Butte record., 1854-11-18

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Miralda's shop and conc'i ivcd quite a
pass on for the girl and indeed he / ad
2 own b. one # her most liberal Gu.
toners. With Ginning shrewdness n
knowled e of hum II nature, the Ctun
be -eiged the hea of his intened victim
without appearing to DO 50, and ca rie
IN his pl IN of op-rA tons for many W eks
before the irnocett girl even suspect d
his possessing Partially for her, u I'll
one dtv she was surprised by present
| from him of s. rare and costly nature
as to lead her to suspect the dono ia-
tentions at once, and to promptly decl ne
the offered gift U;dismayed by this
still the Count continued his prof Sc
patronage il way to which Nj aldr
could find no plausible pretext OF COM
laint.
At lasts ling upon what he consider
ed fayorab moment, Count AImonte
decl q ed hi, passion to Mifald besou sht
her to come and b.. the mistress of his
broad ma rich estates ut CerIto, near
the ty, and off red all the pr,mis Of
wealth f.vor and fortune but in vain
I he pu m ndcd girl scnrned his offer,
AID babe him never more TO insult her
by visi' ing her shop. Abashrd, but not
conf unded, the Count retired, but only
t, weave new snare wher. by he c'uld
eutangle her, for he wAs not one to be SO
ca lily thwalted
On afternoon not long after this, n :
the twill hit was setting over the town,
a file of soldiers halted Just opposite the
door of the little cigar shop, when a
YONG man, wearing Lientenant's in
si,taia, entered and askci the attendant
ii her name was Miralia Estalez, to
which she limidly responded
''1hen YOU Will please come with me-
"By what au,holity p asked the
tremb in- gl-i
"The order of the Governor General :"
"Then must " you" she answer
ed and prepared to fllo;~ HIM at once
Stepping to the door with h r, the
Young officer directed his men t. ma, ch
on; and, getting into vi ,nte, told vi
ralda they would drive to the guard
house But, to the snprise Of the gill,
she soon after discovered that they weie
rapidly passing the city gates, and i'm
mediately after were dashing off on the
70 d to Cerito Then it WAS that she
began to fear some trick had been play
d upon her; md these ie RS were sroa
conf med by the volante's turning down
The long Icy of palms that led t. the
state of Count Almonte 1t S in via
to expostulate now; she felt that she
was Il the power of the reckless noble
m n, and the etcnded officer and SOL
diers W re his own people, who had
e pied the d sguise OF tie Sp lni,h
uaiform.
Count Aim ante met her at the door,
tol her 10 fear no violence, thai h r
wishes should be respected in all things,
save her personal berty, that he trusted
N lime to- per>uad. her to look more
iavorahly upon him. and that in all things
he WIS h.r slave. She r piled contempt
uously to is words, and charged him
with the cowa div trek by which he
had gained control of her lib rty But
she was 1T by herself, though watched
BY his orders at all times to prevent her
escape.
She knew very well that the power
ard viii of Count Almonte were too
strong for any humble friend of hers TO
attempt to thwart and she somehow felt
conscious strength in Pedro, and Sc
cretly che. ishrd the idea that he would
discover her place of confinement and
don't some means to d, liver her. The
siiletto is the constant companion of the
lower cI sses. and Miralda had been
used to wear one even in her store
against cont gency; but she now re-
gard the tiny weapon with pecnllal
satisfaction, and slept with it in hel
bosom
Small was the clue by which Pedro
Mantanez discovered the trick of Coun
Almonte. First this was found out. thel
that circumstance, and these being pu
together, they Id to other results, unit
he indefatigable lover was at last full
r satisfied that he had discovered he
E place Of confinement.
Disguised as a friar Of the order {
, San-Foiipe he sought Count Almonte