Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-02-17

Gnne to the end. The endl What IS it
destined to bet Success or failurel A bold
heart and strong hand will make it the
former. Ipossess both, if do not permit
my nerves to be unstrung at the outset.
"Mrs Penroy threatens, too. Confound
the sex. I will never trust a woman again,
never. They are all treacherous. That will.
The loss of that precious paper has doomed
me to much trouble"
He turned to a small cupboard and drew
forth flask. He placed this to his lips
| twice ere he spoke again. "Ahl that is the
pure stuff" he finally CALCULATED. THAT
gives me strength, and nerves me to the
| work in hand"
Thrusting the flask in an inner pocket he
J passed from the room and the house. He
| did not go toward the road, but walked
| around the mansion and disappeared in the
woods at the foot of the hollow.
| An old man stood on the verge of Hang
mans Gulch in the twilight, tall and
slender, with long beard and hair of silver.
He presented patriarchal appearance as
he stood leaning lightly on a staff of native
wood, and gazed with eagle eye over the
| scene.
1.-THE Doge has sent for me. There is to
be some reconciliation" muttered the old
man. at am glad of that Isaw him at
| the tavern and he seemed gentle as lamb
it is well. If the gentle maid was only
here might send a message by her,
He paused. The sound of q step attracted
his notice. He turned, lifted his staff, but
was too late to avoid the blow that fell with
the swiftness of lightning. In a silent
heap the old man of the gulch lay at the
| roots of tree. A stout club in the hands
/ of one of the twins had done the work.
Strong arms lifted the silent form and
| bore it into the thick woods.
! A third person followed the twins as they
! entered the shadows of the wood. 81 can not
fln lie tai
bright, as he glided swiftly after the twin
aSsassins
/ The two men, with their helpless burden,
| paused at last beside a small pool some
rods in extent, the waters of which were
| Swallowed by thick growth of cedars. The
ground was swampy about the little lake,
and a solemn stiffness seemed q part of the
situation.
AS tho twins deposited their burden on
the ground near the edge of the water, the
third person passed quickly forward and
stood before them.
"Eh, Capn, you here9"
al am" answered Captain Starbright,
| grimly. ~ want no deception this time"
deception. Maybe you think"
cit doesn' matter. Let the past CO." in
terrupted the Captain.
Then he bent and examined the clothing
of the murdered old man.
An ejaculation OF disappointment fell
| from his lips. He thought perhaps to find
valuable papers, and in this he was sorely
disappointed. 1t might be that he thought
the missing will was on the person of the
! dead. 1t was not, however, and hence the
! discontinue of the wicked schemer.
| One of the twins was working at some
thing near while the Captain was making
this examination. He now came toward,
| revealing in his hands heavy stone about
which he had attached stout buclkskIn
cord.
''This will forever hide the work. NUT
tered the brute, as he proceeded to attach
the weight to the body of his victim.
"You are very thoughtful, HANK" said
| the Captain, at the same time moving into
| the dense shadow where he could watch the
movements of the twins without being him
self seen.
Presently a splash and gurglug sound
! announced the work complete. The man in
the shadows breathed easier as he saw the
form of Don Bento sink beneath the waters
of the forest pool. He had nothing to fear
from the mailman of the gulch. Neverthe-
less he realized that he had placed himself
in a dangerous position by employing the
twins to commit a murder.
He was now In the power of these two
low villains His only safety lay in placing a
wide distance between the Caberas' and HIM
self. The Captaig would never have vent
ured upon this lafC tragic work but tor the
exigencies of the case. The sudden ap-
pearance of one he had supposed long since
dead quite unnerved him. He had shown
his hand in the attempt to remove Lura
Joyce from his path, and every step in
crime seemed by fate to necessitate an
other, so that to night he stood a branded
murderer in the eyes of at least three per-
sons.
1t was highly necessary that he should
speedily get his hand into the rich Golfers
of the late Morgan Vandible; once thus,
and he felt that he could bid defiance to all
danger.
Hurriedly he walked from the spot, &C
; companied by the twins. Once more con-
, sultation was held in the front room of the
cabin with Mother CABRERA as one of the
auditors
at is for the benefit of all concerned that
you go from this place" concluded Captain
7 Starbright, after q long and earnest talk.
"Go west, anywhere to be out of this
neighborhood."
I ga nice plan," cackled Mother CABRERA.
, "I'm onto your tricks, Cap'n."
'Then you refuse to goa"
'No, we DON'T" put in Hank CABRERA.
"Ef you make it pay for US to go, We'll ab-
scond."
"You know will do that"
After a little further parley the Captain
placed a roll of bills in the hand of the wom-
I an, a considerable sum of money, which
atsOme future time Starbright promised to
, duplicate many times.
zone of you come to me again at Lone
Hollow six months from this date and you
= shall have money enough to make you all
independent" answered Captain Star
? bright
This seemed to be satisfactory, and the
| unsavory two promised to depart and re-
main away during the time specified, when
one Of them would return for the promised
, money.
I Thus did Captain Starbright shake the
, tools of his villainy for the time. He was
ready to repent using them, but it was toe
late to recede. One false step led to an
. other, and now the Captain was on the
+ highway to what to him seemed grand
consummation of all his hopes, or to utter
? ruin.
) 'Now, then, to find the will and make my