Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-13
"ASHlNG1ON, d. g., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13,

| concealing the money in her clenched fingers.
asif she feared he had repented the large Gift.
and wished to take it from her. They were at
the moment stopping beneath the lamp on the
corner OF a narrow alley that led down to the
| Thames. At this moment the clock of a neigh
boring church tower tolled two and three quar-
| ters. He started
What do must be done quickly he said.
as he took from his pocket-book a leaf and
! wrote by the fickering light, with a pencil, a
| few lines.
"Do you know where St James street /. ~
he asked the little girl as the chilly wind blew
| her hair and her rags wildly about her face and
figure :. lou said you lived near there ~
| Yes, SIR"
"Take this note to the fifth house from the
corner near the Palace. On the door -knocker
| you will see lions head in bronze The door
| is oak, and the number is over the gate-22
| If you arc grateful to me for this money. Won
| must find it, and leave there this paper. Let
| no eyes see 1t but those of my daughter You
must ask for her, and place it in her hands
Will you do this?''
Yes, sir, will be sure and do it-you are
| so good, and have given me so much money"
Go, then-farewell Let me press thy
| hand,''
He took her hand, and pressing it between
his own, left her. saying, as he hurried on
. 1t is the last time / shall hold in my grasp
human hand. 1t is severing the last link
which binds me to my species. Now, Death
welcome thy cold grasp
he hurried down the lane which led TO the
| river The dark waters rolled by, rushing be-
| meath London bridge, near which he came, with
| sullen roar. 1t was the dead hour of the night
ere the deep sleep of the early morning is bro
KEN Here and there burned light upon some
barge or vessels deck but there was no sound
| OF laborers or of voices. A dread hush dwelt
upon the water, and its crowded and packed
hotilla of motionless keels. He swiftly moved
on In the direction of the bridge and in a few
moments stopped near its centre. Leaning
over the stone parapet, he gazed down into the
Plack and ftstream. Here and there star,
| looking through rent in the fog, was family
reflected upon its surface.
This, then, is Lethe! Beneath this wave
can bury the morrow, and all future to-mor-
rows! Now is it in my power to defy fate and
escape the scene must pass through, if suf-
fer myself to live. All but death is lost Now
for the great secret, In a moment L shall
solve the riddle, and be wiser than the world
leave behind me-
He looked carefully around him, and seeing
that he was alone, he wrapped his face closely
in the folds of his cloak, and leaped out into
the empty air beyond the parapet
As he disappeared like descending rock
into the smashing and foaming waters far be-
low, child piercing shrek filed the air from
the bridge, not far from where he leaped. which
was answered by the hOarse, loud outcry Of
watchman, who, from the key in which he
shouted, seemed bewildered by the sound.
Help! help! he has jumped from the
bridge! was the wild cry of the shrieking
voice.
''Who' What is it ? What has happened?'
demanded the watchman. running up, accom-
panied by one or two of the police, TO where
stood the child upon the naked parapet, and
pointing down into the waters below.
hsc
answer Of the child from whom Lord COny-
beare had not long before parted. and who,
forgetting the name of the street she was to go
to. had followed him to Overtake him. when she
saw him spring upon the parapet and take the
leap.
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