The Abbeville bulletin. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-08-31
THE WHOLE STORY OF THE HARRIS.
BURROUGHS TRIAL.

THE WHOLE STORY OF THE HARRIS
BURROUGHS TRIAL. :
The trial Of young woman IN the capital
Of the country for shooting her lover, contains
many points of interest 1t is not the old sto-
~ of love and seduction. IL is q case. though
ern filtration. Many years ago, away out
west. there was little Irish girl, Mary Harris
by name; she was pretty, black eyed and
roguish. She was poor; her parents were
dead, and she lived with some relatives who
treated her kindly, and gave her such adsan-
young man who took a fancy 10 her freall
morning fare and short dresses. and ingratia.
to himself into the good opinion Of the old
people. and visited her often as young man
, of two or three and twenty might visit child
Of twelve. He called her his rose bud and his
playmate, and his puss in boots, we dare say.
They took lcng wnlks together, aud sat by the
river side whole daya, and read fair y.tales
And so they parted for time.
But our little Irish girl is poor, and is grow
ing TO womanhood, and has to do something
for living. She is sent. therefore, to a neigh
boring village, md becomes snlesmaid for "a
jolly old shopkesper, who, after. while, is
very fond of her, for she is young, honest ond
handsome One day she gets a letter. The
young man with the brown moustache has not
forgotten her, and wants still to be her dear.
dear friend. And indeed he is that, for his
bright. hearty Irish girl has n warm heart of
her own and is grateful and constant. so she
writes him ready aDswer, not very we'll
spelled, perhaps. but CHEEKY and robust like
herself She is sixteen he ls approaching
thirty-a fair contrast. He has education and
| an air about him she has no education to
! speak Of. but keen appreciation and ambition.
They write each other great many letters
| andAfter the usual style-tirst friendship, next
| avowal, finally love This must hive been
very sad case of love, too, for. the little girl
lprogresses with ber onward march to woman
hood, the little and buoyant spirit deepens in.
TO sentimf TIT and gradually becomes intense.
She loves her lover to distraction, and they
meet euce more, and she is his darling little
| Mollie.
AT this time Mary Harris must have been
what the young gentlemen call n killing little
, fascinator. She was just past seventeen-a
| tidy wuist-a trim hgure-a swan like neck
| a cop,ely face-not too tall-luxurient hair an i
,,aivetsaxs All the larks around town were half
| mad about her. She wore bit of gray
| cloak and gipsey hat. She was wrapped UP
in her old bachelor, as she called him, and
| would follow him to the end Of the world.
She said SO, at least, and hc believed her, and
| began to practise upon her love and trust.
But Irish virtue is article of stubborn quail
ity. and often defies the ferccsl passion. In
| this case. at any rate, it did 80. The lover,
failing to carry his point. gradually grew tired
Of his little Nollie, after filtration Of Fl We ~
six years Men very often, we fear, weary Of
their little Mollies through such a long seipc
of 1--we, and if they have no mind to make
them their little wives, and nre not able 10
| make them anything e!se, are quite ready TO
give them over. The old bachelor, new get
ting into his thirties, was tired he wanted to
marry somebody else he did not want to
| marry his little Molie. 30 he gave her over
Yees he gave borrower, gradually, however, bv
| neglect and absence, and finally married an
other woman, and how can you offend n wo-
man who loves you, more mortaly than by
| marrying some one else
She went to Washington. SHE sought the
department in which he was employed I, wus
a dull cold January, afternoon. The ianitor
| at the door showed her up the flight ui stone
| steps. and through the long hnll, and pointed
| her to the very rom, Unconscious as a govern
tnent janitor must have been, Of her bloody
| purpose. just as she reached tho dvor She
| M. cts her victim coming out with q friend.
He sees her. and no doubt proph .tic light
flashes within him, for he Exclau,s. My God" !"
Two reports-sliari, ringing pist"ls. hhot..
| echoing and re-echoing throughout thos. vasl
corridors and eolamns-folow in quick success
sion. and the false lover lies n dead man upon
The gray mating Of the floor.
The deed is done. The deception of years
| is explained. The revenge of mouths of wild
and lonely mediuting is complete. Alas! poor
frail humanity Little ruselub has do,ie it.
Little Mollie IL murderer. q, rosuish eyes
| of bluck o, pink and psachrn cheek o.
hood, and wimPe, and short frocks aud panTu
l.ttesl Never any more peace, never any
more innocence, never any more calm, sxert
sleep. Boots it to you. now tina; lie is dead
that he was the husband Of another woman
that he wronged you aud deserted you'll
Vows of unheard Of and endless devotion,
How have ye faded awuyl
So goes the mill. A little puff of smoke-a
little scent Of POWDER few drops of blood
and the little Irish girl ia down stairs sobbng
without shedding tear and crying, NV
COMES, lord of the nations treasure. She
clings to him and kneels before him, and he,
too. asks why she did iti She knows no rea-
sou: except that .'shs loved him 90 much.''
There it is 1t was not hate, but love-. She
loved him so much that she would rather he
were dead than that another. woman should
have bim. A woman TO the last Who,wouid
have her otlierwisei
They took her away TO- jail. They lodged
her IN q dungeon, and there she has lain evsr
since. Most of the time che has been i'll and
when she has not been iii, she has been de-
pressed, su len and silent. They have brought
her out to try her for ker life, and the court
room Is crowded % daily. with eager spectators.
T. Is The little lrish girl. no lo6ger: All the
bloom has gone! The FIRE has faded from the
roguish eyes. The cheek is paliid and sunken.
She does not care to live, but thcy win not let
her die. They wi set her at liberty, and she
will live broken hearted woman, or perish in
| mad house. Tor they say she is mad already.
Poor little rose budI Poor little MoliiS |
Poor little hasty Puss-in- bootsi . 81
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Mr. Editor In tho Co, veution soon to meet
questions of the utmost Importance, involving
the Future az well as present interests of our
State. are 10 be discussed, Their f;on