2023-09-13 01:43:39
Those who know say that “don’t leave until tomorrow what you can do today”, and that, together with the legend that reads below, could be a good sign for them to settle their accounts. But also, to avoid talking for the sake of talking, because no one knows, no one is exempt, and destiny could give a big surprise.
In Durango there is a legend called “Loan paid from the beyond”, starring Don Pancho – the station porter – who would have come from the beyond to pay money that he owed and that he promised to pay even in death.
Manuel Lozoya Cigarroa says in his book Leyendas y Relatos del Durango Antiguo, that Don Pancho – the station loader – asked to borrow a total of 50 pesos from Don Lencho, and signed a paper that said the following:
“I sign this paper so that you do not have any mistrust that I am not going to pay you your 50 pesos, because I have not owed anyone anything, since I pay what I owe, and I assure you that if I die I will get out of it.” from the grave to pay you your money.”
The legend relates that Don Lencho was an elderly adult, “chubby, infirm and slow in his movements,” reads the text, which also explains that the man amassed a fortune as a moneylender and merchant, who also had his grocery store on the first corner of Independencia Street and Felipe Pescador extension.
His store was called “Tepeyac,” and it was located precisely in front of a garden called Mercadito, where years earlier a traveling market had been installed.
For his part, Don Pancho was a large man, of average age, serious and formal, for whom it should be noted that honor and word were of great value. He, his entire life, had dedicated himself to serving the Durango community as a loader at the Railway Station.
He is remembered in history with blue jeans, a blanket shirt, a denim camisole, four-stitched huaraches, and a huge yellow suede bib that he claimed was made of deerskin.
One day he went to El Mesón de San Pablo – a large corral with small rooms around it where the peasants stopped and stayed; There he met two ranchers who were fond of playing cards.
There they began to play tricks for a long time, who won 200 pesos, which at that time, in 1953, was a large amount, or as they said before, “a respectable amount.”
Don Pancho, lost and wanting to continue playing in search of recovery, but also to get even, resorted to a personal loan with Don Lencho, only that he did not have any valuable clothing to leave as collateral, and he asked him to borrow 50 pesos, leaving only his word that he would pay again.
It was a large amount of money at that time, which was even difficult to raise and therefore pay. For a moment Don Lencho showed resistance to agreeing to lend him such an amount.
Meanwhile, in desperation, Don Pancho said: “Don Lencho, lend me the money, do not distrust me, because even if I am dead I will come to pay you, I will sign a paper so that you feel more secure.”
Amidst pleas and denials, the shopkeeper finally accepted; The agreement was that that money should be paid in two months. Thus, Don Pancho was able to continue playing cards at El Mesón de San Pablo. Luck was not on his side, because he lost those 50 pesos that he just got.
It was a cold night in which he lost the money, but gained severe pneumonia; Faced with his suffering, three days were enough for him to die, leaving the account pending with Don Lencho, and more than that, his words of promise to pay even if he was dead.
“Look, Don Pancho owed me 50 pesos, and he signed a paper saying that if he died, he would come out of the grave to pay me, but a month has passed and he hasn’t come, which shows that the dead don’t pay,” Don said. He welcomed everyone who went to his store.
The day came, two months later, when the 50 peso bill was due; It was midnight, under a sad scenario, with the streets desolate. Legend has it that the shopkeeper was with the paper that the deceased signed, when Don Pancho, the station porter, arrived unexpectedly, with a 50 peso bill in hand.
There was no dialogue, only Don Lencho, with fear but also joy, received the money, and on his part handed over the promissory note showing the debt. The deceased took the promissory note, turned around and when he crossed the threshold of the store he disappeared.
“The shopkeeper, as if struck by lightning, fell to the floor without consciousness, and those who came to help him found the 50 peso bill lying next to his body,” the text says.
And it is added that at the time of reestablishing himself, he was transferred to the Temple of Santa Ana, where he confessed and gave the controversial 50 pesos to the Church.
But the impression of the lender led to a vilis spill that was incurable, so that he died shortly after. Lozoya Cigarroa says that this event caused a commotion in Durango in the 1930s, and perhaps there will still be someone who remembers the event. Have you heard this legend?
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