The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-08-18
FOIIED By WOMAN.
aAIadame, it IS my duty to arres

MADAME, it Is my duty to arrest
you"
"YOu dare nOtw ..s.-r. ID.
The iips were white with passion
rather than fear, and the lady stood
before me like a liOnessat bay. Even
then I could not help to note the
splendid beauty Of this talllady. Tall
and slender, eyes black and flashing
almost lurid now, the spectacle she
presented standing in the center OF
the apartment, was more the appear
ance Of a queen than a hunted Grim
inaL.
Unjust, +" replied. 81 do not doubt
your Innocence. Looking into your
face it is strange that any one could
couple it with guilt; but / am con-
strained to do my duty, madame, how
ever unpleasant it may be to my feel
ings." ~
twill you allow me to change my
dress ?" she said, in a tone almost
| pleasant. The hard lines around her
mouth had relaxed, and the passionate
glow on her face had almost passed
away.
Certainly; viii wait for you
here.n
'I also wish to send messenger
for a friend; viii you permit him to
pass ?"
aCertainly."
This was my first interview with
Euhenia COrnelle. ] had seen her for
months, the leader of our gayest and
most fashionable society. in her splen-
did mansion, she dispensed the most
prOfIlse and elegant hospitality.
A Spanish lady, n widow, she had
represented herself, and had been 8
resident here almost a year. No one
ever suspected her of being aught than
what she seemed, until one day / was
ordered to arrest her as a murderess.
It was now alleged, said Mr.. f.,
that this young beauty was no other
than the woman who had poisoned
her husband in Havana, and had fled
with all his wealth. An immense re-
ward was offered for her apprehension,
and the circumstances that had come
to our knowledge, pointed her out, be-
yOnd all doubt, and the person who
recognized her at the theatre the ev-
ening before advised us TO careful lest
she should escape us. laughed at the
idea. Mr.. l., and myself were surely
sufficient TO arrest lady. We were
old enough in the ways of cunning to
defeat any such attempt. When the
lady left me, ] stepped to the window,
and said to Mr.. l., who was waiting at
the door:
''The lady desires to send a messen-
ger for a friend; suffer him to pass"
Almost at the same instant the door
of the apartment the lady had entered
opened, and a youth, apparently a
mulattO boy, came out and passed
rapidly through the room in the hall,
and from thence into the street 1t
was no doubt the messenger, l thought,
and picked Upa book and commenced
reading. Nearly an hour passed, and
still the lady did not make her ap-
pearance nor did the boy return. The
friend she had sent for must live at
some distance, / thought, or the lady
is unusually careful about her toilet,
and so another hour went by. At last
I grew impatient and knocked Rt the
door. FEHt H4ts AsE
MADAME, I can wait no longeri
There was no reply. l knocked re-
peatedly, and at last determined to
force an entrance. Strange fears ha-
rassed me. Ibegan TO suspect, knew
not what. 1t took but a moment to
drive in the door, and once in the
room the mystery was revealed. The
robes of the lady lay upon the floor,
and scattered over the room were suits
Of boys wearing apparel, similar to
that worn by the mulattO boy. On
the table was a cosmetic that would.
stain theskin to a light, delicate brown.
l was fOiled for a surety the lady had
escaped in the disguise of a messen-
ger. 1 should have detected the. ruse.
/ felt humiliated, and. determined to
redress my error knew she would
not remain in the city aninstant long
er than she could get away. ! hurried
20 her bankers, but found that she had
drawn the amount due her an hour
before.
"Who presented the check" asked
Of the clerk. ...atff sn.G
ga mulatto boy. 1t was made pay-
able to bearer"
There was yet a chance. The French
steamer left within an hour. 1t was
possible she would seek that means of
escape. / jumped in a cab and arriv-
ed there ten minutes before the steam
CL 4GAI NAAG mAlHllA- just III IAhAC " eslo-1S
an aged decrepit gentleman into the
cabin. There were few passengers;
noneof them answered the description
Of the person I sought. Istood on the
wharf watching the receding vessel
until it disappeared. was in the act
Of turning away when g ahacEman ap-
preached with the remark: N#
7a''Afr. F., die you see that old Inan
on board? He had a long white
beard and hair that fell on his shOul-
'VHI aYes.u. lvdglldabs8
"Well, there's something curious
about him."
"Why ?'
"Why, sir, when he got into my cab
he was a mulatto boy, and when he
got out he was an old man" "A
1 will not repeat the expression /
used then-it was neither fine nor pO-
lite-fOr l knew the vessel would be
iar out to sea before she could be over
AIKEN. was fOiled by wOman.-
Nor could help rejoicing, now that
The chase was over, that she had es-
capped. Innocent OF guilty, there was
Il charm thai none could resist. The
spell of her wOndrOus beauty affected
all who approached her. II fingers in
my memory yet, and could not have
the sin of her blood upon my con-
science.