Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-04-09

bad cough, perceive, and if you are not
lhttended to at once, / fear It will amount
to something serions'
l. j hope not replied Frank.
The truth is, there are few people who
know how to nurse a sick person. she con
timed, quite earnestly / can cure you Of
your cold, am sure, so you will not feel it
tomorrow. Come ! Go with me to the
place | speak Of, and I toiH fla you up a
punch 1ohich I am sure wW cure g0w.
Mr.. Fitzgerald thought of the pile Of
bills be had splayed-thought of the ugly
side-glances cast on him more than once
during the evening thought of Bond ST.,
and the bloody tragedy-and finally Of the
possibility Of a punch which would not on
ly cure his cold, but all the ills his flesh
was heir to, and found the association ol
ideas decidedly unpleasant.
am much obliged to You, madame he
replied, not allowing any of his thoughts to
lind expression in his countenance; you are
very kind indeed, and believe your punch
would cure me; but really must deny my
self the pleasure tonight l feel SO i'll,
must go home at once
Well she said, you must of course be
your own judge'
The broker now came 10, and begGn 10
talk about the execution Of James Rodgers,
the boy-murderer, which had occurred that
day, and an account of which, i: seemed
she had read in the evening papers. She
remarked that it seemed hard to hang so
young q person.
How did he bear up? asked Mrs. Gun.
bingham.
Very WELL / believe, replied Frank, OF
whom the question was addressed have
not read the account, and shall not, pro-
badly. | take no interest in such things,
and could never understand the great love
the public seem to have for murders and
hangings'
But you must see accounts of these
things in the papers, said Cunningham
we have shocking number of murders
IN New York.
Yes, there seems to be great propen.
sity for cutting throats, and putting men
ont of the way, among you New Workers.
But it seems that most of the rascals get
clear here; your juries acquit nearly every
body that is tried"
Cunningham, who had appeared very
nervous duriag the entire interview, seemed
more so at this stage of the conversation,
and remarked that it was a difficult thing
always to tell who was guilty and who in
nocent; and that public opinion was very
unreliable in such matters.
Fitzgerald, in commenting on the great
number of startling tragedies which the
New York papers serve up with such vi
gor, remarked that he had always supposed
the accounts were exaggerated.
They are exaggerated said Coming
ham. The papers are not to be relied on
at all. The reporters are set of vutures
that beset a person the moment anything
occurs, and if they can't get anything true
that suits them, they make it out of whole
clio tn. The reporters will lie as fast as they
can write, and they may nse shorthand at
that. Look how they worried poor old
Mr.. Blount's life out of him. They make
a thing ten times worse than it would be if
they would let it alone. They are med.
dlesome, lying set'
Il presume it is for their interest to over
draw, responded Frank, but l suppose
Rodgers was really hung
Yes said Cunningham, suppose the
poor fellow was killed. 1t is barbarous
custom, in my opinion, and l think it ought
to be abolished / don't believe in capital
punishment. remember, when l was a
child, of seeing a man hung at the Tombs;
and never have passed the Tombs since
but have thought of an execution
A hard place that Tombs, l should
think" remarked Frank, thinking despar
ately of Mrs. Cunningham's capabilities tc
judge of that establishment as O residence
1t is horrible place. she replied, with
much earneStness; but suddenly checking
her vehemence, added: 'at least / shoulC
think so. l have been there as a visitor
several times, and it didn't seem to me any
person could live there
Fitzgerald appointed the next Monday
afternoon for another interview, at which
time, he said, he hoped TO be in better
health and spirits, bade her good night.
THE THIRD AND LAST INTERVIEW OF MR. FIrzGER
AID AND MRS. CUNNINGHAM
Mr.. Fitzgerald promptly kept his ap
pointment, and found that Mrs. Cunning
ham was no less prompt. He believed thi
would be decisive interview, and was busy
devising means for ending an acquaintaHct
which had commenced wholly by accident
been pursued wholly from curiosity, anG
which, from every consideration. he fell
must be Immediately terminated.
Mrs. Cunningham's appearance was more
pale and haggard than on the previous oc
casion. She was, in fact, type of perfect
mental misery, or of great physical pros
T tration. She again apologized, by saying
that they had a wedding at her house tn
night before My second daughter salt
She fourteen years old, was married las
night to wealthy southern planter H
is much older than she, but loves her dear
ly, and i hope they will be happy
The broker soon after entered, and sale
a lady and gentleman were present who
wanted the parlor, AS we are all pretty
well acquainted now she said, addressing
Frank, perhaps you will have no objection
to going up stairs There is pleasant
room directly above this, and have or
de-ed FIRE and lights
Fitzgerald assembled the stairs, followed
by Cunningham, aud was ushered into tn,
room described by the broker. There wa
bed in one corner aud cheerful ERE II
the crate.