Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23
CHAPTER III.


Just topping into the street, and she could sec
through the dim twilight that his hands were
clvncir.l together, and she thought she heard
bitir. curse: fall rom III: lips. lie came not
after i.cr, however, but WALKED Of in the oppo.
site direction, and WIS soon lost to sight in tic
gathering. @oo'n.
HE rcSouic girl stepped again into ne street
and la .tily wendell her way towards the jail
Sjire asked to sec Concy Drake, but Tic .jailor
rtiil~cl her. Ee said the joUng man was co!i-
,Icmned to die, anal nome but the priest co"ll
be ;tim!;tc:; to his cell. She be "pd srd prayed
hus iIe iailov WAS icXorah2. H. told her;
bowcver, that size mi gltafply 10 the Sheriff. and
that Il pass from lin wculd admit her.
WITH the tlectncss OF the wind, Mary tlartcd
of for the house OF the Sheriff, whom sic had
the good fortune to find at home. She made
known her request, and he at first refused.
''Oh. must sec him." she cried. :" lie was
al tie world 10 ne. If lie must die, O. let M.
see him."
"Not o.nigl,t," sid tic Sheriff, but it was
! SPOKEN in 4 w;yer!n@ tone.
"Ye:, ycs-for tic love OF God, sir, do! 70
lnorrow may lie too ia.c. Concy never com
mittc'l ;!iat murder; know that. %as his
his-I should have BEEN his wife, sir had he
! lived; and @, who knows bat that Ec laay live
yet. Do, Ooh, DO. sir"
Nary Carroll SAM; mon licr knecsaad c1lspcd
icr haii;''; T., tear, rolled l!cwn i;ay c!ic@>s.
and AS tie sierra officer :a2cd u@a her thl;s. i.c
could 70; find i; in lis iIe&rt TO refuse cr fur
t:!cr lie wrote III nor"i' ti,r her immediate a-
r:::tance TO tic jail; and when lie handed ii to
her said:
!"E!!erc, 20 and see him; but you must make
up your mind that this will he your last visit.
l shall feel miserable when hang the poor
yuuth, for have rcalways thought him nohic-''
$50 lie is, so he il. You shall noi lang him
by learc,lS--y YOU shall not! lie Ecycr did III
The Shcy;T pilic,' the poor girl, for &c Thought
the thing had turned her brain. lie Enew not
that tie brain was ten times more strong thar!
ever before.
Mary sought the jail once more; ani! she found
20 difficulty in gaining atllniltancc.
Cornelius Drake set in hi.; cell. I!.e MAS not
| niurr t!ian one and twcnty-a noble looking
youth, with auburn hair and large blue eyes,
and i conntenance full of goodness and truth.
lis. very &c gave the lie sdirsst;toathe
7 idaa Fiat Ie could Commit Deliberate murder,
and yet all knew that no one could have killed
the 'lctilar except in cold blood, for old Magdulh
could avc no enemies.
Mary Carroll entered the CELL She stood an
iu>llnt ujnn tic threshold, ami >prang i.,gwarCl
al threw her arm, about tic y"un:: prisoners
nec:;.
Nary. Mary" he cie.', ".lc holy saints
bless yoa i;r this. can't embrace yon, darling,
for SIC ny i.a"ds arc ciiainci.'~
"iI,!s;r, Cnmay. dear. cIH cn:bra"r you. and
Go2 even t.::! we ::;,T 5e ;i.@i:Hi!ll. ihcy tod
me gov were 20 Lc hung, bat aworc tia: you
! siinmiil'nt.'
"Aa. Mar, ny fate Is scaled, AID 10 earthly
power can hc;i, me :!o":."
:: But You Gid rot d that wicked murder:
Concy 2;
i,on k,aw tli! no;, darling
"lrduy,l. k:.oU' ill.,
"'iacn t.arc'; ~oi,:c satisfaction in That"
! lat there ~,s;:I'I liz mere satisfaction Ill
l:I.,li.::; u::t w:!o did it," sa:.l iIar;..
'!ia; IS mas; i:urc," returned! Con@y
i;Iit 10 you rni ~! lc2t any? Have :-or not
the iii>t ;,,c. WHO di,; il 2" SIC e;2er!y asked.
Npt i'll tic least. EGt T.i. TO sc" Al;
that u
"Fir>t tel! nc aIl the circumstances attcnG-
i'm tic finding Of Ike be,ly'."
C,,ae" went on and iul,l tic Circumstances
inst as t:,.y La;! tIaD>l're,!. ii"U that nc was
returning from Ike Londonderry >:ie Q! tie
arc%l u:: ,;rl 81 nis'',iij. an1 wien i'c Lad
ir:r:!;. rr;c!:cl tie ':%rriie .ic /" saw lark
.,r,.t a.a!!!< &c l",nc, !:car i;:r .ol r;%!.!.
iig ut IN To il, ;,::,; iuil'! il waS lie pefiar.
i.ir. NJ cN;.cg. lHi lhc ,s,"'y W., w;.I? a;ri
,..,. ITO: .tfi i,nwing. ii".e.' ;c.c ,Irnin-
-,:.;.... i" took tic bcl,y tp ard c!ii'ie 1t 10
t!!. u:a..I where II, TIC reader already knows
c c;,,.,, acrosS ;..c pack; T!crcst he told in Il
i;... .f.:-. i.y"ryI!ii3" wa> ;@":-i 4:!n--t!tr
v,...'tsy !a.,,g:. ri,';,..i, %!: w:l, 80 @ilE"a
,n.:t:yo, r.nl il ,,a: taken m .,'W lriIiC!rs u
L.. arr. 10 iiiil~ in ti.cir verdict.
! .v. NC" >i. M:;rv: as Cumcy' closed lis
s:..:. II, tii";r ro oi!c who;a Evn !!!::...; Gt
i;;ye ,tny ti.is Do Sou i!I"w "t a"y cneS
l,vi,y jce.l in the vicinity on Hat eTenls ?,
"Nu,-oi.ly tic t!,rccmen WHO followed !ae"
"Caspcr Bag-'
.3;i! teli me. Mary, What TO yen n:can g
a:r God believe Casper t;u=Se'l mc there.
IL has sworn 10 XII! me. IL. may have laid i'll
! wait !ar nc and tie appearance OF the icdler,
:: apparently we!l-lv pack, the loneliness q!
,+ 'r!,r and Tie place ,:iay Lave excited his Gu
'':,;.,. He bad tic Ac&r. capable Of it! know
i,,,, -. IN 1T We canrot prove anything
,fary sat dom upon the edge of the low
cot .;h fpr some ;!mc sic remained Ill silent
tEnu,h,. i[er foot I:,aYed ncrTo!S!y upon the
,3.J t:nnr her little !in&eis m~se;: TO and fro
r0,;:rl ecl otter, an,. when SHE at length! raised
,...r ...,i Ill traces Of ical were gone, and her
r.ail..yr ,i,o!ic OF Il rasoHtc womal''' "!'l'
.Corcy," size said, II hcHicve God sometimes
mt, tie truth into TIC hcaCls Of Us lH'or NOR
iaI, When TO earthly understanding could
Tonight Casper BagFooa was i'll ~ cottage
aild ba-ely-"
IL; d,il lie dare"
Hush, Concy, lie ditl not harm me- saw
ll,o uinn his SHIRT sleeve, and wien showed
i; to lin he trcinbicI and stamniered, and
broj;n from me- Then hc seized me, but capet
away and he followed he. lie caught and
,r.,::ed me back, and lie drew his lin.e. Inc
thm..sj.t came upon me like Il shaft of lightning
that l;agroun had murdered the pc'!Iar. Coo
n,u,. nave givrl me thought, Tor it cainc like
p,riect conviction. soc away from him again
a,,A fed. !na :hcn came here"
Mary Carroll arose FROM cr scat and claSrct
her !i.li,lS together
.Cyaey," she continued, "if there is PROC
nc jc real murder Oh the face OF the earth, ii
fiud il out. | will, or will die with YOU"
Coney Drake lonscd to clasp the fair girl t!
his swelling bosom, but he remembered his bond
and lie could only thank her in words
CHAPTER ".
THE KNIFE, AND NEW AccUsA1"
I When Mary entered her cottage it WINS quit