had fastened to the balcony. Before they had a 
chance to descend, however, the girl's brother having heard some 
noise burst into the room, sword in hand, A duel on the spot follow¬ 
ed between the two young men, and the brother fell. At this, the 
sister was filled with horror and refused to follow the lover, say¬ 
ing that her brother's blood lay between them forever. The unfort¬ 
unate lover then fled by himself. The girl, wild with the terrible 
occurrences, untied a rope freaa the ladder and hung herself from 
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the balcony* 
The father was ill in bed, and when he was told of the death of 
his two children, he uttered a cry and fell back lifeless. The 
following afternoon the remains of the father and children were 
burled in the same grave. 
Thenceforth the Palaoio de Medrano was looked upon with horror 
and it was whispered about that the ghosts of the father and children 
had been seen there and the place was abandoned for a new building 
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on the present site. 
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