Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-01-19
LSWORT HANCOCK COUNTY, MAINE; FRIDAY JANUARY 49, 1885,

| can De iound traitor TO his oath, w
swear to pursue and exterminate hin
from the face Of the earth, were he ou
father. our brother, or our son. w,
swear, if he be bound by the ties of mar
rage, to puruse his wife and his children
if they do not denounce him; and if hi
children should be in the cradle, to i'm
molate them-in short, TO extinguish hi
guilty race!
Th" lndiaus, foIc ced always 20 dissimu
late, preserved the outward appearance,
OF respect and submission. A troop o
young Indians carried basket of flow
ers, and arrived at the gates of Lima
awaiting the arrival of the vice .queen,-
Zuma was at their head; and the Count
ess was so struck with her beauty and in
terestlng appearance. that she expressed
desire to have number Of these fe.
male slaves employed IN the palace
Inc Countess also conceived strong
feeling OF attachment. and friendship fol
Zuma, and employed her about her per.
son. This attachment, in the eyes ol
Beatrice, appeared to be a very impru.
dent act on the part of the Countess,
arising from her knowledge of the con.
cealed hatred Of the Indians towards the
Spanlards; and, Notwithstanding the nat.
ural generosity Of her character, Bea.
trIce could not divest herself of certain
lears as to the trnth and fidelity of Zuma.
lhls was excusabIe; it was for her friend
she feared, and not for herself. She saw
with pain and distrust the continued at
tachment and favor which the Countess
manifested towards Zuma; and the at,en.
danis OF the former had conceived the
most violent jealousy towards her oh that
account Zuma, however, had a mos,
sincere and tenoer affection for her mis-
,ress: but, nevertheless. in order to avoid
disagreeable scenes, she kept herself al.
most entirely to her chamber, and never
appeared but at such times as the Coun-
tess sent for her.
In the meantime the yiceroy spared no
pains nor exnrtions to cultivate the good
feeling of the lndaus; but the latter had
many times observed that previous vice.
roys had commenced their rule over
them by acts oil kindness as well as Jus.
,ce, which had been followed by injus.
tce and cruelty; thus the motives of the
viceroy although really sincere, had been
eonetraod az only intended tn deceive
and betray, caused by weakness and ter
ror at the sudden death Of the secretary
of his predecessor.
AT the end OF about four months, the
health of the Countess vlslbly declined.
This grleyoas change was at first attrlbu
Ted to the excessive heat of the climates
but her illness increasing every day, se-
rlous apprehensions were entertained
about her. Al last she was suddenly at
tackled by virulen, fever; the best medi.
cal advice tha, could be had was employ.
ed for her recovery, but withou, effect
The anxiety Of Beatrice was excessive;
she inquired particularly Of the physician
who had been sent for from Spain, but
who had failed to restore the Countess to
health, and he spoke evasively, and hint-
ed that il must be attributed to some ex.
traordinary and unknown Cause. His
mysterious manner, and the dark hints
caused by his mode Of expressing himself
suggested to the mind of Beatrice the
horrible idea that her dear friend was
dying from the efi'ec, of slow poison
From this moment her mind was con.
slant prey TO uneasiness, She carefully
concealed from the Countess, and even
from the Coun, himself, these frigh,iul
suspicious; but it was impossible to con-
ceal them from two of the wai,ing-wo.
men, who acknowledged to Beatrice their
belief in the guilt OF some one having
administered poison to the Countess
But who could it BE-? No other but Zu-
ma, who was constantly receiving so
many fayors from the Countess, what
motive could she have for such atrocily?
The secret and imprehensible hatred Of
the Indians to the Span;a rds. Zuma
was a hypocrite, vain, ambitious. nay,
more, they imagined she had conceived
a secre, passion for the Count. In short
was she uut sn s..A.--, >-d- Gamiliarized
from her infancy with crimes Of the
blackest dye!
The innocent and feeling Zuma. the
victim Of such horrible suspicious, in the
midst OF this grief and distress, thought
only of the Countess, for she cherished
the utmost sincerity, and a most pure
aud holy gratitude. She was deeply
grieved a, the thought Of possessing the
knowledge Of an infalIible remedy for the
illness of her benefactress without being
able to use it; for the fatal penalty which
was attached to the disclosure Of the Sc
cret forbade her TO think OF endangering
not only her own life, bu, the lives of her
husband aud child. In short, she was
not ignorant that the cruel and vindic-
tive Xinreo, in order TO assure himself Of
her discretion, had sent her child as a
hostage 10 the fierce Azan. Poor Zuma!
she dared not con6de her grieis 10 her
husband; but overwhelmed in sorrow,
she wept in silence.
In consequence Of strict orders from
Beatric all the movements Of Zuma were
watched with great care. II happened
that M,rvan came to see her, and in or
der to ascertain the purport Of his visit,
a woman was concealed close to the door
of the apartment in which they were talk