The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1878-04-26

THE COLUMBIAN, vol. XII, NO. 16
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Vol. XIII, NO. 81
After giving her sound rebuke forloung-
ing about he sent her away, but her curiosi-
ty was aroused and she determined to watch
him.
About this time the island was very much
agitated by the report that Mr.. Agayo was
found dead in his bed. In these islands the |
events are so few that one such thing as this |
which does not attract much notice in
larger place, fills the minds of the whole
population. He had been at dinner the
night before, and had drunk freely, but had
gone home perfectly well, and that was all
that was known
Before this event had ceased to be top
ic of conversation the dinner parties of the
island were enlivened by a very different ru
NOR, which was that the lost heir of the
Man in Armor' was alive and coming to |
claim his own again. 1t at first was a ru-
NOR, but soon became more the arrival of !
letter from Father Pedro to William, which |
read thus:
God be with you, my son, and give you
satisfaction in the tidings l bring. Your
brother, whom you believed dead, is alive |
| found him in the holy convent OF Santa
Maria, injured in mind and body, but still,
| hope. capable of improvement. The holy |
brothers of the convent found him bruised |
and bleeding at the foot of a precipice. They |
took him up and tenderly cared for him.
His memory is effected much, and he may
never quite recover it. lie can recall moth
ing of the robber troop, of whom you have
so vivid recollection, but remembers some
thing of riding with you up mountain
pass, when his horse stumbled and he fell.
He cannot approach this place without
emotions almost overpowering The holy
brothers tell me that they see change for
the better in him in the last year, and
need not tell you that he knew me, and will
accompany me back to that home from
| which mysterious fate has so long withheld
him.
yonrN Ma int khte4rssiaf rave ,iesd hers uead.
Thine ia the hope OF heaven,
/ ''PEDRo.'
How William received this Intelligence
history does not inform us; but before fath-
er Pedro and Philip arrived, another sudden
death startled the inhabitants, the old law
yer who drew up the will and witnessed the
signature was thrown from his horse and
killed; and low suspicion became rife, for
William had been seen in his company not
long before.
Still Justice, always tardy where the sus-
, pected person is rich and powerful, took no
notice of these things. though private indi
yiduals were much excited about them.
y In this state was the public when Fathe
i Pedro and Philip arrived; the latter feeble
n and shattered, but still reasonable man.
IS AS soon as decency would allow, after tn
arrival of Philip, Father Pedro suggested Il
ii William that it was proper for him to re
=, H., A. lu.s. -..L es.-to es the Man i
IS. Armor' to its rghtful owner, as he ha
~ heard the conditions of the will mentione
ee by many of the Inhabitants. William COOL
n replied that he believed it to be in posse
nd sion of that person now, and produced wi
IS, signed by his father, witnessed by theslaV
lie, yer and Mr.. Agayo, the features of whit
were these:
ok That the two largest estates were Il
ng property of William, the smaller being Il
Ike property of Annunciata, no mention beir
ny made of Philip whatever.
sts Many pesons on the island had heard
nd the original will, many had talked with t
ish deceased gentleman about it, but still
ait one had any personal knowledge oft.
his Father Pedro was not so easily disco'
ing aged, and asked several influential men
81 90 with him to the Man in Armor,' con'rt
2 of William, tell him of their suspicious, a
was ascertain what they could.
William received them all in the m
ght uudaunted manner, declared his determ
the tion to maintain his rights and put
the suspicious at defiance.
and ''How do you dare, gentlemen, beca
race one man dies in dis bed and another f
cred from his horse, TO say that | have murde
per- them, or caused them to be murdered? v
,r in do you believe that, because | inherit
fathers estates he believing himself to |
it of no other son-that, therefore, l have fol
sub will Produce your proof, genlemeI
in my guilt produce one connecting link
lish- tween me and the death of these men, a
at will abdicate in favor OF my brother, ie
cath and broken man, who shall have the
and support he requires, but who never
nber hold the position of power and propri
The ship which hold
call "A low, fiendish laugh was the only =
ing which broke the silence after this spec
y far Williams. Old Santa had stolen in
NOR spoke, and now stood behind father Pt
de of chair uttering her broken aud almost
armor telligible sounds.
rietor William sprang at her, but an at
'mer. man near him held him down in his
while the old woman spoke, brandisl
repair vial in her hand,
IS the ,,Ha hill him he hill Mr. Agavo
:, and asked him to drink the day beflre he
as ioi- he put this in his cup He killed
lawyer; he knock him Off his horse un
o uou cottonwood tiee. / watch him
/. My more like dis in his dressin' case. and
gave thing else, too!
! give The ola woman watched him O
twen' livid under her words, and darted I
i time him.
, prop .,yor LIN, mas. do,ch,.r too. uor
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of The r. - -, M.
nuncia- . e., - .sH a.. ,',.a.;. .';Is
,;ch do Like all her savage aud imaginst
she could be willy and quiet for a til
the terrible flood would come at
'yer and ,r.. y - -, a
ian who e1N'1 -, \,
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