The Virginia enterprise., 1898-09-09

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And things long hidden from our gaxe below
Thou wilt reveal, and We shall surely know
Ihese. are not iost.
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toward the enclosing hngers as NJ
thought bitterly of the little sign Un the
door, with 'licenciado" following his
..s, NV tonie ~ aan Malco :. s,A
lnohtns neiore, 1 nopeIui 9 ana Win 1''tie
money. Ills three remaining dollars rat-
tied duly against each other, emphasize
ing his lack of clients. IS S7s& -.:$
/ ) THE saica lda ! ;nAmencaa stat 6rst hy. =
lletter commentling Manuel Ia his fayor.
able notice. Ind thrown some hmsiness in
his way:S an invitation ia dinner Ind fol-
| lowed, Fortune seemed ahont ia smile
| when the ineyifable woman mt. in an. nm.
pearance. .Julia. the alcnlde,s dnnuhtor
saw fit to approye Of Manuel,s nersonni
appearance, and made up her mind, with
| that celebrity and thuronnhness which
| thirty ypAta of thnidenkdtii Sitp. IE3t
| only in him were united those G.}alities
necessary to make her hapny for life. It
soon became apparent to him and later
to others. that he had hnf r. saw tha Word
| in order to obtain a wife whose fml, tale
Of years was carefully concealed hv !
deft use of powder and good Judgment in
revenne @ nrodnc;ns bae;oma pe Mao RosSessea Sas
name. t. Again What more delishtfulIv
easy way Of building I'M \ legal nract;cc
could be imagined than IT to hecome aan.;ns
| law to the Chief iudse Of the fi;strict2
At this stage the matter might have:
been accommodated. Unfortunatelv. a
second woman must needs endorse Julia's
good taste in her. approval; Of Manuel by.
falling in love with him openly aud with
violence. This in itself was not neees-
| sarilX complication. The palDable error
in the affair was TINT Manuel recipro-
Gated her passion, nor was he less upen in
| acknowledging In, words what she con-
I dessed by her > bushes: Now, Anfta's
father H was administrator of Julia's ba-
c!enda: To prefer to the owner of the
| place the daughter Of one whom she chose
to consider a servant was certainly turn
ing the: knife in the wound. Hesitation
was no part of Julia's Character. So she
promptly rode out and interviewed with
terrifying force the trembling Anita, but
the doubly blessed % Manuel j. : eon''ancs g
Returning, she found Mnnnel inst clos.
| ing a consultation with the nlcaide,. and and
at sight Of him her raln,tsss was nn+ 70. M
stored. The fathers conidence In his
daughters discretion = had never been
Jared in their thirty years Of companion
snI,t snip, hence e he felt safe in leaving the two
Of what passed In the brief ten minutes
Manuel never had a clear remembrance
fused stnte Of tt,iiiti. oEh :. jdha " nrorc Som
Swallowing the rest. that Of gratitude at
having escaped with his life.
10 leave San Marco and, worse vet.
resolved to begin packing at once when
he was handed letter from the alcaii]e
which asked him to come tn tho noIan;o
at his earliest convenience p'''"''o 80
- A dozen ideas filed his mind as be
presented himself to the judre and Il said
he had found it convenient to answer
his honor's summons at once. The. iudre
series of neat compliments % bV h,nR;na ~ q
| over to him the defense Of y woman .evhe
| had poisoned her lover and whnsn[ trial
was. set for the next day. Then :? tbe
truth dawned ON him that he had been
| commissioned to defend u:case which
admitted Of no defense solely to make
LIS his1 - present r.. unpleasant position less
Z. 70 the preliminary exa n1ination, and he
saw no point upon which tu hang even
viewed the woman ii the JAIL g But a.et, rnnld
&c! no help from her. She was not
sunts, though she could offer nothing in
hbapgort bag OF the fact. She loved her hus-
| Dand; ne was her husband though no.
priest had Joined them; then Why shonid
sne- WISH him harm? She had nothing
more to live for, and would gladly ;o;n.
her husband. .st' ;,,,. :, - 49, =
Inc trial next day was torture for
+ Manuel. He tried to get the woman to
lie prosecutor brought ont the storp nf
t.the several witnesses concisely. and she
was sentenced to suffer the death nen-.
atty. She had purchased a 7nat.kpf NJ
strychnine from the druggist, who ,hati
pu! II ulln red paper tied with a hlun
st,ihg. only a small part Of the amount
Son,a So,a ~ tne Or druggist had been used The
an made, no denial of .anv hart IT
the story; and heard her sentence with
| mattentlyes ears. The only clue to FIGHT
on on tnat Manuel could grasp was the Que
| tanning the poison could hot be f1}In3.
lie set to work Oh this, aiid. Oh tie eve
learned that the woman's little son had
stolen the bripht.cojnrnI =. tie .1.. suh ss nag
found the package itself ,Wheree tha
child, under the impression that + con-
tanned sugar, had rarefnIly fncEed ut =
! away in the Kitchen between two ~
;adobes, the 4 PAPER slightly torn: ana; - !" =
part of the powder gone. -, anu anu = !"
It:still hcked a couple Of honrs $of i ~. !.
light, giving: ample time to cali On TX "a
judge and get postponement Of The ex. @
ccution. With snch avidonroY = he e ~ -.
sire no difficulty would he enconntorad nn ma1
I Walking rapidly, his spirits rose - he
fancied himself telling the story IN Court
nvaxy l. n
ing forward the youthfI1l :cr;m;nai ~ 4Isa
proper time. =, : - 20 :" 'ne "D'.
Arriving at the alcaIde's house. @he1 was ,I,
about to raise the heavy, knoctar ~ ,whan haS
| he heard well-remembeTed voica "nen
'Eres tu,SDon Manuel?'s *';osf7'5strz ,$EE :.
Drawing back q step: he saw the =, calm I'm
features Of Julia "a an ad;n;,,;no @ 1N;nJa,, da,r
Yes, it is want to 500 venr wiEuGw fo tbM:
ait once.'' 81. :, 'oul Aatlsl =
eat once? Is the matter then 60 :, ,rass. -.
ing? It must be. sindeed for iyan ~ taess, ta ho
out at this honr of The 'mn,n;na @ So" 20 .De o
| E}ssIt is . ma fter af 1;fa .n.,s gsx.E j,