Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-02-14
would be there, retired from the

place. ase..o 7Dol i9iiias
When I got back to o my lodg-
ings, l searched for the note, tor
the purpose of destroying it, or
reading it again, perhaps, but it
was no where to be found. has
tened back to the church, sup
posing | might have dropped it
there; but / could see nothing OF
it. Benito was standing near
where | sat; but he did not move,
only glancing at me and withdraw
ing his gaze. He seldom noticed
me now; indeed, never, except by
one of those sinister looks which
promise no good feeling. 1t was
but a few months before the day
fixed for his marriage with Car
lota; and he watched his prize
with jealousy truly Spanish.
The note was not to be found.
On the following day, Christ
mas, the procession was formed
at the Church of the Incarnacion,
and moved for the Cathedral at
three o'clock. About the same
time the peon boy entered the
"Meson" and handed me o small
kew, to which was attached a
strip of paper with these words
"Enter by the door on St Martins
street" - ~
l went down Immediately on
| the marching of the procession.
The streets were entirely deserted,
| so that had no trouble in enter
| ing unobserved. The little pos
tern on st Martin street, opened
directly in the rear of the sum-
| mer-house, into which | was not
long in going. In precisely the
costume | have before described,
she sat swinging in the hammock !;
beauty, grace and vivacity COM
bined.
"Ah, amigo mio?" she cried
playfully as | entered. "You
have kept me waiting SO long" |
| stepped forward and seating my
self at her feet, took her extern
ded hand and kissed it.
"The hour you named is not
yet passed." said I.
"Well, well," she replied, run
ming her hand through my hair.
"You are here now at all events: !:
Twill not complain, since you have
come" 1885.
"Did you wish to see me very
much indeed?" said |.
Scan you ask" And she gave
| me a took which said more plain
| Iy than any words could, that she
wanted to see me alone of all the
world. What could | do? took
her hand in one of mine, and
placing the other round her waist,
drew her gently to me-
"Do you love me, them l
whispered.
| She gazed in my face moment,
and then throwing her arms over
| my shoulders, abandoned herself
to my caresses.
| The crack of rifle resounded
through the garden, and with a
| wild scream she sprang from my
arms and fell to the ground! !
jumped from the hammock, and
drawing a pistol, rushed out upon
the walk. Another crack resoan-
ded among the trees, and a ball
whistled close to my head. I'm.
mediately afterward l heard foot,
steps hurrying away. | pursued
but as / came in sight of the gate
on the Gale Real, it was closed
and locked from the outside.
climbed to the top of the wall, but
no one was visible on the street
The procession and high mass had
assembled almost all the inhabi
tants of the city; as far as the eye
could reach not human being
was visible. ~ o. ..9ATmm
:. / returned to the arbor, and
found Santiago and peoa woman
lifting Carlota upon a bench. The
ball intended for me had entered
her temple and shewas dead! He'
face was turned upward, and tht
blood was slowly dripping from
the wound to the ground. Young
! innocent, passionate and beautiful
, her warm affections had led her t.
a premature and violent end.
'"You had better not stay" saiG
Santiago, as ! stood gazing on tn
ruin before me. "My master wal
T be home soon, and you must no