The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-03-21

night intruder. That paper he felt he could
not be wrong in handing over to Mr.. Shut
tlecock, to be by him transmitted to Miss
Durham, in whose house it had been discov-
cred. He received in return message from
Miss Durham, thanking him for the course
ne had taken, and assuring him that he had
done her . far greater service than he yet
imagined.
Then, reverting to his plan Of seeking q
retreat in the country, he very quickly
found house to suit his purpose. 1t had
not the advantage Of being let for nothing.
Neither had it the draw back Of attracting
unbidden callers, whether ghostly or in the
body. The Langworth family were in full
enjoyment Of the beautiful summer weather,
and their three months probation Of the
country was drawing to an end, when one
July day Mr.. Langworth received from Gar
row Hall letter which forever dissipated
the mystery which had hung so long over
that i'll -fated house.
Miss Durham herself was the writer.
She told him that the actual murderer Of
her innocent brother and his wife was none
other than his and her father, whose own
death had now removed him out of all fear
of mans judgment. Dissatisfied that his
son, in Difference to his wife's desire, should
refuse him q home at Garrow, though his
dissolute life fully justified an expectant
mother in declining such an intimacy for her
future children, the wretched man, one Of
whose follies was to ape youth in his ap-
pearance, had gone on the fatal evening to
overcome, by persuasion, the objections Of
his daughter in-law. He had gone secretly,
fearing lest he might not be 50 much as ad-
mitted if his coming were expected.
The knowledge that what his son refused
his daughter would freely give him must
have prompted him FURNISHED with arms as
he was) to the double murder. When sup.
posed to have quilted the house, he had, in
fact, while the door was already open to give
effort more to soften his wife in his supposed
absence. His passion for assuming youth
full look greatly served him at . time when
to have been tracked through the neighbor-
hood of Garrow would have been 80 perilous
to him. When he returned 10 his daughter
at Baden, she, while persuaded Of her
brothers innocence, had not the faintest
suspicion Of her father; not knowing that
he had ever been farther than London. Her
first inkling of it was brought to her mind
by certain dreadful expressions, which
escaped him as he slept (which he frequent
ly did), while they sat together in the even
ing. And then the horrid idea received
confirmation from number of circum-
stances, great and small.
That he would be slow to iniure her she
was very well assured, for towards her he
was not without certain selfish affection !;
besides, her death would deprive him Of all
possible benefit from the Garrow property
She offered to settle on him an annuity, in
dcpcndently of her own control, if on his
side he would write and let her deposit at
Garrow Hall q confession of his own guilt
and his sons complete innocence. He won
her consent to writing it il such manner
as not to be at once apparent to every
casual reader.
She contrived to have it placed in the
library, as We have eeen already. Then
she separated herself from her father, who,
dreading a discovery, and persuaded that
she would never bring him herself to JUS
tice, and knowing that his annuity was
secure, FASTENED over to England, before
she could arrive, to recover and destroy the
paper which might yet bear witness against
him.
This was in April. In the end of June
he actually died. The cipher miss Dur
ham now explained) consisted in substituting
for every letter the letter Immediately pre-
ceding il in the alphabet.
Miss Durham lives still at Garrow. That
she will ever take husband do not think
very probable; though her wise bcnevo-
lence and gentle virtues have done very
much to chase away the awful associations
which attach to her home and kindred.
The Langworths flourish still, in a house
which, as long as they inhabit it, will, an
very confident, on no account be ever "sup-
posed to be haunted"