Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-10-14
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am a poor patient woman, "wh'
will suffer in silence the wrong
you infiiet upon her.. | swea
that / shall avenge my wrongs
and II shall bequeath to my
idaughter Pepita, as her princi
pal inheritance, the solemn duty
1of vindicating my outraged hon
Ior.n ~
! After her arrival at Geno;
Maria Carvalho proceeded witt
her child to Rome, where she
succeeded in obtaining a private
interview with the Holy Father
who received her kindly, anf
promised to interest himself il
lher behalf f5
In fact the Pope communlca-
ted the yillainous deed of Col
Eonel Carvalho Y Perze to tht
King of Spain, who, though the
Colonel was a favorite of his
had him taken in irons 10 the
Pyrenean frontier. lgq54an II
The officer who had him in
custody said to him:
"His Majesty, our gracious
King, banishes you forever from
Spain. If you should be caught
in his Spanish or foreign domin-
ions, your life will be forfeited. "
Caryalho went to Paris, where
he knew Catinat, who introduc-
ed him to King Louis the Four
teenth. .a
Louis at once appointed him
a Colonel in the French army.
He distinguished himself great
iy in the wars during the ensu-
ing campaigns, and in 100 he
was a Major-General. In that
capacity he demanded the COM
mand of an army in the field.
The King whimsically refused
it to him, and gave it to the
Duke de Biron. 4.,la.
Carvalho had to content him-
self with the Military Govern
orship of Strasburg. He chafed
under the slight that had been
put upon him, and began 10
brood over projects of revenge.
Maria, who had received il
pension from the King of Spain,
had remarked inRomc, ,where she
carefully-educated her daughter,
but as soon as the latter was a.
bic to appreciate the terrible
wrong which Colonel Carvalho
had done her mother, caused her
to take a solemn oath to ayenge
her upon her unnatural husband
and father. yJA,4 o.
As Pcpita grew up she be-
came truly superb beauty.
Her deep black eyes were won
tlerfully large, and, when she be-
came excited, they flashed fire
in manner indicative of the in
tensity of her passions.
She had the most tempting
offers of marriage already in her
fourteenth year, but she stead
fastIy declined all such fatter-
ing proposals. .lr ~
81 shall avenge my mother
first" she would say TO herself,
after telling a suitor she could
not marry him. lla.lotsy,-
SIN the spring of 1699, her.
mother was taken dangerously
ill. On the 10Th of September
she died in Pepita's arms. Her
last words were a blessing for
her daughter, and an impreca-
ton against the man who had so
basely betrayed her.
After the funeral Pepita mys-
teriously disappeared fromRome.
She had disguised herself as a
gypsy girl, and in hat role was
admitted to the presence of King
Louis the XIV. of France, who
became the more superstitlous
the older he grew.
She told the King his fortune.
She told him that he would live
yet for many years. .r
This was music to his ears.
He was afraid Of death, and he
made many valuable presents to
the beautiful gypsy girl.
Pepita's real object was to
discover the whereabouts Of her
recreant father. c I-
AS soon as she had ascertain
ed that General Carvalho 7
Perze was Military Governor OF
Strasburg she Travelled to that
famous fortress.
She had conceived q project
of ayenging her dead mothers
honor, but it was necessary for
her, in order to carry it into ex-
ecution, to gain access to Cen
eral Carvalho's private apart
ments at an advanced hour OF
the night, when he would least
suspect that any murderous as
sault upon him was contempla-
ted. "A Az .tas-.
She tried to attain her object
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