Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-01-10

the faint light o an adjacent street lamp
she carefully bound it around the man.
| eyes. The lady seated herself beside
him, and the carriage started. In hall
an hour the vehicle stopp.d in what
part of the city Navarette WIS entirely
ignorant, as it was evidently driven in
anything but direct course from the
point of starting.
| Examining the bandage to see that
her victim was completely obscured, the
lady handed him the bundle of tools
with which he was provided then tax
ing him by the arm, led him through a
gate into d house. which he khew was oi
brick, and. after taking him along a
passage way which could not have been
| less than fifty feet N length, and down a
| i Int of stairs into what was evidently
.. underground basement, stopped be
fore vault, and removed the handker-
chief from his eyes.
Here is the vault-open it," said she
| springing the door of dark lantern and
throwing beam of light Upon the lock
| NAvARETTE SEIZED A BUNCH OF SKELETON
KEYS,
| and after few trials, which the lady
seemed to watch with the most painful
anxiety, sprang the bolt. The door
swung open, and the woman, telling
Navarette not to close it, as it was self
| locking, sprang into the vault. Nava-
rette did not foll,w. He heard the
murmur of low voices within, and the
next moment the lady reappcared, and
leaning upon her arm man, with face
50 pile AMI haggard, that the locksmith
started at the sight.
Remain here,' she said, handing
| NaVarette the lantern; 81 will be back
| III moment"
The two slowly assembled the stairs
| and were heard to enter room imme-
| diately above wnere the lOcksmith Was
| standing. In less than a minute the
lady returned.
Shall close it, Senora2" said Nava-
rette, placing his hand upon the door OF
the vault.
"No no p she exclaimed, hastily seis-
ing Navarette's hand; "it awaits another
occupant -
Sonora, you certainly do not intend
to -"
"Are you ready?' she interrupted, i'm
patiently, holding the handkerchief to
Navarette's eyes. The thought flashed
across the latter's mind thai she intended
to push him into the vault and bury him
and his secret together. She seemed to
read the suspicion and continued: "DO
not be alarmed; you are not the man p'
Nayarette could not mistake the truth,
or the fearful meaning of the remark,
and he shuddered as he bent his head to
the handkerchief His eyes were as
carefully bandaeed as before, and lie
was led to the Carriage, and Themes
driven home by mere clrcnitous route
If possible, than the one by which he
came. Arriving in front OF his house,
the handkerchief was removed, and he
stepped rom the vehicle. A purse OF
81 900 was placed in his hand, and in a
moment the carriage and its mysterious
occupant had turned the corner, and
were out of sight.
Navarette entered his shop, and the
purse of gold was the evidence he could
summon in his bewilderment, that all
| he had just done and witnessed was not
| dream.
Some time later Navarette, who had
moved to the city of Vera Cruz, was
walking through one of the principal
| thoroughiareS Of that city when he met
the lady and the gentle man taken froul
the vault walking leisurely along. The
woman recognized him, and whispering
something to her comp anon both hur.
riedly walked away. That Was the last
Navarctte eyer saw of the couple. The
sleeping husban and, it'll conjectured, awoke
within the vault, and ms bones are there
to-day. Where the guilty wife and hel
paramour now are it is not in our prov.
ince to say.