Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-04

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hurried his bride away to the solitude
of new home in a comparatively new
country.
Inez was all alone, and saw no one
except her old nurse, and the servants
around the house. all of whom were
brought from his home, and had been
his abJect slaves, ruled by fear for
years. He built the most peculiar house
for their home
1t was shaped like a hexagon, with
windows everywhere, and a cupola
on top, so he could scan the country
for miles around.
The house was situated on lonely
road, far away from the settlements.
and approached through a long lane OF
eucalyptus trees, running north, south,
east and west
Inc house at the apex of the trees
upon the knoll was SO peculiar, and
altogether so queer and uncanny that
the struggling settlers gave it a wide
berth, and it was whispered around
that there were many dark deeds done
unGer its roof There was large els
tern some 25 feet deep, near the house,
and that tapped a living spring which
supplied water for the house, and large
domain around it; orchard and gar
den blossomed and grew under the
careful care of the servants, and Donna
Ramon should be happy with such a
home, but she was a prisoner and never
was seen on the roads driving except
with the Don.
One Gay he left her, saying he should
not be back until the following even
ing. as he was going to town to attend
to some business affairs, and Donna
IneZ, being left alone, assembled the stair
to the cupOla, to watch the moon rise
over the far-distant water. Oh, how I'M
happy she was, ever since her marriage,
and for six months she had heard moth
ing from her family.
Could it be that Don Ramon de-
stroyed the letters? She sat there she
knew not how long, and it seemed to
her the most peaceful time she had
spent since leaving her own sunny
land.
She heard a sound that made her
heart beat faster, and faster, and she
leaned far out on the window sill, and
there stood-could it be possible? Oh,
blessed Mother! Yes! it was none
ether than her beloved Pedro, singing
the old love song, and looking up to-
ward her.
What should she do-she must see
him, but how-how? The old watch
dogs, the servants, were not all in bed,
and what if they should hear? She
would write him a note, and fling it
down from the window
He must 60 until later. She flew
downstairs, and penned the note, and
put it through ring she took from her
finger, and flung it far down in the
grass. Then she watched, and knew
that Pedro knew and would be still and
wait-and what joy!
She could see him in the garden and
Don Ramon would not be there to in
terfere. Would the hours never pass?
At last she stole down, and out to
Pedro, her lost love- She told him OF
her misery, and Don Ramons jealousy;
how she was a prisoner, could go no.
where, or see anyone, and how she had
heard of his hard name among the set
tiers, and all her troubles.
How nice to have sympathy and love
from an old friend from home!
He, in turn, told her of his wander
ings and loneliness without her, and ii
was almost morning ere he started to
depart But bark! what was that step
she heard over there by those rose
bushes; surely no servant could be
around now. She was bidding Dop
Pedro a long farewell, when an angry
face, black with passion, and the CLEAN
Of an uplifted knife, was all-and DON
ma Ramon's sorrows were DER, and Don
Pedro and Don Ramon were in deadly
combat, struggling over her dead body
in the moonlight. One gained the
mastery, and Don Ramon was left, but
not dead, beside poor Inez.
When the morning dew reused him.
Don Ramon's first thought was how tc
get rid of the erewsome thing there on
the grass. Surely there must be some
way; he had done the deed before and
still was free.
What could he do now? Sometime
must be planned before the servants
were stirring, and he must not be seen
until tomorrow eve, when he was
expected. and then he would join in the
search for Donna Inez. All! there was
the cistern.
He dragged her lifeless body toward
it, and lifting board, plunged the poor
creature down headlong into the water.
Then it was the work of a few mo-
ments to rid his hands and clothes OF
the evidences of his crime, as water was
plentiful, and he would go away. per-
haps never to return.
Which he did, and the queer house
and its occupants still remained on the
knoll on the hill for many years.
No one asked any questions; if they
did. all they got for their trouble was:
"Quien sabe'-and one by one the
servants dropped out, and the old house