Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-12-07

SOOu, was dooulc Gu lOI tuc lutuic, WIFI
the prospect of more than | was ever
likely to gain by my eminence in my
profession. He was my superior also
as society man-more ready, more
brilliant and more distinguished. |
forgave Arthur, but could not forgive
Isabel. A month before their mar
rlage | was On a steamer for New
York.
| heard from home sometimes dur
ing my absence. Arthur did not
write. He would have been glad to
have done so, but he could not in
trude even the offices of friendship
upon the misery that had driven me
to the wild sOlitudes beyond the Mis-
sissippi.
A lady who knew and ritiod my
Sutterings wrote to me. At first she
said very little of Arthur and his wife.
Then there came stories, idle gossip,
| hOped-of jealousies, estrange-
ments, and even of scandal. | could
not believe that Isabel-false as she
had been to me-could ever be guilty
of anything worse than vanity and
ambition. Admiration was, no doubt,
a necessary of life to her. She might
annoy Arthur, but | could not believe
that she could injure him moro deeply.
But the stories grew worse and
worse, and | could not but confess
that | had been saved from a greater
misery than | had endured, and that,
if Arthur had wronged me, he had
been sufficiently punished. | some
times thought that, had Isabel not
yielded to the temptations of ambition,
and had married one she truly loved,
all might nave been well; but this
was mOmentary vanity; Arthur was
good enough to make any woman
happy. He would never have mar
ried Isabel had he not felt certain
that her heart was irretrievably his
own. He could not rob me of what
| did not possess.
Suddenly | was taken, as | have
said, with a great longing 10 return
to England. 1t did not seem a home
sickness, such as attack the Swiss in
foreign lands; but [ felt in a hurry
to return. took the shortest route
first to st. Paul on the upper MiSsis-
Sippi; then down the first line of rail
way that would take me to the Allan.
tic. | looked for the fastest boat and
the most rapid trains. | made nc
stop in strange cities. My curiosity
to see American life was gone, and ]
dashed along the southern shores of
the great lakes, and through the noun
tainS to New York, just in time tC
embark on one Of the finest steamers
Of the Cunard line, which in less thar
ten days landed me safely in Liver
pool. With the same feeling of hur
ry, | took the first express train fol
London, and did not lose a moment
before driving to Compton and calling
on the lady, a distant relative and ole
friend, who had been my correspond
ent.
When my name was announced
she sprang towards me, kissed me
and exclaimed:
"You have received my letter ?"
"No; | have had no letter from yol
for months. | have been away in th,
wilderness, where they could not reacI
me; and | could not stop for then
on my way. But what is it? ha
anything happened ?"
"You have not heard about poo
Arthur ?"
"Not a word. Isabel has not ru
off with a Russian prince ?"
"Oh, worse than that that is-bu
no matter, Harry, Isabel is dead" "
| felt the blood settle back upon m
heart, my eyes were blind, the rooI
turned round. | believe should hay
fallen, had not my friend helped m
to the sofa. | am not a man to falr
away, but the shock was so suddel
and it hurt me more than | though
it could. A glass Of wine was brougl
and | was myself again.
poor Arthur" said |, chow dos
= he bear it 2"
"Poor Arthur, indeed! You ma
well say Poor Arthur! What hi
= not that woman made him suffer
y And now he is charged with her mu
y der"
: Murder p
! Murder; she died suddenly, wi
. symptoms of poison. There was
inquest, and the chemists who exaI
g ined the body discovered arsen
=, They proved that Arthur often qua
. relied with her, and was jealor
y Well might he, poor fellow! Son
:, ~ how he had bought arsenic just befo
" her death; they found some in
-, desk. When she was first taken
y y he insisted upon nursing her; he W
4 devoted to her, in spite of his je
Il ousy and annoyance. Everythi
u told against him, and he was comm
~ n ted to Newgate, and is to be tri
- for his life"
ID need not say that at the earli
I'd moment when it was possible to g
I'd admission,.I hastened to Newgate.
as found Arthur pale and sad enou
n but resigned to his fate. The ps
that had sent its black cloud betwt
as us, was gone; we were clasped
re each others arms, as in the high
griefs of our boyhood. All jealou
he all hard feeling had vanished Fl
lid my mind; my noble Arthur was
er- trouble-aye, in peril-and |
;tb come to save him. So it seemed
no. the moment. That he was innoc
as myself OF the hideous crime v
Dlo which he was charged, | could not
leo a moment doubt.
oo He told me all-the little he kn