The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-22


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smoking. Your health, Mr..
Ebeg pardon, what name a.
JudheFry, siI, ! replied, stnEnly
Il Judherry." Il !.
Judberfy, Judberry ne muttereq
ehecutly don't know the name. fe1
haps be i : butler. y
No, airF' exclaimed. swellin(
with indignation, am not butler
This hOu5e - mine, sir;; the brandy yol
are drinking y mine, sir, and the pip
4 y0u are smoking Is mine, sir. p
All Of them very nice, too, Mr.. Jud
berry, am sure" he answered, calmly
putting out his smoke and closing hi'
bright eyes In luxurious enjoyment
Very nice, indeed 30 you arc Jud
berry, am Briareus Balcombe. Yoy
know me, Of course r,
can't say do, sir. To tell you thu
truth, never saw or heard Of You unit
n0w-and, added to myself, nevel
wish to again."
Never heard Of me ~ he cried, II
astonishment. Then, lowering his voice
/ 70 sweet melancholy, he added Their
will tell you my history. Be silent =
the history OF bfiareus, the poet OF tn
BalcOmbes-th betrayed l0yer-he o1
the broken heart. !"
j i was IN my 9Iory-I was about to heal
the mystery OF the Bluebeard chamber.
- When / was but . youth, = com
monced Briareus, my uncles who tnen
owned this mansion, returned from Italy
bringing with him lovely girl. How
can describe her beauty? 1t is impos.
slble! 1t was the beauty OF . dark, wild
| night wherein tho nlACld mO00 and 04N,
tie stars are shln1ng, yet the signing OF
so shone her glorious race, calm and
pure, yet ever and anon the flashes from
those Wondrous orbs, her eyes, told Of
Time passed on, and ct last she owned
that she returned my passion, but bade
me Keep our love secret, as she dreaded
my uncIe's wrath. just at this time my
Cousin Tom procured me lucrative berth
IN India, and, with light heart, started
for that land OF fortunes, for believed
should soon anass riches and be able to
claim Elvina.
On my arrival IN India learned that
my uncle nad died, and that Tom hao
come lnto ms estates. my uncle deao,
one obstacle to my marriage is removed,
cried and worked on with renewed
vlgor. But, aiasl was struck down Dy
sunstroke, fever followed, and ! was
ordered home.
How long we were making the pas
cage know not. A gentleman-rather q
rough fellow, though-who had volun;
teered 10 be my constant companion, said
it was short voyage; to me it seemed
years. At length we arrived, and BY tax
TY,rr a NCSf II O a, n
| told my companion at southampton that
did not require his company any more
but he would not leave me until he saw
me, he said, safe in my cousins care.
But why dwell upon this painful history
Irushed into this very room, and, embrac-
ing Elvina, cried: Elvina! Eivlna! be
held thy Briareus returned to claim his
bridep To my horror she thrust me from
her, and, rushing to my cousin, threw
herself into his arms asking her dear,
dear Tom to save her from the madman.
:" Madman! l cried. Are you not my
affianced
$" Briareusp exclaimed Tom, you
are mad, this is my wife"
I saw it at glance, !" moaned the
poor mad creature, making my heart
bleed for him. II knew then why had
been sent to lndiar-why this woman had
made me keep our engagement secret.
she loved my cousins gold,
My passion rose; could not control
myself-with cry more IKE wliu peast
than man, l had him oy the throat, and
would have Killed hlm put the man VINO
called hlmselt my ir1end tnrneo ualtor
for gold. ne dragged me away from my
cousin, and felled me 70 the eartn: MY
keeper! ihey sara was mad anu
locked me up In cnamper mol alone
no, no, not alone; they cannot smut out
tne gnosts. lney come anu tell me sto, 3,
rles-w1ld, horrible stories. VIII tell
them TO you some nlght. HarK! the
ghosts call me. must go AZ once, OF
they VIII come mere. FareWei; to-mor-
FOWL
Slowly ne crept from tne room, MIS-.
Gruesome ana l IoiioWlng. oui nea!ts
ached Tor MIN. we saw MN enter tne
mysterious chamber ana lock nlmselI ~.
M!s. Gruesome, salu, We VIII ~
70 PED. he, poor 1ellow, Is nalmless
Dut tomorrow viii see tne agent, wno @
must provldc Keeper: 40 NOT wan. VT.
Briareus removed until nave heard hls
stor1es. u viii save my eyeslgnt' AN ~
reao;ng y algn. -, aoou n,gn' 5 sles ~ oas c,
be afraid. He is quite gentleman, and
harmless. 80.
retired 70 my aparlmen!, aouDle
Locked me door, ana naIrlcaoeq Y, y Gase
OF accldents. Next Mo[nlng aLUse ~ g.
ana descended 70 pIeaklass, WHICH o1g.l'
% nave. Deen ready az least an hour ea[lleI. y
Juage q ny a asonlsnmenl I.sa. - nnu,ag mnass ~
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