Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-21
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tfoszi PhenOmons Of Missing n Chambers Iei-faaA J
The ssddest disappsarancs Of which Irsulsu-
her ever 10 haVe read, was that Of e CEpsEin
Eoutb, Of the ladian army, who came hons on
leave from Cslcuits, 70 81 rHfrisd 20 Miss
Ling, ia HaTtioTdshirs. CsDe Rgush arrived ct
Southampton, and IVES ideBliisd a. having been
a passenger By the coach from that place 70
London. Bus sfleT baVing Accomplished so
many hundred u.iles he 8evVr reached hat
Blses, such 3 little way of, where his BRIDE
aWsised him. Hs neither eans nor wrote. She
read his namc IN the LIST Of passengers by the
EafoDa, and looked for hin hour By hour in
vain Yhss excuses muss not her love have
made for BIN How she must have cling 70
cne Fail chance sltsr another ahtii her lass hope
let har How infinitely moro terrible must such
vague Freichednsss have besn to bear, thau if
shs had known him to auys been struck down
By tis fatal sun-Fay OF Bengal, CT drowned IN
Indian seas Where was be What could
h17s become OF him
This young lady had cousin Of The uaus Of
PsnThyR, Kb0uE her own aga, who had been
brsaght up in the same family, and, although
much attsehsd TO her, had not been hitherto con
sidsrei 70 entertain toward her warmer feelings
shGn those Of kiHship. But as mcnsh after
month, sud year after year #oss by WilboU.
tldinFs Of the missing bridegroom, be brgan 70
court her a. e lover She for her part rainssd 20
listen 10 bis aadTosse5 bEs her mother favored
them and plungod IN meisncholy, the girl did
bot take the pains to rspHlSo him which BYobA-
oily sac otherwise would have done. She &C
cBpted, or at lesst she did not reject, q ring Of
bis, which she even wore on her finger; but
whenever he speke to her, on rendered her any
service, che suTned from hiH with Eomethng
iiEs ioGthinE. Whether tbis was remarked up0a
50 mach before the following circumstances oe-
cured, It would be Interesting TO learn, but all
who knew them now testify that whereas il ear
lisT days she had saken pleasure IN her cousins
society. il seemed to beeoms absolutely hatsfnl
70 hor, subsequently to her calamity.
Aoout thrsa yegTs aftsr Capt. R0ufhs disap-
Pearsnce,a brother offiser and friend Of LIS. oas
Msj1T Brooks, h2ving busiusss ia England was
invited to Hsritordshirs by AEs. LiBgi st tie ur-
gent request Of her daughter. s. far, however,
from being overcome By ths association Of shs
Majors presence With her lost lover, Miss Ling
seemed 70 take p,saHHre n nothing so much Sc
in hearing him talk Of his missiug frssad Mr
P5Hrdyu Eppaars 10 have taken this 10 high
dHdgson; perhaps be grew appreheRsiTe that
present rival might be even more fatal to his
hopes than the memory of an absent one, bet,
ST al events, tho two gentlemen qsarrslsd hr.
Penrhyn, who lived IA the Rsighborhood, pro
tasted that he would rot entsT the housc during
the msjor'5 stay, and rsmsinsd At his own resi-
dsnce. During tbs ENHANCEMENT, the coavefsa-
tion b5sWsen Brooks and Miss Ling had Capt.
R9uih for iis teBic more thaa ever. Ia speak
ing OF tas absence OF ali clue % WhA. had ba.
come Of him, the mej0g observed
''TheTo is one thing that puEzes me almost
as much as lhs loss Of my poor friend himaelE
You say his lHggsge was ioand At the iBn
wher5 the coach stepped in Londoni"
II ws3." said the lady. 4 sm thankful 70
say tha. I have aumbarless tokens Of his dear
SELF
'srhere is one thing, though, which I wonder
he parted with" pursued Che major, land did
net always carry about with him, as be prom.
ised 10 do. I WEs with him In the bazaar,
at CaleEiss, when he brought Yon that twisted
ring"
That riugl'' cried the poor girl, "that ring7''
and, with fTightfnl shriek, she instantly
swoOned away.
Her mother came rzuRing IN TO know whas
vas the matter. Bso0ks made some evssi7e
explanation, but Whiie she wEs applying restGr-
shves, enquired, as esrslessiY s5 he eould who
had given 70 her daughter lhas bszutilul ring.
eOh, Willy PsRIhyn," ssid she. That Is tas
only present, pour fellow, he could ever get
Rachel % accept"
Ugon this, Aaj Brooks vent straight 70
PenFhyn's house, bat was denied sdmistanes,
yyheraEpon ne WTote to him tho following letter:
"SIR: have just seen 3 ring On the hard Of
the beirothed wife of my murdered friend,
Herbert Routh; be bought it for that purpose
himself, buE yea have presoBtsdit I know nc
always wore il On his htsls GageF, and nsVer
parted with It bY chance. I demsad, therefore,
TO kaow By what msEDs you became possessed
Of il. [ shall require 60 see y0u in person at
five o'cIock this 2itsrnooE, and shaH lake no de-
NAL JAMES BROOKS"
The major arrived at Ar PeuTyhns house. a.
tho time specified, bet found aim dead man.
He had taken poison uBaB the reosiPt Of the
above letter, and so, ss is supposed, departed
the only humsn being who could have unrsv-
eiled the mystery Of the missing Capt R0Uth.
Still, it is barely possi5le inst be may nOl have
been Is Murderer after al; if hs were, it was
surely a hing 90 easily identified and that, too,
to ths very person Of ali othars, from whom be
Should have concealed il.