The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-11-27
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Imprt,' | replied, "l do rot
lonbt your innocence. Looking
into your laec, j, Is s,mnge that auy
would clupleit with gull, hut ! am
constrained 10 L. my duty, however
inimical It may he 70 my lecliugs'
win you allow me 10 change
my dtcss;' she said in q tone almost
pleasant. The hard liuc7 around
her mouth had relaxed, and the pas.
sionate glow on the face gave way
to q pleasant smile.
"Certainly, | will wait for you
here"
al wish also to send q messenger
for a friend; vii you permit him to
passY"
"Certainly."
This was my frat interview with
Eugeue Comill. | had seen her
here for months, the leader of our
gayest and most fashionable society.
In her splendid mansion she dis
pensed the most profuse and elegant
hospitality.
A Spanish lady--a widow she had
represented herself, and had been q
resident here almost year No one
ever suspected her of being aught
than what she seemed. until one da,
Iwus ordered to arrest her as a mur
deress.
1t was now alleged, said Mr.. f.
that this young beauty was no othc
than the woman who had poisonc'
her husband in Havana, and hc'
with all his wealth. An immens
reward was offered for htr apprC
hension, and the circumstances tina
had come to our knowledge pointc
nd her ont beyond a doubt as the pen
son we were in search OF. Yet tn
person who recognized her til
evening before at the theatre advise
us TO be careful lest she should G
cape us. Laughed at theide NJ
/. and myself were surely suiiiciel
to arrest o lady. We were o
enough in the ways OF GINNING
:. defeat any such attempt. Wht
the lady left me, l stepped to Il
window and said to Mr.. l., who W
waiting at the door:
"The lady desires to send a me
senger for a friend, suffer him
pass"
Almost at the same instant Il
door of the apartment the lady h;
entered opened, and youth-app
&C. rently a mulatto boy--came out al
passed hnrriedly through the roo
into the hall, and from thence in
he the street. 1t was, no doubt, L
Of messenger, | thought, and pick,
5 up a book and commenced readin
to Nearly IN hour passed, and still t
lady did not make her appearan'
nts nor did the boy return. The frie
,rs. she had sent for must live at Sol
.hy distance, ! thought, Or the lady
i'm unusually careful about her toll
ler. and SO another hour went by.
ore last ] became imraticnt, and kno
ac- ed at the door.
the Madame, | can wait no longe
I'd; There was no reply. knock
repeatedly, and at last datermin
;. to force an entrance: Strange fe
yer, harrassed me. / began to sasp,
OF a / know not what. 1t took bu
see moment to drive in the door, 9
ute, once IN the room the mystery '
revealed. The robes of the ID
par lay upon the floor; scattered o
and the room were suits Of boys we
yer. ing apparel similar to that worn
!, y Y, the mulatto boy. On the table ,
''eA cosmetic that would stain the q
give to q delicate brown.
Twas foiled, for a asurety; the !;
e no had escaped in the disguise of
messenger. ! should have detec
rord m the ruse; | felt Inundated, and
13 termined to redress my error.
ou knew she would not remain in
I city an instant longer than she &C
get away. hurried to her bank
! w NJ but found that sho had drawn
ank- amount due her an hour before.
art.Yl "Who presented the check?