Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-01

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yOnd it, not more than two or three dwelling
houses were visible, and below it was a large
market-garden.
On entering the little abode. was struck by
the tasteful arrangement Of everything / saw
The door of the common room was open and
little door presented itself 10 the eve. i'm
| which neatness and elegance contraSted for the
mastery. The snowy counterpane. the we'll
Kept furniture, and a variety of little snowy
articles which betray the handiwork of wo-
man, impressed ne favorably Of the pre- siding
| genius Of the mansion.
Who YVES the painter Of that beautiful
landscape that hangs against the wall l'' said
a TO the owner OF this snug little habitation
My daughter replied he shortly As he
| dragged put his grapnells from u ok oIoset
. She is not at home !'
The man gave surly grunt, and continued
70 busy himself about his preparations
. Is she out Of town.
sent her awav on count Of fever
You 10 "c.. TO be careful Of her l. skc
your only living relative 20
The hideOus creature actually shed tears A.
he munbled out an affirmative
The thought struc& me: Here lives this
faithful daughter with her de- sed and a-ly
parent. She Il his all. She sees no: his de-
formity. To her lac il only her f1lEer. Her
Heautiful fac CLOVIS with pleasure, when.
wea red with toll and travel, he escapes from
noFla HatlOul, auu DDQs IL .tlr laftlB
home balm for mis- grief in tho Affect N of
his child. Fearful that E.s only solaee should
be snitched from his arms. he has nut her oUt
OF the reach of the destroyer,
Ihe corpse usher was soon ready Ia attend
me. took him into the coach, aud we rcGe
down to Peck Slip.
considerable crowd was gathered about
III spot where the melancholy event occurred.
Ny companion rivals had already arrived.
hut as no reward had yet been offered, they
made no attempt to recover the body Tney
were, however, seated on the edge Of the
"harf, prepared to drop their hooks al g mo-
ment's notice.
You say it is woman growled the
corpse fisher, as he dropped his grapnell
Yes, it is young lady"
" so much the better-clvthes spread cut
ketch her all the quicker" mumbied he
Percelving that the other men had also lo.y-
cred their grapnells, the cOrpse-isher bads
them TO desist, as he had been specially en-
gagged for the job; but they needed rim not.
This reused his ire to the highest pitch
My jOb-nOw-nOw-ses, there s:andp the
gemman. Humph! Now-now--ee, taeg,
stands the gemman!" grunted he, in largaays
scarcely Ineligible.
We'll, what of that?" was the reply,
" There is no sense is that"
Humph tell you there stands the GEM
man. Job 5 minc-nOw-now -
"Well, / know there stands the gentleman.
bat the corpse is az good to him if ketch il,
"a IL You co;ob il yerself, amt it l'
Cot devil! damn there stands the
gem"
He stopped short in his ut:erence. for al
that moment his hook clung to soEetniug at
the bottom.
Gradually the corpse fisher drew up the
grapnell, to which some heavy body was evil
dentiy attached. At first he seemed dor,'.
Iui, but his countensnco soon began 70 betray
the glow cf expectation. Ug-up-up came
the burden nearer 10 tLs surface The other
mon suspended their operations, auI vaL.r,d
for the result. The crowd drew closer 10 t,s
exultirg man. The white dress of a woman il
already visible. The cOrrse-fsher turned an
eye Of savage sc"rn on his admrirg rivals;
ant at the moment the head of a beautiful
girl appeared above the w.ter Those mar
bled features were beaut s1l even In doatu:
the heavy, raven locks, saturated win the
brine, fell back from tie clear. white fore
head, and the face was iully exposed - caS
view.
A murmur of pity ran through the whole
thrOng of spectators. and at that moment the
corpse-fsher turned his gaze from his rivals to
the face of the dead.
Don't let her 20 again. cried a voice in
the crowd, as the grasp Of the cOrpse-fsh-
er relaxed, and the chain fell through his
fingers.
turned angrily to the man 70 reprove him
for his careessness. His gaze was rivetted on
the corpse, and he reeled on his seat. saw
his eyes roll in his head
Seize him, - cried L, TO those who stood
hear the wretched man.
l. WIS tno late. With yell of such horror
that it rang in my ears for many months df-
terwards, the cOrpse-dsler slid from tie plank
on which he was seated. A loud splash in ths
water was heard. The unhappy man ana has
Daughters corpse had sunk forever from our
sight!
Neither Of their bodies was ever recovered
The :Ide was running out at the time, and
hey were doubtless swept into the channel
before they could reach the bottom
Poor ThcTpsun was fO- many year, IN in
mate Of the asylum a Manhattangille Peaoe
TO his name! He has long since passed to
= another and better world. ."--Netc York
:SHskay Times.