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husband and took up her abode with a rich neighbor, living as his wife.
In a short time, however, first love; where-
she repented and returned to her
upon the the
rich neighbor
sum of
employed a "native," for
two dollars, to murder the favored hus-
band. It was to be no half-way affair, as the contract required the head to be entirely severed from The "native" did not seek to cover his the body. crime by the darkness of night, but went at it, business-like, in the
day time
.
He
tim, ate breakfast with him,
called
upon
his vic-
invited hira into the
and killed anThe murderer was
front yard, slew him, cut off his head,
other
man who
tried to interfere.
upon the payment of thirty-seven dolgovernment officials by his employer, he was set at liberty and stood ready for another job. In Peru, law apparently has only been obeyed
arrested, but lars to the
when
it
has suited the convenience of the rich
man
In fact, the average citizen of that illobey it. fated country seems only to have lived to plunder his government. "As rich as Peru," has become an adage; but, while it is immensely rich in natural to
resources,
it is
also very rich in rottenness.
In Pernambuco, Brazil, in the year 1883, the leading daily newspaper criticised the police of
town very severely for taking a well-dressed a prisoner and marching him through the streets. The complaint was that the man was
that
man