Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-01-02
EBENSBURC Pa WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 1850


or unless
Unless what 2 said Mr.. Holt, livid and
( fierce
Unless YOU presume to think of Olivia
( Sancini,' said Charles as be turned to leave
| the Office
Take this with you cried Gastou Holt.
springing at him and striving to plunge a
dirk into his bosom.
But Charles was strong ard vigilant. He
caught the descending hand of the infuriated
man. and with a powerful wrench hurled him
upon the floor
Assassin and forger; you shall hear from
me to- morrow said Charles, as the disarmed
villain glared az him from tbe floor
Then turning be slowly departed
IF he lives till daylight. L shall be ruined
exclaimed CASTOR Holt, springiug up in dis
may and rapidly following Charles. He soon
overlook him in the street. and facing him,
whispered:
BE merciful. young man! Give me two
days to close up my affairs, and then | will
! leave New Orleans forever
He begged so pitifnlly, and seemed so
heart crushed, that Charles consented. stipu-
lating that the rascal should leave the coun-
try.
L will J I swear L will = said Holt
They parted-Cbarles going towards his
home IN the upper part of the city while Mr..
Holt hurried elsewhere in search of Jerome
Sancini. the father OF Olivia He found him
Iu his favori;e drinking saloon, aud taking
him aside, said:
you have work to do, Jerome
Yes What is it. senior ? asked Jerome,
swarty, evil browed fellow, whom no one
would suspect to be the father of so lovely
and amiable girl as the fair Olivia
You are about to lose large sum of mon
ey, my friend Jerome promised you
tain amount in case l became the husband of
Olivia You know Olivia is not your child ?
You and 1 only know it, senOr.' replied
Jerome
Not US alone
who else suspects She cannot She
was young when | stole her from her parents
in Italy, that she knows nothing of her ori-
GIN
Her father is in New Orleans
'Ah eau he suspect 2
Not vet Jerome But | wish her to be
my wife before the rich Italian leaves for Gu
ba You sold me the secret of her birth for
a good round sum, ard you shall have thrice
as much when l am her husband. Suppose
you wculd go to her father aud tell him ?
Tell him p cried Jerome. The old man
would dirk me on the spot. He is maga-
zine of gunpnwder that old man He wrong
ed me yonder IN Italy, and I've had a good
long revenge on him. Tell him my wife
might If she met him, for she has grown very
piOus of late
wen there is work to be done in haste
You know Charles Lewis ?
of course-Olivia's love-
Unless you put him out of the way, l will
never have a chance to give you any more
money. jerome
SO so! I understand said jerome. set
ting his teeth hard. SO you know senior
Holt. Last night l had occasion to stop
Olivia, she was very impertinent. you see,
and Charles Lewis saw it-saw me slap her
ears, not hard oh, oh and he threatened
to pound me if L ever dared to touch her
again You see be suspects Olivia is not my
child. Nv wife has tongue entirely too
long. and she esteems that young fellow
Il have said enough. Jerome continued
Holt, placing roll of bills in the despers-
dos hand If he lives three days, must
leave America, and you
You shall not leave. Senor. will attend
20 this little business
After much more villainous discourse, the
pair separated. aud CASTOR Holt returned to
his office
Ii was after midnight when he stole forth
into the street, mutteTiDg:
Il must secure those papers be said that
he had them with him He never lies. /
know the .oom in which he sleeps it is easy
of access He will keep those papers on bis
person. OF conceal them In his room. In Ell
ther case. If jerome does for him. the papers
may be found aud so ruin me I; and [ think |
had better trust my own hand rather than
Jerome's At all events. will try for those
papers-at least look about-for | am in ago
MES Of dread
He hurried on until he paused before the
modest residence of Charles Lewis
The darkness anI Stiffness of the hour. and
the open window of tee young mans room,
tempted him He easily scaled the little
fence before the house, aod gained noiseless
entrance into the room. Ii was by no means
the irst time Castor Holt had found himself
in so dangerous a situation and having ia
ken of his shoes before be scaled the fence.
he began to advance step by step into the
apartment, with which he was quite familiar
from former visits of feigned friendship
He paused and listened intently. but heard
no breathing, and knowing the position of the
desk in which Charles kept his private papers.
slowly gtoped his way thither He reached
it. when a slight noise attracted his attention
towards the window. and as he glanced that
way be saw that some dark body had dropped
into the room as noiselessly as = cat.
Filled with terror, be sank behind the bed
so that he stood between it and the wall.
The next FIVE minutes was of horror to him,
for be could neither see nor hear anything
He wondered that he could not hear the
breathing of the sleeping Charles; and sud
/ denly conceiving that the bed was vacant. he
swept his hand softly over it. The bed was
! vacant
No doubt he or some one saw me enter
and In sfrer me fhought ha "A an lcy sHesj