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

andy C,all Knew StnaI no OIe cOulut 9hlleu
the pedlars eptineolds blood, for;od Nagdullh
,could have no enemies. Is = & ~
Mary Carroll entered the.cell. She stood an
instant upon the tthreshold and sprang forward
and threw her arms about the young prisoners
neck. 3 is..s = EE5!{5t-:s$ .ssSssyl
s ae Mary sMary,nn. lie eorried, the holy safSFk
bless You for this. CAM embrace you, darling,
for see my hands are chained. 2. 80; X
s Hush, Coney. dear, can embrace you, and
for even that we may be thankful. They told
me youwere TO be hung, but swore that you
shouldn't"
aAh, Mary, my fatetis sealed, and no earthly
power can help me, now" ): 80, :: p
But you did not do that wicked murder,
Coney 2"
; : g You know I did not, darling
"lndeed, know it." .
sThen there's some satisfaction in that.p
I" But there would be more satisfaction in
finding out who did it,n said Mary.
That is past hope," returned Coney. ~
But do you not suspect any ? Have you not
the least idea who didit2o sic eagerly asked.
s, g Not in the least. But why do you ask
that?n IS. 4
I" First tellme all the circumstances attend
ing the finding of the body"
ConeY went on and told the circumstances
Just as they had transpired. How that he was
returning from the Londonderry side of the
great bog just at t'nigilt-fall, aud when he bad
nearly reached the Tyrone side: he saw a dark
object against tho bushes near the solid path,
He went up TO it., and found it was the pedlar,
Lite w,s extinct, but the body was warm and
the Lluod still flowing. Unde:: these circum-
stances, he took the body up and carried IT, to
the upland, where as the reader already knows
he came across the pack. The rest he told ina
few words. Everything was against ,hip-7the
evidence, though circuustanlias was yet almost
positive, and it had taken but few minutes for
Tie lnrysto bring in their. verdict. .G.:
sst'rcll me- said Mary;as ConeySclosed his
STORY. is there no one whom you think.lnisht
have done this 3. Doayoug know Of any ones
having been in the vicinity on that evening 2n
: s;sNo,-onlythe threemen who followed nie.2,''
aCasper Bag - :" $
IS & aBlttell me, Mary, what do you mem 22a .2'a
My God! believe Casper dogged mo there:
He has sworn to kill me- He may have tlaidin
wait for me, and the appearance ofathe pedler,
+.. apparently well-hlled pnck, the Loneliness Of
! i,s sour and place may have. excited hscu5
n;5;tr MD He had the heart capable Of know
P,aiy I,a G;S we cannot PROVE gthingg
{ Mary sal, doSsn upon the edge Of the low
cot and for some time she remained nl1slent
3tSnisIt. Her foot pif,ayed neryousy upon the
tiled floor herlittle fingers passed to and fro
around each other, and when she at lengtfralsed
her head all traces of fear were gone ana her
manner spoke Of ;resolute Womans VIII q,
aConey,'' She said, 81 believe God sometimes
nuts the truth into the heads OF US poor NOR
falls. when no9tsearthly understanding could,
Tonight Casper Bagroon was in my cottage
and basely--'F 80 = i
20 Ea! did he dare 4,
az Hush,i iConey, he did not harm me. saw 9 :
blood upon, lis shirt sleeve, md when showed
il to him he trembledS and stammered, and
broke from me. Then he seized me, but lleaped
away and lie. followed me. Hes caught arid
dragged me back, and he drew his knife; Ii' Ihe
thought came upon me like ashaft OF. lightning
]tbat .Bagroon had murdered the pedlar. Goo
must have given me thought, for it came. like (;
ner(ect conviction. Il got away from him again
and fled, and then I came here. -4s5
Mary Carroll arose from her seat and claspeS
l3her hands together. - g g.. <.
I.ais Goaey,n She continued, if there Is proc
oe the real murde the face oft the earth,
find Il ont Twill, or 4 will die Withs you e tsts
Coney Drake longed to- clasp tho fair girl 7,
Ibis swelling bosom, but here elnbered d:hls bond
and lie could only thank her in: n words. VIC
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