The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-11-22

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Al our o.Iiec. 'Iadecd I said /. when
About a iorlnishi-l have been lool
ing al the office diary -abou, a iort
night before YOU Yourself came 10 ~
quire about TIE advertisement. scitin
forth that you would, BY calling upu
.Nessfs. Hurniman, hear Of someihin
70 your advantage. That was 4
NanzeFs errani lie hal seen III
advertisement, Thought he miglt L
able 20 find yen, and wished 10 kno,
the particulars lie was Informed
went away, and lwo DAYS aflorwarl
returned TO say he had failed 10 trsc
you out-belieyed, indeed, that he wa
mistaken in the person.
An imperlinen, busyboiy must lhJ
clerk have been. Only mischief aut
heartburning could be the result O
sncb an nncalledtor communication.
i don't care about that What
did care about--that which enra sed
me beyond bounds was, that lat
been 50 treacherousy dealt with =
bambooz ed--swindled taken IN ant
done ior-by the hoary mi.creant =
Sill, rs your marriage is a yer,
happy one --'
No matter for tIat, sayagely snap.
ped Pendrell. However, what was
done could not be undone and. a.
before said, now, as regards The mar.
rhge itself, am quite contcnted. In
fact, it is as much for my family's sake
as my own teal / am now taking YOU
into my confidence. From the hour
the clerk spoke with me, continued
Pendrell, Il hated Manzel and his wife
with the bitterest hatred. Ny wife
TO her great surprise at the time, aud
unbounded astonishment since---as
whenever Maria is in bad way (bad
way OF temper, | mean,) she always
brings up-could nj prevail TO have
them come and live with us. Upon
that point | was adapant for time ;
and when, utterly wearied out, | Yield
ed, Madam ManzeI refused 10 leave
John street. She had taken TO her
bed a day or two before which she
declared, and truly as it proved, that
she should never leave alive. She was
bedridien till about fourteen months
ago, when she died lrighlul death.
Killed! murdered by her husband ?
exclaimed impulsiyely. 80 that is
what you have been SO long driving
at
by no means. | mean morally a
Irishltul death. You shall hear. A
message came 70 our house, importing
hat NJ. Manzel was out; but the dy-
ng woman had been heard to express
4 wish 10 see her dau Iiter. As il hap
oened, Maria had not many hours pre-.
Eiously been seized with the pains of
abor. AT her insistence, though |
would have been gladly excused, /
went TO John street. A terrible scene
awaited me. The woman was diving
mad, raying mad but there was
method in her madness. Her rawlings
we're frighiful, and all related to some
iorrible murder, which it would seem
he had witnessed, but could not pre-
'ent. The name OF Antone-AIon
ieur Antoine-fcequently occurred
he moment she saw me, she spranp
lalI up in bed, glared like tigress at
'ay, and screamed that il was her
il was Maria, She wanted TO
&c. ! explained. That seemed TO
'acify, to calm her for few moments. |
Come TO me come close, she ex-
lalmed but first clear the room
urn everybody out-eyerybody outp |
There was no one but nurse present
he doctor, who had been sent for, not
aying arrived. The woman left the |
Dom, and ], at the gesture Of her with
red hands, stepped TO the head of the
ed, and bent down to hear what she
'ished TO say, her voice dropping sud-
enly TO whisper: Tell Maria new
+ 10 accept-neyer polute her sol,
erhals endanger her life, by accept
e anything, any jewels, she may find
tier his death They are dyed in
lood--innocent, venerable blood.
lark T! Is that his step on the stairs
Ie will kill me, too, should he know |!
Ter flaming eye6alls were fxcd upon
le chamber door. II remained clos
i ;aud the footsteps which had caught
e ear passed upwards. Not him
ie gasped. Then turning to me, she
Iurmured, Silence ! not word, ex-
spt TO Maria not word. Bat re.
enJer ]! She then ank back on her
iilow. Good God how ii has haunt
me ever since ! Maria persists that
was mere delirum. ! know better
Go on, Mr.. Pendrell. Never mind
)oui what Maria thinks. You are
ginning to interest me. Il
i knew you would be. Well, il
nst and shall out. viii MOI be pois-
led with it any longer. Madame
anzsls eyes closed she was falling
leep. or dying perhaps. ! would
inmon the nurse aud leave. As
as doing 50, with stealhy steps, the
ep bell Of a neighboring church toll
!, as one may say, rather than struck /
e hour Of one. The dying woman
ust, ! think, have thought She heard
e bell which, in some Ro nan Cath
c churches, announces the elevation
the Host. She started, screaming.