In passing close to Don Miguel she saw him and said to him, sobbing: “Señor Don Miguel, do you see? They have killed my husband! That is what is there on the board! What shall I do Señor Don Miguel? What shall I do? Ay! Ay! Ay!” MANUEL SÁNCHES MÁRMOL. [Illustration] Manuel Sánches Mármol was born in the State of Tabasco. He displayed a literary tendency very early, and, while still a student, collaborated in such literary reviews as _La Guirnalda_ (The Garland), _El Album Yucateco_ (The Yucatecan Album), and _El Repertorio pintoresco_ (The Picturesque Repertoire). His first essays in the field of fiction were _El Misionero de la Cruz_ (The Missionary of the Cross), and _La Venganza de una injuria_ (The Revenge of an Injury). At the time of the French Intervention, he joined the Republican forces. He acted as Secretary of State of Tabasco, and aroused the patriotism of his fellows by his writings. He founded _El Aguila Azteca_ (The Aztec Eagle), a paper devoted entirely to the national cause. During this period of disturbance he was a Deputy to the State Legislature, Secretary of Colonel Gregorio Méndez, and his Auditor of War. The course of local events during this stormy period was largely directed by him. (See p. 148.) After the war had passed, Manuel Sánches Mármol continued his activity both in politics and letters. He has been Magistrate of the Supreme Court of the State of Tabasco, several times member of the Federal Congress, Director and Founder of the _Instituto Juarez_ of Tabasco. He has constantly contributed to those periodicals which represent the most pronounced liberal ideas--as _El Siglo XIX_ (The Nineteenth Century), _La Sombra de Guerrero_ (The Shade of Guerrero), _El Radical_ and _El Federalista_. He represented Mexico in the second Pan-American Congress, which met in the City of Mexico in 1902. He is now Professor of History in the _Escuela Nacional Preparatoria_ (National Preparatory School). Besides his early essays in fiction, he has written the following novels--_Pocahontas_, _Juanita Sousa_, and _Antón Pérez_ (titles untranslatable, as being personal names). He has now in press _Piedad_ (Mercy), and is preparing three others.