New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-09

turned ont more finished firt than this aIy. ae
all my pupils she did me most honor. Her hus-
Dahd dismayed at her course Of fashionable f1irta
tions, from the socalled odfumf of which his name
conid not shield her, nor his honor preserve her.
TOOK to drinking deeply and died confirmed sot.
She Wore the most approved styles Of mourning
iof MN, but otherwise devoted herself entirely to
her new love- He was completely In her nowar
she W as completely in his. If a creature 40 truly
'ahen before could sink still lower, we NAV say
shs ieli. As she went down she cnng to him who
mad shared her ruin, but who would rise from Il
uhpohated IN the worlds eyes, leaving all the in
Iatny With her, He broke, or stroye to break the
onotng shackles. His heart found ra- aower
peautlfni as rose but pure as a daisy. Tfe eovet-
ed IT. piucked IT. bore it to the altar and ors n o
his bosom His hend followed t,;rn--sI,e was en-
ragged, frantic, furious, at hfs nlarYfage sybe a.
stroyed his peace, threatened to bstrav t,sysef t.
his BRIDE drove him, IN short 10 5esueratfon one
gloomy night aIe met him at Eis very ttreatola
txasperated that money wous1 not buy bis free-
Com, that shame woHld not silence her. that the
disgusting presence must come forever ,tvzft h;s
nilss and him. be dragged her poIatng form frorn
ms aoor ana thrust her deep under the waves sev
eflg, as ne held her ont os his sight the en5ishfv
beautiful head from the white and wou,aulv sl,o-
ders She is mine now-5 might have eIairue;l her
before but left her here awhile to torture her u,r
derer.:'
z You claim the head, then,r said the Ceroner.
g. you are doctor, suppose
g Oh, no.r ..g l.ss
8 This is matter of much interest to the pub
lie may ask your name ~
g Certainly-do not be startled-I am Beefze
bab.n
& The devil you are n
" The devil | am.r
The Coroner, who had leaped from his seat, re-
suned it at this grave response to his ejaculation
~ supposed, sir, the body or any portion Of It
was an uneared for morsel--the shell which ven
cast aside when you secured the soul.
g The contract stated body and sonl, III imper~
turbably replied the stranger. {" The headfs mine
The soul now wanders in my dominions, hideous
as Hades itself, stripped of its feshy covering
and one of its greatest tornents seems 10 be the
fact that it can make no impression on the fast
young men whose spirits il meets there You zee
the soul of iirt is TOO worthless to burn-I have
experimental long with them-they all fall To my
lot, and never saw one yet that would make any
additional blaze to my fires torture the there
fore, in other ways fs
.f But the murderer; he will share her fate "
" He is mine by law, but have doomed him to
mortality. You can see him any day swinging
from your public scaffolds always choking To
death, yet never dying always filling collins but
never buried-so ihideous that the very hangInan
masks himself before coming in contact with him
-sekeniDg the multitudes whose depraved tastes
lie ministers there you will behold him when
ever you desire-my own property, approved of
by Justice and tolerated by Religion, upheld by
the Atlas shouIdered Press which writes his name
in large letters upon its Worldwide pages, this
| CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.