The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-28
COMES slCNS
OF BRIDE
Bob Reiatss How the Esrshquzisl
Killed Donna Camilla.
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Bob Reiatcs How the EsrthquHie
Killed Donna Camilla.
eve should an be rejoicing about
chrys' recovery" said Bob. aftar he
and his sisted had wept m each others
arms. sAnd there's no moro worry
to be tied onto me. Still-i find gloom
enough around this place to sink q
ship What's up?"
countered quickly With:
"what became Of Hamilton Ger.
teis!'
as It worry over his fate that
keeps you girls from smilingT Bob
asked with pretense OF Jealousy In
his frown. II guess not. Here's the
story about him and about me. II
want 70 get Il OF my chest. never
want to speak Of our Mexican adyen-
lures again In my lfe!"
Nor do, IT, / said.
-Nor do T." echoed Chrys.
Listen, girls! And don't interrupt
me with questions. You remember.
Jane, that you and I left Certais;
wounded and growing in the secret
chamber? Next day, after Donna
Camilla had snapped Chrys for Ger.
tets, and af.er we had put Chrys safe
II In the ca. with Spence, the old NO.
man insisted that go with her toI
the hidden room and help her. to take
lCerteis away. She said that she
couldn't reveal the hiding place to any
of the servants, but that since I al.
great service to her.
well, when we entered the place,
Certeis wasjnot there! turned upon
the old woman. l accused her Of trap
ping me. She admitted that she had.
And you know, Jane, that NOBODY can
get out that place without knowing
about the springs which control the
panels I'm the wall. Donna Camilla told
me that Don Manuel had lied to the
coast and that he had taken Certeisl
with him. She laughed as she told
me-"
"You mean-they took ship-for al
foreign port?" stammered.
For South America, the dame said"
"Then they were caught IN the most
terrible storm known on the gulf for
years" said solemnly. what II the
ship went down?"
"Some retribution, / should say" was
Bob's reply. But I'll bet Certeisl
didn't even get wet. That man has
more lives than cat. Say, how did
the lone weather the storm? Has
the governor wirelessed any Of 'you?"
! shook my head, couldn't speak.
dad has always been careless Of
the tender feelings Of his family, Bob
continued. "But to 20 ON with my
story-and be done with It forever:
Donna Camilla informed me that she
had trapped me because she hated all
Americans and was bounu to have the
blood OF one Of US. Pleasant person.
she was. She said that II didn't die
fast enough, to please her, she would
came some day when had grown too
weak to resist and end my, misery with
her own hands. She was crazy, of
course. Hardly had she finished her
hymn OF hate than the walls Of the
room began to! stremble. The quake
was on againi Ie1pected to see the
roof fall in. But It didn't The quake
merely locked all those secret panels
Tight The old woman flew from one
to the other. She ragged. She swore.
But she couldn't bulge one Of them.
Then the final shock Of the quake
came on and killed her. Heart failure,
I suppose"
"An awful retribution!. exclaimed.
ashe died in the place where she had
tried to murder others! fAnd you had
to live by the side Of that corpse for
days! Oh, Bob!"
There's nothing horrible about the
dead, my dear. Even that ancient Gre.
ature had certain disnity-when she
was gone. Ny great horror was due to
hunger-in sight of food. There was
plenty-but It was poisoned, she said.
and the water, too"
OF course Chrys and we're IN tears
and therefore Bob, with his Character.
istic abruptness, changed the subject.
7 say, let's wireless the lone ana
find out what the big storm did toll
father!"
To Be Continued.
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