Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-03-22

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stronpl must not break down. l must
40 what cant Ineed all my strength,
lint this is almost more than l can beari
The man there in prison! The man
they are going to murde--yes, murder!
for he is utterly innOcent-is the man
love. The man / told you about an
hour aCo. 1t is thus / meet him again!
The man 1 love, anl wac loves me-my
Carlos. He told me al. How he a
taken the old farmers watch with hun
to the village TO be repaired on the very
day when some wretch murdered the
old man. The fend found the razor on
his dressing case. He could prove moth
ing-drcunstantial evidence is against
bim-oh. what shall l dol What shall l
do, Genie!"
ssOh. BeIler' cried Genie, sinking on
her knees at her side, chow DO you
know that he is innocent? There have
been wicked men with handsome faces
before now, and sometimes such men
have great power over women, and can
win their hearts. He is only a stranger
whom you met IN an ocean voyage, after
all. Belle, darling. it may be that he Is
guilty. Your father disapproved OF
him. Perhaps he had better reason than
you know"
"silencer' said Belle. You speak Of
,ne | love. Surely God will give me
the power to save him In Him l rus6
Then they went back home together,
and so the week that they had tancied
would be spent in a sort OF perpetual
uicnic began. So the dreams of happy
leisure hours, long rows mp the river,
long Tolls in the hammock ended, but
Genie was heart and soul with her
friend. and the fear that she was mis-
taken in Carlos gradually died away
She heard how Bellies father, a rich
man at the time. had dismissed the
Young SRanish artist-how he had led
: him to believe her betrothed to another
She heard the whole love story now
{ such a p.iful thing-and she was
] daily witness Of her friends fruitles
J efforts 70 move those in power. Sh'
went to the governor herself 70 beg
pardon OF even a repreve, but he ma
. proclaimed pardons too carelessly, ha'
J. been blamed for il, and desired 10 re
trieve his errors. Perhaps he honestl.
believed Carlos a vile brute whom /
was best to Danish from the earth.
, Isabelle, meanwhile. went to the prise
every day. None knew Of her VISIT
save Fem and his wife and Genie Nor,
p Before long Genie was as thorough
e convinced that the young artist was II
nocent as was her friend.
There. within the prison walls, II
two once more betrothed themselve
e and one day a new surprise awaite
l Genie More. On their arrival at Il
l prison they found awaiting them a mi
v old priest, evidently of Spanish birth
|. I'VE are 70 be married, Genie, Is
J. belle said. Carlos and l. However tn
J. NAV end / am his, and his only. WI
Is 10 be so in the sight Of God. Besides
viii be better, for many reasons.
They entered the cell together, FeI
10 and his wife accompanying them. II
It ceremony was performed.
t. sAd1eu, my son" sind the old pre
when he had uttered his blessing. q
II Won die, men murder an innocent ma
and a pure soul takes its flight 10 heave
Let this uphold you aud your wife IN I
is great trial you may have to endure
I, 1t was on that day that Genie learn
that a plan had been devised for I
le escape Of Carlos from the prison. II "
h carefully arranged, but the very mig
a that il was 20 be carried into effect
a watch was put upon the prisoner.
n. was plain that the man was suspiclc
m Of the sheriff, whose horror OF othclatl
re at the execution he openly ridicul'
or The plan could not be carried out in c.
ed sequence Of his presence. The doom
n. Carlos de Ia Rosa was sealed. /
suddenly "a strange light began TO 81
a in Isabel!-'s eve. IL almost seemed
though hope had returned to her hea
er One day she went down into the Will
ds and returned with yards Of dark
,r- silesia. with which she yelled every W
CHI dow Of the great empty work room. :
IN saw 10 the f~astenings Of its doors.
went to the city and came home La
mt with parcels, which she set carefu
mt aside. She had long conversations W
the unhappy sheriff. Carlos she co
no longer see. For some reason II
4 a forbidden. The watcher sat at the d
of the prison and warnedevery one aw
-as Genie could not guess what hope wa
TO Isabelle's mind. At last one day
latter said 10 her:
he Genie. you nave been a true I'm
Il TO me. shall soon ask you 10 do II
nd than you have yet done. You and l
Id not like girls who have been guar
IN from all unpleasant things; we
the women. but we are two young med
he students all the same. We should b
the nerves Of men. We have endU
ian the trial Of the dissectinl room as
Die. asmale students. For a god object
can be strong and brave, j know.
: TO will do as / tell you and will mel
scream nor swoon. You are Or. NJ
ing remember, as I am DIR. Yolande.' q
ark simply gave her her hand, and 50
ler. stood together, hand in hand, and h'
Yo- the prison bell begin to toll, and h
put as well "a all the place for miles a
to knew at the same moment, that Sh
ME Fem was about to do his duty,
Carlos de la Rosa was about 20 die I
lille the scaffold. But Isabelle YolandI
- -, - oba1 No taar With