The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-08-06
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A Lear from tins Diary 81 m Ola ue-
From the Nov orI@ns Pieayune.

n Lear rom the Diary q nm olo Ne-
From the Nee orlons Picayune.
Madame, IL is my duty 70 arrest you'll.
''You dare not y
Thc lips were white with passion rather.
than fear, and the lady stood before me
like n lioness at bay. Even then j could
not help but motto tho splendid beauty Of
this grand lady. Tall and slender, eyes
black and flashing almost lurid now, the
spectacle che presented, standing there in
the middle of the apartment, was more the
appearance of queen than q hunted Grim
inal. kL.f
81 must" 1 replied. 81 do not doubt
your innocence; looking in your face, IL is
stfaugethatnny one could connie 10 with
guilt But / am constrained TO do my
duty, madame, however inimical II may be
TO my feelings"
"Wn you allow mo to change mydress27
she said, in n tone almost pleasant Tho
hard lines around the mouth had relnxed,i
and tho passionate glow on the fnoo gave.
why 10 apieasAnt smile.
Certainly, l will wait FOR you horo."
al wish also to send a messenger for a
friend; will you permit him to pass
Certainly"
This was my first interview with Euginia
Cormille. had seen her hore for months,
the leader Of our Gayest ndmost fashiona-
bic society. In her splendid mansion she
dispensed the most profuso and elegant
hospitality.
ASpanish lady-a widow she had rep
resented herself aud had been atesident
here almost n year. No one over suspected
her of being aught than what she seemed.
until ono day 1 was ordered to arrest her as
q murdercss. ...
II was now alleged, said Mr.. f., that this
young beauty WAS no othor than the woman
who had poisoned her husband in Havana,
aud hed with all his wealth. An immense
reward was offered for her apprehension,
and the circumstances that had comoto our
knowledge. pointed her out beyond all
doubt as the person We were in search OF.
Yet had the person who recognized her tho
evening before vt the theatre advised us to
he careful lest sho should escape us. !
laughed at the iden. Mr.. |, and myself
were surely sufficient to arrest q lady. Wo
were old enough in the twnyso cunning TO
defeat any such attcmpt. When the lady
left me, / stopped 10 tho window, and.
said 10 Mr.. l., who was waiting at the door:
''1ho lady desires TO send q messenger
for n friend; suffer him 20 pass"
Almost NJ the snme instant the door of
the apartment tho lady had entered opened,
and o youth-apparently q nulatto boy
camo out aud passed hurriedly through the
room into tho hall, and from thence into
the street. IL was, no doubt, the messen-
ger, I thought, aud I picked up q book and
commenced reading. Nearly an hour
passed, and still the lady did not make her
appearance, nor did the boy return. The
friend she had sent for must live al some
ItrN,,n, 1 NLcfg1,f ~ tla 1ulV 10 Ys.WuNu1-
~ careful about her toilet; and 80 another
hour went by. At last l grew impatient,
and knocked at the door.
MADAME, I can wait no longer"
There was no reply. / knocked repeat
edly, and ut last determined to force an en-
trance. Strange fears horrassod me; / be-
gan 10 suspect, | know not what. 1t took
but q moment TO drive in the door, and,
| once in the apartment, the mystory was re-
vcnlcd. Tho robes Of the lady lay upon
the floor and scattered over thcroom wero
suits Of boys wearing apparel, similar to
that worn by the mulatto. On q table was
a cosmetic that would stain the skin TO q
light, delicate brown.
l was foiled, for a surety; tho lady had
escaped in the disguise of a messenger. ]
should have detected the rlse; / felt humil.
inted, and determined TO redress my error,
| knew she would not remain in the city an
instant longer than sho could get away. ]
hurried to her bankers, but found she had
drawn the amount due her an hour before.
1Who presented the check2" / asked
the clerk.
"a mulatto boy. 1t was made payabl,
to bearer"
There was yet II chance. Tho Froucl
steamer left within an hour it was possibl,
she would seek that means of escape.
jumped in cab, AMI arrived there ten min
utcs before she left the wharf, just in time
to assist an aged, dccrcpit gentleman int
the cabin. There were few passengers
mono Of them answered the description o
the person I sought. / stood on the whar
watching the receding vessel until IL disap
peared. | was in the net of turning away
when o hickman approached me with the
remark:
"Mr. f., did you see that old man on
board; he had a long white beard, and hal
that fell on his shoulders?"
"Yes."
'woly sir, there's something curious
about him."
"Why?"
"Why, sir, whom he got into my carriage
he was n mulutto boy and when lac got ouI
he was an old man -
! will not repeat tho expression ] used
then-it was neither refined nor polilo---foI
/ knew the vessel would bo far out 10 sea
before she could be oyertaken. j was foil.
ed by Il woman. Nor could / help rojoic,
ing, now that the chase was over, that she
had escaped.
Innocent or guilty, thoro was n charm
about her mono could resist. Tho spell oi
her wondrous beauty affected all who an.
preached her. 1t fingers in my memory
yet; and | could not have the sin Of her
blood upon my conscience.