Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-18
HER GOLDEN LOCKS.

| together. As soon ~ we got to Paris and
were fairly settled down ~ work Horriok
had the good luck--or, as 10 turned out
tho misfortune--to cross tho path Of n
woman with whom no at once foil madly
In love; woman who was beautiful
enough To turn stronger head than HIS
and whose chief and browning glory was u
head OF the most magnificent hair have
ever seen IL was OF curious reddish gold
In color, and In Its thick, silky masses
seemed almost like some live thing, curl
Ing and winding and glinting In the sun
Men fought for her favor and pleaded for "A
lock Of her hair, but she never could be In
ducod To part with single strand and
one daring youth, who tried force and
strategy In his desire for that golden fleece
was found dead ~; his own hand the next
day. IL was said that she was Parisian
with dash Of the gypsy In hor, but she
herself would never tell. ~ am child Of
tho wandercr, mes amis," she would say
for all answer Hugh, the spoiled darling
| Of his family, was kept liborally supplied
| with money. Ho spent IL all on La Me-
dusc, az she was called, and the clinics saw
| him but seldom. He layished upon her ov-
| erything that woman could wish. She
was life and soul and heart TO him-poor
| Hugh! But l studied her IA little, unob-
| served and / could never bring myself to
believe that she was what he thought her.
There was n man who had como TO Paris
| at the same time that she made her appear
ance there, tall dark, sinewy fellow
| distinctly foreign looking, and withal "a
man of the world He was either con
| stantly with La Mcduse or gone on sud
| den journeys whose purpose no one ever
| knew.
You couldn't puzzle him with sciepce,
| and he had the bearing OF "a gentleman,
| but he was always thought to be partly
| oriental at least, and his relations with
La Mcduse were understood to be Of n
| purely platonic nature.
| One day In October, when returned
| from the Slinic, found Hugh In great OK
element at my den, and was staggered
| upon being demanded MS his second In "a
| duel with M. Oural, AS the dark man was
| called
~ depend upon you, old man, to stand
| by me In this" he said. "We have quar-
relied about La Mcduse-I can't tell you
what it was-but he challenged me, and,
| by heaven, he shall have his satisfaction.
| Curse his presumption, TO dare to say
Ho ended abruptly. and started about
| the arrangements.
secluded little field outside the city-M
| Oural cool, but with an unfathomable
look in his dark eyes; Herrick, frankly
eager and scornful; the other second a
witness and myself.
Well, never mind about the PAGES or the
| shots--Oural was killed-shot through the
| heart-and as could do nothing for him
| his second and the other witness took him
| In the carriage to the house Of La Meduse
| according to his previous orders, IL
| seems, though we did not know of 1t at
! the time, and Herrick, returning to the
oity, took the fast train for the north into
| Germany. never could find out what be-
| came Of his body. At the same timo La
Meduse disappeared from Paris. Herriok
I did not hear from.
I obtained leave TO go to Germany for
the hospital service. And 1t was there that
| I found Hugh Herick, and found him dy.
Ing.
OF his malady he could give me little
information. 1t was q trouble of the
heart that was slowly killing him, though
| what II was or how 10 had been caused
| none Of the many skillful physicians who
had examined or treated him could say.
He had got away to Germany In safety,
| and had gone to an obscure little village in
| the south till the affair should blow over,
| and 1t was there, the first night of his ar
rival, that there was brought to him a
| note from La Meduse.
Inolosed in the parchmentlike foil of pa
| per was tress of hair from the head of La
! Meduse-long and silky and clinging-
what he had often begged for in the days of
their love, but Ia vain, and this was what
the note contained:
"You have killed him, and I hate you,
for he was the prince Of my people, and
| loved him. What were you to dream you
had my lover 1 despise the justice that
this country deals in, SO let you go-to
face what shall send you. I give you
what you have so long desired, that it may
be your curse as 1t has been mine. I go
to my own, and search Is useless"
1t was unsigned, and discovered one
long, glistening hair clinging to the sheet.
The rest was gone. I asked him about the
lock of hair.
"It Is gone" he said. II lost it soon
after A spasm Of agony wrenched his
heart, and he could not finish.
| When he could speak again. he got my
promise that I would examine his heart
when he was gone and see what had killed
him.
And now comes tho strange and almost
incredible part Of my story, for did as
poor Hugh asked me, and, unknown to
any one, held a post norton examination,
and when laid open the chest there lay
his heart, still and scarlet, and round and
round It, binding and compressing 1t In
It's deadly hold, was wound n long, cling
ing strand Of red gold hair.-Boston Globe.
| Mualc Hall Snu~s
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