South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-19
Romney Hampshire County, West Va, March 10, 1876


without some effort ia. save, him, I Lii a
match and glanced around me, and to
the right discovered door. which I
judged led into room commanding a
view Of the stable yard. !. -
The latch raised easily and / enter.
ed, and lighting another match. what
Was my horror to discover the forms of
three men lying upon tho floor but be-
'liesing them to be asleep I Was about to
Withdraw when avoice said quickly:
iEfGreat Heaven! you here?"
3 INSTANTLY L turned the blaze. upon
the speaker, aud with amaxement dis.
covered one ofthe young officers I had
met in the inn, bound hand and foot.
while by his side lay two others, the one
Il was to meet next morning in deadly
combat, and he that was to- have been
y ~ $3.50 Sssiisas -
morrow's meeting, for both my enemy
and the one that was to have acted nv
friend was dead"
'.Dead9'
"1es, Juanita, they had been cruelty
quito death by the band that was soon to
seek my life; for, like my guide and
myself, the other party had become lost
IN the storm and had happened upon the
same house,
ms was quickly told me by the
young officer, whose life the bandits had
spared, to torture from him upon the
morrow a confession as to when rich.
ly-laden commissary train was to GROSS
the mountains,
Instantly L severed the bonds of the
young officer, and rising to his feet he
took the pistol L offered him and togeth.
er we were consulting as to our future
movements to save the poor guide, when
from the stable yard, came a loud cry
Tor mercy, few shots and groan of
agony, and poor Pope, we knew, had
been cruelty murdered.
Let us away from here, or our fate
will be such Us his see, there are a doz.
en- of them," cried the Spaniard.
land leading the way l dashed
through the window opening upon the
shed just rs cry arose among the ban
dts to seek me.
"Out upon the roof, off upon the
ground, we hastily scrambled, and Mt
full speed rushed on in darkness. mile
after mile until my poor companion was
broke down and could go no further :
but then daylight broke, and 1 discover.
ed small cot near by. and arrousing
the inmates, we asked for shelter, which
was cheerfully given. although death
there met our gaze for upon n snow
white bed lay young and beautiful wo.
man, who had been thrown from her
horse the evening before and killed.
Her story had been told to the in.
mates of the cottage ere she died, which
was that her husband had gone to fight
duel, and she was Fastening after him
to prevent it, accompanied only by a
guide when her horse had fallen and
crushed her beneath his weight.
''Juanita, never did / suffer as then.
and to atone for my having been the
cause of all this misery, had the BODY
OF the beautiful woman borne back to
her home, and from there buried in state
beside the grave of her beloved husband,
for the following day, the young officer
had taken with him number of soldiers
and gone to the house of the bandits,
and though he had found the place de-
serted, except, by the dead, he had
brought back the corpses of his friends
and my unfortunate guide.
"And, Juanita, to atone vet the more
for my sin, took to my heart the baby
child-a little girl of one year-of the
dead parents, and bringing her to Amer
lea reared her rs my ward
And i am she that was that little
orphan girl?' asked Juanta, in a low
whisper.
"Yes, Juanita; and each year you
have grown to womanhood, the tendrils
of my heart have chung more closely n
round you, until, now, my future without
your love must be a dreary blank but vet
| fear it must be so, for now that you
know the story of your life, feel that
you will"
Love you tenfold moro, my dear, no.
bic guardian, and never, never leave
you And with the passionate vehe-
mence of her nature, Juanita sprang for
ward and chung closely around the neck
OF the man who had so we'll endeavored
to atone for the past.
You will be my wife, then, Juanita?"
hohch ididlCc MINT, hlJer pause,
Eyes. Never have l known other
love than that felt for you and min
gled with it, has been that / would hold
for mother. father, brother, all.
"My poor, poor parents. sleeping in
far away Spain, know. feel that YOU
would not blame your daughter. and I
pray that from Heaven you look down
in kindness and give us blessing, as
hope God will bless us too"
amen - said the stern and fervent
voice Of Clarence Kane.
And one short month afterwards. all
Baltimore heard with surprise that the
handsome guardian and beautiful ward
had been married and sped away 20
spend their honeymoon In the romantic
valleys of Spain,
How III TOOK IA Chicago lover
went TO visit his girl one evening re-
Gently, but for some reason she received