Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-08-19

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and raising the idiot from the ground and cast
ing off the rope.
Pcsky opened his eyes with a wild stare Of
amazement. Life had been given to hlm. lie
looked at Klanderi for moment, as if he was
q pod, and then, with a cry of " The just man
The lust manr' he rushed towards the forest
with the speed OF light, followed by his dog.
1t was now that the throng for the first time
remarked an unusual pallor on the features OF
their rcvered instructor; and wondering at
what they had seen and heard, they were con-
fident that some strange revelation was about
to be made, and listened breathlcssly.
"My chldren,n said Klanderi, i'll an lgitated
voice, ~ have told you, long ere this, that were
murder committed in klava, By one Of y0u, the
saints would avense it upon you, and happily
for YOUR peace have just prevented the COM
mission OF such crime. See to it, in the flu
ture, that your hands be kept stainless, when
the iips of Klandcri can speak no more. But a
man has been slain among you, though you did
it not, and your just nearts revolt at the bloody
mystery. BE not appalled,, Q my children,
whom have so loved 10 teach the way to virtue
and eternal lie, when tell you that the hands
now raise for the last time in bcnedlctlon over
YOU, were rcddencd this morning with murder!
This man was my brother, and slew him p
A murmur of astoniSlment and horror was
heard throughout the crowd, and klanderi, now
standing close to the body of the dead, con-
tinucd:
"Listen, people of Klava! who have deemed
me incapable OF, sin, and then do with me as
you will. The CORY clay before you was my
brother, Asaldot. Birth, fortune and Superlorl-
ty to me in years were his, and under the favor
Of the Car he was made judge, and deemed
an ornament of the magistracy. Wewcrc chill
dren of the same mother, by different husbands,
else though nature commits wild freaks in FORM
inc her characters in a family, we could never
have been so widely different in our dispositions.
lie was harsh, cruel and unbending,-and worse
than that. was married. A bcauteous wife
as ever put the rose and the lily to shame by
her checks, or the sunny heaven by the glory
of her eyes, was mine. We parted for time,
on distant journey. Nearly year elapsed:
With rapture | hailed the hour when could
return, and the return was swiit-but what dld
find! Ny house empty and desolate The
grave of my wife! And tic story Of her death
was coupled with q narrative of wrong suffered
at his foul hands, which made my blood curdlc
in nv heart. lie had brought her to shame:
periorce, and then ordered Ler to banishment,
to escape the daily rebuke Of her hcart-broken
ASPECT, as she traverSed the town, maniac
! SHE had died on our threshold, while in the act
of departing, and the popular fury ad conf
PEELED him to flight Upon her grave lnelt
and registered an oath in heaven, that no new
love, no lapse tf time, sickness nor cares, nor
his most abject penitencc, should intcrpose
barrier between my avengng steel and his pol
luted heart, wheneve- should find him. With
this mental reservation, took holy orders. In
time l came here, weary of looking lor-shail L
call him so-my brother! Yesterday l saw
him in Kava! lie was parleying with the
idiot, and spoke dcvoutly to Inn and handed
him Il cross. lie knew me not, but knew him,
through the disguise which twenty years of
an uish seemed to have ploughed in his features
now cold in death before me. | knew the
destroyer, and "Not now, not now" | said,
us felt my hand creeping towards my weapon.
lie walked to the FOOLS hue, reposed there, came
forth while the moon was up and stepped upon
the sward alone. The bright sphere smiled on
the offered sacrifice. While yet he turned his
haggard face to hers, smotc him to the heart,
and in his expiring throes announced the ven-
gcance Of his brother.
..Thanks!' said lie, family, for now my
spirit may rest in peace
And so shall hers, hcncelorth cried /,
though avenged by the knife OF fTatricide.
"Wlih staring eyes, he died, as though she
were there in that parting hour TO fill his soul
with horror. Enough | have contested. " Lat
say yc to the deed ?"
Ills expectation to be seized was disappointed.
Nome advanced Sorrow and surprise were OH
all faces, and all eyes were downcast.
.Adieu torever!" said klanderi, waring his
hard sadly, and departing slowly for the forest,
in whose mazaS his form was soon lost.
The corpse was borne away and the throNS
separated, wondering and gricving
klantleri was seen no more III lIte The idiot,
Pcsky. however, was ior several days afterwards
observed lettering in the village, and it was be-
lievcd that he bore food to tic absent priest in
some secret placc-but none sought him out
One morning, however, at sunrise, strange
group were seen beside the cruciiN, which still
stood before the late abode OF klanderl.
The priest was found knceling there, his arms
encl,sping and his dead cold lips kissing it.
while on either side Of him were l'c>ky, mourn
ing bitterly for his rrescrrcr, and hS liall-starV
cd dog.
:Ihc lust man died of cold!" muttcred the
idiot. III tones OF SclI-rcproacIl. did not 20
to him for the three days, it was so c. ld--;lid
50 he starved and persisted. 0, Kill lie not ior
| il - lic cried.
The poor fool was removed by the people,
who prepared for the decent burial OF kander,
and oic among them said:
sit was not the condition Of the body, but
the >orrowiug soul that killed him. May the
sacred saints who knew his virtues AMI witness-
cd all lis anguish, ntcrccdc with God ior INN
ana ,,ca,i tlIcn in ;tpncmcnt."
And 80 they buried their priest, for year;;
praying for his forgiveness while they proltcd
hy Ills teachings.
TIE JvpclAGY OF SorTn CAEoLiNA'-ln In the
Crusader, Il temperance magazine Published III
Cincinnati, Ohio, !nr August, We lind the follow
in: Just and we'll merited compliment 10 tho J'i-
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