The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-01-23

often quarrelled with her and was
Jealous. Well he might be, poor
fellow! Somehow he had bought
arsenic just before her death. They
found some in his desk When che
was fret taken i'll, he insisted on
nuraing her. He was devoted to
her, in spite Of his jealousy and an
noyances. Everything told against
him, and he was committed to New
gate, and is to be tried for bis life. !"
l need not say that, at the earli,
est moment when it was possible to
get admission, haatened to New
gate. l found Arthur, pale and sad
enough, but resigned to his fate. -
He fell upon my bosom. We were
boys again. The past, that had
sent its black cloud between us, was
gone. We were claeped in each
others arms, as in The lighter griefs
of our boyhood. All jealousy, all
hard feeling, had vanished from my
mind. My noble Arthur was in
trouble-ay, in peril--and 1 ha /
come to cave him. So it seemed at
the moment. That he was innocent
as l myself of the hideous crime
with which he was charged, l could
not doubt for moment.
He told me all--.the little that he
knew. He spoke carefully, and
even tenderly, OF the dead
II know you have forgiven me,
Harry" he said; $50 do not ask
it. l thought 1 was doing right
We are oil egotists in our affections.
1 have been greatly tried"
How was it Arthur" | asked,
"that you chanced to have poison in
your desk?"
1t was left there, with other
chemicals, by my predecessor, who
amused himself with chemical ex,
periments. When l took the desk,
| allowed it to remain, with come
vague idea that it might be useful
some time to kill the rats or other
vermin
"Well, we will get this fellow,
and prove that he left it,"
"He went to India, aud died there
year after"
That hope was gone; but | did
not despair.
"Who are the witnesses against
you2" asked.
Only the servants, poor things
They testified to what they had seen
and heard. My temper is not &c
good as it was, and che - was
sometimes very trying. When she
became i'll, l reproached myself
and wished to do all l could for her
Her maid was new, and unused tc
her ways, and took care OF her. -
The woman, perhaps, did not like
my interference. The fact, at any
rate, made a strong impression
agains. me-"
the maid was new; how long
had she been with your" .
"Only a month. Her old favor.
ite, Norah, went home to Ireland tc
be married, and has gone with hel
husband, l suppose to America
"Ilad she had Isabel ever given
you any reason to fear that she
would kill hersell?'
Mo; assuredly not. She enjoyed
the pleasures Of existence too keenly
1 am sure that she was never pur-
poscly the cause Of her own death
l siited the ground all over. There
was no clue anywhere, and the only
hope l saw was in finding Norah
Bat what could she, who had been &
month away, know about the deaf I'll
of her mistress? The lawyers en-.
gagged for the defence could see nc
use in her testimony, except to prove
what everybody knew, that Arthur
was very much attached to her mis-
trcss, and sometimes Jealous and ir
ritable. Was it likely that sho could
prove anything else ? Besides she
was probably on the Atlantic.
Not moment was to be lost. The
trial would come on in u week, anC
little as others hoped from Norah'i
evidence, l determined that, if still
in the country, she should come snt
testify at least to her masters kind
ness and love Of her llto mistress.
But Arthur had no, got Norah' ;,
address. lie did not even know, Of
could not remember her surname.
"Give it mp, my dear fellow,
said he, sit is of no use. Wha
good can Norah be, you could fnc
her? She has gone by this time -
But | would not givs it up.
cung desperately to the idea OF thi
Irish girl-becsuse perhaps ther,
was nothing else to cling to. Satin!
off for the Catholic chapel neares
Artnurs residences, l 'ound the prizes
who, alter thinking a moment, re
membered Norah. He took me in
to the chapel, and there, on one o
the best seats, was still car! in
scribed with the name OF Norah Rs
gan. l copied the nams in my not
book.
Can your reverence tell me where
she lived in 1relandl said l..
Indeed cannot, said he; but
remember now writing letter 70
her to send to some relatives at Eu
niscorthy, county Wexford.
Here was clue, and few hour
more saw me dashing along the N
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