New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-18


| Hawthorn and Cnrwln tnr CorTini. with
Marshal George Herrick, were busy getting
the witches into jail. and the good people
we're startled, astounted and terror -strucl,
az he numbers who were seized. The ieaiy
10, nth of June had come. the Ilils were full,
and something must be done, fnr the people
were canorGns fer pGni -hment for these
diabol;rsl Gongs
Bridget Bishop only was then brought to
trial; for the new charter aud new q "
ernor (Phipai were expected daily. She
| WAS old ana had been accused of witchcra Ct
twenty years before, and various losses of
| chickens ana cattle. upstttiug OF carts,
| spectral black cats, and so on had been
| laid to her; 80. as there was no doubt about
her, she WAC quickly Condemned. and
hanged on tie sixteenth Cay of this pleas
ant june, IN the presence 81 a crowd Of sad
and frightened people. II il true that her
accuser, when on his death bed, confessed
that he LED; bat that could not be known
then. and 1t WAS a foreg"ne conclusion that
somebody must he banged.
To be sure of gong right, and TO ha.s
| sanction for what was about to be done,
the clergy were appealed to. who made
report Oh the fifteenth % jane, quite at
| large commenting P-Ikin' g and B4rnards
| directions for the detection of witches. and
! closing as follows:
| .!S. Nevertheless, We can not but bunolv
| recommend unto the government the
| speedy anu vigorous prosecutions OF such
| as haya rendered themselves Obnoyious
| according TO the directions given in the law
/ OF Cnd, and the wholesome statutes OF the
| English nation, for the detection OF witch
| crafts"
Whoever signed this paper, ell the miris-
| tfrs did NOT; among whom was Samuel
/ Willard. to whom be praise, well as to
other calm men, VI ho could not .oFesee v hat
70 hoo, Ia
enc of Mather church, fell IN with the pre-
yailing fear, and the new bench of Judges.
composed OF Lieutenant Governor Slough
ton. Major SaItopstall, Major Richards,
Il Can not permit my child to be depend
ant upon the charity Of styangars.' said
Come, reaching ont 10 take hold of s.fne,
who shrauk away from HIM. Besides. at
your death. she becomes the oDly heir OF
the rich Jose Rncon. who ought to be made
to repent his treatment Of us.
Cdrlotta, half rose IN bed. but Misty |
turned suddenly ON Come ~ you don't |
let go the child and throw that gar away
III pitch you out the window
The two men ,glared at each other mo- !
ment. when DR.. Elicott put his hand on |
GONE z's shoulder. "A friend oil mine loet |
his purse At the Cafe Oiympe-you were |
present. Do you want me to call the |
police 2 |
Come skunk away and left the room
As he closed the door the child sprang |
from Misty's arms with sharp cry. The |
two men turned-too late. Carlotta Gomez |
was dead
Six years pass rapidly whsn one is ab.
sorbed in the cares and burdens Of diploma
cy. ThemistUcles Meginns ToDkins has |
grown great crop of whiskers and he has |
been promoted from his Nicinage to the |
court of Schlossvol Anderspackt to the
more responsible post of secretary near his
high mghtiness Of Hoyenstoven am Rhein.
with the prospect OF soGn being charge
for the Hon. Bragg has
lately come into the Senate, and dealing in
politics as lie used to deal in pork, has be-
come a man OF influence and importance. |
Misty who is just packing hia trunk for
visit to Paris. is swearing about three let
ters which have come to him that morning.
upsetting completely his diplomatic aplomb
on his dressing table and the Havana cigar
in his mouth. The first letter is from the
Hon. Bragg, requesting his son to come
home to cOnsummate the matrimonial en- |
gagement made for him with the daughter
Of the Hon. BraXton Cabell Blarnton Bute-
tourt-a well mortgaged +. +. V. The sec,
Dnd letter, pOstmarked Paris. is from Sancho |
Gomez, demanding immediate possession of |
his daughter under penalty of the law. TIE !
third letter, signed tifne, and written from |
Chantilly, is the weekly epistle which his
little pensIonnaire addresses to ''mOn papa"
Hang it, said Misty, sitting on his
runk to lock it: I'm none of your papa.
and Tm none OF Miss F. +. Y. Is lovers By
lingo. What's the use OF studying diplom-
acy if one can not get ones self out of a |
'crape like tbisI' He rang for his servant. ,
Get me an OFFICIAL envelope of the en- :
oassy." He read Fines letter over again {
carefully, and, inclosing it ia tho official
Envelope, addressed it in a bold, round
Maud to ''Aliss Adelaide Braxton c. 3. :
5otetourt. care the Hon. Bragg T"mpkins {
Washington. u. g." THAT spikes that /
Wedding, l guess" sad Misty; "put Dow: q
Yon't the old man dancei As for this ,
coundrel Gomez, / shall have TO wiring bis
leck, l suppose, or pay him no end Of :
,lackmal. He shall rot have tifne" =
The next day Themistocles was in Paris. q
lis first care was to go to Chanlilly to visit s
lis little Fifne at the boarding sci ool where i
10 had placed her six years ago. He had q
My seen her once since. The Spanish +
american girl developes precociously, and n
'itine was grown already into a charming
nd lovely woman who, when she kissed
i'm on the mouth and both cheeks, made Z
i'm blush, and thereat she blushed likewise
Or. Ellcott was now married. and Misty n
ook Fitine off to Paris to be Mrs. LlIicott's
uest for some days. "Mon papa" was
ropped by mutual consent-it was q case
f love at first sight. and was deyeIoped
nth greater rapidiry than diplomatists are
sually accustomed to conduct their ne.o.
atiOns. Z,
One evening DR.. Eilcott was sent for to
go a new patient at the Hotel de Louvre
lrs. Ellicott was engaged about some n
umestic matters, and Misty was diligently .
quitting tihne, who never tired of being
DurteG, when the servant showed ia a | n
r,,n fy.t,, |