Penny Dreadfuls, 1889 · page 83 of 218
A Servant of Satan: Romantic Career of Prado the Assassin — page 83: what you’re looking at
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rN. Y *. 2. eh "a y ate. * ~ A SERVANT OF SATAN. | vis berg had been her lover during almost the entire period of his stay at Baroda. A quarter of an hour before her body was discovered, Waldberg is said to have visited her apart- ments alone, and a considerable amount of money and jewels are ascertained to have been abstracted therefrom. Moreover, in the letter which Florence left for her father she hinted that one of the reasons of her suicide was that she believed her lover to have been guilty of a terrible crime and declared that her last interview with him had taken place near the ruins of the temple above mentioned, just before the body of the murdered woman was discovered. An unfortunate Bengalee beggar, who was found hovering over the corpse of the widow as if about to rob it of its jewels, was publicly put to death a few days later on the — charge of having killed her. ‘The execution took place in the presence of Waldberg, who is now believed to have © been the real assassin and who was invited by the Guicowar to witness the horrible scene. It appears that the count was unable to bear the sight, and that he fainted away, creating a great commotion thereby. A few hours later he suddenly left Baroda, informing the colonel by letter that he was called away on most urgent business. He has not been heard of since, but the police are on the look — out for him.” : A few minutes later the train steamed into the station of Allahabad, and the two officers, gathering up their cloaks, swords, and other traps, left the sleeping-car. As soon as the express had again started on its way to Calcutta the man who had displayed such an intense interest in the conversation of Captain Clery awd his friend cautiously descended from his berth and began to dress — himself as noiselessly as possible. Drawing the blind aside for a moment from the lamp, the dim light thereof revealed the features of Frederick von Waldberg. As soon as he had finished dressing he repaired to the cabinet. de toilette of the S) EOmMmIchboo (e(0) 2)