The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-10-23

I out the secret Of your life. She knew
that, poor as you were, you might be
rich. You were heir to an estate of
half county. None doubted the
justice Of your claims; but one man,
] and one alone, could prove il. Your
father had wandered in his youth half
the world over. In mature life he re-
turned, bringing you with him. He
I found an inheritance awaiting him
and you. All that was needed was
proof of his identity. Was he the Ar
maud Gleichen who had left home a
small boy and had come back a gray
haired man? That was the sole
point; was it not so?'
''It was"
"H you could prove his identity,
those holding his estate are willing
to relinquish it ?''
"Yes."
"And this proof was not wanting.
He had attached himself to the for
tunes Of 5 nobleman, the Baron
Rheinhart, who had not lost sight of
him from the first to the lasi. They
had been together in England when
you were born. Infirm as the Baron
was, he had no sooner heard the ma
ture of the case than he resolved to
set out for Germany. The weather
was bad, he could not cross the water;
delay was thus Occasioned, and the
delay ruined all. Itgsve this woman
time to propose an infamous bargain
to you" r
.i'Letus bsjust- Size made no bar
"WhstI Did she not cay Il love
you a million times better than the
mIlk-faced English girl-this Evaline.
Forget her, and your father shall en-
ter on his estates; you shall become a
gentleman. Refuse, and beware what
may happenn Did she not say
this?"
"She did,"
"And you refused her with just
scorn. You reiterated your love for
the English girl and then what hap
pened? The baron, descending from
the door of what should now be your
mansion, was shot to the heart. With
his life ebbed away all proof of your
claims. The fortune he could have
secured to you, this demon snatched
away with her own hand.n
"With her own hand; yes. There
cannot be doubt of this" said Ar
maud decisfvely.
mo" rejoined Evaline, as she had
called herself, "for God is Just. The
wicked make net for their own feet.
1t was not by chance that the bullet
lodged itself in the dead mans body.
1t wss fate. That bullet was dia-
mond globe, torn by the murderess
from her own ear in a desperate mo-
ment, and its discovery convicted her
Of the crime Of which she would else
have never been suspected"
"You love to dwell on those terri
BILE Details" said Armaud.
Else" was the rejoinder, ~ might
forget my mission, or relax in the
prosecution of it. / have sworn to
bring this wretched woman to justice
for her crime. Justice, noe ven-
geance, is the motive which impels
me. forget my wrongs in sympa-
thy for the poor old man whose life
was snatched from him to serve her
guilty ends. But years weaken the
purposes of life; and might hesitate,
might grow Indifferent, or abandon |
my resolveidid not perpetually brood |
over the past, and remember the COM
pact there is between Us, ,Armaud !; re-
member what it is that has sundered |
us these many, many years"
'Let US do so no longer, Evaline,"
cried the young man, eagerly. ave !
have sacrificed enough. Let us for
get all but that we love-"
Yes, Armaud, yes-when Olympia |
is in her grave"
He turned with an impatient ges-
ture, then abruptly demanded /: |
"What is it you would have me do ? |
How can | serve your purpose 2"
The woman drew from her bosom a |
paper, which she unfolded and held |
out toward him. ~
HAH is written here, ushe said lev
cry particular. You will go one way,
/ another. 1t would not do that we
should be seen together. Olympia |
has her spies, and terror has made her
she would hesitate at moth !
ing, not even our lives. And see,
here is the diamond. Let the sight |
of it inspire and strengthen YOU"
of her forefnger and thumb. There |
was only a dim light, but it cleaned !
and glistened like star-now tremu-
lous in its pure luster, and now with
a balefnl, lurid glow.
In the instant that it was with.
drawn from his sight, Armaud saw,
or imagined he saw, that its prismat-
ic lusters were all absorbed in one hue
that, like the ruby, it was blood
red.