The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-02-25
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CADIz, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1874

sonnd ofa kindly human voice, and she nov
found moment Of nexpressbe happiness il
the innocent caresses Of the happy child.
Too joyous TO know any thing of fear, h,
nestled beside her, glad TO find companion il
bis sports, while she, pressing him 10 her bosom
amused him, after the manner of tender moth
er, by tales and songs. The child had listened
with delight, but when she had finished he look
ed in her face, and as if, in his simplicity, he
sought 10 repay her kindness, he said J.
"My father taught me preuier song thar
yours" and he began to sing
"oh listen, Christian neighbors, to crime of decpes
Marie Marker with her sickle has killed the wounded
Bluen
| Al these terrible words the unhappy girl ut
tered wild cry, and dropping the unconsciou.
child from her knee, fed like a hunted wild
beast into the woods 1t was the final blow o
the unseen avenger; her punishment was greater
than she could bear, and from that hour Marie
became hopeless maniac.
When | first saw her she had been some years
in this stale, and shall never forget her singular
appearance. She was large robust girl o
twenty-four, with remarkable squareness O
outline, and certain rigidity of motion, tha
resembled the aWkard movements Of an i'll
1jointed wooden figure. There was no play O
muscles visible, no tracery of veins dscoverablt
beneath her tanned and swarthy skin She re
minded me Of those stone images of the virgin
which stand in the inches of consecrated foun
talns--coarse and ill-caWed statues, from which
art has been unable 10 remove more than bal
the yelling granite, and which leave you in doub
whether they are specimens Of imperfect human
skill, or simply rude stones, which some ffeal
of nature has stamped with halfdeyeoped re
semblance 10 humanity.
Upon nearer view, the countenance of the
murdoress had singuIarIy auslere and siniste
expression. It was face vely angular in it
contour, and literally scanned with cross lines
which disturbed and offended the gazer's eye
while in her wild and wandering looks there
shone out a frighHul degree of cunning ferocily
She bore in every feature the stamp of that bas
tard Celtic race, in whom primitive qualities have
I degenerated into corresponding vices She rare
| ly replied to any questions that might be ad
dressed TO her and generally seemed as strong
in soul as in body, but if single word of thai
trghful song reached her ears, then, as if stlucl
! by some galVaniC power, the coarse statue start
ed into life, and became once more suffering hu
manty. She would utter terrible cries, toss he
arms, wriIhe her body in the most terrible con
tortions, then suddenly sprnging up, would fly
with the utmost speed, repeating as she ran the
accusing couplots of the dreaded song, while, a.
her voice rose louder and louder upon the air
the avenging words seemed to take fercer ant
stronger hold upon her distracted feelings Il
seemed as ifremorse was incarnate in that hid
eous form; or rather, that two beings we're in
closed in that rigid frame, on one of whom hac
been imposed the task Of torturing the other,anc
that the outraged conscience was forever giving
chase to the sinful soul. Every feature, every
gesture expressed the emotions of this double
character--the avenger and the victim BY turn:
she wept, raved, prayed and cursed, imploret
lply and denounced vengeance. 1t was spec
tacle from which the eye turned in horror, for il
was like The struggle of the executioner and the
terminal on the brink of the scafIoId