The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-08-14
VOLUME IL No. D

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u was The oldes' dinner supper.
rather 4Iremomlcf 10 have taken
paf' IN. Nuhc ~ Va foae lfofn ths
tallc tIll the elbck strnck t~elve
Tho talk turned ufHn art, li,emtufc.
tfnvcl, science-upm history. nm
cicut and modern, upon plays ,"Iegit
innate" and "illcgitlmaiG' G'-uron
murder This laat suldcct, almost
literally the skeleton OF the feast.
came up through n chance allusion
to the Burdcll murder, which bad
not yet ceased 10 be the pct "horor"
ofthc hour. The question was raised
whether the crimc was not wo.
mans deed. De Rivicre settled the
question--.settlod II definitely,
sharply, detantly--.settlcd II By
direct, tangible illustration. Sud.
denly pushing his chair back from
the table, he rose with eager eyes
and animated manncr--the scar Of
the sabre cut athwart his check
paling as his face flashed with OK.
citemcnt---he exclaimed: al tell
you ,coman killed DR.. Burdell, and
Ill show you how she did ID
! This was startling episode. As
arule, illustrations and explanations
of murders are not considered the
best entertainmentto offer guests at
dinner, but De Rwiere was an ex-
ceptional, (not to say an exception
able) person, and hewent ahead
Passing quickly to the end Of the
!, room, he opened q drawer in Lola's
escritoire, making himself perfectly
at home, and taking out a small
Turkish dagger Of exquisite work
manship returned Ito tho table.
"Now," he continued, "Tll show
youshow she didit III We all stop
ped eating; g;nobody drank; allstared
fxedlya at the dagger. 1T was
? something to see. "a man never
|, struck those blows said De Riviere,
\ "beeause a mans blow is downright
$50 sol (suiting the action to the
II world while woman, accustomed
n only to the use Of bodkin and scis-
y sors, makesjobs--so 50 4 illustrating
( again and the surgeons found that
all the wounds on Burdells body
q We're upward strokes, and mostly
yr light. Itell you he ewas murdered
A by a womanl Weyielded the point.
; The proof was convincing. The
A illustrator was an artist in hisline--
) and his line was the line Of rapiers
: and daggers and such things. !, is>
! Lola received al, this with great
J. enthusiasm, clappipg her hands a.
: De Riyiere concluded. "Now,", shs
said. "let us talk about something
else;" and away rolled the Laws
stream Of her lively speech Ths
wine passed freely; wit and wisdon
y chased each other upand down, ,ant
!, acrossthe board, and at midnight
y still chattering the company'strag
. gled by twos and threes up to tht
y tparlors, and one hour later all tht
= guests had gone--leaving Lola te
le such dreams as come to such heads
% Not many months after this din
n ner Lola died. In the interval, tn,
:, bodily ailment under which she has
is long suffered, aggravated by dissipa
= ted habits, made rapid progress
D. until she was finally struck dowI
y with paralysis. There passed before
IN her active minda panoramic view o
" a wasted life--the life Of a woman
q, whose erratic career had made he
q name a by-word. With failin,
ees health, with constitution 20 impair
s ed by excess that II no longer pos
OF sessed recuperative power, with {
US mind fully alive to Che necessity o
Cd redceming the time, She sought tn
2. consolation Of religion. IN her da
20 Of helplessness she was not forsakef
he Christian friends gave her tende
an care, and she was visited by th
re Rev. Dr. Hawks, who has written
ng "If ever a repentaht soul laothet
ne past SINS, I believe hers did,
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