Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-10

power. L nave trusted myself IN your
keeping, and ] hope you will not abuse
the confidence | have reposed in you,
as-''
She paused and did not finish the SEN
tence. The mystery grew more per-
picking, and l determined to probe it at
any hazard.
MADAME, we have lost our captain,
and regret to inform you that we shall
be obliged TO put about and return to
France
''Sir!' exclaimed she, aghast at this
information. "Would you deliver me
up to the Directory %
'Not willingly. We have no officer
who knows this coast" / replied, wish
ing to awaken her fears.
'I on will not consign a woman to the
guillotine %
Il will land you in England"
''That will not do"
cit must do"
"Then you forfeit the money I have
paid you, and am to pay you"
Gin that case, | shall sail for Dieppe,
and take the reward for delivering you
to the Directory. 1 cannot lose the
voyage"
''You will not do that % gasped the
lady
MADAME, I am satisfied that you can
explain the mystery Of Captain Fara-
days death. If you are party in his
murder you must suffer for it.
81 am not. | tried to save him." she
| answered unUuar1a1lv
"lhen you acknowledge that"
81 acknowledge all, and promise to
clear up the mystery, but | cannot do so
now. pledge you my word that before
you land me, you shall know all, and
then if you wish to return me to France
| will not complain"
| assented to this proposition. We
had an exceedingly fine run to New
York. We entered the harbor, and, off
Staten Island, descended TO the cab
in.
CHOW, Madame, you make your ex-
! PLANTATION, and the brig shall then land
you at the city"
II will, sir. You are a gentleman, y
said she, with strong emphasis; you
have treated me well, and l have no
cause of complaint Of another, 1 can
not say as much"
"Y on mean Captain Faraday 2"
!, 81 do; he was villain, and he deserv
ed the fate that ended his life. Yor
know my history up to the time came
, Oh board the brig. The captain treated
me very CALAMITY, and | was grateful
to him. | did not understand him.
thought he knew his place too we'll t,
5 presume upon my condescension.
: was mistaken. He twice insulted me
The first time | screamed. You hear,
me. The second time, he attempted
: familiarity. I screamed again, and fee
, into my state-room. For this, he los
r his life"
''But who killed him % / asked TO
| this part Of the story had more thai
| surmised.
" Ny husband, the Chevalier d.
| Barre"
'He whom l met on the beach at dep
pc %
'No. lou shall see him now"
She went to the state-room, and
followed her. Seated upon the grea
trunk which lay upon the floor, was tn,
person [ had twice seen in the cabin
and whom | had seen draw the SWORD
from the body Of the captain. His fen
lures very strongly resembled those 0
his brother, but he was much paler anC
: thinner.
The lady introduced me to him, anC
he thanked me very heartily for my at
tention to his wife, during the passage
AT the same time, he spoke severely o.
the captain, and declared he had merited
the doom that had overtaken him. We
all returned to the cabin.
CHOW came the Chevalier Du Barre
on board the Presby?" ! asked, feeling
that the mystery was still unsolved.
Il have been q prisoner in that larg,
trunk for two months, though since
was brought Oh board your vessel, | have
been permitted to walk the state.room
and at night the cabin" he replied.
"What was your object in remaining
concealed on board the vessel"
II feared the large reward offered TO
my apprehension might tempt you to de
liver me to the Directory"
"Y on wronged me-"
"But not your captain. He was base
enough to have done such an act, ever
after he had received the reward ror Ian
ding my wife III America"
thought not, but | did not care K
provoke discussion. The balance o
the hundred thousand francs was thel
paid over to me, and in three hours az
ter, l landed them on the pier at the city
The mystery was solved. There was
no devil or other spirit in the transaction
aud l was perfectly satisfied, especially
with the profitable voyage ! had made
The first officer was made captain, and
after finding a cargo, we proceeded tc
] LiYerpOol.