The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-07-22
LONG CHERISHED REVENGE.


morscless persecution, and of long cherished
vengeance. which needs not the pen ola War
rcn or ola Dickens, to invest them with eve
ry attribute of startling interest which can
mark the narrative Of fiction.
In the year 1895, there came into the coun-
ty of Lnpccr Michigan, German from tie
province of Wurtcnburg, by the maine Of IT,
rich, bringing with him young and attrac-
tive wife, to whom he had been some years
married. This lady, when girl, had been
belle in her little n,ighborhood in Wu:tcm-
berg, and had been sought in marriage by
more than one anxious sutton. and among
them was one Daum. by whom she was court
ed. and to whom she had given such eneour-
agclncnt as to lead him TO fix his affections
upon her with all the fcryor of the German
heart Daum was a man ofunusual strength
of mind, of Stern and impassive dcm,anor, Of
great depth of feeling but as the sequel will
show, of most ilaplacahe disposition, When
his animositics had been aroused. lie loved
the girl with that intensity natural to men so
constituted: and having few or no aliinitics
with others, owing to his reserved and morosc
disposition, he commenced by layising his
hours ofl.isure and the earnings Of his indus
try upon ltr alone. Unlike her lover in all
r-spects. the girl was attractive, fond Of soc:-
ETY., and unstable in her affections, and when
the wedding day cane, TO which Daum had
long and impai,n'ly looked fyrward, as the
con summation Of hS bliss, after the Wedding
III sts had assembled, she told him she loved
| him no. and could never be his. Damn sold
his estate, and renov Il at once from the
scene of his discontinue to distant Prov
incc.
Time passed on, and the lady was again
woe and won by light-h,arted and come
IL youth, her former suitor's superior in cr.
sonal appearance but his Int; ro@ in wealth.
and intellect. His courtship was now follow
ed by marriage, the news Of which reached
the self baniSh,d Daum, and reused every la-
tent feeling of rage and jealousy Of which his
strong heart was capable, and lie returned to
the scene of his former happiness, instigatcd
by the sole desire for rcvcnge.-iIc Skulk,d
about the ncighborhood lying hid during thc
daytime for the most part, but watching cv-
cry opportunity to waylay and destroy his ri
val.
At length tl.cy met inawild narrow noun
tain pass: deadly and fierce struggle onsu-
cd, at the termination Of which tlri.h was
left upon the ground slain, AS his assassin
supposed. Daum fled and Glitch, recovered
and returned to his wife pale, be ding and
faint. The officers sought for Daum in vain:
he had fled TO England. where he spent the
next six years Of his life. The circtmStan-
ccs had passed away from the public mind,
and the parties most Interested had ceased to
think Of them, or TO feel any apprehension of
Daum's return. Five years passed on, and
the married couple with their children. joined
party who were cmigrating to America,
and came and settled down in the county of
l.ap,er. There they resided i'll quiet, com
fort and happiness for three years. The
wild farm had begun TO assume the appear
ancc of cultivation loy house 10 be encr
clcd with crccpcrs, flowers, and shrubs, the
white headed children played around the
door, the old German hound lay watchful at
the gate, and the truant sweetheart, now Il
comcy matron, sang at the wheel the sweet
songs of her Fadcrland. All was peace in
this scQucsterod hcmc, when at the close of
bright dry day, in 1898, knock was heard
at the door, which was answered by the wo-
man, who, upon opening it. met the face of
her old suitor.
The recognition was instant and mutual.
Not word passed between thom; but while
the heart of one of them sank within her from
very fear, that of the other was reused to
glcam of long pcnt up vengeance.
The husband was absent, having gone up
Oh distant hunting excursion in pursuit Of
deer; and all that night, with doors and win
dows barred, fearful, trembling watcher
waited his return. lie came not and his
step never again crossed that threshold.-
Precisely one year and day from the time Of
the occurrence just narrated, Mr. Thorn, an
old resident of Lar Ger CO., while walking one
balmy Sunday morning upon the borders of
one of those beautiful little lakes which lie
embossed i'll the ilowery openings of that
county, found upon the beach, just within
the waters edge, human skull--.At loss
to account for its appearance there, he fol-
lowed up the steep, bold bank which over
hangs the lake, and upon its verge found the
body to which the skull had bclongcd.-A
jury was at once summoned to the spot, and
the remains were identified by the half fran
tic widow, whose wounds were opened aflcsh
by the discovery which shut out forever the
last ray Of hope which had fingered in her
breast for a long sad year. The cause and
manner of the death of the murdered man
were made obvious by all examination Of the
skelcton-a rifle ball piercing through the
vcrtebral column from behind, had passed out
through the bone. The murdered man had
never known who or what took his life. lie
lay as he fell, upon his face with his undis.