The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-11-29

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The following story comes Ia .
roundabout way from Lisbon. PcFtu-
gal. We give & i0t what 70 l. worth |:
A couple OF days ago our beautiful
city was thrown Into 4 state Of great
exUlteBleut BY the sudden arrival Of q
Transatlantic guest, who did not
e0Rle BY steamer, but through the air.
Some fishermen who were living In a
little village twO leagues from Lisbon
were pursuing their pisclt0rlal occti-
patton early In the morning. when
they saw q sight which made them
shiver. Fr0m the west there came.
carried by the breeze. floating through
the mir. a huge lndy. The supersti-
tious fisherman thought It was the
"Flying Dutchman,n or some other
supernatural thing. SO they fled from
shore.
The balloon, for such It was. came
nearer and neaFer the shore, dipping
its anchor In the waves. On the shore
the anchor got hold. and some cour-
ageolls Mcu who at last dared to ap-
preach Il. fastened and secured the
balloon. IN which they found two dead
bodies. That OF a young, lovely wo-
man. and of q mulattO man. The
heal of tllls mulatt0 Was penetrated
with revolver balls. and his right shonl-
der was torn TO pleces. as Ii Somebody
had gnawed the flesh or II. The
young wonan was lying on the bot
tom Of the car, with open mouth and
glrastly open eyes.
The coroner was summoned and an
inquest held. On the nlnlatto there
was nothing found that could tend to
explain thc mystery. But the pocket
Of the young Indy cslntailied sonle let
tiers, written Ia the Spanish language.
aud at her side. ON the bottom Of the
cur. was found q books sort of diary.
The letters were addressed to Signora
Angelina RyswOrth, Gale de Balivar,
Caracas. BY these letters 1t was shown
that the balloon had crossed the Attain
tic ocean. as Caracas il a city III the
Republic Of Venezuela, South Ameri-
ca.
But the diary contained yet more
information, which threw 4 glarlng
light over the whole mystery.
The diary commenced three years
ago. It gives In brief notes d graphic
sketch u love and jealousy. The
maiden name OF the Young woman
was Angelina Medira. She had many
admirers, but did not love any Of them.
One Of the young men who was most
desperately IN love with her was u
lnulattn. Daniel Fignola. The diary
tells Of bis passionate and impetuons
woolng. She did not love lllln--nay,
she hated and despised him. Inturiat-
ed by her resistance to his wishes, he
determined that she should be his by
any means. Once when she went to
church she waS suddenly lifted up and
thrown into y coach. which rapidly
drove away. But her loud cries for
help was heard by an Englishman
named Rysw0rth, who. with two other
men. rushed to her assistance. stopped
the coach by shooting one ofthe horses,
and liberated her from the flendish
nIuDattO.
Rysworth was an Englisliman, as I
have said before, and an &ronaut. He
made very good living in Caracas.
In a great garden his balloon was fls-
tened to heavy anchors, aud let up and
down with passengers who wanted to
look down on mother earth from a dis
tanCe Of 800 yards. Signora Angelina
describes him In her diary as a man Of
fine physique and rare beauty. His
hair and innstache were Of q light
blonde color, which il so much admir-
Cd BY the Spanish ladies. She fell In
love with him and he with her. They
were married. NOwt rage Of the
mnlatto. Daniel Fignols. knew no
hounds. lie iOanied with rage and
vowed revenge.
Time went on. RyswOrth and hls
wife lived happily together. Sigllora
Angelina tsel sometimes to 10 up III
the balloon with la'iy passengers.
Olle tlay, when she hatl Just stepped
into the err, and everything wa4 Iii
readiness for anascensirt, the inulattO.
quick as lightning, pushed his way
through the crowd OF ladies' Surround
ing the balloon, jumped into the car.
ard cut the rope. Il was the work Of
q moment.
The balloon aseentled rapidly. amid
the scllrieks Of the unfortunate Ar
geIina. and soon disappeared from the
terrified amt thulIderStrIck spectators,
among whom was the @rOllaut Mr..
Rysw0rth. alInot frantic With grief.
Alone III the cir with her cruel foe,
what 4 terrible Elte for the poor An
gelina,
But size was a CONTAGIOUS woman.
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