The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

into the apartment cautiously. and per-
ceiving that its fair occupant was buried
IN slumber, he entered silently. It was
an elegant chamber, and fitted up in
rich and LAVISH manner. Elegant books,
flowers, paintings, and statuettes were
there, and profusion of articles of
Vlrtu ana costly ornaments of orlnolu
and buhl. A taper was burning before
virgin IN a recess, and when the bur-
glar perceived it he crossed himself
piously, as all good Spaniards should.
The eyesof Salano sparkled when they
rested upon the fair senorita's dressing
table. Diamonds of rare size and water.
rubles and glittering sapphires, blended
their sheen with cabochon emeralds.
pearls and beryl. He caught up the
precious gems hastily and placed them
In casket standing open on the table
rings, chains, bracelets, watches and
brooches, all shared similar fate. And
money too; for in beautifully embossed
and Jeweled portemonnaie he found q
goodly supply of billets de 6anque and a
draft payable at sight for thirty thou
sand reals, which the banker had that
day presented the young lady as birth
day gift, and this he did not fail to ap-
propriate for his own use and behoof.
Salano had scarcely completed putting
up the valuables when the somnolent
beauty moved uneasily on her couch and
manifested signs of awakening. He
seized the precious casket, and sprang
with cat-llke silence and agility into
what he supposed to be closet or ward
robe, but In reality was dumb-waiter,
communicating with the kitchen below.
Imagine his establishment, then, when,
IN a moment more he found himself
sprawling on the floor of the culinary
department, while million or so of stars
OF the first magnitude danced before his
bewildered eyes. The cook, who was
entertaining male friend, was fully
persuaded that the apparition in the
domino descending so suddenly by the
dumb-waiter could be no less person
age than Sdtanas, and thereupon she set
up series of hysterical screeches that
would have awakened the dead. Her
lover was no less frightened than her
self, and III attempting to secrete him
self In fireplace, he brought his naked
feet in contact with the Goals of fire
which the cook had recently covered
with ashes, and he burned them severely.
and the pain caused by the burning Gin
ders made him leap so suddenly that he
overturned a kettle of boiling water sit
ting upon the hob, and in the agony and
terror he rolled upon the floor, and howl
ed and prayed to his patron saint in
manner at once ludicrous and painful to
see.
The cook was the first to recover pres
ence of mind, which she Immediately
made manifest by an absence of BODY,
Tor she fled, uttering piercing screams,
leaving her companion to his fate, what
ever it might be-
In the passage she encountered Don
Alamada, and the appearance of second
specter in a somber domino added, if
possible, to the terror of the frightend
domestic, and she vanished up the stairs
before mentioned with dispatch that
would have done credit to the most agile
harlequin.
The way being clear, Salano Joined his
companion, and the two escaped from the
house, and ere long were at their lodg-
lngs engaged in inspecting and dividing
their booty
The piercing screams of the frightened
WIN S'AhNA viz NOW 10 u UltC UOOIISl1 1OhGI
soon aroused the entire house, and it
was some time before its master could
gain any clue to the origin of the terrible
clamor. The cook insisted that an APP
partition of a man bedeeked with ribbons
and tlnsel like netddor, and followed
by specter bull, and roaring in anger
and breathing sulphurious flames from his
nostrils, had suddenly emerged from the
dumb-waiter, while her lover with teeth
chattering with terror stoutly main
tanned that it was most certainly the
evil one, inasmuch as he had seen his
barbed tail and closely observed his
cloven hoofs.
1t is scarcely necessary to add that La
Bonita on New Years Day acquired the
much-coveted diamond rings, but within
week she decamped for Paris, escorted
by well-known gambler and r0ue; and
few days later Salano and Don Alamada
were arrested and thrown into prison,
the authorities of Barcelona having
traced the robbery to them by means of
some of the gems which they attempted
to dispose of being recognized by the
merchants of the city.