The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-07-25
KEEOSHA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1867

t tie, and where her aunt now was full {
lamentation about the young Squire's sor
row, about his leaving so soon again, an
the changes Of the wife dying before tn
baby saw light. Down among the rock
2 and by the sea- dark, stormy, aud noisy "a
, it was, Lettice knew she could think; &C
/ cordiHgIy there she went aud there Nh
) Gawain found her.
II have come for my answer, Lefty" b
said, sitting down 10y her side, aud barrin!
her escape by Jove! what a night
was hope your cousin made himsel
; agreeable. If all one hears is trne, he
rather dangerous companion for youp,
lady to choose as an escort every night =
My keeper rather amused me by his accouu
of the young gentlenans doings. 1t Seems
he does not keep his love affairs secret eli
ther, or let them lose in the telling y
Lettce's cheeks grew fiery red, and Ga
vain saw he had gained one step, and wen
on with laugh. ''Ah, well it dom mucl
matter. To You, Lefty, he's on his gooc
behavior of course; for their ways down
here are not like our ways Lewis vii
SOW his wild oats and settle down into &
respectable farmer some day, and populate
the land legitimatey, Well give him til,
Church Farm, It's the best, next to his
mothers which of course goes to Evan
Now, Lefty, tell me you'll go with my
Wife
mo, no. you know cannot How could
|? You told me once you loved me 100 dear
! ly to wrong me, and so left me; and now
| you would make me the vilest thing living
you are wrong, Lefty before God you
are wrong! I'll never speak to you--come
near you-without your permission; you Il
only be there with her, and when [ an free
agaiu-"
Lettice got up her face white and her
eyes flashing
DO not tempt me again, for PHYS sake
You know | am weak-you know once Ia
have given up every thing for you; but
you left me then could never trust you
now"
He stretched his hand out and caught
hold of her dress. "Sit down, child, you
/ cannot get away, the tide has turned You
are my prisoner-at my mercy, Lefty for
the next six hours!"
With bewildered, helpless look, Lettuce
sat down, covering her face with her hands
Am SO very terrible Lefty, that you
dare not stay with me for few hours (?
My pet, | wouldn't hurt hair of your
head for worlds only listen to me
And Lettice listened to the old story and
tried to think that there was happiness IN
store for her.
CHAPTER ".
Next morning there were pale faces and
ho
crowd soon gathered round the body of
Sam, the idiot boy, which, washed up and
left by the tide lay face upperpost amongst
the shingles. When the torn coat aud
shirt were taken off there were thick blue
weals, where blows had fallen
Murder, foul aud cowardly at all times
is in some cases especially so. The lad had
been afflicted from his birth, harmless, AND
like most Of his kind, rather favorite in
the village, aud loud were the denuncia
tons against the atrocity Of the deed, and
the guilt Of the doer
Men looked suspiciously into each others
faces as they stood round the public house
into which the body had been carried aud
at the door of which was policeman. Evan
Lloyde was there: he had been riding past
aud lent his horse to carry the messenger
for the doctor, while another man had rid
den off to the nearest magistrate
Lewis was not there then, bnt presently
he too came down the hill, aud afterwards
the people said how white his face looked
aud that he staggered in his walk as he
drew near. Nor were they wrong; and
good enough cause Lewis had for both; for
when the intelligence Of the murder reached
him, there had dashed upon his mind, ike
the vision of a drowning man, the many
quarrels, the anger, and the evil temper he
had SO often vented upon the helpless boy,
and the very last time he had seen him
his hand had been on the lads neck, whose
usual cutlery of murder seemed to ring
like a fatal warning in his ears
lie had thought all this when his mother
came to tell him, and although he would
have rather cut off his right hand than face
the crowd and look at the body, he was too
great a coward to yield to his fears.
You're not used to death, Lewis" said
the DOCTOR looking in his white face, as he
stood IN the room while the examination
of the body went on.
mo, said the other shudderiug, 81 don't
know how you fellows can be so cool =
':Wilful murder was the verdict and the
following day Lewis Lloyde was arrested on
suspicion. No one ventured to charge him
with deliberate murder; bat even man
slaughter, with man of such well known
violence of temper would go hard
Rachel was incousolable; the arrest OF
her boy was disgrace deep and deadly, and
loudly as she asserted his innocence, cold
shudder of apprehension fell upon her as she
recalled the various scenes of passion she had
witnessed, aud felt, ''if the evidence is too
strong for him, thew will swear to the hatred
| between the two; there's not man or child
about the farm but has seen it,"
When they came to take Lewis away,
Lettuce tainted. and passed from one faint
! ing fit into another, so that every one even
the sorrow stricken mother, said or saw
chow she loved him"
Circumstantial evidence went hard against
Lewis Upon the night preceding the find.
ing of the body-the night when it was
coujectured the murder had been done
Lewis could not account for himself; true
he said that expecting to meet his cousin
Lettice coming home from the Castle be
had waited up until midnight, aud only up
on getting home found that she had come
in by another way, and gone up to her bed
room directly.
Then some one spoke of the way in which
the idiot had attached himself to Lettice
and the case against the unhappy MAJ
grew stronger AT this juncture however
a totally new aspect was given to the trial
for, to the CONSERVATION and amaz3ment O
all who knew him, his sweet temper, well
regulated mind, and universal kindness t.
every living creature, Evan Loyde stoo,
forward ana took the guilt Of the deed up
on himself. He had seen the boy doggiu,
his cousins steps, and had often appreheu
; ded mischief; that day he had caught hin
in her favrite resting place among Oh
rocks, evidently waiting for her c,niag
wo:ds had grown high the boy grew angr
and flew at Isis master, Who losing his ~
per struck bin, and as fiev struggled o
the narrow platform, threw him Aocldef ia