, 1860-12-11

more terrible than absolute certainty. Mr..
Burch was Silent: well he might be, The
kncll Of his domestic peace was struck, whcn
that suspicion entered his mind: When
l have just cause to suspect my wife, gentle
men Of tho jury, our days Of happiness are
numbered; our days Of welded liis will soon
pass by. ..-
The conduct Of Mrs. Burch must hare In
stlllsd snsplcion; It could not have been other
wise. The denial Of the few days before; the
coming home with Boyd; denying having seen
him; reluctantly compelled to confess It, and
then pretending to have forgotten it. But did
she forget It? What occurred afterwards? A
few minutes after she and Miss Fannie Burch
were In tho other room aud Fannie said,
"Dil you not ssa TINT your husband knew that
you had been with Doyd?" She says to Pan
mic, "Wcll, 1t yon saw that, why didn't you
tell me Of It! Why didn't you prompt me to
confess it, and save me from the denial, If you
saw that no knew ite Why didn't you, a. q
friend do that? you ough to hare saved mefrom
this denia1 and this detection" Fannie says,
You told me not to tell, and didn't" That
scene passes. What follows? Mr.. Burch goes
out Tho testimony shows very clearly the
state Of mind he was In you hare him pic
turad before you. He savs nothing; he is re-
tecting. lie starts out Even then 1t is quite
probable that If her conduct had been prompt
anxiety had been less, Investigation would
have been stopped. or rather would not have
been pursued. What followed: Size scuds
Fannie Hurch to him; she says to her, $50
ind out and tell me what he says about
it." Fanuie Burch, by this time, as she says In
thing: she had seen these tricks played OF
upon her uncle. They say to you that she
Was spy. Now, what te spy? He Is man
who, being intrusted with an honest secret,
betrays It FOR wrongful purpose. That is II
spy, so far as the odious meaning ct the term
l. p,t*} .xrf,s1 &ntlc hat
another has told him, If what he tells INC is
necessary for my safety and the protection Of
my rights. bctr1yinr no confidence in doing it,
has acted the part Of an honest man. Fannie
l}urrll saw that her aunt was deceivlng ler
husband; she saw that plainly; she saw that
there was no Intimacy between herself and
Boyd. when In fact there was mcst scsnde-
Ions intimacy between them And both for
The purpose Of breaking up that intimacy, and
fur Tie purpose OF warning her uncle, she was
right in telling him What she did. At all events
-he told him that her aunt hsl sent her to sec
Ai:n, and to tell her what he said about Boyd.
That was circumstance which tcuded to work
upon his suspicion. Why was she SO anxious.
If khe was innocent, IL there was nothing
wrong, why did she take tie pains to send
E..nuis ont to hunt him up, to ,dud out who
!SlA N' h!m about boyd; tS . tell her about It
up his mind to investigate the matter; md
IL: took the course that evcrv rejecting
aud Intelligent man would take He says,
"Teil her, Fannie, That have inquired Of you
III, anu can lind ont nothing: tell hrr there
are tllilgs going on in that housc that know
ll:ore about ina:, she thinks do" 10 threw
Another Important point is, what was Mr..
Eurch's motive? Was be after the truth, or
seeking to concoct = falschood. Why did he
say, q Tell her tha. know more about it than
s',- thinks do?" And perhaps lie did. But
| # he did not, what would That language ia-
uucc her to doe Just what she did when she
! :oand that Re knew Boyd had accompanied
h=.-confess. As SOON as she found that he
knew Of ihat, she confessed 1t. He told her that
friend had told him that Boyd had accom-
| panied her home, aud she confessed that Boyd
lid. What did be say then, Tel! her that I
know more than sue thinks d." Why Fay
that? Because, reasoning from the past, she
| would confess. Had he not right to know
what was going Oh in his own house? B. bis
osEn hard labor he had reared it from tnrret
to foundation stone. he had bulft It. From
| poverty. by the hard labor Of his nwu hands. he
lad acquired wealth; hc had built splendid
mansion for tho pleasure and convenience Of
his wifo. Had be no right to know what
transpirel within those walls? The counsel
| upon the other side talk as though that house
with NIL that pertained to It belonged tn her
and not to him, and that he had no right there.
Nov, an the last man In the world that
Eoul.i in any degsca infringe the fair
YOU, has the husband no rights? Do not you
fell q natural interest, is It not your duty to
feel IN interest in what goes on under youl
own roof? What transpiEes under my roof is
os more importance to me- than all that trims
p'res out from under 1t. There is my greatest
on there, all the other knowledge that may
obtain is ri but little cou5equenccto me- Mr.
BurcA did wish to know. What followed
Fannie Burcil went on up to Miss Highs and
stopped to to,. Marx the anxiety Of Mr.:
BuIch. She cannot rest She knows thai
reSrlncc her past lifo has worn, there Turks :
foul disgrace, a deadly shame, the exposure o
which sic might well know would driro he
| from her loMe anal conEi1n her naE1e to-in
f.1,r. She knew thu disgracefnl secret @
Busd's Intimacy; snc knew the Gisgracefui sc
crets of Stuarts iasa'ny, and that Wh!chsoer'
direction Investigation might take, there We
danger. To. c-n see her anxiety In the meas
nre- ri1c took. Miss High desired Faunic I,
rt1uan there TO tea, and she wEo!c . noic Il
Mrs Burch, inla;1ing il Fannie could do 80
What does Mrs. Burch do. She sends bacl
the servant with no1o to Fannie, iuqnirin
VIA. Mr.. Birch ha1 said. She could not Wal
.ill Fannie 90. home; the thing occupied Al
her thoughts, all her arixietics. She could no
wait un.il Fannie retpfncI, bnt sha scut
note, and wanted 70 know What Mr: EurcA b:
saIi Fannie replies: lie saya, Tell you
a:u: there are moro things going On in III
scs;' So.; ''as I kn'~ about than she tn'nk'
Sow wha: followed? This was Tuesda,
On that highland here you ere lcit to reason
able surposition--lAey lodge together Wba
wa. said that night could not be proved u:
| it ia apparent that during tha; night SON
conversation upon this subject occurred. l1o
| many times he accused her, and how mar
times she denied, does not appear. And VII;
mcaas he usel to drag the secret out of hc
caunot be manifested. It WAS III the secree
OF their own chamber, and no one heard
| left the house, Fannie says that she hid occ
SION to scnd 4 note up town, aud Ms. Gnrt
: was yery anxious to send it for her. WHY
i; Bccarse she had a note Of her owa that ii
wanted to send M. To whom: To Eurc
. What was It. After the conversation ol Ill
, knew 50 a.uc,, about tho intimacy between Ii
E and Boyd, she might d. we'll tell him Il
/ whole. 1Aai she did state what she said w
c tie whole. Shc writes note TO Lliu the ne
t day, saying, II have been very foolish wi
1 MI. Boyd; l have done TcEy wrong with u
, Boyd confess all, and beg yon VII for..'
u she had done, bat il general terms admits
I wrong. What followed: Afscra day Of mo
1 | painful most ngouiziug doubt, they met a.e
Il that evening. Mrs. Bureh dusin; that att
J, noon Of Wednesday, Of or having met her hi
> band at dinner, told Fannio B1rch. y hs
s confessed all to my husband; haye told hi
II that for 1hreo months tho closest and mo
d | Gisrraceful Intimacy has beer carried on Il
c tween Boyd and myaelE He has taken VT
5 rue liberties going 10 the very verge Of Il
o fouIcst adultery; have shamclcssly allow
:, hin to clasp my person In his arms, to b.
z. and to kiss eh-and to take other lioertit
= gentlemen, which cannot mention in this pr
C cace. Everything showing the totally debauc
t cd state of erheart; showing that she was po
n erIcss against the force Of her own passions a,
s. lccptions feelings. II hare confessed al th
lsaid he had kissed me thousand times;
r. had hnggrd ME; that NC had written lctte
u to each other in which we had iniulSed in t
o most passionate prutestatlons Of love for ca
o other. All TINT h1vc admitted 10 my III
II band. ~
If Now they eay that Nj Buzch Is i jea!o
fc man: they say that he is violent mnu; tb
,e saw that his conduct, instead Of being und
70 the dictates Of the prcccpts Of tbat holy rel
$, ION which he rEo!esscd, instead Of the foEs
III Ing temper which tho Scripture inculcates,
,r coaLuc:, ..ey tell you, Is that Of = irud. Tt
I'd tel! you that ins:.7d ef being mid, heuer
r. lent, forSivinS, peaceful citizen, ho Is tyr
" uicsl, hiu5hty, dcspotic, ruthanay man. Tb
er tell you that instead Of cherishinG tile wife
th his bosom, his disposition was 10 crnsh
nc Now / asa you to look 1t It; ask you to IA
ts~ when mingled feelings Of suspicion, sha
ae and anger ara rending his heart take
,u whey he Is btu=hing for the very name he be1
or when he Ii uncertain that the children up
,k whom he has lavished his affection arc
w own take him when that wito has coaviut