The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-22

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Its arrangement and appointments
indicated, certainly, cultivated taste
At table sat man writing. He was
middle-aged and strinkingly hand
some but there was that in the ap-
pearance of the man which repelled
while 1t attracted. There was a steady
glitter in his great, black eyes, that
eyinced disposition that was emotion
less to pity or regret.
''This is your man"
AT the first sound of her voice, the
man sprung to his feet, and his hand
twittced nervously, as if in search of a
weapon. If such had been his inten-
ton he had no time to procure one,
for the pistol of Mr.. |. was at the
head, and he was sternly advised to
attempt no resistance.
''The nature of this intrusion, sir %
he asked, addressing me.
You are my prisoner !"
"What is my offense ?"
Murder !"
"Ah !" in q long-drawn utterance,
while his eyes slowly left my face and
turned in the direction of the girl, who,
standing in the center of the room,
was surveying him with look of hate
so fierce and intense that my heart
sickened as | caught the expression.
"Ah !" he repeated, "and this is
your work, then 2"
''It is ; | betrayed / denounced p
at is WE'LL" he said, and on the
instant his face grew rigid as marble.
''In that escritoire," said the girl,
''you will find the diamond pin and
purse of Mr., H, in his possession on
the night he was killed, and in that
lower drawer the papers for which his
life was sacrificed. They are the title
papers to an estate III Cuba Their
possession makes this man RAYMOND
de Nerges the owner of the splendid
plantations they secure. There are
letters there also which will explain
more fully the motive and cause of the
homicide. The possession of these
f. papers, under the circumstances, will
accomplish all you wish Search"
| We did, and found everything as
she had stated. The circumstances
formed q network ofevidence so strong
that no Christian jury would doubt fol
a single instant the mans utter guilt
While these investigations were going
on, the mans eyes never strayed from
the woman's face. He seemed stupefed
by surprise. Having completed our
researches, we turned to 90, but the
voice of the young girl arrested us. 1t
was low, stern, and bitter, as can only
be the utterance Of woman wronged.
81 claimed an interview with this
man after his arrest. 1t can take place
here nor is your presence as officers
at all objectional. What have to
say to him | will say now, for / shall
never look upon his face again"
Raymond de Verges, you have no
one to blame for this but yourself.
STEPPED in crime and villainy, cum
ming by experience and persuasive by
culture, you brought every faculty OF
mind and sense to betray, to ruin an
unsuspecting girl. Her love you cher
ished so long as it ministered to your
pride or soothed your vanity. When
it ceased to do this, you threw it away
remorselessly. You forget that the
blood of the Castillians was in my
vains as we'll as yours F; that | came, as
YOU did, of race that never submitted
to injustice or passed unavenged a
wrong. | knew your mission to this
country and tracked you necessarily.
l saw you murder that poor old man,
and knew the motive that inspired the
deed Had you loved me then as once
you did, | would have sacrificed my
life before a hair of your head should
have been touched. You did not
You had scorned and reviled me, and
these are the fruits of that scorn. Go
sir, to your doom, and take with you
the remorseless hatred of a woman'S
curse !"
Before we had time to stir she Gid
ed from the apartment and was lost tC
view. One backward glance she
threw at the man who had wrongeG
her-it was full of horror and anguist
then faded and was lost. She wa;
never seen again.