Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-10-27

LIMA, ,OCIOBER II, 1902.
the wreck you left, to reprtve you for your
thousand sins. / am here, burning with the
fires of vengeance. to condebn and wither you;
Allan; to wither you even Is | am withered."
The miser was speechless and he sat with I
his bonv hands locked over BIS bursting brow,
while the Avenger continual:
"And you have forgotten Ellen O'Rara.
wretch She whom voukobbed of her peace
and hope of bliss. and seir adrift shattered I
wreck on the breakers IF life's stormy sea
| Ha! Ha! Ha! Forgd poor Crazy Nelly
veil you viii scarcely 6rget her again. Look
up--look on me, wretch. if your mantle of
guilt will suffer your wretched balls 10 rise [
from the fsarslnon tfiatt and siie tfrew {
a--s'f=t'aeseet I'D gray wig Whicfi ne mad con-
cealed undef her shawl" look upon that
wretch; the-Wig Of Rudolph Levere, worn by
me-6y me,the flower your tneanness withered
years years ago-worn by the Crazy Nelly
the world thought dead worn by her in the
Capacity Of confidential servant, for the eX-
press purpose of gathering the elements OF the
storm OF Retrbutiye usiice that has this day
burst its fury upon you! Look upon it, mi
ser; it's the wig of Rudolph Leyere, whose
name has now and forever persisted in the
earth, and now will reveal your secrets. .
And the same laugh he had heard thousand
times before, burst upon his bewldered sense
with ringing startling dlscordant crash!
He arose from his seat and fell against the
crowd that was densely packed against the bar,
and the commanding voice of the strange wo
man rang in the Hail Of Justice =" Stop the
acretch!' And Allan was restrained, and
pushed back in the seat Of the guilty again -
The strange creature continued her accusa-
tom ~~
"This man came by his property unlawfully.'
! And she drew from underneath her shawl a
! r4eel;v. ;ais.hed box and from it paper,
which She laid on the table before the prosecu-
ting Attorney, and requested him to read
He done SO, and it was Ambrose Wlneheld s
Will, giving as the reader recollects, his prop
erty to Walter and Emma. And Ellen Okla
ra continued =
"This will, together with other papers which
| shall refer to presently, saw that wretch
conceal under stone in the bank ofthe noun
tain riIl. | went and got them after he went
away A rain fell that night and the rill over
flowed its banks; the next day | heard Allan
curse God for sending rain to rob him OF wha;
was of SO much value to him."
The other papers in the box were then read
They consisted of divers letters and documents
going to prove him member Of notorious
band of highwaymen. A profound silence
reigned and the Avenger pointed her finger
5, close in his face saying:
He was MICHER, of The CAVE OF
SKULLS !r'
A lr~i-9urst Of indignation followed this an
zn~. it Fer the memory OF the cItizens
ran De-.asS ana coupled IL Win tlle stdftHic
truths evolved upon the trial of the Felon &
, few years past The tumult subsided and she
/ continued
81 became to the world as dead ; denied
, my sex and become the famous Rudolph LIE
: we're. the miser's man, in order to one day
| visitupon him the vengeance for which my sou
t thirsted in lecompense for the misery he Wis
' tied upon ms without proyocation. When
! went to liyewith this man, he made me swear
' that when / revealed his secrets my name
! MIGHT perish in the earth-from this day
/ forth let it lie forgotten; ! would gladly for
0 get that orce was Rudolph Levere, the ser
e want of this! !miserly wretch, who helped t
b people The Cave Of Skulls with the ghastly
trophies Of leaths browess.
t q Among my first duties upon forming
n confederacy with him, was to carry away
|: babe and murder it--a foundling babe tina
S had been left at his door, claiming protection
: and offeringto pay for its shelter with tn
o bars of golCits miserable mother had givel
it. was oadered to carry it away and mur
o der TT made the wretch give half Of til
: cold fer the deed, and [ went away and lef
It, together with my portion of the booty, with
), kind and humane woman. returned to m
master and he thought the innocent was i
the silent cayerns of The Cave of Skulls
e He counted the pieces Of gold and laughed
= I laughed too.
q Here q louder and more vehement burst c
y indignation roared in the court-room-it die
awav to catch the words as they fell fror
3 her lips:
3fI II was bound by my obligation to perfor1
!: many villainous deeds for him, and I mad
/" him paw me hundreds-hundreds in gold
10 What | gained in this way, used in raj
ID ing from poverty to wealth, a poor foster
d child and educating her in the accomplish
n. ments of the world. 7 done this because
le her viens flowed our mutual blood She
er now an accomplished lady of this city, br
10 for her sakeI withhold her name"
Here veeiferous cheer shook the Temp
= erected 30 Justice, bat it died away into
d breathless 4nxiety, when old crazy Nell
le said =
!" / come f6w to speak of the cause of tn
n, days litigation. 1t was known to all tn
= Layton had received a legacy-my maste
u knew it, and his ayarice coveted it. He fu
to nished me With this vial, filled with draug
RI, which he said was hydrocyanic acid, dead
is poison, and he bid me make him drunken
to the Tavern, and after night-fall to convey hi
he away from the city and pour the fatal draug
be in his throat, and then rob him of what
had with him. agreed to do it for half =
be Here indignant Kisses were heard in Il
er Court Room, but she noticed it not and CO
k, tinucd:
clayton was decoyed TO the Tavern al
e made drunk with its liquors; thus far, th
ou bribed wretch, Mowry, deposed truly, butt
he, remainder is a base perjury; for about nj
10 night | conveyed Layton away TO a seer
place, where the eye Of man seldom res
nd and ndthere-there-le him. returned hol
'ut and told the miserly wretch the success
Ter my mission. and gave hirn all the booty
ho gaze him ala few miserable pennies was
w poor Layton had; ; Emma had the legacy
me Here groans and Kisses were heard th
led tho crov-ttao.s<>haII Int she apnaarod fo :