Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-05
eusy alone can nouri.h Il

ousy alone can nourish.
 Be it distinctly understood, !hr iln:, ter did not love Cam Ilia Mora'lnitos. Lovely as was the Spanish c!rl, thrIt was one who, in the eyes oi Augustus, was yet lovolier; and that ono was yc:a. the daughter of Gerald Leslie, and the hapless quadreon slave, Francilia. Cora, the OCTOROON!
 Yes, the fatal word which hlan o'' this, 1 lovely and innocent being is -" " ~? r l those three syilabies. She '., ai ''' l room, removed m the eighsi' .~-,r"e | the African race, With Six . 'iie.y" 1 as the tint of the lilies sl :-u., iron | lakes of her native LoUi ,,;'.,. Onc ,f'..- | of the blood of q slave I,.u ii ''- t'.. | poisoned her inmost tie, ;t.!.t a;::n. | her with the curse of Cain. | She was an OCTOROuE!
 Augustus Horton kn w this. I!s knew | also, that Gerald Le-i!n va q rs.ia.' l man; and he waited h- time. Cora had inspired i'll the proud heart :: the planter one of th0ea u! absorb n% passions, which, ill q bad mans heart, l resemble the storm and tempest. TDny rage but to destroy At any price, e,-,.I. l at the price of his own soll a- wei l hcrs, she must be his.
 l The insult she had inflicted upon hlnl in dismi-sing him from her presence, has 1 infuria ed and huiniiialel him, but it ;.a; 1 not abated one spark of the wiid ;;l,sn 1 of his guilty passion; notwitts;afsi.n. this be was determined upon hecomins | the husband of Camilla Moraquitos. | The reader is already acQia nten wi. | the laxlty of Lousianian mo;al' i ht wealthy Creole thought there could De iIo l shame to the OctOroOn in becoming h:e l mistress. Wha: was sine but a creat ,:rr l of the inferior race, born 60 ot.e\ i" | master, the waite man? With CannIia | fortune, added to his own ample wealth, Id l of the richest men in New Orleans. But l the planter felt that lie hal dis covered his real and only rival in the person of l Paul Lisimon. the Mexican. l He was not slow to act upon his con l victlon. Early upon the morning after his | first encounter with Paul, he entered the l office in which the young man was seated 1 and asked to see Silas Craig. | Paul Lisimon raised his eyes and rec ! ognzed one of tho most constant ad- mirers of Camilla Moraquitos. But it was with a glance of supreme indlffer- l ence tha, the Mexican regarded his rlvf.l 1 Augustus Horton felt the sting of that careless look; it was the glance of one l who. secure in the affection of her he loves, is incapable of ieaiousy.
 "Mr. Craig is within2' be inquired, ad- dressing himself especially to Paul 1 though colored lad at a desk near was the person who answered all inquiries s, 1 and ushered tho clients into Silas Craig 1 office,
 "He is." answered Paul. quietly drop
 ping his eyes upon his work. and not
 lifting them as he spoke; Marcus. take
 this gentleman's card 10 your master"
 Silas was seated at his desk, a ledger
 open before him, and on the table by his side a large iron cash box, the lid of
 which he dropped hurriedly as the young
 planter entered the office.
 A~Sv
 counts of the transactions of the myste-
 rious gam bling-house in Colum bia street.
 The cash box was nearly f1llcd with bank
 notes, lost in that don of iniquity by the
 miserable and deiuded votaries of the
 gamblers green eloth-covered altar. Silas
 closed the ledger. which was secured
 with massive brass locks, the key oi
 which the usurer wore hanging to a
 thick gold chain, which was never re-
 moved night or day :-the iniquitous vol
 ume was further secured by being placed
 in an iron chest, proof against fire and
 thieves.
 Tho money gained by these shameful
 transactions was sent monthly to New
 York, where 1t was banked in the name
 of Craig & Co.,, solicitors.
 This was done to prevent the possi
 bility of the losers of this money tracing
 1t, by the numbers of the notes, into the
 hands of the usurcr.
 These precautions may seem superfu
 ous. but they were no moro than neces
 sary Silas Craig felt that he was carry.
 ing on an infamous traffic. He knew
 that wore his name revealed as the pro
 prietor of a house which bore DO very
 high sreputation for fair play, and il
 which several deeds of darkness wert
 strongly suspected to have been com |