The Grange advance., 1874-09-09

two gentlemen, and began with genuine
Spanish burdrdage to discuss the same
theme. He was a little, nervous man,
about 50 years of age, whose bald head
contrastcd singularly with his youthful
face.
''Do you know said he, with a
chuckle, do you know that Lieut..
Pablo has forbidden his ci-deva2t
fiancee to dance?''
''ls it possible p
81, cdhalleros,' continued the lit
tie man, ''it is Senorita Inez wrote hirl
letter in which she told him she was
compelled, although much against he,
will, to attend the ball, and begged h1a
not to judge her too severely, for, if she
was obliged to outwardly seem indiHe,-
cnt, she was most sad at heart. 70
this the Lieutenant answered that h.
hoped she would at least not dance. to;~
the mere thought OF seeing her in IT,,
arms of another was of itself almost
sufficient to drive him mad"
The orchestra now began to play a
spirited polka. Within two minutes the
'sThere, there, you see what effect tho
Ljcutcnant's letter has," said one Of the
elderly gentlemen to whom 1 had been
listening.
Son my soul, you are right" sta.r~
mered the other; ''there she is, dan~-
ing
Scno1ita 1nez had finally yielded 10
the opportunities Of cavalier, and,
although death]y pale, was whirlio:
around the hall with the others.
>'lou see was right, after all,'' said
the skeptic, who had doubted tho depth
of her love. $50 it goes! to-day lying
of a longing after one, and tomorrow
the happy bride of another. The gen.
tleman is doubtless her present fancc g.
Il don't know: but look yonder-ly
the column!''
':What is it p
''The lieutenant Doesn't he look
like one risen from the grave? What
. face he makes ovet it!'
lie is pale with rage"
"Ah, he haStcns awav-hc is going !c
be avenged. In another moment vo.,
will see him whirl past us with some Sc
norita, like the rest
The conjecture was wrong. The Lic1:-
tenant disappeared in the crowd, and
was not seen again during the dance;
nor did he appear again until Senorita
!neZ S partner conducted her back to her
seat. Then he pushed his way hastily
through the throng. / could hardly be-
lievc my eyes, when l saw him, as he
reached Senorita Inez, draw some dark
object from his bosom and thrust it to-
ward her back. It looked to me much
like fan, and the whole movement
seemed more like bit of pleasantly
than anything else-such liberty, for
example, as brother would take with
a sister, or one cousin with another.
But l was destined to soon be convinced
Of my error. When the Lieutenant
withdrew the dark object, the young
girl fell forward with a groan, and
in very few minutes she brcathed
her last in the arms Of her mother.
The mysterious weapon the Lieutcn-
ant had thrust into the back of the H.
starred girl was a trabuco.
NJ Ill OCl 49, lAu1 u c1 - luuIUcI
cried the woman. and in moment al
was commotion and excitement.
Don Pablo made no effort to escape.
He folded his arms and looked at his
victim with :n expression of wild con-
tent. lie gave the mother of the poor
girl look of savage hatred, and al
lowed himself to be led quietly away.
WHAT now follows is even more charac-
teristic than the incident itself. \
very considerable portion of those
present expressed desire, despite the
terrible crime that had just been COM
mitted in their midst, to continue the
dancing as though nothing had oc~
Cured, and, had the managers not had
4 sufficient sense of propriety to oppose
it, they would have gone on dancing
over the very spot where one of their
number had just been assassinated.
The opinions expressed with regard
to the Eeutenant's criminality differed
as widely from what they would have
been under normal conditions as can
we'll be imagined. The majority Of
the young men boldly asserted that the
was quite right-that they
would have acted similarly under like
and one of Pablo's
army comrades even went 30 far as to
say he ought to have served the mother
as he did the daughter, for she was the
real cause Of the tragedy.
The next day mass was said ia one Of
the churches for the murdered girl, all
traces of the bloody deed were washed
from the hall, and in the evening it was
as we'll filled as usual with amusement
seekers.
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