Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-10-11

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ed to him that understood him. There
were tive horses standing in the street close
by, upon which we mounted, the Spaniard
taking my horses bride in his hand and
urging them along at a gallop. The speed
at which we went prevented me taking the
least notice of the objects we passed, with
view to recognizing the place at any fa-
ture time. At the break Of day I found
myself close to MY own door, the Spaniard
proceeding at undated speed in the direc-
ton of the gate of Atocha.
"And so you saw nothing which could
enable you to identity the woman you had
70 deal with2" asked one of the officers
"Only one thing" he replied. remem-
ber that she had mole on her arm, sur
rounded with brown hairs"
He had hardly uttered the words, when
he became deadly pale the eyes Of all
followed the direction of his glance, and
then they saw that Spaniard wrapped in
a mantle was standing near. The moment
he saw he was observed, he disappeared
among the shrubs. A French captain i'm
mediately in pursuit.
"My frieads," exclaimed the surgeon,
OldO bdsdllSh OyC SCOnib w hdNC lIOLCu utt
l can hear bells ringing in my ears. Re-
ceive my adieus You will bury me here"
Nonsense, answered Colonel Hulot.-
"Falcan has gone in pursuit of the spy land
he will give us an account of him."
"Well p exclaimed the officers, on see-
ing the Captain return out of breath from
the chase
~ could not catch him. l believe he
must belong TO the house, aud be thor
oughly acquainted with all its passages
from the manner in which he disappeared
in it."
II am lost said the surgeon, in mel
ancholly voice.
"Come; don't disturb yourself in that
way" said the officers. 1--WE will take it
in turns to stay with you until you depart.
In fact, three officers who had lost all their
money at the gaming table accompanied
him to his quarters, and offered to remain
with him. The second day after the SUR
geon received the permission he had asked
for TO return to France, and began his pre-
parations for starting the following morn
ing with a lady whom Murat had given a
strong escort.
He had just finished dining with his
friends, when the servant came up to say
that lady wished to speak to him. The
three officers accompanied him down stairs,
fearing that it might be a snare. The wo-
man was the servant who had assisted at
the scene we have described, and she had
barely time to caution him against the VEN
geance of her master before she fell dead :;
she had been poisoned. The effect of this
tragiUal catastrophe upon the surgeon was,
of course, very great, and, to drown his
melancholy, he and his friends drank i'm
moderately, after which they lay down on
their beds in the game room. In the mid
die of the night the surgeon was awoke by
the sound of the curtains of his bed be-
ing drawn back. He sat up in state of
great agitation, from the sudden manner in
which he had been reused from his sleep,
and saw the same Spaniard standing be-
side his bed whom he had observed in the
garden at the conclusion of his narrative.
The surgeon called out
Help come to me, my friends p
At this cry of distress the Spaniard gave
vent to bitter laugh. "The opium grows
for everybody" he said, and pointed to-.
wards the three friends, who were sleeping
soundly; at the same moment he drew from
under his mantle an arm which had been
freshly severed from body, and thrust It
close to the eyes of the Mortified surgeon.
"Is it the samep' he asked, pointing to
the sign which the surgeon had so impru-
IDENTIFY described. BY the light of Ian
tern which the Spaniard had placed on the
bed the surgeon recognized the arm, and
his silence was sufficient confirmation for
the unknown, who, without asking anoth-
er question, plunged his dagger, as he sup
posed, in the surgeons heart, and fed
Happily, the point glanced along the bone,
and missed the vital part, and the surgeon
eventually recovered.
Some years afterward the surgeon was
one night at ball with some friends who
were acquainted with his history, when,
while in the act of conversing with them,
his jaw suddenly dropped, his eyes became
fixed on some object in another part of the
room, and he appeared suddenly attacked
by fit of epilepsy. His friends turned to
see at whom he was staring, and beheld a
tall, grave looking Spaniard, thin as a
skeleton, but whose eyes shOne like fire
On his arm leaned lady of great beauty,
but who seemed to have no use of her
right arm. The Frenchman turned again
to ask the surgeon if those were the per-
sons whom he encountered in Spain, but he
had disappeared. By a sudden impulse he
stepped up to the lady and asked her where
she lost her right arm. She replied, with
out moments hesitation, "Insthe War of
Independence"
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