Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-07-27

The echo of her own last word recalled
her wandering reason.
"My God I" she exclaimed, suddenly lis
ing to her full hight, with an awful air
"who doyou suppose did it ~
Her cousin was standing near /; her eyes
fell upon him as she asked the question
The look, the manner. We're too much for
his already overweight sensbilty he
shrunk away, caught my arm. and sunk
down, insensible. | did not wonder. We
all of us felt as if we could endure no more.
Going to the family ply sician, who wal
ted in another department, begged OF
him to Use some influence to withdraw Miss
Argyll from the room and quiet her feel
ings and memory. before her brain yielded
to the strain upon it. After giving lis some
directions what to do with James. he went
and talked with her, with so much wisdom
and tact, that the danger to her reason
seemed passing pcrsuading her also into
taking the po"i der which he himself admin
istcrcd but no argument could induce hel
to leave the mute unanswering clay.
The arrival of the n atives was the last
scene in the tragedy oY that day. Unable
to bear more of 1t, went out in the dark
ness and walked upon the lawn. Ny head
was hot the cool air felt grateful to me
| leaned long upon the trunk of an oak
whose dark shadow shut out the starlight
from about me; thought was busy with re-
cent events. Who was the murderer -
The question revolved in my brain, com
ing uppermost every other moment, as Ger.
tainly as the turning OF a wheel brings &
certain point again and again to the top
Nv training. as a student of the law, help.
ed nv mind to fix upon every slightest CIR.
cumstance which might hold n suspicion
"Could that woman i"-but no, the l,ant
of IA woman could scarcely have given tha,
sHre and poNerful blow. 1t locked like
the work Of n praetieeJ hand-or. if not, II,
least it had been deliberately given. will
malice aforel hon.ht. The assassin hlf
preneiitatcd the deed: had watched hi,
victim and awaited the hour. Thus far
there was absolutely no clue whatever Il
the guilty party; bold as was the act. com
mitlcd in the early evening. in the haunt.
of busy community, it had been most fa
tally successful and the door had vanish
ed as completely rs If the earth had open
I'd aal saillowed him up No one, as ret
eanla form any plausible conjecture, e3ei
as 10 the motive.
In the name of Eleanor .Ar~y1l-iu til,
name of her whom loved, whose happ
iIess had thar dar seen in ruins, vowe,
to use every enlcayor to discover aud brin.
to nuniShancnf the murderer. knnW n:l
WHY this purpose took such firm hold q
me- The conviction Of the guilty Wnnl,
not restore the lie NhieIl had been taken
the bloom to IA heart preiatnrch Nitllerr,
il would afford no consolation tn the he
reaxed. Yet. If to discover, had been I,
call back Henry Morelana to the varl,
from which he lad been 50 rutllrssly dis
missed, could hardly have been more de-
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