The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-06-12


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made 20 objections 10 this plan, 4
lonely AID mOnoioaous ~ IL sas. for /
tbs truth was, ibe little love I bod /
felt Tor NY husband bad ero This ocen
lost ~ The intense bot mysterious fear
with which be inspired me.
No thought Of dispuling bis will
catered my mind, aud iiie seemed bat
a sheer dead moaOtony Of sell,sacri.
fee at the carly age Of an eighteenth
biith-day.
But as the weeks grew into months,
| began to question why We did net
remove from the rude hacienda. had
no hooks, no newspapers, no letters,
aud my only resort was The final
question.
My only answer was slow lifting
Of the fringed eyelids, aud Que Of the
larid. balegul gIanccs that always
drove me dumb with terror. Never
again did alude to the palace, nor !
did ever behold it. /
| was much alone in the hacienda
few travellers eyer visited us; my ouly i
society being half-breed servants,
dirty. ignorant, ,squllid set,sunk in the Il
lowest depths Of social degradation. |
My husband would mount his horse s
and ride away over the plains, and
often days would elapse before his u
return. and then sometimes he would Il
appear followed by a numerous re- h
Iinue of travellers as he informed me,
whom he would feast in that distant
portion of the Struggling hacienda sci p
apart as the dwelling place Oh his Il
'etainers, where the loud discordance p
)f their reyelry would make the d
light bideOuS to my ears.
One day when he was absent two n
ravelerS stopped at the door OF this ia
and asked for food. | saw
hem as they arrived, and something a
amiliar ia their air and gait attracted ii
ny attention. The servants, who
eemed to know them veil. set food al
before them, which presently | saw
hem eating in The open air within sa
he court. NJ
As | looked memory strengthened, to
nd | knew them for couple Of vile ba
ellows who had annoyed me at oara- nj
oga two years before, and with whom tn
had seen Don Pedro conversing yo
hey Doitered about all day, as
earned, Tor my husbands return. in
At nightfall he came, and he hold mi
long conversation with them, even |
efore he came TO greet me. ou
As the moon arose they galloped tn
ut OF the court mounted on two of wi
~ husbands best horses, aud struck pli
.raigbt across the plain.
! saw my husband watching me, as a
10 detect my knowledge of these u
isitors. me
But had long ceased to question
i'm; lie seemed satisfied with my u
lence, and no allasion was made to su
le strange guests. o''
All the next day he wandered about W.
lie place, moody and sullen, and evil NV
entity brooding over bitter thoughts. I'd
Some crises in my fate, | felt, drew of'
gh. ''o
My suspicions--long active, but 10
,gue-now rested on the fact of his
llowship with those prowling wills ou
ms who had just left us. Ing
That mysterious fellowship wac 'ru
fr c;ont ~ Lranl him with crimo