Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-04

| L could realize, and bring it home to myself
as tangible history
To myself Yes, it concerned me, as near
ly as the young Quakeress, Of whom Covert
was the guardian Strange that our inter
ests wers, after all, so closely connected to-
gether And not only our interests but our
very lives--bound by dOubly-solemu tie.
Yes, myself From what Wigglesworth
had gathered, at last knew OF myself The
old man had been interchangeable; and truly,
as he said, for the last few months, be had
lived but for hardly any other purpose than
to investigate and make plain the mystery.
He had even, by dint Of the closest inquiry,
going backward many years, sought out the
whereabouts and particulars of the strange
visitors, who, years before, boarded with
Calvin Peterson, and whose visit to Ephraim's
and real or apparent knowledge of me and
my origin, have mentioned in a former
chapter. This man, Wigglesworth pursued
the track of he discovered the place to
which he sailed and chat he had settled
there, and was living there yet The old
clerk entered into correspondence with him,
and his information corroborated what he had
before s'.srVotea.
Ia many otner Ways--ln every Way--oy
examining the records OF courts--by retro
spectlVe searches In every quarter--the ar
dent OLD man had come to such state OF
certainty as to leave no room for doubt or
disbelief. Moreover, accompanying the man
uscript which he gave me, were papers that
fortified to a point of positive proof, every
point Of the following strange narrative.
Martha's father was young man of what
the followers Of Penn calls the Worlds Peo
pie 1t was only her mother who belonged 20
the Quaker sect. The match, however, was
one altogether for love. They had no other
child but the little girl. They were possess
ed OF very considerable wealth, and lived in
comfortable STYLE in house he owned, just
near enough 10 tne great metropolis to give
MIN all the advantages Of its luxuries and its
lntellectual enJoyments' and just far enough
away Ior MIN 10 possess the pleasures Of
country freedom and space. For the hus-
Oano was man OF some literary taste, and,
young as ne was ne had seen much OF the
Worlo, having travelled both abroad and in
America;
LIKE INC o1as1 OF oeatn' or the trumpet OF
Cne uestroymg angel, there came, Ia the
1wlnKHng OF an eye' something that destroy
Gu at once all these blessings, present and in
PersPecslve
norrlOIe occurrence, none the less dead
y IN It's consequences because it was partly
tne result OF one OF those fearful and acci
dental liabilities to which any man, or fam
n.y. might DO SUBJECT came to wither the
happiness OF LOVING husband and wife; and
nave IIture erect on on beautiful and lnnS-
c cent nVsLo cnllo inc nusoan9 ana wi1e
their heads from the ground--in which thew
SOUGHT nothing better than Quiet graves
The child was too vounc to feel the horror
that overwhelmed her parents she grew up
under other fostering care into the bsautiful
and tender. natured' hut still hold and ener-
getio. Martha.
This fearful thing was. that the husband
in a momant of exesss,Ve Irritation struck
one Of his workmen. who had somebow of.
Tended him. a deadly blow ON the head It.
oaused death--and that deotb hv a coinci-
dance that made INV bIood chill was moth
| inp 1esa than The death ~ NV oyv, fatberI
AGAIN | had to conneot in NV mind. link
hy link. the inevitable chain of evidence that
Wigclesworth had pathered before could
believe anv thing 80 much like romance.
The murderer was vr arrested aS mt in con.
Hnement. and. in due time. arrived the dev
appointed for his trial
But that day he never saw. He WAS in
prison but a few hours when his Young wife
overwhelmed. With these dismal misfortunes
died Of a broken heart. And after that. he
sank. slowly but surely, into decsv and only
asked to be buried by her side.
Yet. during the DAYS before his death, his
mind, which seemed to have been of great
natural .rasolut;.,,s, 4 !, :. =--
arranged ms worluly anaLrs WIN ere@s oir-
cumspeotlon' ursW up n,oSc oA nls own paperS
onoer legal auVloe, a"u Mau O9enl Prop9r!y
c9rIneo anu Heoo[ue". ne AlSue nls VIZ, - IN
Wnlch ne olu MOI lorge. eHo OnsPIlns VI Vne
/ uUOVrO7nn hI1 VINtIm-- 4 ia nHclAga to
poor worAnAan' i'A5 sio'hni ~ 40 o:eAooe W
deny tna1 DOLE looA upon ING sialn man,
ana Ieel t9waru nln' AoIning inoEe .nan au as 1
Touio LOOK upon sne sssnle s1ooh'y ave- oe,
taihng Stranger anu II ~ wYn10rlul en'.'
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really str@nse.. Out 1eenues @so Wy
creatures OF assocAa'ion anu e@uoSVioH anG'
even wniLe ly Ur@nn ieav ss SnooA' vi
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70 ene story' Untln as ono laying any epeor%l ,i"
point OF ln'eresO Un@e c@ne nome Poln'euly
20 me:
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lt 70 TINS oay. Will nave tne msrlC ol call
aor, II 1 nave noo OF sens1SlVe Aeenngs,
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accused lnan OeiUre nlener Vtiounal yn''a' .aI
any mere on esrOn, % IL was eHe Gay Ga wnnO5 n''S
ao m'I re~ Oy VnG pa hoa al
SOout' ana VIII even now " ue rSMemoereu "
away gradually from the public mind
1t 80 happened that the principal legal
auviser sTr MarSns laSaer, uuI1ng Un0 4s,, 10
MeeAs VI nlS l:u was SVteiV oe1n
uoU 0olIiNons ~ PA~oVl11 y. nv P.O.Ss.
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