Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

| steadIy to couch, and s,nr,rr
ne'tsns upon it. was soon sleepinp the.
sletp Oh Inc drugged. Dona Seba.tf-
aha' WIN q smile of satisfa ction led
frne surprised children from the room
I Two hours later carriage stouped
I in the patio of haciendo naar N.
city. From it alighted Dopa Soh.-.1-
Fana and the little ones Tho ar,-.-
with the aid Of Cholos ,;etoa NJ
Carlos still unconscious, and carried
him TO an apartment where no wa.
left alone with Sebastian,
There was now no smile ,,o,, 49,.
beautiful face; the soft rod cnrv.s .,s
her mouth We're drawn into 1;nos -
determined purpose. her features bod
become like stone. her face white ..
marble and her nostrils d;I,tnd Tn
her hands was stout cor1 Nth
whien she tled tightly the hands and
feet of her victim, and then. seating
herself, watched hungrilv for the
awakening.
Al last II came. The ewes opened
slowly. wandered a little, then snnpbt
those naming balls which transf,xed
him, and Don Carlo read his fate
With firm step She approached the
couch.
"Ah! senior MO" She said "h,st
thou hanquetcd enough? wit thon>
not have another copcba. or perchance
thou wouldst return immediately TO
thy virtuous spouse, since thine own
consplcuos virtu might otherwise he
compromised? But bark YOU, Don
Carlos: my life was yours-your nor
tidy destroyed it. This being before
you Is not the Sebastiaua you once
protested to love. She is long since
dead. 1t is another spirit than hers
that looks out from these eves-from
these eyes which long since have
wrung ont the last tear possible for
them to weep"
Bending over the helpless man, her
face close to his and her breath burn
ing his cheek. she continued:
1.-The soul of Sebastiana has fled
and demon from the deepest hell has
taken possession of this body-and
will soon possess yours"
The shouts of Don Carlo were as In
effectual in bringing relief as his
wrestlingS with the cord which bound
him; the stiffness as of approaching
death reigned when, us last hope,
he said:
ut is evident, senorita, that l am
entirely within your power. nor can
hope for mercy-yet viii you not per
nit me once more to see our beautiful
boy?'
In answer to call pattering feet
We're heard approaching and little
Carlos bounded in, to be caught I'm
the mothers arms. She brought him
to the bedside
Look at that man." she said; che
is thy father; he was my lover, but.
knocking my innocence, he abandoned
me and married woman who sacri-
feed nothing for him. Look at him!
Can you learn to hate him as is his
due? All. how l have learned to hate
him! He called for thee, muchacho
MIC, and I give thee to him
Suddenly drawing a dagger, she
plunged it into the boys throat and
cast the bleeding body upon the bound
wretch. whose groans and shrieks Of
horror. as the warm blood Of his slain
child despatched him, were Knocked
by silent walls. 4A>n
cart satisfied murder tr?" cr1eSfSthe
now frenzied woman; cor wouldst thou
behold also thy daughter before thou
diest? All, thou shalt see her, too"
and calling Sebastiana, she lrasped
the dark-eyed child, who shrank ms
she entered from the awful sight be-
fore her, and lifting her, said:
''Thou, too, shalt share thy brothers.
fate. Thou shalt help to fill up thy
fathers agony and thy mothers ven
geance."
And again the sharp blade did its
deadly work and the two CHASTITY
bodies lay at the feet Of the agonized
man.
''Tigress! fiendr cried Don Carlos;
Finish your hellish work now. / alone
am left for your vengeance"
eyes, you are left for my vengeance"
and she plunged the dripping dagger
into his heart-Translated from the
Spanish of Ricardo Pauma for the
London Sun.