Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-01-28

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with pictures on the wall, and books and
statuary adjoining the apartment, Its ar
rangement and appointments indicated,
certainly, cultivated taste. At a table
sat man writing. He was middle aged
and strikingly handsome ; but there was
that in the appearance of the man which
repealed while it attracted. There was a
steely glitter in his great black eyes that
evinced disposition which was emotion
less to pity or regret.
This is your man.
At the first sound of her voice the man
sprung to his feet, and his hand twitched
nervously, as if in search of a weapon. If
such had been his intention, he had no
time to procure one, for the pistol Of MIR.
I. was at his head, and he was sternly ad-
vised to attempt no resistance
The nature of this intrusion, sirp he
asked, addressing me.
You are my prisoner
What is my ofencef'
Murder!
All" in long drawn utterance, while
his eyes slowly left my face and turned in
the direction of the girl, who, standing in
the centre of the room. was surveying him
with look of hate so fierce and and intense
that my heart, sickencd as l caught the
expression.
'Ah.r he repeated, and this is your
work then?'
1t is; I betrayed l denounced?
1t is we'll, he said, aud on the moment
his face grew rigid as marble.
In that escritoir,' said the girl, you
will find the diamond pin and purse of MIR.
H.. in his possession the night he was
killed, and in that lower drawer the pa
pers for which his life was sacrificed They
are the title papers to an estate in Cuba.
Their possession makes this man, Ray
mond de Verges, the owner Of the splen-
did plantations they secure. There are
letters there also which will explain more
| fully the motive and cause of the homicide.
The possession of these papers, under the
circumstances, will accomplish all you wish.
Search
We did and found everything as
she had stated The circumstances formed
a net work of evidence SO strong that 10
Christian jury would doubt for single
instant the mans utter guilt. While
these investigations were going on, the
mans eyes never strayed from the woman's
face. He seemed Supplied by surprise
Having completed our researches, we turn
to go-but the voice of the young girl ar
arrested us. It was low, stern and bitter,
as can only be the utterance Of a woman
wronged.
4 claimed an interview with this man
after his arrest. 1t can take place here;
nor is your presence as officers at all OBJ
jectionable. What l have to say to him l
will say now, for shall never look upon
his face again
Raymond de Verges, you have no one
to blame for this but yourself. STEPPED in
crime and villainy. cunning by experience
and persuasive by culture, you brought
every faculty of mind and sense to betray
to ruin an unsuspecting girl. Her love
you cherished SO long as it miaistered to
your pride or soothed your vanity When
it ceased to do this you threw it away re-
morselessly. You forget that the blood Of
the Castilians was in my veins as well as
yours; that came, as you did, of race
that never submitted to injustice or passed
unavenged wrong. knew your mission
to this country and tracked you incessant-
ly saw you murder that peor old man.
and knew the motive that inspired the
deed. Had you loved me then as once
you did, I would have sacrificed my life
before hair of your head should have
been Touched. You did not. You had
scorned and reviled me, and these the
fruits of that scorn. Go, sir, to your
doom, and take with you the remorseless
hatred Of aconan's curse
Before we had time to stir she glided
from the apartment, and was lost to view.
One backward glance she threw at the
man who had wronged her-it was full
of horror and anguish-then faded and
was lost. She war never seen agsin.