The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-07-23

r will betray no more; let him die. Toucl
him not-I am the avenger; let him die
S let him die!"
| hurried to the side of the wounded man
P and, raising his head, l saw that the sho
had entered near his ear, and most probabl,
lodged about the back of the neck. His eye
though, told me he was dying; there was n,
f fIhope
' 'Is he dead?" asked the other.
"No," said l.; "but he soon will be; he il
D dying"
4 The young man then dropped the pisto
, which he held in his hand, and walking int
the next room, he, with deepsob, approach
ed the corpse of the unhappy girl. He kisset
Z conyplsively the pale face. a
| "Helen, Helen," heexclaimed, "you ar,
avenged Rest, rest, pure spirit. He wht
turned your gaze from the light of HEAVIER
is no more p
was so bewildered that l could take ne
: steps to prevent him from leaving the house
although, as | was told afterwards, it was
unquestionably my duty to detain him. He
however, made good his escape, my servants
who had been startled at the shots, and were
collected. round the parlor door, fancyinq
that he had gone for assistance. When
heard the street door shut, I somewhat re-
covered from my mental stupor.
" Call the policeP' replied; "stop that
young manP'
Before any one could stir, Mandelholme
uttered faint groan, and then in weak,
painful accents, said
"No, no, let him 60; l am dying"
4 "Tell me, sir, for Gods sake, where your
friends may be communicated WITH" said |.
He shook his head, and then, after short
pause, said:
" Listen. I think Heaven will give me
strength for one purpose, if for no other-to
confess my wickedness, and pray even now
for pardon--for mercy"
He paused, and a quantity of blood in his
mouth evidently stopped his utterance.
beckoncd to the servants to assist me, and we
raised his head, placing underit sofa cush-
ion, when, after few moments, he again
spoke.
"That still form, which even in death is
so very beautiful, was my victim Look on
her, now that she is robbed of the intelli-
gence of vitality, and you may guess what
she was by what she now is. When first
saw her she was young, virtuous, lovely, and
| coveted to make her miserable | sought
her destruction, but her virtue rose ever be-
fore me like a battlement, which there was
no surmounting, and-and-as | could not
WOO her to sin, turned her bestfeelings into
weapons against her, and told her | would
marry her secretly, and then, as her fathers
circumstances were Indifferent, that she
should have the pleasure of relieving him,
by the agreeable surprise of telling him she
was the wife of nobleman, and possessed of
unbounded means. She refused for long
time, but had won enough of her affec-
ltions to blind her judgment, and she atlength
consented"
He paused again, and was evidently suf-
terlng the most acute pain. 1t was several
minutes before he proceeded, and then his
voice was much weaker, as he said:
"She consented. A note was left with
her father, and she eloped with me. We
were married in London -"
"Manied!' said l. .. h. s
eyes, yes, mock marriage NV valet
was the mock priest; she believed herself
my wife, and she claimed my promise of re-
turning the following day to her parents
BY one excuse and another | put her off,
and then | wrote note to her parents as if
from her, bidding them adieu forever. The
reply came. 1t did not suit me, for it was
full of love and expostulatons. Iwrote an.
answer myself, initiating the handwriting as
well as | could, and that plunged her in de-
spair, for it harshly discarded her forever.
Well, she insisted upon going to throw her
self ather fathers feet. Ientreated--I COM
manded, and finally told her all. She
rushed from my house, and-and there--shc
is dead--dead Oh, Heaven, have mercy
upon meW
He tossed his arms wildly in the air for
some moments, and then lay perfectly still,
tho only indications of life being an occa-
sional low moan.
eco to the next street." whispered | to
my man, "and call NJ, the surgeon. /"
Thomas ran off, and in less than ten min
utes came back with the eminent practitioner
/ had named to him.
{" A bad accident have we here p said
the doctor.
Eyes; look at him; fear-'
The doctor shook his head, after carefully
examining the eyes of the dying man.
No hope" said |.
"None!' was the reply.
Suddenly Maudelholme sat upright, and
stretching his arms up towards the ceiling he
cried:
Help help! Helen, save me-save
meP' He gasped for utterance dull rat
ting sound in his throat succeeded, and the
seducer was no more.
Lord Mandelholme's friends took away
his body, and Helen was inferred in the
nearest church-yard, The young aveneerI
was never, to my knowledge, heard of again.
Printings Presses, Pulpits and
Women.
These are the great levers that govern
movements Of the world. Without them the
bottom would fall out, society would become
choos again. The press makes the people
patriotic, the pulpit religious, but woman
answereth all things" There would be no
going to church ifthere were no girls there,
neither would there be any going to war
were the soldiers 10 meet no applause butt
from the rnasculines. Without the sunshine
shed by women, the rosebuds Of affection
would never blow,northe flowers ofeloouence
a. IL, .[o ~.