The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-22

rnelr lire. Inere wars Don carlos ar,s-
Pc. who was planter. living 60 miles
away. and who had been lodged In the
room of the canopied bed as O due tr!b-
ute to his social consequence. He was
W years old, and 1t was believed that
ne died OF heart disease. Then came q
lawyer from the City OF Mexico, from
the faron city Of palaces. on his way to
Acapulco to arrange some business.
Surely 80 grand parsonage as H.
cenciado of the capital OF the fedora
tion must be lodged In the grand room!
He, too. died In the night. inexplicabiy.
Still ne was fragile ana had been ex-
posed to the sun great deal. and the
transition from his somber, cool and
smoky Office In the capital to hot roads
and coarse {are was believed to have
affected .'e brain. The servants said
1t was case Of cerebral congestion
due to 'inso ion," or overexposure to
the sun. F.L ten months nobody was
placed in IL room till there came, one
spring after DON, robust youn" man,
surveyor for foreign company, ac-
companied by two mozos. He was q
man Of consequence, for he wore
pearl handled Massachusetts made re-
volver, and so, without giving heed to
the grim history Of the room of the
canopied bed, lie was placed there. and
as lie undressed that April night he
whistled as only happy German may
and sang songs Of the fatherland.
When old Ponciano, house servant
went to call the surveyor In the morn
ing. he was cold in death. His mozos
viewed the remains. and in haste they
rode Off to bring the judge, who lived
20 miles away. He barely got there In
time, for in the TERRA cnliente burial
follows close on death. The judge pro-
nounced 1t case of sudden death (oh,
legal sapiencyD due to organic cardiac
derangement-at least that is what his
high sounding phrase implied, and the
sonorOus sound Of the words satisfied
the dead mans faithful servants and
all the 0nlookers. There was no sign
Of wound on the fair body of the
young man. He was buried that night
out In the little cemetery where had
preceded him two other victims OF the
fatal bed.
Nearly six years had elapsed sine
the first of these sinister happenings
when, just after the close of the rainy
season. the roads having hardened.
there arrived from Acapulco @ young
married couple On their way to the
City Of Mexico. They were accOmpa-
MED by six armed m0zos, and all were
we'll mounted. The young man, the
Captain Felix Delmonte, and his bride
were most charming people. The off,
Ger had just taken to himself wife,
having received news Of the death OF
an uncle, wealthy man In the federal
capital. who had made him his sole
heir. 1t was somewhat unusual thing
to marry at the every root" Of kins-
mans death, but Soledad Marquee was
an orphan, and the officer was madiy
In love with her and hoped to make ar
rangements to leave the service and
settle down with this lovely young wo-
man In the City Of Mexico, there to en-
joy the new wealth. Soledad was q
tropical beauty, daughter Of the sun
and the sen, q girl Of the Pacific coast
and with eyes deep, dark and dreamy,
fit to fascinhte king. They asked ac-
cOmmodations for themselves and their
escort for the night, and Don Diego
and his wife were only too glad Of their
company. There were grand supper
that night and much merrymaking,
and all the news Of the great and fa-
nous port Of Acapulco was retailed, to
the intense interest Of Don Diego and
his household.
How 1t came about that the young
couple were assigned to the room Of
the canopied bed is told thus: They
were first shown to small room in
which two cots had been placed for
them aud expressed their thenke acr
the lodging in the gracious Mexican
way when Dona Maria, feeling house
wifely pride in the fact that she had
grander room to show, remarked, 81
could give you another recamera, but.
"But what" inquired Captain Del
monte, and he added: "For myself ]
don't mind, but this little woman Is
very tired, and perhaps you have q
mattress ON which che could better
rest. Nxcuse the trouble I'm giving
you.1
The married pair were shown the
grand room. and Maria exclaimed.
''What a very pretty bedr. The good
wife dared not relate the story OF the
room, being ashamed, as she after
ward remnrked, and then. too, she re-
fected that the mattress was new
one and the room had been cleaned
and newly whitewashed. The young
couple seemed so radiant with happi-
ness. SO strong and full OF the Joy OF
life, that Dona Maria told them to take
the room and to say well their prayers
on retiring. They laughed and prom.
ised to do so. Then she went to Don
Diego, who. being a practical man,
listened 80 her words Of foreboding
and laughed. saying: 'The spell will
be broken by this happy pair; they
bring love and life and everything 4
gladstone with them. Don't think
more about 1t, woman, and let us have
q breakfast at for our guests. To bed,
to bed. and let us be up betimesr'
1t was lovely late October morning;
the air touched with just distant sus-
pic!on Of a chill; the sun, big and white
and glorious, rose from above the tops