The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-11-26

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Paul received his punishment, and,
although he never WINGED, it was evi-
dent tina. he would not soon forget
hose who had betrayed him. ,s
Paola lived near the shore, in . mud
walled house, to which was astached
small garden. His mates of the main.
top noticed that whenever Paul cast his
eyes in that direction he slowly shook
his head and gritted his teeth. .4.s q.
On the Fourth Of July we fired ma
tional salute; French frigate in the
harbor ran up the American flag, and
also fred q salute in honor of our indie
pendence. .l.1 nag aY"sl &@-la sa@' 3a3,
As soon az the smoke cleared away
connection was observed on the shore
several persons were seen running in.
land from the beach; and the quarter
master, upon looking through his spy
glass, announced that Paola's house
had been overthrown, or, as he ex-
pressed it, had been knocked into the
shape of a cooked hat" 11 III
The officer of the deck then took the
spy-glass, and, after looking through it
moment, said that the people on
shore were looking off at our frigate,
and shaking their heads in q manner
which denoted that round shot from
one of our guns had done the mischief.
@Third cutter awayp was the order
given, and an officer went on shore to
ascertain whatever he could in regard
to the affair. He soon returned with
the intelligence that q shot had struck
the house of Paola, Knocked away one
corner of it, and smashed the dinner
pot which had happened, at that mo-
ment, to be boiling over pan of char
coal. e .
But that was not the worst of it. The
beautiful Spanish girl who had won
the heart of Paul Edwards was coming
toward the beach at the time, probably
in the hope OF seeing or hearing some
thing of Paul; and the shot, after pass
ing through Paola's house, struck her
full in the breast and killed her out
right. The people on shore could not
decide whether the shot came from our
frigate or from one of the Frenchman's
guns, as both salutes were fred nearly
together. -.... ...t rr g. 3.
Some OF our men were inclined to
laugh when told that Paola's house
had been knocked over by a round
shot; but, when the additional informa.
ton was given that the young Spanish
lady had been killed. all eyes were
turned gravely upon Paul, who seemed
thunderstruck by this intelligence, and,
turning very pale, was unable to utter
q syllable. =. s* .-.....*.:"
"Curses sometimes come home to
roost," said our First Lieutenant, fixing
his keen glance upon the face of Paul.
That somebody had put round shot
into one of the guns, when the salute
was fred, could not lie doubted; and
1t was pretty evident that more than
one of our officers suspected Paul Ed
wards, as Paola was the man who had
informed against him and caused his
arrest. Who else but Paul could have
wished to injure Paola? But the death
of the Spanish girl was serious natter
and the quarter.gunners, therefore, I'M
derwent rigid examination. 81,
As for Paul, he was q changed man.
All his iveliness forsook him; he ate
very little, and seemed to be forever
brooding over the untimely death of
the fair Spanish girl. ..,s s-.-.. .. I.
But was that all? Had he not to GU.
dure the sad reflection that in revenQ.
ing himself upon Paola he had mur.
dered the girl he adored7
Great painswer taken to discover who
put that shot into the gun; and it was
suspected that one of the quarter gun
ners was in possession of the secret ::
but, II so, he never revealed it. Sus-
plclon none the less rested upon Paul,
who became more and more gloomy and
emac1ated every day, and life seemed
to be burden to him. - -...1. :.
Such was the state OF affairs, when,
one morning, the startling fact was an
nounced that W s. had been
found murdered in his hammock.
As this was the man who had told
where Paul was concealed ut the time
he had deserted, no one doubted that
Paul was the murderer. The Captain
OF the frigate called Paul to the main
mast and began to question him. ~
Have you any idea who stabbed
s ---?" commenced the Captain. q" ~
Yes, sir, " answered Paul. in q careless
tone. w. s t,l . ..11 i. s . TT /
"Indeedl Whom do you suspect OF
this wicked deed ?"7oy a.sa sy,ea3r.4-
u am the man." said Paul. a;j.
You'll cried the Captain. and
what could have induced you to run
your neck into halter, in this man
ner?" ... .,- '., =, ' - 80 ,l :,
HE caused the eeath Of the girl /
loved" answered Paul.reo9 Al, .oysgl =
What ST." demanded the as
tonished commander. O. do you mean
to say that S. put the round shot in
to the gun pr ~ @YloYlE q xia.8,. =.
mo, sir. asf aas ctaga ba4sHr2 =
How, then, could he be guilty, since
it was that round shot which killed
your Spanish girl ?" III .f.1. at g>,,.t
s betrayed me, sir, and -Paola
was equally guilty. I put the shot
into the gun to kill Paola, and that shot
killed my girl. But for s it could
not have happened, as Paola did not
know where was concealed; he only
knew that S. could tell, and s.
did tell" "< a5'. 7 :
"But don't you know that you have