Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-10-16

~ 'assS5 e@sn ~ "A AX4leHI can direct
n3s taesaga% 70 il fer that space Of time. II
TeRliad, and kEow that the verbs rattls3
llSs shot out Of my mouth, . but would Yea
g ss sareasoa sbls as to require an artist IS
a-aw yog a.strslgat line Ehi.3 be was underI
. II e delirium tTemens -
loa are an incompreheasisla persoR II
SFSt y rather canlis,s1 & III, tstg
If you arc g6ing:to hare al attack OF. the ae-
liriura tremeas, perhaps I had better send ial
a 9oe.or Shall r.
Well, don't anticipate an attack this
morhlng,n answered, with forced laugh i
80 ] will#not give you the trouble The
fact il, THAT had been yioleatly agstated a
shsrt time since, and ny mind has not quite
reGoe5 red its equilibrium,
Ne talked for few minutes longer She
4iiE4ug me in, her light playful manner
ara { delighted To 30 So tessed, standing
stpri3 and dumb, scarcely able to say ID werl,
tbensh veryRRxious to prolong the delight
fukm5ments by keeping up the war Of IAN
dina c AT Length she went to the doorI
ana | was uboutto escort heg dqwa ssairal
when ne heard some one speaking below.
Coed God I She exclaimed, clincing
Wildly To- my arm that is my husband q
t>r9iea 1.-The finds me here. AIN ruined Y
.e..Den't Be alarmed Isrepiied, endeayof-
ing u reassurc~ her; you cane here upon
business, and such business too HeWould
love you all the more for ii III
leu don't know about this So well as I
al" Hid said, shudlering conyulsiYely-
tio il jealous-exceedingly. Of You aud,
oil Scar net without some cause Hide
! me somewhere, for mercy S, sake y
L 1onot know how it happened, but my
arm w&s arotud heF, and hslf carried her
across The room to book claset
Csa you stay hore.ls / asked, hastily
!: VIII laaye the doer aiar for air,
No shut it---loek it-take away the key
orI shall not feel safe There IS plenty Of
air " and ahe sprang into the re0eS5.
l'or enc moment her eyes mex mine, and
tiouEhs they beamed with deep impassion-
eli leye; The next, I had locked the door
uFon MY treasure, threw the papers she had
brought, inso drawer, and was apparently
busy, Pen in hand, when my friend entered
He cor4ineaced in . reund about way TO
questio4 me upon certain points Of the law
respecting marriage settlements, l6zc, and
after u tedious amount Of cirounlocution, he
gaze me tounderstand thata all this regarded
! a iaciaSd. transfer Of some property Of his
/ wife's into his own lands. lie had core
il fact, on the Same errand Us that generous
creatprs lie had alss a copy of her rela-
tive5' walls, and these | wars obliged te ex-
/, snliae closely, for he was desperately perth
naeious.and ,Tsuld not be put oG / was
angry IT the thought Of what his poor wife
\ mast Big suffering, pent up il that narrow
I pgi2on, ind felt as if could have kicked her
husband out Of doors for keeping her there.
At last he made move as ifto CO. / started
! up and stood ready to bow him out
/ 81, said he, tying up his papers with
4 provoking elaboration, nothing but my
wife's death, you say, can put me in posses
! siea Of this money. I want it very much,
/ bat nobody will suspect me Of desiring her
d{nthf5r the sake Of having it little sooner. +"
lie laughed at his own poor Jest, and
made a5sert Of hyena ehorusto it, that sound
ell to MY own cars even strange and hys-
. sercali He vent at last, but stoppgd ON the
stairs aud detained me there talking for fuH
FIVE initiates longer I felt by sympathy all
lie paBgs Of sufocation. My throat seemed
swolleu-my forehead, bust. Great God :
vii lie never be gonol Willie stand there
taking about the weather, and tho geuerali,
tjes Of the law, while his poor wife, whoca
;fdsscriiico her individual interests for his
sake, dies terrible and lingering death -
Ha is. goneI I rushed back into ny room
Astep Behind ne makes me turn round It
Is nly c}erk--eurses on him ] eround my
taeta ii unayailing rage / could have stab
bsa hin, -shot him beaten ont his brains
huflsa him down stairs. Butany violence
wpEla have compromised her In a few mo
. ,,nFytg hrs ~ yrac o1nar
4W ataoa," I cried, Z Mr.. - has Just
left Hp has gone up Fleet street, / think,
. run aftar him. and request him TO leave those
papers With me. Say to Fin would like
t. examine them more at leisure, Run
quaakly, and you'll oEertake him T.
Nation disappeared. | turned the key
oflsthe outer door, and spraag towards the
cl9set.
Ills I;unlocLed it, remembered the lsek
sha had given me as I shutit, and wonder,
ed;lWitba beating heart, whether the same
expression would greet my onraptured gaze
wAea ! opened it There she stood with
hes eyes calmly fixed on mine
3 I0E are safe, dearest p [ lnurmured.
She did net rebuke me for calling her so,
and ezasoldeued by her silence, / took her
haad To- lead her from her narrow prissn.-
SIZE moved forward and fell into my arms a
co97se
! cannot, recall What followed I only
fuew that I tried every means for her reste-
ratien to life-but alas without SUCCESS
OF one thing I was convinced-she had not
disl fram suaeeation. had once seen the
body ofa man who JFas killed by the filling
iii IS the mouth Of pit [ recollected his
purple ana swollen face. and his lax, warm
iimbs STE was pale. rigid, cold. The ia.
rinls ii. her own emotions must lave killed
haf tie moment the door ras closed upon
her. By~sor1e means, ! kept u u secret from
tsse kncwiedge Of Watson and every one else.
All that aiglIt / was trying to recover her.
Then I termed the project of shutting her
M ID the cfoset-lockiBg the chambers, and
tsIaa going abroad for twenty years. Bet
I LII idea was rejected as quickly as formed
fsrl IT would Be hardly possible that the
prascnce ef dead body III the house should
Ios Ia discovered before that time, Next,
/ i thoaght 81 setting ire tn the place and
laTnthg ali my books and papers, making =
G1nerai pile Ct them and thus running my.
salf ID save the secret but thai thought too
vas dismissed 1t might cause loss Of life
sas srsserty 10 many iansceat people, ana
Would Sc i dangling preceding after all !.
q. IL tho fire was discovered early, police
! I. "a frengn, mob sud al, woald break u,
Asnd Fading her there, all Weuld be lost--far
IL ~sz more to save her reputation than ny
avn tie, that was striving and plosting
ID fhe meantime I was q prey tosthe most
a.ib8al anxiety. / was sure thai By that
isssa,slsha must Be missed and sought for,
$500 <. a feep sean TO enter my cham