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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1890)
.77 K rj2) 'S I a iirw vjicr for till) ixvoplo, UWing for th oiii ami voicing Uio mmi tiimmls of Uki propW of iU own Grant County. GEAFi COUMT I tile OkleXt ll(UVKl- mr iM'twfjti 'Hk, D.illia Bin! Wiiiiimiuct-n; tlio lnr-K-t circulation, thrrttforv ii the liost for mil ei tiding. II I I I I Wit me A7. Cl.YVOA-' CITY, GJi.'LYT COUA'TV. OJtMOA', Til U liSD.-l .)) OCTOlilili I), ISOO. A'umhrr J!). 1 h W : AVEXCED AT LAST; Or, a World-Wide Chase. A STORY OF KETRIBUTION. 11V "WAIIAKII." lCWrK,HT, ISM.) CHAITKK I. HI UkUi wlunnlihc mornlwt sad fir U tbr utirrnt.r.t parts of llw raitfe,--vn tksre ball Thy liau.l nod mo.-Jolt. II i:N' a revolting night meets the pan- amid sur rounding where Iho lintilii o( In dustrious settlors have lxum bun? F .. . .. most In an almost . "iS'iL.-. vain endeavor to Improve oil nat , uro. thn foollngof awo which It arouses exceeds by farvuch feeling created iintlor ordinary circum stance and In paths of life where such sight aro not uncommon. Tho violent contrast ehllla and paralyse thn senses and for tho moment wo know not how to net or what to ilu. Wo stand mill gaj In horror, as If struck ilumb, until the actual truth which has buret uud ilnnly iiK)ii tm Is made dear and Indis putable, when wo liegln to use, our reasoning pownr, and look (or cause. Huch an experience wji that of Anton Iteyman on a bright .luly morning, art for back as ls.7.1. Anton was thn foromnti of thn l'osada wino cellar. 'I'liroo year lioforo ho hail loft hi homo on tho IM1I110, ami had como Ui tomtit fortuno In tho laiul of tho sotting nun. I'or months hu hail wandered around earning what littlo ho could, doing odd jobs In various largo towns of Mill din C tlifornla, but poor success, or rather entire lack of success, at last mailo him no disgusted with city lifo that ho turned his back iikiii bricks ami mortar cml sot hit faco ami foot to ward thu froo, froflli oountry. In bis old homo ho diod learned enough to mako him a vory useful hand lu a vineyard or a wlno collar, and nftor wearying in lib usoloos elforts to roap a fortuno from Hit' Hiilowallcs of San l'ran-ci-oo, ho had found his way to tho beauti ful and fortlli' Sonoma valloy. IllHudvout horo was as do void of nooil results ns his loamiiiif tbroiih San Kranclnco had boon until lie finally had thu good fort une to moot a friend In tho porson of Mario Pelaio, u prosperous vintager. who had nooil at that tlmo of such a mail as Anton. From that day until tho onu In tho early morning of which wo lind him wending his way to work ho had (,'lvon his master faithful service and had been rewarded accordingly. Anton was In a say mood this morn ing. Ilo had hreakfattet wull and had kisned hlsymiiij wifo and year-ohl babo when ho parted from them with hucIi britfht smiles ns ho had not worn for many a day. Ills thoujjhtH wore tlnifod with tf.-ijest hues, and as ho walked uloii) ho san lustily an old ("r:nan huntlnif sonif 111 a uiuiiiior wnt'ii wonui have done credit to a Sa.xuii Jjur Mulster. Anton had been lorn in the mlilst of beautiful rural sc;inery, but nalim. bad not lost its ehnrin for him. Ilo was never weary of (J'lilnjr admiringly at tho beautiful lamUcapo which lay stretched before him. For him tho broivu, Inn clad bill pinse.i,'il n uevor-fallliiir, Ir resistible I'harin and ho loved to revel In the grandeur of tho slht while hu compared it with tho oucbantliig coun try he hud left beyond the sua. In thU manner as he eiiKaued when he casu ally withdrew Mi glance from thtihills nnd vineyards and cost I ton the ground. As he did bo he hulled suddenly and btouiM'd to 111:1 kit certain that It was a thick line of blood which ho had lmbuld lu the dust of the road. No, hu IiaiI not mlMaUon. mood Indeed It was but w hat eoiild It inran? I 'loud was 0110 of the last thing! ho would bo apt to as bociate with his surroundings here, nnd curiosity was now rampant In bis mind. Ilo flltted the trail a few feet nnd found that it turned towards tho tIiius. A fi-w step further and ho s.iw the body of a large, fliiely-furiiunl man, lying llat on hls luek. In almost a single IhjuiiiI he was bojldo it, and then with an ejaculation which none but (ierman throats can possibly utter, hu threw up his anus with uiixod fooling of horror A IIC TIIIIUW I T IIISAIiMS IV llOIIIIOIt. and anguish. ".Mein (iott!" bo ox claimed, "who has dono thU?" It was eiio igh to shatter stronger nerves than Anton's, for tliero, In a pool of his life's blool, lay his lielovod uud resixvU'd employor, ivlioro betnoon two rows of his own carefully tended vliieu lie had bji a rim tly crawled to die. It almost aaemod ns Uiaugli ho bad thought big blood too rich to mingle with the dirt on tito ronLahli, and liaU ' g Ton', i:-j, -:a- thortrfori! with his last remaining strength drwjnrod htrowlf to the Mitt, fortlle soil which bo had for to many yonra tlllwl. On his face was an etproiMlon horri ble n& that which wnm of us bate soon on tins face of a dead soldier, when diath has com by a bayonet wound, struck by a hand skilled In tho uso nf that wpopon, beside bleu he lay In a list lets attitude. HU arms were sprf.nl out ward ami onn knee lnt: whtlo bis eyes wcr unclosed, ami, although covered by the glassy Him of death, Mmed to gain upward with a wild, weird ntaru. Kery thing polnUd to a cruel, sudden and unex ixvUxl end. Who has not at onu time or another experienced tho awful. Inexplicable sensation nhlrh now held full away over slmple-mlndeil Anton? Kvmu ut quiet Iw-il-sldes, where thiwo whom wn bate lovmi and chorlshod Ho oold In death after long and tedious sickness -hen we stand In the preeiiosi of tho King of Terrors, aflor wo have boon, perhaps, sadly waiting bis arrival for many days ovon then wo are prone to ask: "Can this bo our friend s looping his last Bleep',' U111 this Ihi be who Uuk our hand nnd spoke so cheerily but n few days slncof" And sudden death only Intensities Uils dreadful inability to grasp and comprehend what Is, alas, sooter nly true. Yesterday, Mario Helaro, lu tho warm glow of perfect, Imnllhy manhood; to day, a soullesis corpso, ghastly and livid! It look Anton tome moments to r covr from tho shock, but when ho did, bis first thought was to look for tbo caiiM! of this terrible scUcle. He exainlnesl the breast of tho duad man, but found 110 wound; then he noticed that tho blood had llonod from lienenth the loft shoulder and ho knew that Mario Delaro, tho lielovol of nil who know him, thu 11, aii who never feared to faro his enemy, had boon struck from behind. He was mysllllod, and the terror with which his soul was tilled prevented him from action, so that for many moments ho knelt staring at the corpso, as though hu expected to see It como to life. At last, howovor, ho awakonod to the necessity of the hour and arose to look around. Thero wai not a being In sight, so without stopping for further rellectiou ho hastened In tbo direction of the collars, tho entrance to which was sca.-culy a stone's throw from where he stood. Thuro ho expected be would find someone. Ilo was not disappointed, for two of thu cellar-inen soon appeared and lu a short time he had told them tho d road fill news, as welt as his ex cited stnto would permit, and they nil thrcomide their way to the victim of n foul nnd, at present, mysterious crime. They were all (loruians nnd with natural Teutonic caution each refused to touch the corjKio until some Hrsun of authority wai present. One of them was an old man who had worked around tbo vineyard and cellars for yearn and the other a tall, gaunt young fellow who was .1 recent acquisition to tho place. j Nolthor of the three could advance j any reasonable theories. The old man knew everylMHly for mites around, but! could not remember that Mario hod an ' enemy. Anton bad known tho dend I man for more thnn two yonrs. and had ' never heard a bitter wort! spoken of him, while the youngest man of tho1 throe only knew that during thu short j lime he bad lon there ho had recoiled I his pay regularly, and had hoard his em ployer spokcui of as : good follow. The other two IooKini to Anton for borne suggestion, nnd ho gavo the only 0110 of which hu could think. It was that the young man should make all haste Into the town of San I'aoln and Inform Ihe authorities of what had hapKiued, without letting any more pooplu know of it than was absolutely necessary. Tho MiHusenger was hardly out of sight when thu two watchers foil to talking of the excellent o,oultties lu the char acter of ti 1 (ii who had met with such a violent death. i- Wltu tears In bU eyes and a voice thick with emotion, Anton told of tho teudor regard ho ha 1 for his dead em ployer; he mentioned the many little kindnesses be had recolvod from Delaro, nnd said that he hail seldom heard n harsh or unkind word from blmaliioo the llrst dny thoy had met. The oh) uiuu could go further bark Into Mario's history than Anton, and Uo told of deeds nnd acts of charity which all rodouudud to thu credit of the vin tner. Iitmomoil aa though neither of tlioiu would over tiro of talking about him, nnd when thoy ceased for a moment to ouloglso his character thoy would endeavor to speculate on tho probablo causa of tbo murder, but no tangible theory presented Itself loclther of their minds. In the space of half an hour the messenger was seen returuiug up the road followed by two uniformed olllcers (iiiooniy two 01 which the little town could Iwnst) Rooomp-i tiled by another man lu civilian's clothes. As thoy nenrod the spot whore the dead man Uy, they were overtaken by a doctor who had received Instructions to follow them and bad dono no, calling Into service the wagon and homo of n grocer, with tho grocer's boy for driver. Tho sight of these people gave Anton Infinite relief, and bo breathed more easily when bo felt that tho care of his ghastly charge was being shared by others. Tho first of the olllcers to approach tho body was tbo marshal. Ho took n enro fill survey of the surroundings, but found nothing that aroused his curiosity in an unusual dogroe; nothing thai would serve as a clow, or indicate that thero had buen niiruggltt, Thutlootor, with the nssUUnoo 0f tho other, ex aintnml the body, and found only tho 0110 wound Immediately below ihe left sbouldor blade, though that was evident ly rery deop, Mainly itie blow bod been itruok by a strong arm ami hand, which had not erred In Its purpose. It was useless to surmise; there was nothing to say In the 111. itter except tho plain, horrible truth that It was a coi l-blooded mur der, though whine hand had dealt tho Wow no wrson could Imagine. Tho officers noted all tho particulars w hich they iMnMhly could, ami the doc tor, having taken a diagram of the ex act position of tho body, there was nothing left to do but to romove It. They carefully carried the remains to the-wagon and covering It up with sosio c-mptjr bags the melancholy little pro cession started for the town. Thor had not gone far when thoy woro met by a man on homeback. His appearance de notsKl that ho was a person of usiKtctiil .'mportanco in tbo community. Ilu wui tall but rather thin and had n ver per ceptible stoop, although b:lng on horse back It was not easily notleed. Ills eyoH wore Jet black and wore covered by heatv. busby oyo-browa; bis liennl was carefully trimmed and his dress rniher 100 perfect for tho locality. Wtlle the expression on bin face wat not repulsive, it wai of a kin 1 which would cause a man to exorcise extreme care and caution In dealing with him. A glance at his (oatures wai enough to make clear the fart that bo was nut American liorn, although bis dress and manners would not have Indicated otherwise. As the party with tho wagon drew near to him he stopped his horse and Inquired: "What Is the meantir; of this crowd so early In tho morning?" (It was not yet seven o'clock I "rind what Is It that you have lying In the wagon cove rod with those bags? The body of an In jured man. If I mistake not who Is It'.'" and as he spoku . ha inured his horse closer to the wagon. The ei.r.l:nl replied to his Inquiries: "Mr. Velasquez, I am sorry to hate to tell you that Anton Keyman has this morning found the dead body of your friend a'ld partner Mr. D.'laru In bis own vln' ). list, and wo are now removing It to " I ho dead lxdy of my part- n.vvi: Mill t.yiso is 1111: WAdO.H'" ner?" responded Volasfiuex. "and an thero any marks of violence?" "Indeed there are," said tho otllcer, "there is 110 doubt but tbut ho lias boon foully mur dered." Hut. my Ood," exclaimed Velas iiie, "can it bo possible Unit a gentle man who Itoro tho good will of every body, as Mario Delaro did, can bavo b '.-n slain in cold blood?" "Sueb Is the esse," cnlm'y replied thu olllcer. "And Is thero nothing to Indicate by whom the dreadful deod was committed no clew?" as knil VelasUos. "Wo have carefully searched and can find nothing." was the reply. "And what aro you now going to do with the body?" pursued the questioner. "Uo aro going to tnko tho liody Into the town and prepare fur an Inquest, " he w.is nnsworod. "Muauwhlle, Mr. Vi lasquet. will you kindly undertake to see that the news Is gently broken to ins witu -poor soul?" asked the olllcer. "I ."n not 111 present, " was the re ply, "for she went yesterday morning with her little daughter. Arm Ida, to Santa Kosa; but I will try to mako ar rangements so that the news can not reach her suddenly and will telegraph to her frtonds at Santa Hosa as soon as I can roach tho dopoL It Is not long ride, but I will start nt unco and Join you later at the mayor's oHloa." Saying which, Valasquex started bis hor.su ut a brisk trot, ami tho sad littlo party moved 011 nt a slower paoo. CHAITKK 11. Mario Ditlaro, the man wliosn duau lody had been found, was, as his name Indicates, an Italian who bad emigrated to America Immediately after tho close of the civil war, while bo was still u youth. Ills parents had Inien well-to-do, but bis father met with reverses lu coiiko- queneo of a patriotic endeavor to estab lish somo largo factorlim near to Naples, which had turned out a failure. Young Mario, full of pluck and spirit, determined not to liecomo In any way dep indent on his father lu his strait en. d clrctimstnneikj, so with praise worthy enorgy bo rosolvod to try bis luck In (.'alifiirul.i. I, Ike many others, lieforo and since, he was doomed to j moot with somo bitter disappointments, but as he had made up his mind to bat- ' lie lu earnest with the world, there was little fear that he would starve. He first tried thu mining districts, but thero met with llidilfuroiil success. Still, by hard work ho managed to gut n little money uhond and drifted to San I'rauclsco, whero ho opened a fruit store. Thoro be was more successful and soon saved several thousand dol lars. (rowing tired of the busy, yet hum drum lifo of the city, bo resolved 011 trying bis hand In thu wine-growing districts, and bought a few acres of land in ihe fertile Sonoma valley. Owing to his Imperfect knowledge nf the business bo at rirst lost a great dual of monoy in thts' venture aud by thu time that he bad iiiMturtHl all tho nos). tbo town. www ' wii.vr e.iry points and was turning out sat isfactory wlno. ho found that tho poor wines which many of his eompetltors were putting 011 the market had rnusrsl the rnoplo to speak disparagingly of domestic wtuos. so that the trade in thorn was consldt rably fallen olf. However, be continued to persevere In the faco of 111 fortuno, and was at last rewarded with success. Hlalod with his good fortune, he con ceived the Idea of liecomlng part owner ami manager of one of the largest h Ine growlug concerns In Sonoma County, and In an evil hour took Into partner ship a Portuguese n.mnd l.oon Velas qucX, w that ho might have the means to purchase some neighboring vino yards. VulaM)ue brought nulto a large sum of monoy Into tho buslno,"hough how ho came by ll was ofu-n ntlorwards a thomo for speculation In tho mind of Mario. For nearly a year all went Well and I ho prospects for the next year were (tilte brilliant. Hut before the end of twelve montliV partnership Velasouex ojan to show signs l lessening per- sonal Interest In the business. Ilo took oft-repent'id trips to San Francisco and made frequent demands for money, which at llrst Mario In variably met without questioning; but when one day Velas.iuet proiHHed to considerably overdraw his account, a quarrel ensued, caused by Mario's re fusal. Thereupon Volasoue displayed char acteristics which told that be was not quite the polished gentleman he pre tended to In'. Hut Mario's refusal served a good pur so; for, after this, Volasquei was not so importunate in hi 1 demands on tho lluamial resources of tho tlrm. Mat ters went on with comparative smooth nets for a time, but Mario wus not well satlsttod with his partner ami oftou wished th.xt hu bad kept along a I on 11 In tils old quiet way. As year followed year thu I'otada property continued to Increase In value and Sonoma wines found ready salo at all times, lloth Mario and his partner were making large sums of money every year. I Mario was a careful man and Invented his money very ciutluusly as fust as ho made It, but Velasquei was given to rash speculation, nnd frequently lost largo sums of money dabbling In mill-, lug stocks in Sail I 'rami sou. This and his frequent absence from the l'o-iada cellars gave Delaro good cause for complaint, unit he suggested to Velasquo tho purcbasu of bis share lu the business. ! To this Vulusquet would not listen. 1 Ilo was alwuys sure of a good thing, as he knew full wull, so long ns ho retained his Interest in tho vineyard and the wluo-collan and hu know enough to stick to his partner. I .Mario Delaro had built himself pleasant homo on tbo hillside a littlo below San l'aola. To this home he took a lovely wife, by whom ho had ono child, a daughter, who was at tbo tlmo of her father's death about eight years old. Thu child, Armlda, was n bright little brunette, combining in herself the hautyo( her handsome father and tho sweetness of bur lovely mother--the latter a daugliter of a wealthy Spanish merchant In Santa Ituja. Mario had boon very proud of hi lovely wife and ohlltl and was tho ten- di rest of husbands, Iaioii Vclasqucx, on tho other hand, possessed a history which wan qiillooii scuru up to the time when hu made In. llrst bow In San l'aola with a psjfusb n 0 money and the appoirnneo of one whoso path In lifo was particularly smooth and easy. As r imed, ho soon became me part ner of l).;laro, and at the lime when the partnership was formed he appeared to be a man of about ibirty-flve jenru, though none over knew his exact age If any onu bad followed him on his frequent trips to San Francisco they would have discovered that hu went I there Ui participate in all kinds of! vices, and, as men whoso deeds are evil love darkness rather than light, they would have found thai ho did not ex tiose himself much during thu day. lie acted like a man who was afraid of ' liolug seen, nnd his haunts at night were places where It required n cullur' Knock on the iloor as well as a glance through a peep-nolo before thu appli cant was admitted. It looked as though his seclusion In the quiet I'osada vineyard was a forced one, though he bad not apparently enough discretion or force of will to keep entirely from tho ouUldu world. lie was, In short, an Inveterate gam bler, and would resort to any mentis In order to gain the material with which to tempt fortune's cards. Ho had! Jogged elbows .villi the worst classes of thieves and villains In San Francisco.' and any one aware of bis history would' ' "" ' " " 7" "l , f It. tit lid 1. ml nunnl:. In ii ullli ft unu ln. ' able characters. The fact of the matter was that Vol usqiioi had walked In crime from an early age. Ills parents bad alferdod him a good education, and at the age of sixteen he bad entered u largo mercan tile houso lu Lisbon. He took advantage of tho first oppor-' tunlty which proseutml luolf to steal quite a large sum of money, ami, falling lu bis efforts to fasten the crime upon a fellow clerk, he eluded the vigilance of the I.IsImiii Millce and socrotod himself on a sailing vessel ltound for America The captain being susceptible to a bribe bo managed to land safely In Nuw York. elasquez lost no time In Improving bis knuwlmlgn of tho Kngllsh liuigunge, and after jierfuotliig lilmsolf as far ns possible bo sturtutl across the conti nent. Atl'hloagu hu found bis way Into a1 ring of gamblers who soon Ueeced him, nnd he than sank into ovary kind of vttw Imaginable. From Cbieaga lit fiLt..!lfflIi!iffiil my mm .vrii.u ii.skii iiikv lii:i'.uui;i 1.11II1AIIV. drifted West, but he always, bowerer, managed to keep his photograph out of 1110 various rogues galleries. A short lime before ho fell In with ......... .... . 1 . .. ... j stagecoach robbery In Nevada, but bin 1'i-iitru i. 111111 iMlljn ll lllllCnilKI 111 n lug new In that busluens the authorities did not suspect or even know htm nnd he thus goteloar wttli lilssbnroof tbo booty. Kocoming somewhat seared, and fear lug lest his phenomenal luck should do , sert him and leave him at last lu the I bunds of justice, he concluded to try a I few years' seclusion In the valley of thu Suiiiuua. With the exception of Inn too frequent alstonce and calls for money, all went well with him after bo entered Into partnership with Mario Ilu lit ro. Indeed It seemed as though Velas quel had at last sett 1ml down to a civil, reasonable kind of life, and towards tho beginning of 1S75 M irlo bad so restored bis conlUlonce in bis Portuguese partner that he sometimes listened to bis prop Islilons of n joint Investment In mining I locks, st which for a tltmi they Isilh jriide money, so much so that the deals 'lontlnuoil to tncreuso lu amount until 1110 dnv Velusnucz Induced Delaro to in '.est twenty thousand dollars with hlui ,n a toino whlon he hall privately heard was going to bo "boomed" (or all It was worth. Tho speculation turned out to be success, nnd. elated at his lucky hit, Velasqiies lecnino greedy for more. He Invested lu other mines and tm heavily; then he gave his notes for large sunt, and a day or two before set tling time w tth Delaro fur tlm Biicce. fill deal he found himself nearly fifty thousand dollars In debt, with no Im mediate prospect of being able to moot his obligations. He had readied on his own share o( the deal lu which Dalaro was Interested, but Delaro had not yet cashed blauei ttflrato. Velasquez wns In a bad mood, and 11 1 ready to moot nuy emergency will. fraud or violence when ho started haul, to Sjn l'aola to meet Dciaru. Ilu roach Dularo's house, where be bad alwy been a guest, about so vim o'clock on ilo evening Immediately preceding the morning on which Delaro bad been found dead, Aflor dinner ho and Dolnro repaired to the library, and commenced to Uis ens 1 matters of bust ties 1, Vola'.qtio. as wti know, was In no very pleasant state of mind, and Delais. was In an equally bad mood, owing to tho fact that n quantity of wino had lieon R)llotl at the collars that day, tbo result of neglect on tho pnrt of ono of the workmen, The conversation was quiet enough nt llrst and Dolaru ualmly signed the transfer ut tho mining stock so that Velas.juei mlgbl complete thu negotia tions on his return to San IVauiisuo. After this Viiiuque told Dolnro that hell.il been pctuil:illu. further uud had lMt con ildm able inone. ; tint that ' r.?: "vf -A - - ill 1 1 V 4. M.- 1 ITS ri'Ui;M.v iik iik a ut) ,t si.ic.nr .votsi. iikiiinii iiiii. In order to squnro himself, he must borrow at lars. luatt twenty thousand del- Delaro refused to lend the nmoun' that they hIih . U and angrily propowd - at on ilissolvo sii tnerslilp, olleilng pay Velusiiuea Oily thousand dollars f.,; his share in tbo business. After a lung discussion Vi I aq ll) , consented on condition that Del . would give him a uoto for the ;,:,, . then and there, (or which he wo make over a receipt. Tho pap r dissolution to bo tilled out and ni -i, In the course of a day or two. (lit hU part Velaqii' 1 .? De' note tor tho vltio of the inn mf wbl. !iho held to rcullte 01, und deal was ended. 1 1 wan uiuu o'clock U.fore r l,-i 1 was .el lied. At that hoi ' ' .. . a b II, und the call was colored servant. "Fin g, may not be book till la'e, 10 you not wait up for me; but see tb.,t light aro put out eioopt the one mi te bead of tbo aulra, Mil tbo one in m bodroom," said bU WMtsV, "All right, air." NMnonditil the tondant; "but Is Hi - t timit 1. want b r v m "' . j - "1 j i.i.f i 1 omo claret L'F- irr'M -nra a M 3 "i mmmi ro 1111 .... 1 lc and e 1,11-.' Aft -. e ach Uau lit a clffar and drank .me f th . wine. Deluru aroso to atari, "If. you esrs' f, - my company," said l.i'uer, "I tv I. wlk with you." ' I b ,ve no obj ,,ilon," wns tho re- o.e.e. "We tvn ilttish talking over p tli inaUe ' li I "'i: i'ii,' a .1 ..1 '.ff He V..S i. ma'ier on the war. ' those few moments a great pssslnif In Velaaquoi's mind imilltatliia on committing 1 wl.ieii would placj him lu Iwevsi. for awlill' at least. com- lie r.i-.-.lly welgb. d tho ehanoosofdiv t ;i" 1 .1 id m a Jo up his mind what he VMHlhl ,1.' He vv.i.a man whoso Mature It was not to rest unless his hands were .steeped In rime, and ho hesitated nt nothing w hen a ch.m e win within bis reach to seeiir.. apoM round sum of money. Delaro Ua I not nlftasod him will. I. Is ai.iiilii.-is; boa Ides ho was oxasjKir-at.-dat bla r.-p.aU)d lues by Sacula Hon and ready for any kind of a deisl as a means to escape bis dlfllcultlos. "Uxcuso me for a 111, mien 1, " he said, Is fore they started, "I wish to step up to my room." lie waa only gone lor a few moments, but it waa long enough to got what he wanted. Thero was not much said between tho two men on their wall; tovvai.W the town ..n I on beyond it to Hi' cellars; their dlite.-ences were settled and only one or iwo minor malton we. left ui discuss. When thoy vvuro about two hundred yards from the entrance to tho collars. V. h-.Miueg stopped and -.oiled himself 0,1 a log, saln,f that ho would leuialn there until M .1 tlu returned. Mario Di l;;ro proi-ei ded t.iword the en trance and was soon inside. It did not lalto Inm inoro than twenty minutes to eoii. luilo his inspection, after which he did not wait, liul at once started down the road toward where ho hud luft Velasquez sitting. He could not !.. YolaMiiii 7. where he bad left bim, lut supposed that he bail walked una Hnl i.ny. lie whistled and shouted; Vclas.niet! Vehisouei!" Hut no nnnwer cuiop. Suddenly ho hei.itl n slight noise Ihi bind him, but ho l,.d 11.. llnm 1,1 turn. A blow, a groin, a. id M irlo Delr.ro was In tho dust. He bad rivived bis death wound and Volasq ie;-, .v.n the murderer. The blow had be. n ,..fi d to." sure for the victim to retain conseiousness more thnn n secon I. Valasue drag.-d thn b.kly lu be tween tho vines, u 1 1, after making sure Hint tin. deadly in. le I. i l done Its work w.-ll, he left his ve tim 1,1 dlo. Sbortly afterwar.lM Anton Ilcymnn pa.ssetl by. follow- d In the curse of half an hour by throe of the eellariiieu, who had b"Oll lielolnr 1,1m w lib some work that had cans-Hi .1 great deal of trouble and worry In the cellar , of late. eloftqiui was .a lb . I) iaro home by tbli time. lie hnl entered the study, plcreil tho loci; of tne desk and taken out liiSMivii nut . and the receipt he had given Delaro fo.- t;, . jjrty thousand dol lar 1. V After that be roltr. d fi his room, and lept as so ru'.lv a. if guilt und crime were porfu.'t sn.in -1 to l.im. .Sknkrii Oat or (irur, lly innlartal 4i-c.va, tin human mnthlnerr nanie.t lislf pcrf.irnt lli om.uo, Dinaslion. sc.r.-dnp, cracuutl.ui ato Ui...tor.l, tlia liloud hwomes walxry, tl,,i nerves fc.tl.lo, tlm nountoiuuM-a gh.-ully, spiop itniurlwl nnd nppcllle civil, ieus. 1 1 rril.lo is tin. tlluasot foil Its eonsDiiuouec. 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