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THE ATH S H 4 D o W
l. ILLrsrsArIvr or THE VrsrrE AVID sier rhs PLs.
susE AID DESPAIR WHICH Constitute LIB IN fhh "I
ser. cry, pro.c.eI terrible dying aw., upon
river; srAed AxoLired voice mingled taoty with the
the echo Of Blow clesvips through brsB and life and u
daiey hseupon there nosted ey upon 'nss syst Of ~n the
hrs rsnorfu and Departing srosn from the breast OF a
derrr.
hight bile all around Nature repos sleep OF serenity sud
peace done deed tor which in crime there be
the sacred seal baptism psed the 'ou infancy
and thereon the black AID satanic AIa ~hh brands
Tbs the night of Sept, - 1850 nigh, peculiarly
.aPed the commission q desperate sueior the S was
& aoS saS s1s for .aeee Oh inc nave
But hai ,iu gle followed BY cries for hepno
sroansnt pbo.phoric element the atmosphere sn,ed
Tor solitary n. ray OF rs,heI. sho,, OF hight up the
bent boo, protected sss from the element. and foa
as mi.S Be- Of mon in his hand on which there been
bht sps.he; Of human would have Be,
echo through the bone and BRAN and exurushed
pulse S % fa1 s sR that S So M %ss.
his feet dull clod fragment Of earth brOsen image
For Eve minutes the man stood over bis victim in stue,que
silence the Of that time be was convaced that life had
He then Quilted the body and retiring few psccs picked up
aspade, with which be Proeeedsd TO cot up the sod
with which be Aborng cls-hed stone harder
Iseted srth rmo over a and be PsIsed .1d
beay his whereabouts Frequently too be stopped IL hi.
work wipe the cold moisture that believed his face and fell
drops the hard earth which he worried aud
straineo.
Two hours bad passed. long unu.,eraby dreadful hours
and yet the work complete.
Anon the darkness and the tempest cleared and
veed the higher clouds through which brSnt
shone Like avepgins vote and chronicle
his deed A. intervals smother and soo'heI star looked through
voting ti and to upwd with nqueiude snt dreadupn
ns . pon he dim % the
clouds with heart and psched and cracking p' the
Another hour passed and AZ length the weary man Arose from
his labor.
where the body lay ard that his work tar done
be stood rreu,c unable to complete the revolving task or
hsd The Hence, too longer disturbed by slight
noise Of h. work Wa painful isarMy SUI ana snes.hy
bons heart beat slow aud strong sudden pants be tell his
limos tOtter and his scalp grew contracted lifting the damp
And az that moment Ike an svensins spirit
thought the visible nigh, into glazing day
As fsc full Of sht fell upon the broken ground
and blade of with the disncness OF
moor the murdeiers hsyed convn'iyey aud
ne would nave cep p, mao n %. & I and
the sleep deah beshed the san,ins moonbcsm
seemed At times TO make the smile The murderer
gasped for breath and every be OF bis frame temoed vo
enily from the physical terror OF bis mind
With desperate Effort and msddened - Il would BY
his re.oution be approached the body and threw hs
the body to The shallow grave,
bis foot but IN VAN u womb nor 90 owl =. ..,,
One ni now sun ana nsu stoou Up anu 10 MS ie',i'u
thoughts the long hnse pointing upward seemed 70
him OF lerlpuuon., -, Al. 4, - - a. , H. ia -,
s orsih steineu on re "a; 81" , wa ,a, -, 20 .ov
uIestnt anu .o so ~ H. 30. Tbar ,rssni. IN. nrfed
p s h he bent and forced II Under the cors-
,a =. ,ba .,iT bent 6nsers r.sa over Ills "a rnakns
Nm ,ecoil sbnaderins win horror
r. l.; n,h Ina b,s,a he threx tho earth hut attn the
sh, renamed. he coula nst hide the sho,y ont
III "R' N' " | 49,
NJ, NOV. ..b h. b..rea and then pnon be bodv hardly
s;,b toose mold he laid the roie ana snSed soa
md smoothed and pressed the grassy covering d,wn.
Atleugth his TASK was cmpeted- sod
varaEtbere was not even cctins lump Gle hollow
he new eanh carefully and scattered and IL
quite evident that in few hours All traces that fearful tragedy
must be ob DE picked up the IRON nstru het OF DEAN
ana toe spade and WAXING SNORT Instance ne tenSa nsn
enbshAh.ht "hon io0Aeu uo"n uP.u hc r'eI anu nueu
them Que ster me o'her ho inc oFp ava tlT9ia stream
which hoTed beneath ine spsshhg hoes .u.d MN i9i
mom' nj he paused hs1epeu AIu men essl,G, ingu 70
victim was buried, be halted and examined carefully his work
though 10 assure himself that nothing was Forgotten WHICH
could tend 20 the IN st com ete coneea1ent OF us deed
lille he Sas thus engaged ne suddenly uttered sn Ter
nbe cEy and his eyes starring wildly rom ths sockets were
liked pom low piece OF brUsen watbe cnaref ensns oil
deserted hutwhch stood mned ately behind the
The Of that moment must have been intense 20 have
oyer in moment wa. lis own shadow falling oant upon
ness wiped the Preparation nom s brow buttoned ais coat
csey sfos ms uesst ana stiV'e ssS rom me ce"e' Anu