The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

a.
"Y0u need not hesitate 10 speak,
1rely forgotten about the marriage.
The schcming devil, Monta'bon, did not
1 -emind him Of it, but by patient work
h insidiously persuaded him that he
I. should be married man. She even
a suggested bride, none other than my
little sweetheart Her object in this
was twCfuld, money and revenge BY
leading my cousin into a bigamous ALI
ancc, with her own marriage certificate
as a weapon, she could readily cXtort
money from him Her revenge was to
be against the family of my little sweet
heart, against whom She thought She
had u grievance Her plotting was en-
tirely successful My cousin was hand
some, | was away, and once he had be-
como thoroughly acquainted with tile
.+ryoung crcolc's charms he became 50 ar.
dent sutton that at length She listened
to his pleading and married him. Then
he was in the power Of the Montalbn
and she bled him for five years, by
which time littlo Rose had been born.
Meanwhile / had completed my col
lcge career but had not returned to
New Orleans because Of my deep diSap-
pointmcnt upon learning that my sweet
heart had married another man. At
this time was in Paris when ono day
received pitcous letter from the girl
wife, telling mo that the blow had fall
en-; that the Montalhon had produced
her marriage certificate and claimed her
husband, thus dishUnoring the daughter
Of her enemy The letter also begged
my forgiveness for the wrong done to
me. read between tho lines and recog
niMd the cry of broken heart, tho
bloat Of a lamb left TO die ON tho frozen
nlan | hurried homo with but one
thought uppermoSt-to have revenge up
on my cousin. arrived too late Not
only was the girl dead, but my cousin
had disappeared.
81 heard that he had gone out west
and thither | followed him. ! would
Htl LNNh VI liiill liNln UNIV w lllilNt bhA
it seemed fatcd always that he should
have just left place when confident
! ~ expected to come mp with him Thus
five years passed, and at last did meet
him. at once charged him with his
crimo and asked forreyengc. lie laugh
ed at me and refused to fight. then
warned him that should take his life
at the first chance that offered, when
could Do SO either under seeming provo
cation on else where | could not be sus.
pected, "
care you not admitting interrupt
ed Mr.. Barnes, chat you harborcd a
murdorous Spirit;'
Mr. Barnes, if all men We're punish
ed for their thoughts, the criminal class
would be greatly enlarged. You cannot
call me to account for anything except
my acts At last my chance came. |
followed him one dark night As he went
off prospecting in an entirely new di.
rection; we were III u mining country
He ttampCd most Of the night, and
pursued. BY dawn we were miles away
from habtatiou then made myself
known TO him and once more asked
him to fight it out He saw that | was
in earnest and that he was simply com
PEELED to battle for his lifo
"t'nder these circumstances, Of
course, he fought as the worst coward
would do when driven TO desperation
He decided to use pistols though
wished to Try our cmso with knives. J
confess that wanted the satisfaction
of stabbing him again and again. ]
wanted to see his lfcS blood flow at
each stroke II seemed to me tame 10
stand of at a distance and send one lit
/ tie leadcn ball in his directions still
admitted his right of choice. and deter
mined 10 aim rs accurately as possible
and to send my bullet straight. You
see, / did not think Of my own life |
had made this vengeance my one Oh
ject and after accomplishing that 1
thought there would he nothing more
for me 10 do. Consequently ! expected
to kill him easily, and did not care if
his bullet found my heart dr not Per
haps | hoped it would Just rs %e were
standing up and preparing to fight
something occurred that almost com
pletely unneIyed me and changed the
whole result. He lowered his pistol and
said;
Wait moment; ! have favor 70
ask feel certain that you will bili
me. You hayo been seeking my life 30
long that Lam sure you Will get il. II
is fate Rnt ], too. have suffered IN the
last FIVE years. The favor that | ask Is
that If ] die you will promise to get my
child out Of that tiend's clutches,
"'Youf child = gssped. / thought
it died
"'That was the Montlbm's lie The
little girl lived and She tool. it. ] have
made q will in favor If M child, hay
Ing hcr all my wealth; .yuu viii end ii
in my coat oddly enough. ! name,
you a. executor. | knew that You had
loved the mother. though, a. God is my
Judge, did not know 1t when ! mar
ried her But am ready if you are.
THUS we stood up and fred 1T eacl
oiher. The startling news inst received
made INV aim bad, for instead Il hitting
him in the heart, as | could easily have
lone. my bullet struck him IN the head
He fell. aud ! rushed toward him. e
, discover whether lie was badly hurt
He was bleeding profusely, and liasti