Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-10-26

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terspersed with contentious, and she was
not only unhappy, but insanity seized her
brain; she knew not, a: times, what she
was doing or saying. She thought she
had no real friends all was preten-
sion; that no one loved her, ndthat her
love was like incense poured upon the
ocean-wasted. had been 4 work in
the hay field all day and had justreturned
TO my fathers house. when the sky was
quickly overcast and big double headed
clouds enyeloped us in darkness. For a
few moments all was silent and every
person in the ruom remained motionless
in suspense.
What means this asked one in
tremulous tone.
"An awful tempest is coming said
another, "what is going TO happen -
1t seemed that something very unusual
was taking place among the elements
above
The tempest struck; the lightning
flashed, thunders roared, rain poured
down in torrents, and winds howled furi-
ously about the house for few hours
but no harm was done.
When | awohe the next morning the
tempest had ceased; the clouds had dis.
appeared; the sun was shining with full
radiance apon our hemisphere. and no
wnd-nothng but gentle breeze dis
turbed the verdant fringes of Nature.
had scarcely time 10 think of the contrast
when the news came To me Il know not
how. J that Mrs Dean had murdered her
children aud herself
Geary had waited until an unusual late
hour for his tea, when he sent his hired
man to the house to see if ii was prepared,
unaware of The fate Of his dim hope.
Mrs Dean, in fiji of insanity, had
dealt the long contemplated blow. The
maa entered the house and his only salu.
tatIon was a wild, unconscious shrek Of
k"rror. He was frightened at the scene
before him; he FASTENED To the mill, in
formed the unhappy man, then ran for
help and Geafy entered the house as
quick as possible -
Ye fathers who have noble infant sons
Imagine some fatal accident to befall
hem before Your eyes, and perhaps you
can form falni idea o: Geary's wo when
he beheId his two oldest, stretched upon
the floor with their Jugular veins separa-
ted aud the blood spa,,ered upon the par.
tlon where the little things had s,rug-
gIed for life. The youngest was laying
upon the bed by the side oil its mother
both wounded, and the gurgling of their
blood was the oil sound that interrupted
the stiffness of death.
20 God Is this possible % cried
Geary, and voley of oa.hs poured from
his b'oodless lips.
The hired man returned, almost in
s,antly, aud the house was crowded with
nelghbors, who were filled with horror,
and almost doubted the reality Of the
scene before them; but IT was no dream
Of theirs, and the very truth Of 1t sent
pangs OF horror through their hearts.
The murderer's self.inhic,ion was no,
mortal; she could not speak bu, she
gasped for the razor.
Here, d-n her, let her have her dy-
ing request and hnish.herself,' said des-
pera,e Geary, as he picked up the bloody
weapon and .risd IN PASS ii through the
crowd but they reproved his rash act
and used all their influence to pacify
him.
The two corpses were arrayed in white
for the grave; they were cut off in the
bloom Of health and appeared only in in
nocent slumber; vanitles Of deceilful
world were no longer awaiting them, but
brigh. angels had accompanied their
spirits home we believe the people con-
gregated and sermon OF consolation
was preached to the audience, and par,ic.
ulary to the wretched father and mourn
ing friends, and the corpses were borne
to the solemn grave yard and delivered
to their mother earth.
The people returned TO their homes
with subject engraved upon their men,
ory, which will never be erased. The
wounds Of the mother and infant, as
said before, we're not mortal; they were
separated and no pains were spared fol
them but the existence Of the infant was
never revealed to the mother, VINO sup
rosed herself 10 be the murderer Of her
children.
| Geary made a firm resolve never tc