The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-11

in state of mind anything but tran
quilted at the late scenes | had passed
through
What strange fantasy should have
seized me and cqrried me through, can.
not realize All that | can rccollcct is.
that in taking out the bottles from my
can. about two hours after, | found the
morphine gene. A thought flashed
through my brain | looked at the
qnuinc--aud. 0 horror it was un-
touchcd-'tWas just as | procured it from
the manufacturer. The horrible reality
forced itself upon me | had given
morphine instead of quinine--onc half
Of the dose | had given would be suili-
cient to produce death in few hours
What was to done In the present state
of mental excitement, | was totally unfit
for anything; but something was to be
done Immediately. ! seized my hat,
darted with almost the rapidity of light
ming to the place whence [ had just re-
turncd in such Il state of excitement. |
flew up to her chamber, nearly upsettiug
in my rapid passage the chambermaid
page, and one o. two other personagcs Of
less Importance and as | entered the
room. | saw by the anxious faces of the
friends who were present that my worst
anticipations were painfully realized. |
asked few hurried questions. to which
they gave low, sullen answers, aud the
whole appearance u H. family seemed
to indicate that they were aware Of some
thing unusual having happened, and that
there was something besides the common
indications of disease present in the still.
deep sleeping being before them.
Looking at the clock ! found it would
be over two hours since | had left the
medicine, and directed it t1 be taken on
the instant. If she haG taken it as had
ordered she must have had it in her
stomach near that length of time. We
could Go nothing informed the father
of the cause of trouble; he turned such
"A look at me as | shall never forget
ming led feelings of pity, scorn, contempt
grief aud revenge, flashed in that brief
instant from his eyes | turned away
more like a man without his senses than
a reasonable, thinking man felt gull.
ty. All our efforts to arouse her were
unavailing procured stomach pump
but all to no purpose; the stomach wa,
BY this time completely paralyzcd in
half an hour at most life would be ex
tinct and I--great heavens in q con.
vict's cell, charged with the Lidcou,
crime Of murder
A sudden thought seized me and I Put
it into execution on the instant. Under
the preteuce of getting some article that
might be of some benefit, or afford some
relief, flew from the house, md, run
ming as fast as my nervous feelings and
my fear of being ovcrtakcn could urge
mo- | stopped at my Office again, thcr
giving some directions where he might
find me in one month, to Juan, I hastily
packed up the most Of my valuables
leaving the rest TO the care of Juan. and
took the earliest conveyance to the coast
from thence across the straits. to the
British Isles. travelled all over the
United Kingdom, again visited the con
tinent. saunlering lesurely through 1t
ally, Spain and Holland, spent many year,
at the fashionable resorts Of pleasure
seeking society in the vain hope of ban
ishing the remembrance of that fatal day
but wherever 20, in whatever situation
| am placed. if sec youth aud beauty
| think Of Mad'llc dc E-villc. Ant
till my miserable life (madc miserable
on that account. and by those circum
stances is spent, shall always rcmom
Der with horror Ny First anil Last Pa
ttcnt