The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-07-17

very conelv and in'crcstin. person 'rfnre
ns--first prompted. no Doubt hy her arcidrn-
tai likeness to the portrait; and that some
mental flaw or other caused him 10 contound
her with Laura who had in early life excited
the same emotion in his mind
Laushable as the matter was in one sense.
there was-and the fair widow had noticed
as well as mysr!f-a serious, menarinr cx-
preston in the mans eve not to be- trifrd
with; and at her earnest request. We accom-
panied her to her own apartment, 10 which
} Kenshawe had threatened soon to return. We
had not been minute in the ROOM when his
hurried step was heard approaching, and Mrs
Waters and stepped hastily into an adioin-
: ing closet, where we could hear and partly
: see all that passed. Renshawe's speech trern-
bled with fervency and anger as he broke
l at once into the subject with which his lisnr
dcred brain was reeliny
"lou will not dare to saw. will vou, that
: vou 10 not remember this song-that these
pencli-marks in the margin were not made bv
YOU thirteen years ago." be menacinclv c.
n ,jaculatcd.
Il know nothing about the song, Mr. Rem
shave, reioined the Young woman with more
: spirit than She might have exhibited but for
: my near presence. III is really such non
sense. Thirteen yeprs ago was only about
nine years of age"
You persist, then. unfreling woman. in
Il this cruel deception After all. too, that
nave suffered: the DAYS of gloom, the nights
OF horror, since that fearful moacn, when I
i beheld yon dragged a itrless corpse, from the
: waters, and they told me vou were dead -
Dead, Gracious goodness Mr. Rcnshawe,
: don't 90 on in this shocking way. was new
l. er dragged ont of pond, nor supposed TO be
'' dead-nevcr You quite frish,en one
II Then YOU and |. vour sister. and that
N thriceaccursci Bedford, did not. on the .th
OF August, 1921, 20 for sail on the piece oi
l. water at Lowficld and the skiff was not. in
e the deadly, sudden. iealous strife between him
Is and me. accidentally upset: Bnt | know
how it is: it is this brat, and the memories he
70 recalls. that
20 Mrs Irwin screamed. and stepped sharply
ID into the room The grasp Of the lunatic wa,
S on the child'S throat | looscd IL snmcw ha,
n roughly, throwing linn off with a force that
e brought him to the ground, lie rose quickly,
IL glared at me- with ii grr-like trrocitv and then
darted out of the room The affair had be-
' come serious. and the same night posted a
Il letter t" Yorkshire. Informing Mr. Oxlay of
Il what had occurred. and suggesting the pro
t rricty of his immediately coming TO London
Measures were also taken for securing Mrs
Irwin and her son from molrstation
II But the cunning Of lunacy is not easily
bafled On returning home the fourth even
J. ing after the dispatch Of my letter, found
the house and immediate neighborhood in the
e widest confusion. NV own wife was in hvs-
teri"s; Mrs Irwin, was told by halta-doz-
u en- tongues at once. was diving: and the cause
III of all was. that little George Irwin. favorife
= with everybody, had in some unarcountablc
'e manner fallen into the river Lea. and been
drowned This. AT least. was the general
nt conviction. although the river had been drag-
ID ged TO no purpose-the poor child's black
v beaver hat and feather having been discover
al 70 th.,b ba,, 4
r down the stream. The body. it was thought
IN had been carried ont iato the Thames by the
IS force Of the current
ne 4 terrible suspicion glanced across nv
mind.
a Where is Mr. Renshawe Z" asked
ur Nobody knew. He had not been seen sine.
five o'clock-ahout the time soon ascertain.
d, ed-that the child was missed. hat! tn,
er house cleared as quick as possible, of the nu
r. merons .o>sips tha. crowded it. and ther
a: sought conference with DR. Garland whC
INT was with Mrs Irwin. The distracted mother
ir. had, found. been profuse'lly bed and cup
"a ped, and it was hoped that brain fever. whicl
as had been apprehcnded, would not ensue-
nd The physicians suspicion pointed the sam
for wav as mine; but ne declined committing
ed himself to anv advice, and was left to act a
nv own discretion was new TO such ma,
IRE ters at that tme-unfortunaols 81. as it prov
RS ed, or the affair might have had less pain
nd full issue
Ter Tomlin. and remained IN, waiting for III
led return Of DIR. Rcnshawe: and as the lon.
led slow hours limped past. the night-silenre oil
old " broken by the dull moaning, and occasion
or al spasmodic screams of poor Mrs Irwin,
ior grew Very much excited. The prolonged al
md Scnce of Mr. Renshawc confirmed mY impre>
he. ions Of his guilt, and determined to tax hi
Use with it, and take him into custody the inStal
en- he appeared. 1t was two in the morning b
oor fore he did so: and the nervous fImbiing, f
he full ten minutes, with Iii. latch.key, before
pc could open the door. quite prepared me f
ing the spectral-like aspect he presented on g
nd tering. He had met somchudy, it afierwar
I've appeared, otnside. who had as.ared linn III
the mother of he drowned child was eth
sith dead or DIVING. He never drank. | knew. b
for he staggered as it'intoxcatcd: and after he h
lch with difficulty reached the head OF the staiI
one in reply to my question as to where he HI
will been, he could only stutter with white trcnl