Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-14

perlenced. He informed me 1nat It was ne
 cessary he should see Louise,s and, bringing
 with him one of his clerks. he accompanied me back to the hospital.
 Louise, with peculiar brightness in her eyes, turned her head towards the door as we entered her ward. The prefect similingly took a seat beside her. The clerk stood at the small table which was near the bed. Quietly the prefect proceeded to question the sick girl and fronl.her answers we 'sarued tale sf deep villany.
 It appeared tha: George, having saved her life in the manner already mentioned, had call ed upon her afterwards for the purpose, as he had stated, of seeing that no illness ensued from the fright which she had got. With him he had brought friend. George never called again, but his friend did ofen He became familiar. He escorted her to the theatre, from the theatre. She walked with him, drove with him. She loved him, and gave herself up to him body and soul. l need sot describe by what gradual process he robbed her of all that was good in her. Enough that he did so, and made her great love for him the means of forcing her to aid him in his criminal purposes That man, the friend of George, Was Eugene M. His purpose was to get his cousin out of tue way by fair or foul means, it matter l ed little which, for then he knew that Mir. B. having no other relation, would be certain to mako him his heir. She did not think that he at first intended to take his cousins life. But on the 22nd of September two letters, one ad- dressed to George, the other to Eugene were left at their lodgings. These letters intimated the sudden death of Mr. B., and recalled the young men to England Eugene obtained possession of both letters, before George saw them. The demon ofill suggested to Eugene the means of at once entering into the posses slon of the wealth and position which were now the right of his kinsman. He drank deeply. Louise endeavored to persuade him from his evil purpose. On the night of the 23rd he left her. and on the 24th she received the letter which she had given to me, and which she was enabled to understand by hay ing been formerly initiated into the secret by his power. She went to the appointed place of meeting in stato of unspeakable terror and agitation but he did not keep disappointment, For nearly two weeks she n saw him nor heard of him. At length he came to her, and by means of threats and entreaties compelled hor to go to the bureau of the prefact, and say | tha. she hld seen Gecrge with Francois about twelve o'clock on the night of the 23rd. He l told her that the conviction of Francois was the only way to insure his safety; for that r6a son she obeyed him. He left Ter, promising l to see her soon again, and bring her rhouey, Of which she was much in need, for she had given up her situation in the ballet of the theatre Since that day she had not seen Eugene, and before the week was out she was penniass and | frieudless. She endeavored to see him she waited around all his old haunts, but without avail, and soon she was laid on her bed ex- hausted with sickness and prvation. Whilst in this state the thoughts of the cruelty and falssness of Eugene, and to the death to which her statement had possibly doomed an inno- cont man, tortured her more than the misery which surrounded her. In state of frenzy she had risen from her bed witE the intention of coming to the hospital. and inploring assis- tancs She remembered having got into the street-of being dazzled with the lights-of a strange heaving and surging, aud whirling of the houses-of staggering along the street like one intoxicated-of weird figures dancing be- fore her and around her-and-that was all. The struggle which she required to make in order to answer the questions which eliclted this information cost Louise great effort, and she now became weak and tremulous. The prefect, however, seemed to be satisfied and with the same friendly smile which seemed never to leave his countenanee, he placed the copy of her deposition, which the clerk had been busy writing whilst she spoke, before her, and in soft bland voice. asked her to make one effort more to sign the paper. When she lOunu lllat ucf WnOio stdleuleut was WrltteH down, she looked towards me with an implor- ing, questioning look. It was impossible not to understand it's meaning, and answered her unspoken query as quietly as possible:
 "He is in England"
 She took the pen from the hand of the pre- feet and signed the deposition, falling back on the bed immediately, utterly prostrated.
 The prefect then requested me to sign, as a witness. I did so j; and be took his leave, beg ging of me to take the greatest care of the poor girl, whose sufferings had forced her to the confession of such guilt. promised to do whatever could for her. Vain promise l. That evening poor Louise, the sinner and the sinned against, was beyond all human help or want.
 The prefect took with him the important letter. but retained copy of it, and am thus enabled to give the substance of the real letter. It was this
 "He died without groan. All have te do is to step in and take possession. Meet me to- night at the old place. s
 This was all but what volume of misery was contained in these few words
 Four days after this called at the bureau