Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-08
London Correspondence OF the Home Journal.
THRILLING ADVENTURE OF par.
line ETCCA


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London Correspond OF the Home Journal.
THRILLING ADVENTURE OF PAV-
t-ISE ETCCA.
Tie ROYAL Italian opera. Covent. Garden
c..-el on saturday, the goth inst. with
Ncverbeer's great masterpiece. - |. 'Etoile
Do Nlrl.' Talking with friend about the
principle features Of the season. | had
naturally. much u say about Madame Pam
line Lucca Altera time cur conversation
turned upon her high qualities in private
He. her kind-heartedne~S. affection. qener-
o-ity and courage. For ccol resolution. the
following incident. related to me bv my
friend, canno. well be surpassed Madame
Pauline luccl Usually reSiiesin in the Victoria
Sra~-s. Berlin. last spring. however she occu-
ricI, temporarily. at some distance outside the
city, gartenLaus, or country house. con-
~i-tilg Of only spacious, rambling base
meut story. surrounded 10y yeranda One
night aaolt ten O'Clock. She was sitting
there in her bedroom. Her chair was placed
before her toilet table. which was lighted bv
WAX taper on each side % the glass The
two taperS were not sufficient to illuminate
the rom very brilliantly. and the further
end ay barred in sort cf semi-olscuritv
Madame L-cca was busy reading some let
ter~ concerning engagements. when suddenly
she imagined She heard a noise. She looked
round. but. seeing nothing, concluded she
made mistake, and resumed the perusal Of
the letters. She had forgotten all about the
noise when she heard it again. This time.
instead of looking round. she happened.
without moving her head. merely to raise
her ewes 90 the glas-. She beheid reflected
init the face Of a man peering cautiously
from oat cupboard behind her. At first
she hneied she was dreaming. She quietly
looked again. No. il was no dream. There
wl> the man, whom she now recognised as
having been formerly in her service. whence
he had been discharged for general bad be-
hnyior. She had also suspected him Of pur-
llinin- several objects which she had missed
from time TO time. bat not being certain on
this point. she had kept her suspicions to
herself. Yes, there Le was there could be
100 mistake about the matter Madame
lucca 5 first impulse was to start up and
give the alarm. But there was not another
tabltation within mile or two, and she re
collected that the only person beside herself
iu the house was her maid, who, though
very good girl, ard extremely attached to
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t'ol -neI'er u III oar oeuS pu' ne
l-5. 'll m. murder me In Iine lor' win your
lo!'hip permission, ! viii set up all night
iH your iadyshlp easy chair
ia -I1''Hg ne f9gAne Lucca glanced at the cup
Sa .'Sa'u' u, !ie' ii olo'd ran cold she thonght
'He saw the handle turn. What course was
+ts ,Le i;, y glopt She dared not give her maid
tgrs; she ielt the girl would go into a fit
Si Sn'u ana there and thus bring on crisis
9olIgey knowing what she was doing, Mad
Murder us What for -
lat Tor, your ladyshp? Why, for
.'af honey-ior your Jewels, To be sure
7e,ryooly knows you have plenty OF them
lhe girl might have been unconsciously
sharpening, so to speak, the knife by which
Sic and her mistress were doomed to perish
hat ahsurdity sad Madame Lucca,
win a forced laugh As she spoke her eye
wandered from the keyhole of the dreaded
cupboard to that Of an adjoining room. In
NE NE latter there was key. Her face flushed,