El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-06

Der. "A moment laLeE she SW4lEueu on
all the electric lights.
| She felt easier now, her fear was al
| most gone. She Gained her nerves and
| sOothed her tortured mind Then she
| planned how to protect herself.
/ 'Of course" she meditated. the clair
| vOyant may have made mistake Yet
| everything she has told me so far has
/ come true in every detail Had she not
| fOretOld the death Of my lover, the in
/ vincible boxing champion in the ring,
! just as it had actually happened de
! had collapsed quite suddenly without
/ having been hit. and when they lifted
{ him up he was dead The referee, the
/ Police, the surgeons, none Of them had
| understood the reason. but he had diCd,
/ as the clairvOyant had predicted"
Bella had not mOurned her loss very
2 long, but the memory Of the dreadful
| event had long tortured her brain. An
! irresistible desire had made her visit
( the clairvOyant a few months later. She
I had come away radient, and shortly
! afterwards the prediction, this time a
I SOod one had come true.
/ ChOn chOn Merla became Bella
I Stella" the adOred idol of the music
] halls. She soon found a new lover;
/ prince Farnelli He fulfilled her every
| desire, from carriage and diamonds 10
/ a charming palace now being built Tor
4 Eer IN the Champs Elysees.
| From that moment Bella's faith IN
] the claiTvOyant could not be shaken
[ and she went to see her very often.
| who did not believe in such things
Oh, why had she gone to see that
woman this afternoon. From that mo-
! ment she had been haunted by fears
which threatened to drive her mad For
undoubtedly the woman had spoken the
7 truth this time, too. when she said:
y on are in great danger of death.
Death viii come to you very suddenly
There IS only one means of ESCAPING IT;
but l cannot see, If you will disc -er
it."
Pressed for more details the woman,
who at first refused to talk, said: ~ es
1t is a man, who is in the same house
with YOU He is a cOuntryman Of the
man who occupies the first place in
your life Rich2 No. he is very Door.
II you do not find a way to escape
him, you viii surely be murdered"
Terrified. Bella had begged: But
tell me at least how I am to recognize
this man who threatens my life"
The answer was. Il have told you he
IS a cOuntryman Of your protector. Be
sides he is somewhat deformed, or at
least he IS not like everybody else. I
cannot see what II is"
The clairvOyant could not give a
more details no matter how she tried,
and Stella became dreadfully afraid
She abhorred the very idea Of death.
She was still young and beautiful.
The great han Of the palace wa
flooded with light The gypsy ban1
was playing a waltz, and walters were
serving coffee and liquors to the
guests.
Bella you are absent minded. You
do not hear a word Of what 1 am say
ing" scOlded the prince
Why, certainly, dear, am listening,
please go on"
Prince FarneIli continued his story,
though Bella heard the words and Oc-
casiOnally replied mechanically, her
thoughts were far away. She had only
one idea to find the way OF escaping
death that was threatening her. To do
d. -
was destined TO murder her.
She had not dared tell the prince
anything. for she knew he would ridi-
cule her fears
'Barcon, a glass of cOgnac, please"
the prince ordered
The waiter quickly brought a deca..-
ter and glasses Stella watched him
and her eyes made him so nervous that
ne spilled some Of the brandy. He
humbly apOEgized-
You are an Italian the prince
asked.
Yes, I an an Italian. and have been
in Paris for two years. For a long
while had poor luck but feel very
happy since ] have come here" re-
spOnded the waiter.
Bella looked at him. So he vas a
cOuntryman Of the prince. Instinc-
lively she felt her fear iscrease. But
really it was absurd. Italians were
employed as walters in nearly all no
tells. Suddenly she saw something
Ylens- The man was not like every
body else. He had one brown and one
blue eye 1t must be he then No mis-
take was possible She wanted to run
away, but did not have the strength.
The waiter, having poured out the
brandy, left
Tonic. she begged, Tonic. do
promise me you viii do as L ask
you No, it is nothing impossible. 1t
IS only to say a Few words I had a
headache and wanted to take dinner in
my apartments, but as you preferred
to dine down here and go to a music
hall afterwards, gave in to please
YOU Now you must DO something for
me. No, promise me first that you viii
do it. Well, L want you to send for the
manager and tell him to discharge the
waiter who brought you the cOgnac-
Now do not look so surprised. 1 have
my reasons, but won't tell you until
tomorrow. The waiter must be dis
charged tonight I will never see YOU
again If you don't do as 1 ask you and
you may tell the hotel manager, that b
if he does not send the man away i'm
mediately, / shall give up my apart
ments tomorrow, instead Of remaining
here until my palace is finished.
The waiter Giuseppe had a moments
rest. He was sitting on a chair in an
out of the way corner. tired. He had
been on his feet since early in the
morning and his legs almost refused
to carry him. But it did not matter. he |
ming was not over yet
He felt unspeakably happy that he
had at last found a good position. for !
he had known little but misery since
he came to Paris. Many times he had
been tempted to listen to evil advice
but through it all he had remained !
honest.
Giuseppe! Giuseppei come quickly.
the manager wants you
But it cannot be possible. monsieur
Tell me at least why you discharr-s |
me. You say have given satfsfacti01
in every way, why not keep me them /
Have pity and tell me Ihe reason -
The manager firmly refused Gin
seppe received his wages and Z-ss
given orders to leave. One of mis- Cow
rades, however, explained the rnvSter,. |
to him. 1T was that woman in the rod /
gown with ermine. SteTat She T,eJo /
the PRINCE promise to have you dis /
charged"
But, why?'
~Why2 Simply a within Of bersrn
Giuseppe stood in the street vVba-. 1
was he to go now. What vas he 70 \
do2 He must begin once NOR ~
hopeless search for a job. A groom
brushed roughly against hin, 70 c 80,
the door Of a motor car. Tn 49, 49,
came out of the hotel with Steiio~
Giuseppe saw them. The 7,-oV--s
laughed Suddenly her laugh ended IN 4
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