The age-herald., 1898-04-06
AS SEEN THROUGH
 W0MAN'S EYES
BY ANNIE KENoRrcK wALKER.

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 woman of today am interesting study of
 intrigue love and revenge. These are fine
 qualities that have brought her uotoriety.
 The Spanish woman of the past who prac-
 ticed tine arts of Lucretia Borg,a has given
 an inheritance to the women of her nation
 alfty. It is am inheritance of bove, hate,
 intrigue, diplomacy. It has for its goal
 revenge. The Spanish woman who has
 forced her personality upon tine world has
 come 10 be regarded as @ typical woman
 of her country. The qualities that have
 made her conspicuous are believed to be
 the characteristic qualities of her country | women. If the woman of Spain is living
 up to the American idea of her accomplish
 ments in the art of treachery she iss a
 power in Spanish diplomacy. But it is her eseapades outside of diplomatic circles | from which tfIe world is judging the Span
 ish woman of today. Only a rew years
 ago occurred two remarkable Illustrations
 of Spanish revenge. They have been re-
 called briefly:
 A young woman in Salamanca was de-
 serted by her lova, youth of means, who
 knowing her disposition and destrous of
 avoiding trouble he knew would come. fled
 to the eeacoast and took passage in a ves-
 sel which sailed to England. The girl 1is-
 appeared from her home, and for three l years nothing was heard of her. AS tho
 event proved, sine disguised herself in male
 apparel, followed hfm to Oporto, there dis l covering where-he had gone, she followed
 to England. By the time she reached Lv- J,a bal fo,- T-o New York she went and inquiry among the Spanish haunts gave her the informa- tion that he had gene to Cuba. She fol- lowed to Havana, and found that he had
 gone to Vera Cruz. Through some means
 the man seems at this point to have had an inkHng tanat the avenger was on his trail, for he left Vera Cruz suddenly, went to Central Amertoa theh to Porto Rico, thence depanting for the Canaries. The young fellow was wealthy and traveled in
 style. The girl had nothing, and was com peiled to work her way wherever she went, but step by step she pursued. From Porto Rico back to Havana, from Havana to the Canaries and there she overlook him. When she first got sight of her betrayer he
 was in the court yard of "a. hotel, chathlng gaily with the eenorita who, during his visit to the island, mad taken the place of the deserted girl of Salamanca. The young man was interrupted by servant who
 said that a sailor boy wanted to speak to him; he ordered the boy to be admitted; youth of slight frame, very poorly dressed. advanced without removing his cap, hand ed the young man note. The latter open ed it, turned pale at the first line, and
 as he raised his head to speak to the boy, the youth, drawing dagger from his breast, struck him a violent blow in the neck, severing the jugular vein and caus- ing instant death The note was written by the girl hease.f and was designed ito fix his attention while she struck the fatal
 blow.
 It has not been many years ago since a young Spanish noble was stabbed at the door of the opera house in Madrid by woman disguised as a man. She was im- mediately arrested and upon the result ing investigation it was discovered that
 she was an escaped nun. She had been
 a belle of neighboring city and deceived by the Don's attentions had loved not wise-
 ly but too well. Finally he deserted her
 and shortly afterward she was found by
 her relatives, who procured her admission in convent. She lived there for seven years before chance for escape presented itself. Then favorable opportunity oe-
 curing, she fled; by some means she pro- cured a suit of mems clothing and belfev- ing that her lover would be found at the court she walked half way across Spain to Madrid and found employment as servant in one of the livery stables of the capital It was summer, however and the court was at San Sebastian, but she be- l lieyed that her opportunities for seeing him
 would be better in Madrid than in the fashionable watering places on the north coast so she quietly waited the return of the court in October, when back came her lover as gay as ever, to engage in the daily round of dissipation at the capital. The girl had improved the time of her waiting, for she had become acquainted with his servants and learned something of his ways of life and decided that her opportunities for meeting him would be most favorable In public place.
 Several weeks passed before her chance came and then to her delight one evening. while she was obtensibly waiting a chance job of horse holding or opening the doors of carriages at the opera house, her lovers
 carriage was halted a few steps from the
 grand entrance, and with a magnifcently dressed lady he alighted and walked in.
 Here was her opportunity; she marked the
 carriage and stood near awaiting his re- turn. For three hours she scarcely stirred from behind the pillar where she had taken refuge Finally the opening of doors and the swarming forth of the theater-goers gave her notice that the moment of her vengeance was approaching. The coach-
 man mounted his box. Her lover came with the lady. gallantly assisted his com panion into the carriage, while the youth stood waiting, cap in hand. The young
 man carelessly tossed him a coin and
 turned to step into the carriage when some thing bright flashed out the nobleman threw up his arms end fell dead on the pavement. The girls dagger had gone entirely through his heart.