Black Widow                                                                                                                                      

All those who had seen it had, say, disappeared. In their place

there had been found a spider, a black widow, the hairy and disgusting

spider, in a little cage made of crystal-glass threads. Patricia

Strongshield raised her pants and went out to give a second glance at

Johnny, her next victim, who was waiting for her. But she would not show him

her bum, as she had promised to in order to convince him to the encounter,

not this time. She had to allure him to the villa of Mondello. Now she would

pretend to sob. Oh, Johnny, I am shy, this is the first time that I have

been involved in such an event. I can’t go through  with it. I beg your pardon I am

not able to maintain my promise to show you my bum. How many victims had

she accumulated? She couldn’t remember their number. It all began in

Bournemouth many years ago, she could remember her first victim, a rich trader,

a Scot who imported salami.

The Scot had given his card to her in order to impress her. Charles

Scroogle , Import Export. Goodbye Scroogle. At that time, she was no more

than a young girl with a delicious bum. At every murder she had promised

herself that it was the last one. But she could not stop. This was the black

widow's destiny. To slowly attract the victim into her net; to choose

and to save the black widow that was destined to it; to raise her spiders

in a cylindrical crystal cage, in that safe place, the attic of the villa in

Mondello. Their poison could kill in a few seconds, a selected variety, the

only one in the world available, was in her hands. While she was watching 

Johnny, a shiver of fear jolted her, she thought about her future. How would

she manage things, when her bum would not be that round and hard anymore?

Gym, sports in the sun, creams, massages, fruit and vegetables, nothing had

been spared in order to maintain a splendid bum that most girls would still

envy. But it could not last for ever, things come and go, curse. Perhaps she

would attempt to find a girl to train, an accomplice to send ahead in her place.

She, Patricia, would continue to choose the victims, to attract them, to play with them until the moment would come to show . Then the bum of the young accomplice would enter the scene. What is going to happen next ? Will Johnny really be the next victim of the Black Widow? Why does the Black Widow kill men, after showing them her bum? _

  How is my bum?

     THE BLACK WIDOW

                                                                              LOOK DO NOT TOUCH

ALL STARTED WHEN  PATRICIA WAS SEVENTEEN .
 
-DO NOT PULL THAT MUCH AUNTIE MOLLY, I AM SURE NOT A FAT PERSON.

-A WELL  PULLED CORSET WILL MAKE YOUR BUM ROUNDER AND WELL POSITIONED ON YOUR HIPS. IN THE PAST ALL GIRLS AND LADIES PLAYED THIS WAY.

-BUT I CANNOT BREATHE.

-YOU WILL GAIN THE FIRST PRIZE TONIGHT TOO. MY LITTLE GIRL  WILL COME BACK HOME AS A QUEEN.

 - CURSE, AUNT MOLLY, I HATED TO DO THIS THING. LAST WEEK I
GAVE YOU 2000 POUNDS, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE ENOUGH FOR QUITE SOME TIME. -
-MONEY IS NEVER ENOUGH, DARLING. THERE' S THE ROOF TO REPAIR, THE FENCE TO
MEND AND PAINT, FOOD FOR THE WINTER, FIREWOOD TO BURN, COAL. WE HAVE BACK
PAYMENTS TO MEET WITH THE BANK, BECAUSE OF THE LOAN WE NEEDED TO BUY THIS
HOUSE. AND YOU WILL NOT WANT TO DENY FATHER BROWN OUR CONTRIBUTION TO REPAIR THE ORGAN OF THE CHURCH. YOU WILL NOT WANT THAT I' LL LOWER MY HEAD EVERY TIME THAT WE MEET HIM.

 -ONE OF THE GIRLS SAID SHE SAW FATHER BROWN HIDDEN BEHIND THE STRETCHES, HE COMES TO WATCH US, IT SEEMS. HE ASKS FOR MONEY TO REPAIR THE ORGAN, BUT HE SPENDS THAT MONEY TO COME WATCH THE GIRLS. FURTHER WE MUST ALSO STAY LISTENING TO HIS SERMON ABOUT THE GIRLS WHO GO TO LONDON .

- MUCH BETTER IF FATHER BROWN COMES TOO, WE ARE  SAFER THAT NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN. AND I AM SURE THAT HE WILL VOTE YOU.

 -LET US SAY HE WILL VOTE MY BUM.

-IT IS  ALL GOING FOR THE BEST, AS IT SEEMS YOU HAVE THE METHODIST CHURCH ON YOUR SIDE.

-ON MY BACK SIDE. AUNT MOLLY.

- DO YOU WANT TO WEAR PINK PANTS OR SKY-BLUE ONES ? THE PINK ONES SEEM MORE
ATTRACTIVE , BUT THOSE SKY-BLUE ONES WILL GIVE YOU AN AIR OF A SMALL ANGEL.
-I'LL WEAR SKY-BLUE ONES, TO BE SURE OF FATHER BROWN'S VOTE. HE IS SUPPOSED
TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS, ISN'T HE, AUNT MOLLY?

 -IT 'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS, LUCKILY THEY ARE COMING TO DRIVE YOU IN A GIG. THE QUEEN IN HER HORSE-CART , I WILL GIVE YOU A BIG UMBRELLA , BEWARE NOT TO WET YOUR HAIR . THESE CATTLE FAIRS ARE A BLESSING, THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE   ATTENDING AND BETTING ON YOU GIRLS TONIGHT.

 -ALSO WE GIRLS ARE PART OF THE CATTLE-FAIRS, AUNT MOLLY. I CANNOT BEAR THIS KIND OF HAPPENING. I WISH I COULD KILL ALL THOSE THAT COME TO WATCH AND TO BET ON US GIRLS.

 -IT DOES  NOT SEEM A GOOD IDEA.. AFTER ALL THEY ARE RESPECTABLE AND RICH PEOPLE .BUT PLEASE, EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN HOW THIS THING OF THE BETS WORKS.

- RATHER SIMPLE AUNT MOLLY. EVERY MAN PAYS 250 BUCKS TO ENTER OUR ROOM, WHEN THE ROOM IS FULL, WE GIRLS HAVE TO BE STANDING ALIGNED, OTHER WAY ROUND, IN ORDER TO SHOW OUR BUMS NOT OUR FACES. AT THE BEGINNING WE ARE COMPLETELY DRESSED, THE MEN PASS ALONG THE GIRLS AND BET WHATEVER MONEY ON THE BUM THEY PREFER. EVERY GIRL HAS A NUMBER, WRITTEN ON THE WALL OVER HER HEAD. THE BETS ARE SECRET, THE GAMBLER PUTS HIS MONEY IN AN ENVELOPE AND WRITES THE NUMBER OF HIS GIRL. THEN HE PUTS HIS ENVELOPE IN A HAT ON THE SECRETARY'S TABLE, WHO WILL CONSIGN IT TO THE MANAGEMENT.

- THEN WHAT HAPPENS? -
AFTER ALL THE BETS ARE PLACED, WE GIRLS REMOVE OUR SKIRTS AND ANOTHER RUN OF BETS GOES ON .. LASTLY WE GIRLS REMOVE OUR PANTS TOO, AND A LAST RUN OF BETS GOES ON . AT THIS POINT THE SECRETARY CHECKS THE BETS, WHILE WE GIRLS HAVE TO STAY NAKED AND BE WATCHED , AFTER ALL THE GAMBLERS PAID MONEY AND ARE ENTITLED TO SOMETHING FOR IT. THE GIRL WHO WAS AWARDED WITH THE MOST MONEY WILL BE THE WINNER . ONE THIRD OF ALL REVENUE GOES TO THE MANAGEMENT, A SECOND THIRD TO THE WINNER, THE LAST THIRD WILL BE SHARED IN EQUAL PARTS AMONG   ALL THE OTHER GIRLS.

-AND WHAT DO THE GAMBLERS WIN?

- THE GAMBLER WHO PUT THE MOST MONEY ON THE WINNING GIRL WILL BE REWARDED WITH HER PANTS. THAT'  S ALL.

- YOUR GIG ARRIVED , VIRGINIA, WEAR YOUR CAPE. -  

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