The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-10

n more had heartily welcomed the
change Of dynasty, ventured TO hint tnAs 3
virtue in excess may become 9 vice.
HBut surely, Mr. Greed" said the new
squire of Darwin, " You must know now
bad a thing it Is when. the rich withhold
their money!
HAssuredly, Nj. Ainsworth. I have
groaned many q time over the state Of
things which-well de D~gortuis nil nisi bon
um-once prevailed here. And Pm SIRE
you lave my hesrtiest thanks, Is the cler-
gymsn, for the very different Gpiritin which
youare acting. But don't you think-I
trust L shsn't give ofense-don't you think
you may be in some danger of mistaking
reverse of wrong for righL1 fear, and I
tell it you, because I feel it were not hon
est in me to keep it back, that the help you
so generously extends not always well re-
eeived-thst is, not always rightly used"
Richard ives not offended. He saw that
Mr.. Creed's motives were excellent and he
promised that henceforth his charities
should not be less profuse, but more dis
CrIminste.
But when it was in his mind to proclaim
that none but the deserving should re-
ceIve, something from within him asked
how he, of all men, dared to think of any
body as unworthy of his doles? gHypo-
critic said the inner voice, "becaDse you
could not endure poverty, and thirstsd for
wealth, you took the life Of a feloW-cres.
ture who stood in your Wsyl What were
your very worst privstions compared to
those which daily compass about the peo-
pie whom you call undessrving2 What
if there we're tell tales who could whisper
the facts of your life to them? Why, the
most destitute and disreputable of them
all would start from you, even if you held
out q purse Of gold totheml You, forsooth,
to talk Of giving only to the deserving
poOrP'
So Richard Ainsworth found out that
sven unsuspected crime is likely TO be q
source of weakness to the secret criminal,
and cripples the energies he would exert
for good.
When the new reign had lasted for six
months, I grieve to say that the moral
condition of Durwen was q little worse |
than under the selfish and pitiless. rule of
obtain what most he coveted, such evidence
OF good done by him IS might be thought
to atone for the fearful guilt that had en-
riched him.
Persuaded that It is not 80 easy TO DO q
good steward of wealth, he was glad, when
spring came round, to remove for 8 season
to London. Once there, he sought the de-
sired relief to his conscience BY throwing
himself into the benevolent work 30 largely
provided by our enormous metropolis. He
found, if not sill the peace he sought at
least some distraction in work from the
.ho,obt nbiob ouauad him aaua uhon 4ba |
present shut out the past. And he did not
despair, as time passed on, he should sue
coed in pushing to q further and further
distance the trOublous thoughts which
haunted him.
Christie had gone the way of all middle
aged domestics-that is she had married,
and devoted part of the very handsome
doWry bestowed upon her to the purchase
Of q public house in Psddington. She had
grown much attached to her mistress; and
as the "BagpiPer" was not far from Hyde
Pard Gardens, Christie paid frequent visits
TO Mrs. Ainsworth in her London home.
Oae moonlight night, q little past mid
summer, and at about IL o'clock, Richard
walked nome from q dinner in Grosvenor
Square, for he had begun to keep great com.
psny now. He met tho policeman just IS
he turned into the Enclosure, pacing his
monotonous way, If that policeman could,
lave known under what circumstances, ere
passing the spot a second time, he would
be summond to behold the gentleman nov
walking away from himI Richard saw by
the light in bis bedroom that his wife hsd
already retired As he neared the front
door il was opened to let some one pass out.
Th4t person was Christie. He thought she
looked 8 little afraid of him. He said some !
word in answer to her respectful though
hurried greeting. Then he entered the
house, and went up stairs to his wife at
once. There was a peculiar paleness about
her face; but in n wer to his eager inqui-
ries, she declared herself to be quite well,
only a little fstigued.
AG5o you've had Christie ageia," he re-
marked. II met her going away
ayes md do your know Fvo found out
now why it was that the poor woman ale
wsyslooked so confused whenever we spoke
about her old mistTessl Poor Christiel if
anybody had been wicked enough to aecuse
her of putting anything into the medicine
that night she could have given them q
very complete answer. 1 now know
"Why, what old woman stories have you
and she been tslking2 do WISH Emma
you'd dropthAt matter, once for ALL on
Ny sweet love, l shall drop it only let
me explain myself. Christie has proved
thst the drsugnt never did her mistress
the slightest harm, for-
"Of counsel Of counsel Who ever was
fool enough to say it didF' ''lf .H iil
-"They could bevery soon convicted of
their error, at all events, for the last
draught the old lady never took" ..L
"Never took It'll Then how came it."
aUhristie has Just told me that on that
last night her mistress was alive she spoke
something about leaving her q legacy,
which PIT the drdught quite out other head
and it seems that her mistress forget It
also.g She found the bottle after she had
told the coroner (hsving no idea of telling
3 t~slsehood) that her mistress had taken il
as usual. That is what has made the poor
thing so uncomfortable. She fsncied that
had She remembered if, her mistress might
not have died. And you can't wonder
that when no good could como of it, she
did not like TO tell people. Besides she
was afraid that something might happen
to her for given wrong eVidence to the cor
oner; but she told me in confidence of
course) and she brought the drRught here.
So bis crime had been. suPerhuous, after
all ana II was not IS d CLOAK EOr lSuO-
rance, but with strict veracity, that the
physician had declared his aunt to have
died of a~scertsinsble disease.
Such innocence as may consist in crime
carried no further than intent was now
restored to him. on H3.l 81" cog
1@And what has she-whst have yeul
done with that accused stuff?P he presently
inquired, with frantic emphasis. / ts.ts
my love, how nervous dining out ap-
pears to have made you'll Why, I felt
that q tonic would do me good and, IS
Christie very sensiOly remarked, the old
lady would nev lave loved paying for
tais mixture unless it really did her good,
so 1 drank it myself just before you came
i'm 7Ll- 1ls .-s boa sd DO 8as8!a-sL l-7
Great God then I have murdered
youl" .,a-rzv7L 2 zs-1
On, Richardl what can you me
And 1 feel as if it were chilling me
over. Ohl2 And she sank back fsinti
dying, in the chair
stOh, forgiveness, Emma II was m re
for your sake than my own. 1 could not
bear to be kept out of my rights. And