The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-01-23

lnslnuadonS are unnecessary. 1T IS Dold1aceu
scheme of fraud and knavery, got up by Williams
and rascals to deprive me of my lawful rights.
But it shall be defeated. Sir. it shall go before
Judge and jury my fathers sentiments shall
be known -
Not SO fast young man, interrupted Dixon,
with the bandest smile possible, 'Ayerse as
your father always was to the making OF his will,
yet a short time previous to his death certain
events occurred to produce an entire alteration
in his views on the subject. Hear mel he
exclaimed, seeing Harry about to speak, JUST
nine weeks before his death, he came to my Of
fee a deep seated gloom had settled on his
L countenauce, and his soul, he said, was OPP
pressed with sorrow. Friend Dixon, he be-
gan my end is approaching. have been warn
ed of it by raps and dreams and unmistakable
signs
Pooh 7 said 1 don't give way to idle fears.
You're hale and healthy as l am, and likely to
live these dozen years
He shook his head mournfully. Death has
sent his forerunner to warn me of my approach
ing end, and something tells me- he added lay
ing his hand upon his heart, that the warning
is true. Yesterday was sitting all alone by
the kitchen fire, bordering upon the events of
the day, when L heard the town clock strike
twelve. [ looked to see II the clock near the
mantle-shelf agreed in time, and saw both the
minute and the hour hand pointing directly to
. Gu6 uSuTG GWGNH, tuSu bIOhi1 oOtii HdlluS
TO reverse their motions till they fell back down
to the figure six. That means something tho't
| some invisible power is at work It's the
harbinger of evil coming events cast shadows
before; and as l wondered and conJectured,
the pendulum began to go with astonishing We
locity, swinging to and fro, beating again The
case at each successive motion. Then the strlk
ing commenced,-one, two, three four, up to
sixty nine times-slow and measured as the toll
"a III ri riCFff
on the wall over my head just sixty nine dis
tinct raps were given There, thought l, | am
as good as a dead man and that night dream
ed that in Just SIX weeks, at just half past six
o'clock, | shall breathe my last My mortal
career is almost ended and all that remains for
me is to close up my earthly concerns wish
you to draw up my will, to be my executor, but
to keep all kno Wedge of its existence from my
family till all is over
Upon concluding his story, Dixon, with i'll
suppressed triumph and pleasure expressed in
his face called his clerks to their having wit
messed it. Then turning to Harry, he demanded
what further proof he needed to convince him Of
| its authority.
Harry took the will. Every letter was perfect
| in it's formation, every qurk and mark exactly
as his fgther was in the habit of making, and yet
he was unconvinced He felt there in
applicable mys9ery in the affair, and that to
solve deep, skillfuly laid plot, with an artful
| designing lawyer to contend with on one side,
| and a selfish avaricjous brother on The other,
was no easy matter.
annie, my love- said Harry Eton,.,' have
told you of the blight that has fallen upon my
prospects Had known that was to be base
! ly robbed Of my patrimoHy,I would never have
/ asked you to unite your destiny with mine My
love for you cannot be crushed out of my sonl
! it is part Of my very exstence-bnt it
should have gone down to the grave unrevealed
and unsupported by any one. | hoped to have
been able to offer with my heart home and q
position in life worthy of your acceptance, one
which your birth and education eminently fits
you to adorn but it is all over now--the golden
bubble has burst, and have now only strong
arm and willing heart to depend upon.
And not these sufficient to ensure sue
cess Cannot an humble home with love like
ours be ashappy one 2 asked Annie, smiling as
she gazed with eyes full of admiration and ten
derness into the face of her lover.
And can you rehnquish the Injuries to
which you have been SO long accustomed, and
walk with me the rough pathway III life, An. |
ME y said Harry with SIGH.
Are not our lives replied Annie reproach- /
fully, so interviewer that the fluctuating tide
of fortune must fail to affect US? Oh Harry, |
you little know the depth and strength OF
womans love if you think the loss of few pal
try thousands can wean her from the man she
loves
1t seemed as If the very fountains Of love and
tenderness within the soul of Harry had sud |
denly burst forth with gistening eyes and an
overlooking heart he answered Ifmy' gold |
en- dreams of happiness have vanished like Va
por before me, so long as possess the priceless
treasure of your love, nay darling, l am rich a.; |
yes, richer than all the mines of Australia could |
make me without ii, were they to open and I'M
fold their treasures at my feet. L would tam
linger longer by my ANNE side ; but IL late,
and duty bids me 60
Then with few more words OF endearment,
few more assurances of love and long, fond |
embrace, Harry turned to the door and sprang |
into the fly which was to convey him 10 the sta
ton.
Business Of two-fold nature had brought
Harry Elton to York. His principal and para
mount object was to obtain legal advice i'll re-
gard to the feasibility Of prosecuting a lawsuit
by which he hoped to UPSET the will and TO es-
tablish his own claim one of the heirs at law. |
The next, and not unpleasing duty he had TO
perform was to visit his atfianced bride, Anne !
Morris to whom he had been betrothed tor more |
than year.
1t was some two hours ride to the old home
stead from the station at which Harry lett the
train, so he engaged horse, and set OFT upon
brisk canter in the hope OF reaching 1t by eieF-
en- o'clock 1t was cold but calm, cleat night. |
| y
the twinkling stars lighted up his lonely way, |
and as he gazed INTO the tar-oh distant eavens
aud contemplated upon the infinite power, the
majesty and power of the Great CIeator,hI5 soul
was lost in a strange bewlldeTment 0! wonder
and admiration. Then he thought of his Annie,
VINO, with true womanly love and devotion, had
poured the balm of consolation into his sad dis
pirited soul, and had yielded to his guidance
and keeping all the pure, warm aIkk10ns ot her
young heart; and of his father, wHoseg ave was
unwatered by a single tear, and of the inexpli-
cable mystery which hung over the final settle
ment of his properly.
A full hour had passed in one profound, CON
tinual reverie, when the catte ing OF a horse S
boots behind him made him turn to see who was
approaching. But what was 1t that made the
blood recede from his face, his ewes almost start
from their sockets, the bride drop from his hand
and his feet shake in the slirrups? Harry was
man of determined bravery, There was no
deed Of daring he dared not attempt,n no danger,
| however imminent, he feared to face. Had he
suddenly encountered powerful foe, welding
the implements of death and destruction, ne
would have sh4d his fe's blood before surren-
! dering, but to be unexpectedly brought IN CON
tact with spirits from the unseen rldclothed
| in bodily 1orm was enough to appal the stout
/ est heart.
In the rider of the coal black steed, he recog-
nized his father, clad in his accustomed garb,a
grey coat and large, broad brmmed hat be-
meath which his thin, silyered locks were plain
ly visible; his face could not be distinctly seen
except a deadly pallOr overshadowed it,and the
hand that guided The spirited animal was dex-
ferrous and skillful as ever faster and faster he
rode and nearer and nearer he came, and a
voice, hoarse ana solemn as the tomb, called out,
Harry Harry!
Terrified and horrors stricken at this unex-
Pected apparition. Harry's first impulse was to
ouch the reins of his horse and fly then COM
menced a regular John Giipin race-the ghost
of the departed was pursuing the llving-biIls,
valleys, meadows and pastures, were swept past
as ball is shot cut Of the cannon.
Fleeter and fee.er rode Harry still the spec
ire relentlessly followed, aud always keeping
just such a distance in the rear but the cour-
age which had m9mentarily forsaken him soon