The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-19

the death charm. See here, lady;
|do you see theseliitle marks that look
like engraving2 Well they are holes
Through the gold; back, as you see
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There you seeEthe sponge within this
wire case?-poison that you inhale
day by day, until you gradually die,
and none know the cause Of your
death. Lady, the one who gave you
this wished to murder you.p
As white as snow, and trembling
with excitement, Lulu cried:
"No, no, mol 1t was giving me by
my dear governess, Viola Hale"
"Viola Hale! The first name is
hers; she must be one who is your
foe, lady. Is the woman you speak
of in this house2n
As the gypsy spoke the governess
glided into the room, and as her eyes
fell upon the tall form near Lulu, she
stopped, turned liyid and, and with
a cry upon her lips, sank upon the
floor.
"Oh, sir, call the servants, for she
has fainted," cried Lulu in alarm.
"Lady, let her lie there while |
tell you that she is not worthy Of a
kind thought. That woman is my
wifel"
"Your wife ?" whispered Lulu.
"Yes, lady, she is, like myself, a
gypsy, and at IA years of age became
my wife and queen of the band; but
the year after the birth of our boy,
whose life you have saved, she ran
away from me to go with an Italian
Prince, and when she had squander.
ed his money she left him, too, to at.
tach herself to a Spaniard, a sorcer-
er, and the man who made this
death charm l hold in my hand
She killed him with his own poisons,
and came back 10 me, protesting 70.
pentancc. Alas! it was from de:
sire, to get her boyj as l still doubted
her, she gave me this very charm to
wear around my neck, telling me it
would bring back my love for her.
Accidentally l found a paper one
day that told me the secret of the
death charm and its poison, and |
accused her Of her trcachery, and SO
great was her assumed grief that |
did not make known her intent to
kill me to my band.
"The following day she disappear
ed and carried the charm with her.
Since then l have never known
what became Of her; but, thank heav-
en-, l came here to davw
In horror Lulu had listened TO the
awful story, and then she felt all was
true, for it came to her now how her
old nurse had said the governess
wanted to marry Fred Delaney her.
self; then how she had insisted that
for love of her the death charm
should be worn day and night, and
from the time she had put it on her
health had begun to fail.
"Oh, how could she be SO wicked2"
cried the girl,
"It's her nature, lady. All! she
is recovering consciousness" and the
gypsy chief stepped towards the
PROSTATE woman, and, in his own
language, spoke to her sternly.
With every nerve quivering, and
black eyes looking wild with terror,
the woman rose and stood before her
master thoroughly conquered.
Lady, farewell, Please send this
woman's things to this address in
the city," and Carl handed Lulu
a card, while he continued: "Keep
that death charm, but take from it
that deadly poison. Keep it as a
souvenir that Capt. Carl repaid the
service you did his son."
Then turning to the guilty, tremb.
woman, he said to her simply:
"Comel"
Without a word, and with bowed
head, she followed him, and Lulu
was left alone in horror and grief
Thus her father found her, and from
her lips he heard the terrible story,
He folded his daughter in his arms
in a rapture at her escape, while he
said:
II do believe her guilty, Lulu, fol
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