The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-05-03

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wheel went around me, but
| kept saying. no. no. l
will not, | must not faint,' and after
Il few moments | moved forward. still,
| think. ON my knees. and looked ut
the paper under her hand. | was too
weak to get to my feet. | reached up
and took it. | looked at the Spanish
woman. | looked at the fine. firm,
foreign handwriting.
On the day of May the 18th. 1866. in the
presence of John Montgomery and my
peon, Victor Perez, I. Carlotta Valencia,
shot and killed Martin Rood in his gam
bling house on Dupont and Washington
streets.
CARLOTTA VALENCIA.
VICTOR PEREZ.
On the table. almost hidden by her
hand. | saw the thing which | had seen
once before lying in the gutter on Du-
pont street.-the pearl handled revolver.
| sat there at her feet and. looking
up at her, ! felt as if she had won.
though now | knew it was quite the
other way. But she looked so calm. so
mighty, so Indifferent, sitting up there
above me. that she made death seem a
little thing and she herself not eve
wicked. Then the room wan away
from me as in a dream.
The next thing | was conscious of
was Il broken foreign voice speaking.
and | found myself covered up with Il
great coat lying on a sofa in the down
stairs sala. and there. strangely seen
among its velvet and gliding. were fa-
Their. with his hair tossed on end and
his clothes huddled upon him. and Mr..
Dingley. very white and drawn. and
the peon Perez, who was talking. L
listened to his voice going on as if it
were part of Il dream.
Yes, he said. it was true there had
been bad blood between the two men.
First it had been the young mans
IA. The senora had told the young
mar she would give up Rood. But of
urs that was impossible, Perez said,
with a shrug, as where was the money
to come from, he should like to know?
But she was constantly afraid lest
young Montgomery might find it out.
Therefore. Perez said, when he had
see Montgomery going into Rood's
place at > O'Clock on the morning of
the shooting he went at once to his
mistress and told her. Taking Perez
with her. she had hurried to the gam
bling house with the purpose of ome
how separating the two. and there in
the bar the quarrel had taken place.
1t seemed that the truth of Rood's
position as protector" to the sonora
had reached Montgomery, and he had
come to tax Rood with it. and Rood
had told him. He told him even be-
fore the senora's face. and Montgom-
cry had said he was done with the
whole crew of them. He was going
to get out of it: he was going away.
Then the sonora had chung TO Mont
gomery. telling him she would do any
thing to keep him with her. and Rood
had turned upon him. 1t was then
had been standing so near the swing
ing door that at the shot. to their hor-
ror, he had fallen backward through it.
Before any one could think. the peon
went on, Montgomery had snltched
the revolver from her. saying. Il shot
him. and had rushed out into the
street. and after Il moments waiting
the sonora had run out and, seeing the
revolver, picked it up. Yes. he said.
she had worn n white dress. and I'M
doubtedly it was she and not the Seno-
rita Fenwick hat the woman who had
looked out the window had seen. But
she had not run down the street. as
this witness had said. who. like all
women only remembered what she
wished to believe. but back into the
gambling house and through there into
an alley at the rear. from which they
entered II house the sonora was ia
miliar with. and remained there until
the afternoon. when the excitement
had somewhat subsidized. Then they
had gone quietly back to the senora's
house.
Yes. the pistol was the senora's. MIR.
Montgomery had bought 1t for her IL
little while before. Yes. the sonora
mad made sure to say Mr.. Montgom-
cry. and but for the Senorita Fenwick
it would have been. for she bad
many friends. friends of power. he
said At that Mr.. Dingley grew paler
and started to speak. but then he seem
ed Ia change his mind. Father looked
at him. and | wondered then had the
trouble been that Mr. Dingley had
been Il of those friends of hers