Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

seized pocker and pointed to the door
Veasquez obeyed the signifcent allusion
but as he went out his eyes gliste,led like
aneiiraged tigers, and he threateiied some
terrible vegeaace ltftii tfle l0w-burn peasan
who dared THUS to treat him.
A FEW days passed away, and EmHnue
| had occasion to leave home. In the eve
ming beonora was startled l'y tile entruide
into the cottage Of Velasquez and his gang
all staggering under the the Influence o
recent potations The SERVANT niaia has
gone tltt on some duty aud she was
entirely alone .
Where is the william that dared to
raise his hand aganst inc p shouted
Vela*gttez, in a half frenzy.
{" If you call my husband william yot
utter tal.hood,' replied the spirited wife
=" N#y, nay--not quite sd testy, OF We
shall tame thee, I" said the dissolue leader
seizing her arm, and casting on her gaze
of brutal senstlality.
Beonora SCREENED with afIraiglt, and
tried to disengage herself from the iron
grasp that was fastened upon her.
"Oh, do itot Autter SO, my pretty bird
but come qltietly to MY arms, exclaimed
the 1end endeavoring to embrace ler
The agony of the. wife, as she called
Upon the others, as men, to save her, was
greeted only by n coarse aud nlocking
laugh
"Oh, Emanuel Emanuel !" she cried
"why are you not here to protect me =
and fainting, she fell helplessly upon the
let1,er's breast.
Late in the evening Emanuel returned
home, gaily singing ditty with whtl, il
was his practice to- notify his wife, l,u1
she did not run out to meet him as was
her wont. BY the soft light of the moon
lie observed that the door Of the cottage
was OPEN All around was quiet, ant
nothing disturbed the stiffness bnt the
music of his own voice. "She has gore
ont, thought he, aa his heart beat quicker
with slight forebolings As he steeped
upon the threshold deep sight fell npoi
his ear and, fixed with SURPRISE he sHw
his wife lying sobbipg upon the floor
He uttered an exclamation Of alarm, Hftt
the prostrate form sprang to lts feet. A.
the moon shote full upon the f,te Of his
wife, the light revaed to him an expessiot
of most unutterabe agony. lie made q
movement with extended arms towards
her.
"Armoaeh not" she s1,fieked "Defle
not the purity Of your hands by touching
Your polluted wife y
Tfansased with anaaement. lte listened
az she hurrdly narrated what had trans
pired. "And now," said she, in concli
sion, ''de#th only can spare lis life of con.
tinued wretche,lnpss; but remember, the
blood of your Leouora cries aloud to Iea
ven for vengeance ~
SHE then seized n knife, and, before
Emanuel could stay her l,and, she plunged
il into her own bosom. The soul of the
wife passed away while her lips breathet
prayer for her beloved husband A LONG
while did Emanuel stand gazing with hor
ror upon the form OF her whom he had SC
tenderly loved, till with sudden start he
| turned his eyes towards Heaven exclaim
ing slowly and witt. fearful meaning-
",Shc shaX be oreagcd -
Taking up the body i'll his arms, he lait
it upon couch, snatched one kiss from
the cold lips, and then seizing brand from
the fire, applied it to the tapestry. Hasti
ly removing some choice articles, he lef
| the house. The flames communicated tt
the casements,9 and soon the whole build
ing was enveloped in one sheet of fire
Silently he gazed from q group of tree
npo4l the burning cottage. His prout
head was not bent there was ITO qtlivel
on his lips, no tear in his eye, as lie saw
the fIalues reve upon what he held so dear
but the stern brow and the fixed gaze tolt
of resolution that could only be thwertet
by the arm, Of dcu.h As the pile with {
crash came to the ground and the noise o
gathering peasants fell upon his ear, h
turned away.
| When the villanol,# gang left the house
of Emanuel, they repaired to their rer'dez
vous to keep up the night by an itidr.l
gencc in their usual excesses. While the,
were pouring forth their hilariolis shouts
the door of the room opened, and a MAJ
approached with firm quick tread to tn,
table where they were sitting
"Who are you TINT intrides upon ot
rnirth - shouted Velasquez, and Will
something like fear he started back as h
recognized Emanuel and encountered hi
soul-piercing gaze.
| "You will know who am, y replied the
latter, with stern calmness that mad,
the blood chill. "Look upon these, - salt
he, presenting bundle Of red-handled dag
gers "there are seven---just one for each
Expect no warning As you struck th'
unsuspecting, 50 will / strike--thus" h
exclaimed with d frantic yell, at the s,iin'
| instant springing forward and plilnging I
dagger into the bosom Of one Of the rio
/ ters. The rest sprang for their arms, bu
i witha bound Emanuel reached the door
and was gone. They followed, but NJ
| trace of him conld be seen. They return
ed to the dying man, whom they found il
| the last struggles with death. Az he la,
i upon the floor, with the red-handled dag
ger still in his breast, the SIX men locke,
on in silence, and perchance thought Of th'
doom that had been pronounced agains
them.
j "Come,' said Velasquez, the first 4
break the stiffness, "why stand we here
Let us call help and put officers upon tn
nlurderer's track. y
Three days had scarcely elapsed whel
another of the club was found dead npol
the banks Of stream near the village
i with red-handled dagger in his breast
i He had gone out to bathe, and while re
turning was slain. It was not by a rob
Der, for his person was nnriaed. The re
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