Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-03-01
NO. 10

Ws " ss"hys w the Certainty
OF despair.
Every muscle Of bis body shook.
while his pale lips could onl, mute. = 4
olust be So! itmust be san and lis fin.
/ ger pointing to the shrouded eorpse. Al.
leEtiy babe the 10 Disclose the truth.
mute, mutioniess, horror pervatied mo
throughout; when springing from his
trance he tore away the linen from the
features y concealed. One glance SUI
ficed;--irue, the last twenty fur hours
had robbed them OF much that was love.
ly, but they were east ia a moald of
soeh sweet expression that. once seen.
was to be remembered Jo,ccer.
With 'nd'scribabls w,ldn.ss he flung
himself upon the body, aud eahracirg
the pallied clay, seemed valni, trying
| TO kissn bask 10 lsfe. l watched his
| coantebanee tiIl il became so pale there
was only one shade Of difference be-
tween the two. In an instant, frcrn the
strained glare of his fixed glance, his
eyes relaxed, and iifeiess ,nan.mata
expression Of nonenity, succeeded their
former tension, while with bis hand still
retaining tho hair OF the deceased in hin
" Wv SN'm pun WIZ ksVuHus
Assistance was called, and from n
state OF inssnsibiIity, he passed in to one
of depression.
All our efforts TO disentangle the locks
he had SO warmly loved from his fingers
| were "a van; the locks were. therefore,
cut of from his hand. Through ell tho
anguish Of bis soul be never spoke. the
last words to which his hips gave utte.
rance were these-slt must be so, it
aust be SO, For hours he would stare
al one object, and his look was 10 me
so full OF horror and reproacb 1 could
| not meet Il. Suddenl, he would turn
to the hair. aud fastening his lips upon
il, murmur some inarticulste sounds.
and weep with all the bitterness Of in.
famine sorrow.
The reader will remember II So chan
ced. that never wss introduced 10 tho
heroine of my tale; but all doubt was
now removed as TO the identity .f the
subject for the dissection with the un-
fortunate Emily Smith. How she came
by her death was mystery that no.
thing seemed likely to unrayel.
Not the slightest marks of violence
could be found about her person; the
arms we're certainly IN an unnatural pc.
sition. being bent NTH the palms up.
ward. as IL to support weight. and
seemed 10 have been some what pressed.
but this might be accounted for BY the
packing OF the body. Al beside wore
the appearance Of qnieseent death.
She was opened and not the slight
est trace Of poison presented itself I'm.
mediate search had been made Tor the
| men; they had absconded, and oil ap.
parent means Of INQUIRY seemed hush
ed with the victim IL its science in its
grave
Some years past--St Glare was dead
the father Of the unfortunate Emily
was no more. Fortune had thriven
with me, and being independent of prac-
sice. had settled ia the West end Of
London, aud married the object Of my
empIoyments Of my profession, and a.
mongst the rest. that OF surgeon to tho
dispensary
Seven years afterry first commence.
ment, bad to attend q poor nan who
was attacked with inflammation Of the
brain. The violence Of the disease had
been subdued but some strange wan
desings Of delrum still haunted him.
In paroxysm OF this sort he one day !.
exclaimed to me, as was feeling his
pulse, Cut II Oft cut il of ! II says SO;
of with it!' Paying no attention to this,
replaced bis arm within the coverlid,
but deshing IL out, he seized nine and
demanded Does il not say il thy right
hand offend thee. cut it OFF, Yes, my
man but yours is a useful MEMBER
take my advice and keep il on
II will not; il has offended me. ay,
damned me 10 eternity. ]. is murds-'
1 reus right hand But will not drag
the reader through the incohsrent raw
ings Of guilty del;rium; Il suffiees to
say. that after some considerable pains I,
elected the following story from him:
"It's just ten years to morrow ftbat's'
Tuesday, since | was discharged from
four months imprisonment in the House
of Correction was then just twenty.
la the same place met q gang OF re-
surrection men. and they said what q
jolly life they led, plenty Of money and
all that, when one Of 'em told the rest
be knew better way to get the rhine
I quickly than what they did, and if so b
D as they would mt split, bed tell 'em.--