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ss sapeseichemcnnindeitis Killing a Brother and T Fasten the Crime on: Marie loved Henrico spite of poverty. and resolved to marry him ne even in opposition to t and the imperious august relatives father and her stern Yes, even while the commands of proud mother. devoted attentions of the and wealthy Senor Morales were the talk of all the country round, and the congratulations of all her friends upon her conquest of the old bache- lor, poured in from all sides. The stiff, periwinkled, perfumed fifty. solicit the love of a girl of seventeen, and to imagine that his broad acres and large bank accounts were suffic- renowned gentleman of presumed to ient to captivate the heart ot any female, In this he was mistaken, however. Whatever the maids and matrons of the country thought of m, yet the idea that Manie detested him, inflamed him with a settled de- termination to possess her at all hz ards. Still, gems and trinkets ot the most costly nature were returned to him with a polite note from Marie that she was NOT FOND OF ORNAMENTS, and seldom wore them unless they were gifts of some dear triend whose memory was cherished. “She does not love gold. that is Morales. ‘*There miust, then, be some other motive for There mystery Marie All girls of seventeen are ees clea, thought her action. is which I romantic. a cannot fathom. is romantic. A bower of roses and a ire. Yes, Marie is in love, ith some one else. IT must find out who is my rival.’” His suspicions soon lighted upon Henrico, whom be narrowly v ed. Many were the plans ma to a = w the unsuspecting youth into suare and anger him into 2 quarrel, but in vain. There named Tlvarez, covered was also another who wes subsequent- to be achevalier din nants, especially Henrico, whose vouth and beauty were so Vch favor. He was a n ot tiery, vindictive disposition and stopped at nothing to obtain his ob- z- | iiless hero tora lover, 1s all they atch- | suitor, | 1] Ot the footsteps, ELL DEAD WITHOUT A CROAN, | the pistoi still grasped in hi | Henrico stood rooted to the | The mur- hand. the accusec spot in of the accuse to prove av, dece terror and astonishment. o derer had disappeared as suddenly | : : fh The | All was clear as d e pierced the dark masses of the trees, tness no wi though as came. moonbdeams ese Sy . proots of former good conduct were } | produced, they were not sufficent to and shone full upon the upturned ; I | overbalance the circumstantial face of the dead man, but gave no} ! | dence already collected against the trace of any other human bering. | GEN aeyconect pe Henrico siiiotd doubted the evi- | Unfortunate. Yet while all his fellow men condenined him one gentle heart Marie said **He is inno- dence of his senses and had he _ pro- voked the fight would be haif in- clined to thing it only a ruse toavord He finally recovered from pleaded in his favor trequently to herself. cent, and it will vet be proved.’’ fighting. > The day of trial arrived and Hen- his apathy, laid down his pistol, and | staunch the wound,though convinced of its inutility. His marked handkerchiet was employed for this purpose. He proceeded to search the pockets of the deceased, thinking it probable he carried some lirectly re ¢ > s sat d t ront of o, anc ac at directly in front of Henric i whose countenance up to this mo- then fied revenge, suddenly turned death- ly pale at the mention of the treasure about him which might and would have fallen from hi eat tempt others to rod him while he had he not grasped the railing a was gone for assistance. Whatever front ot him. Senorita, very Bae and feeble arose at the mention of valuables he might find on the body the s, and then proceed to the her name and took the stand. She stated that childhood, he resolved to carry to nearest . she had known relatiy city for aid. He tound in the pock- ets a well-filled purse, andananony- | been emploved for vears by Morales housekeeper. At } suggestion she wrote the letter which Henrico trom and had mous letter directed to Ivarez, giv- a ing him information that his rival, Henrico Lapuerta, had supplanted | Henrico had found on the person of Marie, that that evening the lovers were to and him in his affections tor | the murdered Ilvarez, and on the night ot the crime Morales returned } Ae When she lifted the garment a bloody him to varez, and warning knife fell from the folds to the floor, of the slanderer and fraud. Was no signature, but as > picked up and put away. crushed the letter in his rvard she was dis- = = a bcharced bv Morile< under the nis thrust it into his pocket, he charged by Morales under the plea y On a journey. that the head himself: that he was going aws nt | As she left the house evening “Tknow that hanc ting. with mind.’”’ breaks on my | she was struck over | some blunt instrument; when she He was preparing to leave the spot | skirts of the city, and her body was fit. She bore ls taaad | comes without my seeking it.’’ At this time the youth had not the | ¢rawled tu a Ionely home on the though “assistance covered with leaves and « t- | Toadway, where, under kind It from his position, and | 1 least suspicion ot any danger ment she recovered. Hearing of Henrico’s trial she de— him. ening himse | stood calmly awaiting the approach with c | cided to communicate he tried to which resulted in her presence at the hasten by crying loudly tor help. } trial. The next moment he was surround- ject. ed by a group ot n who gazed | But Marie remained taithtul to her | with surprise upon the scene before | the testimony at length, and_ finally first love, though he gave her no | them. | producing the letter found on the onds, nor promised her a large “What! a murder has been com-— j dead man’s body handed it to. Senor bank account. He was about to}a ited, and we have no doubt sur- | Morales, and asked if he remember- leave the city to embark n sed the murderer,” said one of | ed dictating it. promised a rich vears, and th fetr favor; other. each iareweil of as usual, tullof hope a is, She rather sad §: tor was he not ng her to other suitors > TH FEARS AND SMILES, ursued his lon i through ac Ulvarez sudd od unmoved. “Twili not lower my die: tv in ¥ quarrel with you,”’ said Hen- Tico. “If the object ot our mutual tegard has decided in my favor, it 3s not my f: : Neither does it lessen your merits; which would, no doubt, as amiable as Marie.” Henrico said this without the least | { harvest } ‘ | Some description, put be appreciated by other fair damsels | chief into his pocte: | turther remark bade hi to take the prisoner to j he new comers, ashe roughly laid} *‘1 do,’’ replied the old man, turn- upon ing pale. Henrico’s shoulder. | has been committed,”’ ‘‘And this knife.’" continued the sud the latter as he threw the fellow | counsel, speaks for itselt. It is true m, “but notby me. I was | the pistol found near the body be- to seek for assistance to the har. 1 con- } longed to the prisone body to friends,”’ j and then | the handkerch the o 1 1 : t } ircumstances | his name: but pistol] rnd the part he consequently cause of > object of the r srchiet proves tor plunder. was in the back, i ook care to prevent that,” nd here it 1s ed by have his money in e murderer identaily, and is | marked *Artura Morales.’ wi in circumstan- | the presence of court, I another, as he | of the assasination.”” to examine the body | so Pes body j The sersation produced was ter- | mendous; stooped d lifted the handkerchie wi nh 1 the flow of were nee : but when the had been used t Senorita Mo- the | subsequently revealed by | Walmez that Senor Ilva , | rales’s own brother. who Sis | Droper heir to the estates and wealth | enjoyed by Ilvarez, and that Henri- 1 icer Of | co was Morales’s son the handker- | wife, whom, it was believed, he had without ; murdered in Madrid and then fled to ns | Mexico with her money, the feeling j Was intense and bitter. Morales blood. “Yonrn anded. ‘Henrico Lapuerta,”’ re youth. was lied The man, who was by former evi- | ment expressed exultation and grati- | name, | Senor } meet at a certain: rendezvous—that | to his home in an excited condition, Henrico had frequently made use of | 2nd throwing his cloak upon a chair derisive epithets in speaking of II lin the hallway went to his room. | e aking of Il-|} | | when the sound of many voices ar- | awoke to consciousness she was ly- | neck w ere also badly cut by rested his attention. mz ina strip of woods on the out-| teeth. Medical assistanc treat- | | Then Henrico’s counsel went over it | knite, | tracted } f bv tl old son, rushing i edint ed in fright and, catching her little s in’ her | arms, she carried a cham- | ber and placed him on a couch, His | leg was bleeding profusely, and she i hurriedly left the house io call a physician. Scarcely had she reacke led the gate when she again heard B, | the Piercing shneks of her son. went and kneeled down by the side j TCo’s lawyer. cool and confident j Hurrying back ahornble sight) met of the dead man, and endeavored to | @rose and called the name of Seno-! per gaze. The maddened dog at- rita Valmez. Senor Morales, who tracted by the smell of blood, had returned and, jumping through the window of the chamber, had sprung | upon the httle sufferer he lay on ; | the couch, and fastened its fangs in | his back. child off the couch, and was dragg The dog had pulled the window. The trantic mother rushed upon the brute and began a it. As the would approach the dog would Joos- struggle with mother | her, and then again sink its teeth m- she thrust her foot into the brute’s jmouth, The hold on the child was relaxed and the teeth of the dog bit | through the shoe and lacerated the mother’s foot in a_terrib i ' The neighbors at this juncture, at j tracted by the cries and or the mother and ¢ ispatched the annim the mother | fainting upon ti IGV of her child. | A terri he ev of friends as they picked ihe low up. The flesh was han in back and iis arms at strips trom his ad legs were chewed and lacerated ina The : } \ horrible | manner. head a i; mediately summoned and tion held. ‘he child j Wounds were dressed, but no hope is entertained for the recovery ot either and mother’s | 2S it was discovered upon examina {tion that dog had gone mad. Both are still alive, and at as Stated that the signs ot hidrophobia ve already manitested t in the child. We learn that Mr. A: Shum in is € ed in building a at handsome stone residence on his large present farm one and one halt miles east of this city. He isusing rock from the quarry on his farm, which for beauty jand durability is hard to beat in this j section. pleasant location, and when he gets | arranged | every hing properly we have no doubt he wiil enjoy life bet- j ter than ever.—Rockville Glebe. “1 have b: th used and sold PRICKLY Asi Bi7Teks for anumber of years, and think it est bilters made for Biliousness, Liver ts and for toning upthe system,” Co. v writes W. H. Cole, Druggist, of Joplin, Mo. A single trial of this remedy will convince any person of the truth of the above The repub! ernor of T. nessee Reed, an ex-confe nal. 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