Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-09-15
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send in The doctor, shall l?n
"Well, don't anticipate an attack th
morning," /. answered with forced laugh
"so'I Willnotsgive you the trouble. Th
fact is, lhad been violently agitated
short time since, and my mind has not We
recovered its equilibrium"
+ We tulked for few minutes longer
she quizzing me id her light, playful man
] ner-and | delighted to .beleased, standip,
stupid and dumb, scarcely able 10 say j
word, though very anxious TO prolong tht
delightful moments BY keeping up the wa
fofbadsnage. Al length she went 10 til,
4 door, and was about escofting her dowr
stairs, when we heard some one speaking
below. s.Good Goo!'' she exclaimed
clinging wildly to my arm; '',hat is my
husbands voice! II he finds me here /
am ruinedp'
os s.Dun' be alarmed" | replied, endeav.
oring to reassure her; s'you came here up
on business, and such business too! He
could only love you the more for it.''
"You don't know about this so well as !
do" she suid, shuddering conyulsiyely.-
/ '.He is Jealous exceedingly Of yon; and
oh! | fear not without cause. Hide me
somewhere, for mercy sake!"
do not know how it happened, but my
arm was around her and half carried her
across the room 10 large book closet.
"Can you stay herea" / asked hastily.
81 will leave the door ajar for air.
"No shut it-lock it-takeawa the key
or shall not feel safe. THERE'S plenty
of air" and she sprang into the recess.
For one moment her eyes met mine,
and l. thought they beamed with deep i'm
passioned love. The next had locked
the door upon my treasure, thrown the pa
pers she had brought into drawer, and
was apparently busy, pen in hand, when
my friend entered. He commenced in
roundabout way to question me upon cer-
tain points Of the law, respecting marriage
settlements, &c, and, after q tedious
amount of circumloculiop, he gave me to
understand that all this isregarded desired
transfer of some properly Of his wife's in.
to his: hands. Lie had come 10 fact upon
the same errand as that generous creature!
He also had copy of her relatives wills,
and these was compelled to examine
closely, for he was desperately pertina-
cious,. and would not be put off. | was
angry at the thought of what his poor wife
must be suffering, pent up in that narrow
prison., and felt that could have kicked
her husband out Of doors for keeping her
there. At last he made move as if to
60. | started up and stood ready to bow
him out.
''So," said he, tying up his papers with
provoking deliberation, 'snotbing but my
wife's death, you say, can put me in pos.
session of this money. | want it very
much, but nobody will suspect me of desir-
ing her death, for the sake of having i, q
little sooner.'' ~- z.szs.s. -
He laughed at his own poor jest, and |
made a sort Of hyena chorus to it that
sounded strange and hysterical even to my
own ears. He went at last, but stopped
again on the stairs, and detained me there
talking for. full five minutes longer. l telt
by sympathy all the pangs Of sufocation,
my throat seemed burning-my forehead
bursting. Great God! will he never be
gone. Will he stand here. gossiping about
the weather and the generalities of the
law, while his lovely wife, who came to
sacrifice her individual interests for his
sake, dies a terrible and lingering death?
He is gone! rush back to my ROOM
A step behind me makes me turn round
1t is my clerk-curses on him! ground
my teeth in unavailing rage. | could have
stabbed him-shot him-beaten out his
brains-hurled him headlong down the
stairs But any violence would comprom.
ise her. In few minutes my brain was
clear again. -
"W alson," / cried, "Mr. - has just
left. He is gone up Fleet street, l think;
run after him, and request aim to leave
those, papers with me. Say to him | would
like to examine them more at leasure =
Run, run quickly, and you will oveftake
him!n a=# # sst7
Watson disappeared. i turned the key
of the door, and sprang towards the closet.
AS unlocked it, remembered the look
she had given me as shut it; and won.
dered, with a beating heart whether the
same expresson would meet my enraptured
gaze When opened it. There she stood,
with her eyes calmly fixed on mine.
''You are safe dearest,' murmured.
She did not rebuke me for calling her
so, and emboldened by her silence, took
her hand to lead her from her narrow pris.
on. She moved forward and fell into my
arms q corpse! a.e~.y. .5a.ff =. sss,s.ts
cannot recall what followed. only
know that tried every means for her re-
storation to life; but alas! without success.
Of one thing Iswas firmly sconvinced--she
had not died from suffocation.
had once seen the body Of man who
was killed-by the falling in of the mouth Of
pit. recollect his purple and swollen
face, and his Lax, warm limbs. She was
pale, rigid, cold. The tumult of her own
emotions mps. haye killed her the moment
the door was closed upon her. By some
means kept my secret from the knowl.
edge Of Watson and every body else. All
that night was trying to recover her;
then formed the project Of shutting her
up in the closet-locking up the chambers,
and going abroad for twenty years. Next
thought of setting fire to the place, burn
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