The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-07-27

England for his health Ms. Maclc al
was employed in writing sketches O.
Scott's hcroines, for the "Book O
Beauty" and as she sometimes founC
it difficult to fix her thoughts on par
ticular subject, "she seemed to have
some alarm that the climate was affect
ing her" Mr.. Cruickshank writes -
Gas the day drew near for my depart
ure, she occupied herself moro and
more in writing to her friends in Eng
land. 1t had been arranged that the
vessel should sail on the forenoon o.
the 10th of October, and l agreed tC
diuc and spend the evening of the 15tl
with the governor and his lady. L
was in every respect a night to be re-
mcmbered.
At eleven O'Clock l rose to leave
1t was a fine clear night and she stroll
led into the gallery, where we walked
for half an hour. Mr.. Maclean joined
us for a few minutes, but not liking
the night air, in his weak state, he re.
turned to the parlor. She was much
struck with the beauty of the heavens
in those latitudes at night, and said
it was when looking at the moon and
the stars that her thoughts oftenest re-
vertcd to home. She pleased herself
with thinking that the eyes of some
beloved friend might be turned in the
same direction, and that she had thus
established medium Of communica-
ton for all that heart wished to ex-
press. "But you must not" she said,
"think me foolish, moon-struck lady.
| sometimes think of these things Of
tener than | should, and your depart
ure for England has called up world
of delightful associations. You will tell
N. f. however, that am not tired
yet. lie told me l should return by
the vessel that brought me out but |
knew he would be mistaken" We
joined the governor in the parlor. l
badc them good night, promising to
call in the morning to bid them adieu.
| never saw her in life again."
At breakfast, next day, Mr.. Cruick-
shank was alarmed by a summons
"You are wanted at the castle, Mr..
Maclean is Dead" said the messenger.
Hurrying to the castle, he found that
it was not Mr.. but Mrs. Maclean-
whom he had left the previous night
so wcll-who was no more. "Nevcr,"
he says, shall l forget the horrorstrick-
en- expression of Mr.. Maclean's coun-
tenance. We entered the room where
all that was mortal Of poor Il. Il. L.
was stretched upon the bed. DR.. Cob.
bold rose up from a close examination
of her face, and told us all was over
she was beyond recovery. My heart
would not believe it. 1t seemed i'm
possible that she, from whom l had
parted not many hours ago, so full Of
life and energy, could be so suddenly
struck down. l seized her hand, and
gazed upon her face. The expression
was calm and meaningless Her eyes
were open, fixed, and protruding." An
inquest was Immediately held. All that
could be elected, upon the strictest in
vestigation, was simply this 1t ap-
peared that she had risen, and left her
husbands S he'd room about seven o'clock
in the morning, and proc eeded to her
own dressing room, which was up a
short flight of stairs, and entered by a
separate door from that leading to the
bedroom.
Before proceeding to dress, she had
occupied herself an hour and a half in
writing letters. She then called hel
servant Mrs. Bailey and sent her to a
store room to fetch some pomatum.-
Mrs. Bailey, was absent only a few
minutes. When she returned, she
found difficulty in opening the door.or
account of weight which appeared tc
be pressing against it. This she dis.
covered to be the body of her mistress
She pushed it aside and found that she
was senseless. She Immediately cal
led Mr.. Maclean DR.. Cobbold was SEN
for but from the first moment of tho
discovery of the body on the floor
there had not appeared any symptom;
of life. Mrs. Bailey asserted that she
found small phial in the hand of thc
deceased which she removed and plac
ed upon the toilet able. Mrs. Mac
lean had appeared well when she sen
her to fetch the pomatum. She haC
observed in her no appearance Of un
happiness. Mr.. Maclean stated tina
his wife had left him about seven O
clock in the morning, and that he ha,
never seen her again in life. When h
! was called to her dressing room b
p found her dead upon the floor. Ate
} soce time he observed a small phia
upon the toilet table, and asked Mrs
l Bailey where it had come from. Sh
: told Lin that she found it in Mrs. Mac
, leans hand. This phial had containe
+, Scheele's preparation of prussic aciC
His wife had been in the habit of u.
f ing it for severe fits Or spasms, to whic
t she was subject. She had made us
r of it once on the passage from Englan'
= to his knowledge. He was greatly
n verse to her having such dangero'
& medicine, and wished to throw it owe
C board. She entreated him not to ,
e so las she must die without it. There hi
> been no quarrel nor unkindness b
G tween him and his wife.