National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-07-16

! 1T is so fortuna We have met: Z
said he and now I'll tell you how / :
lonl, nj things. This life is all
mocl,erv and a vain show, and
everybody is more or less~retched.
I killed nv wife because | loved
her. and did not want her to be
nuhappv-I killed her this way =
he drew his hand across his throat
~ killed her to save her from gong +,
to the devil He was after her at
a hand gallop, AID he'd have got
her. He is cunning fellow, the
devil is. and not in the habit Of
failing in anything he sets upon.
And now LIN going to kill you for
the same reason that killed her!
Look off there See how far it is,
and think how easy you will die!
1t wont hurt you u bit mot half
so much as it would to have tooth
pulled am going to throw you
over.
He seized me round the body, and
strong and Wiry as | was, | was but
child in his hands, | fought
desperately, but it was Of no avail
inch by inch was drawn toward |
the edge of the roof, and could not |
| help myself! He slipped at last to
t the gutter. and swur g me out over
the black abyss. The instant he
. loosened his grasp | clutch at the
n caves. and held on until my strength
, returned sufficiently to admit OF my
&. raising my body again to the root.
This act of mine seemed to madden
him. With a fearful oath he Sprang
- upon me, missed his footing and
~ topplcd over, but with his huge
I bony fingers he clutched the gutter,
:, and there he hung suspended. 1t
80 was terrible to see him thus: and
;, knowing. as did, that it was his
=, life against mine, | could not sit
- there and see him 90 to destruction.
~ - | reached out my. hand and drew
- him back to safety. Thus did he
to repay me, Dashing upon me he
n seized me once more, and dragged
=, me to the fatal place whore seemed
,a doomed to meet my death. We both
~, went over, but again grasped at
:, something this time 1t was the
'rs lightning rod--and IN a moment
aI was safe. And what of him p
~ Again saw his hideous face ap
IL pcaring above the caves. He, too
- had seized ON the rod, and in al
tin instant the struggle would begin
again.
ri AS | gazed at him my eye took in
nd the hammer that | had dropped ii
ok my first surprise at seeing HIM.
seized upon it, and if did wrong
may Heaven forgive me- There
Il" seemed no other way, and life was
'SS sweet to me. And as he roSC
7 above the gutter, gibberng at IN,
III as stood there, struck him.
,o, Oh, Heaven there are times il
i silent midnights when | wake from
NY n troubled sleep and think that
w. hear again that dull, terrible thud
and the wild gurgling cry whic
10 burst from those livid lips as hi
I'VE face sank out Of my sight IN TIN
NY darkness.
nat When came to myself | was ly
VI ing in u chamber at home, AM
- Mnnic's dear face was bendin
'O'' over me.
va, son, Minnie | cried out i
'ol' horror, remembering cvcrythin
cen instantly, and hiding my face i
:, her bosom.
nue. 'Hush, Dick, said she, gentl.
: ms you did Just as any man woul
'''e have done under the circu mstanc,
yer and He, who knows your eXtremit
"'l will forgive YOU. Then she liSSC
-, me, and somehow it seemed to II
WIN Just as if pardon came to me vii
wv that touch of her pure lip.
u" When was stronger, they to
'cl" me the little there was to tell. Jol
IL Seely wax, an incurablc patient
roar, had murdered his wife, and his ca
WIN was hopeless. He had managed
Get out of his room, and made Ii
ipon way 10 the roof of the building
his my ladder. When his body fell III
with the ward below, the attendants Ii;
felt at once suspicious that there W
ould something wrong, and the finding
dltli. the ladder thrown down confirm
ould them. They had assembled the re
and found me in a dead faint.
i'll Mr.. ScclN's brother in consider
my ton ! suppose Of what had suffer
ling and the long illness which follow,
our made Milne lprcsent of the Fern
nder. estate, and We were married rs 50
news as was able to 90 about. But
nd II this day the sight Of St. Mar
as Asylum makes me faint and gid,
IS OF -Nelc IoH Ijeekly
tered
over \ terrible story comes to us fri
Jana the numbering camps IN the nor
ana crn part of Maine. One Satuld
ught night, almost three weeks ago,
'shtd superintendent OF one OF III,
u tho camps left for the settlement. lc
owe ing behind him provisions to !
ious; the men several days, but Civ
loulu them instructions to come ont
tlat the following Monday. Mond
wheh Tuesday and Wednesday pas
I'VE with no lldings from camp, whc
party set out TO see if anything Y
| the the matter. Arriving 1T the ca
YOU they found all quiet and apparau
ailcc- deserted, but on entering the bod
coplc Of twelve men were seen lying
don't the floor cold in death. BE