Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-12

The bullet grszed my temple, rendering
me insensible.
When / avoke I was lying upon the
third step. near the top Of the frs stair
case.
aAh, ron have s.ep." were tie frss
| words that struck upon my ear.
I looked down Part Of the lover steps
were gone, showing only . black cham,
| into which the feeble rays 81 the candle
could not penesrste.
Near by the aperture stood the Baron,
with fendish delight depicted upon his
lace.
aLook 1t this candle, sir Do you ase
anything unusual 2"
nodded my head mp and oown-my
tongue seemed to refuse 70 utter the word
"ya"
Idistinc4ly saw three black rings around
the transparent wax-candle. They we're
At equal distance from each other. This
candle win 90 out st the expiration Of
| forss I've minutes. Each ring represents
fifteen n,inutea I have plenty OF time
| leff 70 relate 70 you the tale OF faithful
woman. VIII you promise TO listen. y
Whist else could l dos 1promised
Perhaps some one might be attracted by
the light ana release me from my perilous
position Besides, had hope that wheH
the candle went ont / could ind some
means 20 elute his vigilance
| After / have related my true story, We
viii fly, yes, fly" continued he with
chuckle.
Again he mentioned the word :" fly
What could he meant
"But first / have 10 &c. q seat feel
tired" muttered he. Yet the tones OF his
voice came distinctly 20 my ears.
| He put his hands into the chasm and
| drew from it Q black, obloDg box. that
| looked like coffin, upon which he seated
| himself The pistol was within his reach,
for ! saw the glitter Of the polished steel
| barrel
He looked straight at me, and the light
ofthe candle shone full upon his distorted
face a. he began his narrative.
About two years ago l attended 8
grand reception in the kings palace In
| Munich. There became. acqus inted with
| Eleanor, the daughter Of q General II
il not necessary TO describe her beauty,
for you know her well"
he paused.
| impossible! never was at Munich,
and don't know q lady by the name
Of"
! "S s:.sI.sa !" interrupted ne; 40 not
mention her name. You know her well /;
that's sufficient for the present Now
| listen. / became her slave; / followed
her everywhere; / asked her to marry
me. She scorned my offer-she loved an
other He'll and furies that other was a
poor miserable student. You know his
| name"
He paused and clenched his hands. /
dared not 70 contradict him; only shook
my head in the negative.
Yes, you know him well. / sent one
| Of my agents To him with the offer OF q
large sum ofmoney if he would leave Bava-
ria and never write TO her except what l
would dictate to him. He scornfully re-
fused my offer, and threw my agent out
of the window. caused the arrest Of the
student-money can do almost every
thing. The student was tried and SEN
tened TO ten years in the penitentiary.
He boldly refused TO give anv reason why
he had thrown the agent out Of the
window. He said that he only resented
an insult.
| "a few days before the time appointed
TO remove the prisoner to the penitentii-
ny sent another well paid agent of mine
to visit the convict. Prison diet and
close confinement had tanned the fiery
temper OF the student. lie promised TO
write letter TO the Generals daughter,
releasing her from her promise TO be-
come his wife. Next day had the letter
in my hand, and on the following evening
the student was free and on his way 70
parts unknown. My money had
| triumphed over prison bars; gold had
L I'll 4 s<t1a srN, 80.
81 caused the letter To be sent TO her.
Five days after / called and again
asked her TO become my wife. She looked
sent. The General lad not the least OBJ
lection to our union, for l was Baron,
was rich, and consequently able and
willing to pay his debts, in which Ito use
a common expression) he was stuck over
head and cars
"We were married. During our wed.
ding tour she scarcely spoke word. |
asked her the reason Of her silence.
"My body belongs TO you. My actions
are under your control, but my thoughts
are freeI These were her very worda.
zone day we arrived at Brakeman.
The landlord of the Red Lions Inn told
me about Roman tower. am very fond
Of relics Of the past. Therefore l made
up my mind to visit the tower. My wife
remained at the hotel. She said she had
headache.
"The view from the tower justified
the praise Of the landlord; it was mag
nificent.
"On my return found my wife with q
bright color and smiling face, the first l
had seen since our marriage. She over.
whelmed me with questions about the
Roman tower. After had told her what
saw, she expressed wish to visit the
ancient structure. On the following day
and my wife went up the narrow wind
ing staircase leading to the battlcments.
It was near sunset, and the view from our
elevated position was grand beyond de.
scription. raised my telescope and gazed
through it upon hunting scene. Ny
wife stood by my side. / gave her rapid
description of the flying stag, the pursu.
ing hounds, the mounted hunters, and
when they all had disappeared In the
depths of the forest laid down my tel
escOpc.
"rhis was . grand spectacle, Eleanor =
cried I, turning to my right. Ny wife
was gone. Perhaps she had tired OF
hearing my silly talk, and gone down to