The Democratic advocate., 1868-02-20

They ylspoke IN whispers then and i
could distinguish nothing more
"Woman, angel orTdeyil1 Was Il shs
who wept great tears in my presence nee
whq had trepbled in the agony Of grief
before me, now calml plotting with ths
parampur sargniping away tho afIeet,o,,s
which should ayelineersd .l:ko : waan,
ipg' angel over the couch Of him who
was not buried out Of sight2 Was /,
she who bad greappd % bittcrne.s Al
heE speFeaveplent. now rschemiug 10 rob
heF sister and orphan of her bonnty2,-s.
Vh, wsmap, falee a. fhirl Yet she il
not woman, she Is demon!D
The clock struck twelve, and / turned
from my reflections 70 attend to the
corpse The. alcohol which had. hoso
prepared % Eetthes face had all, been
used, aud needed furihursppply. =.
Taking the dish 10 my band, / went 10
the door with the intention sf : calling
Mrs. colebrook for it. 1sT
Frat rapping on the door 50 a. not q
surprise them, opened it aad stepped
into The room.
~ need q little mere alcol,ol. Mrs
Colebrook." began, p 49, +.
She rose from her chair, and with one
loog and most uuatthly shtiak, fell up.
on the floor. gay -,
Dr RoHnc's knees sHoie each other.
and ne shrank back % the farthest cor.
per Of the room. sl siatlI s9tssaa
who are your groanesi the dcctoS,
bis tsath cbastefing with tasror. NJ Il
Then i Hashed Hpon my mind that
The quilt which enycloped my body was
the cause Of the mischief / was snyol.
nntaFily personating the ghost df the
deceased Nr. ColSbraok. and I do 10,
Fonder that the guilty wife aud wretch
ed accomplicc we're terrified when At
inidnight | s,alked into tho room.
had pinned The counterpane round
my neck 50 that nothing could BE- seen
Of me but my face, ae.g
| was q ghostly spectre coming
"iiow awful ip that hour when tho con. =
science Atiegs-to curse her for the
base treachcgy sbo was coneocting. 10
wohdsr she tainted, DO wonder even the
doctor trembled.
Threw Of the quils and told the doc.
TOR who I was -
"sec what you have done" said he,
pointing % the PROSTATE LADY.
lbeaEd snns voices hare, and { caae
for some alcohol. sget H. ag
Need you haze comelin that garb7'.
I bad quite forgotten that ] had tho
"faahaye killsi her, | bslicse,p he
continued bending over the prostrase
form Of Mira. Colsbrook. Is ~ ~.
We raised her up snd placed her upon
her lounge, She was not dead, and
presently she orsned her eyes.
Where . he n gaapOd ahe. shaking
capvalsiyely. 0
BE calmw 49,,
lie will haunt me all my days.
III Was only Mr. Mortoa. r, i.
Her eyes glared upon me, and Thea
ro'led up IN her had licavea grant
that J may meyer SEQ sucll hideo.,n az.
preston again She was Ia. &c. ..
The hoaae was alamel aad. DE-.
lsowpe used esary excrtoa 70 restore
her, but all in vain. ,sA r ~ 81
She will .dici' hc added, sayarclys
you have killed her"
Which win did ypu destroy, boo.
tor ~ ! asked. tssessegg = ,a,. y
lie staggered into the corner Of thu
roon'i upable to reply, lie would sever
accuse me agaia, and yet Promised not
Y exposc himj but i was 10 delevpace 70
the lnyalld sister Of The deceased thai /
allowed myself 70 bc sileuced in the pres.
encc ofinfamy. a.44 -
Before daylight there was another
corpse 10 ihe house, and itwaa toid two
months ancr that Mrs. Qolebrook had
been killed by the shock oil her hus,
bands death. oF f
buried them both two days after.
and had the pleasure Of seeing the
Colebrook fortsne pass into the hands
Of the poor aud deserving sister.
have never seen or hoard from
Doctor Rowne from that day 10 this. II
is said that be went TO the East Indies.
IL he did, the devil is with him there
and always will be. spea al I'd
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