Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-11-07
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With an air of nonehalance he pulled
red cigar case from his pocket and asked h
companion if she objected to smoke The
he started, and quickly returning the re
one to his pocket he pulled forth another {
a blue color.
! "How many cigars do you smoke in
day 2" inquired the lady, evidently amused
at the sight Of two cases.
The other colored, and it struck me tina
his voice slightly faltered and his han
trembled as be made some laughing re
ply.
Soon the storm came bouncing down upo1
us We were midway in the chanel. 8
thu we caught the full force of the sea an
gale Both were terrific.
The sea swept the boat, which lay so ia
over that her machinery was soon damage'
so that it would not work The wind
screaming like demon, threw her ovel
still further.
| Suddenly we observed the sailors endeav
oring to loosen long boat on the davits a
the stern. Meanwhile, there was an omi
nous grinding. smashing noise under The
counter. The truth could not be conceal
ed we were sinking
The ladies screamed the handsome pas
senger lost his self-possesson, and ran hith
er and thither.
The cool behaviour of the little lady II
black contrasted strangely with the agitated
demeanor of those around her.
There she stood calm and immovable
her bright steel-blue eyes fixed upon the
handsome stranger, of whom she did not
lose sight for moment.
Keep quiet, ladies and gentlemen =
sang out the captain-"Keep quiet, and
don't crowd around the boat so /! There
will be room in it for you all ; and, besides
there is schooner coming to our assist
ance," pointing to vessel blowing towards
us before the wind.
There was, however, panic among those
addressed. The moment the boat was low
cred, into it they all bundled, among them
the handsome passenger
A huge sea coming along, roaring like
thunder, parted the tackles, tearing the
boat from the steamer, before the lady in
black or I could enter it. The handsome
passenger, losing his balance: fell over the
gunwale, and being unable to swim wildly
threw up his arms.
must acknowledge that was SO en-
crossed with the perilous situation of my
fair companion and myself-now the only
two left aboard the steamer-that | paid
little attention to the drowning man.
The steamer was in fact, going down
very fast was already nearly engulfed In
the stormy waves, her heated and half sub
merged boilers Kissing as the steam came
gushing cut like the spout Of whale.
[ was advancing to throw an arm around
the little lady, fearing to see her washed
away, when quietly motioning me back with
one hand, she seized a coil of rope and
threw the end to the handsome passenger.
He caught it, when, turning to me, the
lady requested me to help haul the man
aboard. | complied, marveling at the love
and devotion thus shown by woman to an
acquaintance of an hour.
His power over the Tensile sex must be
great, l thought. He 10 coneeited, but not
without reason.
The idea flashed clearly across my mind
in spite of my danger The schooner, how
ever, was very ne r. and had every reason
to believe that we should be picked up.
I was right We we're all taken aboard
the schooner, the handsome passenger
among the rest. Then the lady in black
pulled forth revolver, pointing it at the
head of him whom she had rescued
''Out with that red cigar case y she said
sternly. Il would like to see what mon
sieur carries in it,
"Why-wby,' stammered the stranger );
"what is"
Before he could say another word, the
little Amazon thrust her disengaged hand
in his pocket, pulled forth the red cigar
case, and opening it, ring dropped to the
deck
The ring she picked up, and holding it
before us all exclaimed a
Il bave found it at last. The jeweller
assured me it was the only one Of the de-
vice in Paris-a chariot wheel This per
son is the murderer Of The Countess de Mar.
vile p
LIE HdnosoHe pdeoeASoI oooou 40 - -
zen to the deck, making 10 resistance as the
lady in black slipped pair of handouts
over his wrists.
"By what right he then stammered,
''do you"
He paused as the other threw off her
dress and false hair, revealing the person of
slender man with delicate, girlish fea-
lures.
Il am Jean Mosqueau, the detective y
he quietly remarked, land robbed the sea
Of this man that the scaffold might not be
cheated"
There is little more to add. The main
proof having been obtained, other proofs
on the prisoners trial were brought for til
showing him guilty beyond doubt
Long before his execution his name was
aseertained to be Louis Rosseneau. noted
adventurer and gambler, who, however, by
cool effrontery and winning address. back
ed by his good looks, had been enabled te
move among the FIRST circles Of Partisan So
ciety