Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-08-26
Miscellaneous.
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E-afiN on the ioliOwIng morning tap-
tain Dprncy was up again. and. contra
~ 10 the order of his medical adviser,
he dressed. ami went o. the house oi
old Mr.. Burns. He wanted to gather
good news for hi friend Fred He met
the old man deeply moved in the hall.
e Captain Dornry." lac said. won have
accomplished a great thing. ami shall
not he the last OF Your fellow-citizens to
acknowledge it, though gain nothing
hy Il but the conviction that no innocent
man will suffer for the murder of nv Ia
mcntcd son. hal no idea Of Eckcrt' :
being the guilty one. Never in all my
life did harm that man. and he has
fcarfnllv impaired my happiness
II have only don" my duty. Mr.
Burns"
Ny friend. man who does his du-
III rs YOU nave done il deserves 10 Dc
esteemed and respected bv every one
ana III any time after TODAY you can
call upon me. to receive unt OF Inv hands
the reward offered for the apprchcn-
sion Of the murderer of Henry"
1T j. not the reward that actuated m,,
10 find ont the real murderer. uor 10 |
come on that account 10 your house
The fate OF the man who has suffered 50
much. and of whose innocence | was
fully convinced. gave me the energy To
carry ont the promise 70 save him il
possible"
Il Shall 10 A. much as ! can 10 make
him forget his sniierings."
II doubt, Mr. Burns. that money will
accomplish that. But there il another
way Of doing it. and it was exactly this
matter that induced me to cali upon
you"
The old man seemed 10 have an idea
Of what Dornev meant. '.Will YOU take
the chile who j. my only consolation
from me Z" he said, with quivering lip
NO, no. Mr.. Burns, not yet but let
me talk to her
The old man hesitated. Presently
Ellen Fuller entered the room. Her
pale cheeks and swollen eyes bore wit
ness how much the fate Of her guardian
had affected her.
Dorney gave her his hand Gould
YOU have thought tina. this would have
been the end - Ne said.
Oh no. no else would not have
staid another hour in his house"
is it not sinsulaf that he succeeded
50 wonderfully in,never' exciting your
suspicious that he was Henry's murder
er: He understood how to play the by
pocrite in the most mastery way, and
all his actlOns|Wefes4ound on preyi-
Gus calculations"
is it quite sure that he committed
the MURDER" Ellen asked. lis he no,
another innocent prisoner like"
Like Hill, you were going to say
Oh no. Eckert is guilty, and will no,
be able to account for the stolen pro
perty in his possession. You are aware
how he felt toward you. and. becaus.
your heart belonged to somebody else
he endeavored to destroy him, by get
ting an innocent man-his rival-sus
pected of the murder he himself had
committed. Hill has paid dear for hi
love for you. Miss Fuller but in spit,
of his long imprisonment his feeling,
are the same have seen him lately
and he frankly confessed to me that hi
love for you alone kept him from uttel
despair"
He looked fixedly at the young mai
den when he spoke thus. She cast dow
her eyes, and lovely flush suffuse,
her ckeeks.
Miss Fuller" Dorney continued
to-day he will leave the hateful prison
He will be again free man, but broke
down bodily and mentally. Nobody ca
indemnify him for what he has endul
ed money least and last of all. Bu
there is one thing that can. and you pos
sess it alone"
A deeper red covered Ellen's fac,
and her heart beat violently.
II am going to meet my poor friend
can not you give me a word of encoul
agement, a word of bliss for him."
"Do not be too urgent, Mr.. Dorney,
she replied in lovely confusion. ''Nt
vet. l have so many things upon IN
mind that must have time to COLES
Z my thoughts"
do not misunderstood me, Mi
Fuller. All want is q word to bid hi