Telegram-herald., 1890-12-08
AVENGED AT LAST
Or, Il WorlAWlde Chase
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cHAPrER ~.
Vale Astss iay IN al YEARLY
s4slLnz his trial EslzsQass arrived
g. tns eonelzsioa thai aDoGt the tess
takag ne could 20 wss - ness eas Of ths
vanss
So the lawyers were eoasaltsG "A re-
gard - Delaro's estate. ana after sever
Al disputes . ssttisment was agreed
upoa-
belaros sorrosing sifs. fnding that
tAe hoErisle associations OF the distries
w0ald b 100 much for hsr. resolved 20
sell every tAing and move 70 santa
Rosa where her frisads and parents had
long resided.
Ia al heF negotiations and other
business matters. she was ably
assisted aad indeed guided By
Joel Wilcox. and this proved q
fortunate arrangement tor her. For
> woman With no mere knowledge Of
law and business than Mrs Deiaro
would have been piiable tool Ia the
hands OF 50 unpriaclpled and crafty
nan IS Vslssquez-
TAe estate including the wine cell
lars and every thing else connected
With Il, was sold. and. after all the
hnal details were settled. Velasquez re-
eeived a eheek for very nearly the same
amount be had agreed upon with Mario
Delaro on the night OF the murder.
lie lost no time in bidding Good
bye" 70 the Valley. bending his steps
toward ais old haunts in Frisco
tbs stay there was not of long dura-
ton. for hs became fearful that Anton
Reyman might be acquitted OF the
charge OF murder, following which
event the impetaous Joel Wilcox would.
undoubtedly, make matters rather un-
pleasant for him, IL bis whereabouts
were known.
SO he realised on all valuable papers
IN his possession and started East
Nearly month elapsed between the
enactment Of the vineyard tragedy and
tho time OF Leon Velasquez's anal dis
appearance from the Sonoma valley.
With the assistance and advice Of Joel
Wilcox. Mrs Delaro was preparing TO
dispose OF her house and leave tho dis
trict Thanks 10 the old Yankees busi-
ness tact. she found that she had suf-
fcient money left from the proceeds Of
the sale 10 keep her In comfort for
number OF years. Still she was anxious
TO be rid of the house also.
In any case she would have been COM
pelled TO sell IL shortly afterwards. for on
the twentieth OF the month, thirty days
after Delaro's death. a notice was served
on theexecutors Of the estate TO the effect
IN -
dollars drawn In favor OF Leon Velas-
quez and discounted by him in San
Francisco. was due and must be paid in
three days
This threw a new light on affairs, and
Mrs Delaro was amazed. Why had her
husband given Ve!asquez note at
thirty days for such an amount of
money? She was utterly unable 10
solve the riddle, and at once sought her
old friend for aid.
This Is what old Joel Wilcox. the
millionaire. said about 1t: "You kin
depend upon it Mrs Delaro, that there
is more in this than you or l know at
| present This note that's a lynn In
the bank for you TO meet was drawn on
the night that my friend Mario was
/ murdered, and I'm as sure that it's got
/ sumthin' TO do with that dirty work as
/ i am that Anton Reyman is innocent of
/ IL all. The note1l bev to be met, but
it'll knock big hole In what you got
out OF the sale o ths vineyard to do it
So when you're ready TO sell your house
don't go TO anybody else. I'll buy it
and give you fair price for it"
Mrs. Delaro was much stirred by old
/ Wilcox's words, and it was with a
blanched face that she looked up at the
/ big millionaire. and said: Mr. Wilcox.
do you think for one moment that Leon
| Velssquez had any thing to DO with the
death OF my poor husband2"
! ''Yes / do" was the reply, 'and
what's more I'm going to find out just
how much he did hev to do with it. or
ny name amt Joel Wilcox"
81 don't like 70 think this without
/ some good grounds for the belief" said
/ the beautiful woman; ''but 1 viii
arouse myself at once. am unusually
/ quiet and do not as rule jump at con-
/ clusions; but when my husband was
/ cruelty taken from me IL seemed "a
though ny heart had been forcibly torn
I from Its place TO be replaced by spirit
Of revenge Henceforth nv duty shall
be to find Mario's slayer. /. too. do not
believe Anton Reyman guilty, but"
here her voice became choked with
emotion and passion The quiet pas
sive nature of the lady was fast fading
before the hot southern blood Of an
aroused woman. and It vas With fash
ing eyes and painting breath she
/ earnestly exclaimed. II trsU ind his