Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-24
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had to take IN, at the expense OF the
Government. a young Spaniard. who
came here on parole. Notwithstand-
ing his parole, he went every day to
report himself to the pous-1orstet. H.
was a grandee of Spajn- excuses me a
moment-his names ended 0s and dio;
1t was very like Bagos de Feredia. /
have it down inr ny Mgister; md you
can see tiff you like. All he was a
handsome young man for a Spaniard;
they say they are an plain looking.
he was only five feet two or three
inches in height, but he was we'll
made; he had small hands, and he
took great care of care of them-oh |!
you should have seen. He had many
bru hes for his hands rs woman has
for her whole toilet. He had long
black hair, and his eyes were us bright
as FIRE; his skin was slightly copper
colored. but admired him all the
same. The linen be wore was the
finest I have ever seen on any one.
After the first few days of his deten-
ton, he began TO be later out of nights.
I wes uneasy when saw that hA did
not come home till midnight, but We
got accustomed to his Nhim. He took
The door ky with him, ind W paid no
more attention to him. He was lodg-
ing with us in the house we had then
in the Rue des Casernes. Then one of
the grooms told US that one evening,
when he went to wash the horses IN the
river, he thought he saw our Spanish
granlee swimming at q distance inst
like fish. When he returned, told
HIM to take care of the Weeds and he
didn't seem to like the idea of having
been seen in the water. Finally, mon,
sieur, one day-or, rather one morning
we did not find him in his chamber:
he did not c"me back at all. search
ed everywhere, and found something
written on piece of paper in his
table draw, in which there was also
fifty golden Spanish coins, called Por.
tag,ses, worth about FIVE thousand
francs. There were besides some dla-
monde, If the value of ten thousand
traucs, in little sealed box. The
writing was to the effect that in case
he should not return he left his money
and diamonds for masses to- thank God
for his escape, and to pray for his
safety.
''At that time my husband was still
alive, and he went off to search for
him-and this is the queerest part oi
the story. My husband brought back
the Spaniard's clothes, which he had
found under big stone on the bank OF
the river, near the chateau. and almost
opposite La Grande Breteche. He had
gone there 80 early in the morning that
no one had seen him, and when he had
read the letter, he burned the clothes,
and we declared, as Count Feredia
wished, that he had escaped. The
so.s-orefet pnt all eendarmes on the
alert, but they never caught him. Lep.
as thought the Spaniard was drowned.
But +, monsieur, am different Opin.
ion; I am inclined to believe that he
had something to do with Madame
Merret. Rosalie has told mo that the
crucifix her mistress was so fond of,
and which she'had buried with her, was
made of ebaay,s,ad silver. Now wher
he first began to live with us, NJ. Fere
'dia had crucifix Of ebony and silver
and I have never seen it since"
Ny hostess talked with me q minut,
or two longer, and then left me, u pre-,
to vague and sombre thoughts. 1
took me full month to gain Rosalie'
good grace and confidence, but when
felt that l might do 30 safely, breach
ed to her the subject of my unsleepinl
curiosity.
Rosalie," said I, coaxingly, "te]
me all you know about Madame d
"Oh don't ask that, Monsieur Ho,
ace! "she answered, with O look q
terror. :
} Her couptenance fell, her brieh
lively color faded, and her eyes loe
their liquid sparkle of innocence
Still. however, 1 insisted.
'tWelL she said, ''slnce you wis
it, will tell you; but you will kee
my secrets'
"P6oht my dear child, 1 will kee
all your secrets with the honesty of
thief: nothing can be safer than that
"If it is all the same to yon," sll
said. II would rather you keep the,
with your own.''
, In the following story the reader wi
. find cold abridgment Of the awf,
story which the girl told me in he
, garrulous way:
The bed room occupied by Madam
de- Merret at La Breteche was on til
ground floor. A little closet, abor
four feet deep, let int" the wall, serve
!, for her wardrobe For thyce month
;; before the evening the events Of whic
l am going to relate to you, fhc ha
!; been seriously indisposed, and he