Beadle's Dime Novels, No. 11 — page 108: what you’re looking at

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106 ~ THE PRISONER OF LA VINTRESSE. For a moment, Minerva was hopeless, but after she had thought a while, she said: “ Will you let me write something with a pencil, and will you give it to the man who brought me ?” “Oh, yes, anythin’ in reason, honey; I ain’t clined to be onreasonable,” was the reply. : Minerva lifted the little gold pencil attached to her chain, and wrote as follows: “SENOR VELASQUEZ: “ For it must be you, although your disguise deceived me thoroughly; you can perhaps contemplate the act you have performed with complacency. I leave you and your conscience with God, who is the Judge and the Father of the orphan. I only beg you, as you hope for mercy, hereafter to let me be alone, whenever I wish. The face of the old ser- vant who attends me is disagreeable, I do not want her in my state-room. Say what you will to them all, I shall put my case in the hands of God, and leave with Him, also, the retribution; but let me not be annoyed with any attendance. “MINERVA DE MonsERATR.” The negress carmied the note. In a few moments she re- turned, looking somewhat crest fallen. In her hand she car- ried a folded paper, on which was written: “ Your request shall be complied with, I have given orders.” The young girl smiled bitterly. “I knew he would not dare to do otherwise,” she said to herself, ) ; comiclooks.com