A FAMILY NEMESIS.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 October 1918, Page 7

A FAMILY NEMESIS.

A Nemesis that, would bo appeased by no sacrifice has pursued the family of Percir-Munoz, Costa EicttH peasants, according to American iiowb correpondents. With a period of only two years they have all mot sfcraiigo deaths. # and there is now not oven an heir left to claim" Kho modest property. Greek druma never proceeded more inscrutably. The elder son, Gabriel, died of lockjaw from a casual wound, and his mother's grief made her a prey to consumption, of which she died six months later Soon after the father perished of heart failure Alberto, another son, was killed by the sudden fall of a tree which he was cutting down A daughter, CManuela, died in a convent. Sara, fording the Chiquito Eivor in order to carry luncheon to her brothers, was swept away by a whirlpool, and her body was never found by the three remaining members of the family, Francisco, having been taken to a hopsital at the capital, was completely cured of his disease, but he had no sooner returned to his home at Las Canas than he was thrown from a horse and killed. His brother Daniel, died from a dagger wound received in a quarrel "about some trifle." 7 ' Casimira, a young and beautiful woman, was left alone. She married, and in three months her husband died of a snake's bite and she, after seeking hospitality among the neighbouring families, was stricken by fever.