A Servant of Satan: Romantic Career of Prado the Assassin — page 77: what you’re looking at

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A SERVANT OF SATAN. 69 ‘*A terrible thing has happened. You will be horribly shocked. Our poor old friend, the widow, has been found murdered near the ruins of the Temple of Jain, and without noticing the ashy hue of Frederick’s face he con- tinued; ‘* Her assassin was captured just as he was attempt- ing to remove from her corpse the jewels which she wore. The whole town is in an uproar about it, and the culprit was nearly torn to pieces by the people when he was taken through the streets on his way to the prison, ‘© You say her murderer is captured?” ROBBING THE MURDERED WIDOW. << Yes,” answered the colonel, and a villainous, hang-dog looking fellow he is, too—a member of some of those wandering tribes of beggars who infest our part of the country—and no mercy will be shown to him.” Frederick instantly realized that it was necessary for his safety that he should remain at least some days longer at Baroda, so as not to arouse, by his sudden departure, sus- picions which had, so luckily for him, taken another direc- tion, and, coolly finishing his toilet, he accompanied the 9010 <€om (@) €o ; , 7 - > s \, » »* ~ ~ 5 > %; ve re. \, ~~ oe eas Pa as EK