St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-01-10

left him, too, to attach herself to-
Spaniard, q sercerer, and the man :.
who made this Death Charm l hold
in my hand. She killed him with
his own poisons, and came back to
me, protesting repentance. Alas! it
was from q desire to- get her boy;
as I still doubted her, she gave me
this very charm to wear around my
neck, telling me il would Bring back
my love for her. a.
Accidentally, / found a paper
one day that told me the secret of
the Death Charm and its poison,
and / accused her of her treachery.
So great Yves her assumed grief that j,
I did not make known her intent to
kill me to my band.
1.-THE next day she disappeared
and carried the charm with her.
Since then I never knew what be-
came of her; but Thank heaven, /
came here to-day"
In horror Lulu had listened to
the awful story, and then she felt
that it was all true; for it came to.
her now how her old nurse had
said that the governess wanted to
marry Fred De Lancy herself; then
how she had insisted that for love
of her, the charm should be worn
day and night, and from the first
time she put it on her health began
to fail. TX.
"Oh, how could she be so wickG
ed?" A
ut is her nature, lady. All. she
is recovering consciousness" and
the gypsy chief stepped toward the
PROSTATE woman, and, in his own
language, spoke to her firmly. '2E
With every nerve quivering, and
her black eyes looking wild with
terror, the woman arose and stood
before her master, thoroughly con-
quered. +
Lady, please send this woman's
things to this address in the CITY,"
and Capt. Carl handed Lulu card,
while he continued: keep that
Death Charm, but take from it that
deadly poison. Keep it rs souvi-
nor that Capt. Carl repaid the ser
|vices you did his son" t"h
Thsp turning to the guilty, trem-
Bling woman, he simply said to her,
"Come!" "a
Without a word and bowed head
she followed him, and Lulu was left
alone in horror and grief. Thus her
father found her, and from her lips
heard the terrible story. He folded
his daughter in his arms in rapture
at her escape, while he said: ...,,
Il do believe her guilty now,
Lulu, for l remember, / believed
she loved Inc at first, yet her man.
ner changed as soon as I met with
financial misfortunes, and it, was
evidently her intent to kill you and
marry Fred De Lancy, for she fire.
quently asked about his riches. 4
wonder what her band will do with
her?" -
Il cannot tell, father" te@I
"Then we will drive to their camp
tomorrow and have talk with
Capt. Carl, who seems to be splen-
did fellow" ~
And the next day Lulu felt 30
much better that she drove to the
gypsy camp with her father, but the
wanderers had departed; and when
they returned again to the neigh
borhood, five years after, Lulu WIS
Mrs. De Lancy, and little bow,
whom they had named Carl, after
the chief, who, with his son, came
to Sanford Hill to visit them, greet
ed him.
The gypsy boy had grown into
handsome man; Capt. Carl's locks
were nearly white, and look of
settled melancholy rested in his
eyes. IL
When asked by Lulu and her
husband about Viola, he said, in q
low, stern voice: h'o
"She is dead, lady; our tribe SEN
fenced her to die by her OVID hand,
and, being gypsy, she obeyed.."