Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-07-04
mentarily been PLAYING truant.

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clasp. So still it was far and near! The
moonlight lay like silver over the plaza,
with the fountain in the centre. An
other whispered goodnight, and silence
And then, as Voss swiftly turns away,
Anita sees black shadow creep along
the wall but few steps distant. and,
turning corner, disappear in an opposite
direction.
Tomaso! Tomaso, surely, who had
returned. Anita had not an instant's
doubt. Faint and white she crept into
she was thinking. What did she care
for him, Well did she know her hus-
band. That was how he would strike
his foe-hated before, now, after what
he had seen, doubly abhOrred-in the
dark, in the back, before he could defend
himself, like the coward and the traitor
that he was
She sat down and tried to think. She
had little fear for the moment, for Voss
was to Join two or three fellow officers
but few PAGES outside of the plaza 4, and
Tomaso would not attack him then. But
tomorrow tomorrow He must he
kept away. But how-how? All night
she sat with clasped hands, and eyes
that stared in front of them without
seeing. There was no one whom she
could trust. She must 60 to him herself.
But to do that, TO have herself taken
aboard his ship, that was impossible
In this, too, it was not of herself that
she thought. The whole world might
know that she loved him. She would
have confessed it, with an appalling sort
of perverted innocence. and gloried in
it. But she thought of him, of the
scandal before his superior officers, of
the exposure. Never could she be the
cause of injury 10 him, if any other way
could be found.
The morning came, but her husband
had not yet entered the house. and as
the day wore on the instinct that had
iOld her at first that he would wait until
night and then kill them bo TN together
acquired the force of a certainty. To-
gether, to die tOgether-even that would
be sweet But as the thought crossed
her mind, the picture evoked brought
the full peril for him, and the necessity
for action, with OverpOwering force
before her once again.
With wild impulse of doing something,
she went out of the house and into the
plaza. Some women were gossiping
together in a group. She heard, in pass
ing, the name of the American man-of-
war. Instantly she paused and the wo-
men continued:
"Oh, the officers amuse themselves.
Everybody knows how it is with them,
and having no society of their own
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"But there is. the North American
young lady plenty of officers go there.
And they do say that one of them was
very fond of her and she of him. Let
me see-what is his name? You know,
Anita, Pm sure. The one who came to
your aid the night that Tomaso was
beating you"
And the woman accompanied her
inquiry with malicious and significant
glance.
Anita made no reply. A sudden
thought had tome to her. She had
heard some such idle gossip as this,
coupling the names of Vess and the
North American girl, before. Never had
she doubted Voss. But that the North
American girl might love him, what
could be more probable. more natural!
She fastened hack to her house, threw
veil over her head and few minutes
later stood before the latter's door.
The young Iady's name was Violet
Renshawe.
''You wished to see me in private, for
some important purpose" she said.
"What can do for your"
But the voice and the steelv blue eyes
were cold, cold rs her snow-white skin
and her yellow hair, and Anita, with a
sinking of her own heart, said within
herself: "She has no heart"
Nevertheless, she stated her GRAND,
swiftly, urgently, with words that gath
cred force and insistency from despair.
This friend, this compatriot of the lady
was in danger-in mortal danger-she
could not tell from what cause-but there
was no mistake-oh, God, no mo mis-
take! She must let him know-send TO
him before dark-now, at once for
evening was approaching-and tell him,
as he valued his life, not 10 come on
shore that night!
She paused, clasping her hands. Had
Anita looked for softened expression
in those blue eyes? Every moment they
had been growing colder, more stee,y,
and now there was slight curl about
the handsome mouth.
You seem to take an uncommon in
terest in Lieutenant VOss."
Anita's dusky cheek crimsoned and
then paled.
"He came to my assistance once when
i was in trouble"
"Ah! You are the-person they call
Anita Juarez?"
Eyes"
| under the circumstances it is slightly
Surprising that you should come to me
with such tale as this. If true, which
is open to question, doubtless you, better
! than anyone else, will be able to devise
some means for giving Lieutenant Voss
the desired warning. | prefer not to be
mixed up in-intrigues."
And Miss Renshawe was gone from
the room.
Anita drew long breath, then, turn
ing, glided out of the house and by the
least frequented streets to the farther
part of the town, adjacent to the wharves
and the bay. She had formed a sudden
purpose. She knew what she would do.
| 1t had grown dark, the luminous South
ern night following swiftly upon the
| brief twilight She crouched down be-
hind some piled up stacks OF merchandise
and waited. 1t mightbe hours before he
came. What matter? He would pass
that way and she should have warned
him, and--ah, yes she would see him
once more. too. Her cheeks burned, her
eyes were feverishly bright, her hands
cold. But she had no sensation of phys