Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01

pulling his hat over his eyes, and
slamming the little picket gate un-
usually hard after him.
| And the way he did see about it
was to go straight to Squire Ham
mers a forid, hot headed old gen.
tleman with whom he was in part
nership) who gave him important
instruction, which the young man
acted upon without delay. .....
Mr.. Emerson went back to Mrs.
Ludlow's and inquired into all the
particulars, which he found were
many and important. Lue Myers, a
girl of bad repute, had been shut up
with Mrs. Steinheardt in the kitch-
en-, all the afternoon, before the
morning of which we write, ingeni-
ously compounding a deadly poison
(which Mrs. Steinheardt had OBJ
tanned of an old witch in Germany,
long before with some of Mr.. Stein
heardt's favorite kinds of pastry
For this important service Lue Ny
ers had received large sum of
money, which was to be doubled in
case everything went off to suit
The girl, it would seem, but half
witted, had told friend of this con-
fidentially, and thus it had gone like
wild fire from mouth to mouth, un-
til it had reached the young lawyers
ears, as we have seen.
Mr.. Steinheardt must be saved at
all hazards, was the conclusion ar
rived at. Had DIR. Kennedy been at
home, with his stomach pumps, ready
to relieve the poor fellow at a mo-
ments notice, it might have been
suffered; as it was, it would never
do to risk the mans life for the sake
of bringing Mrs. Steinheardt and
Lue Myers up for murder or at
tempted murder.
So, with very humane and phi
lanthropic spirit, young lawyer En-
erson volunteered to meet Mr..
Steinheardt at the depot, when he
arrived on the afternoon train, and
warn him of his wife's treachery,
and thus save to the community one
of its most valuable members, and
cause this wretched woman to be
caught in trap of her own setting.
In his eagerness to render the
wealthy storekeeper this valuable
service, the young man was at the
station long before the time, and he
had full half hour to wait before
the engine with its train of cars
came laundering into the village
While he uneasily promenaded the
platform, who should make her ap-
pearance but Mrs. Steinheardt, lean
ing on the arm of the handsome,
dashing Mr.. Vaux. The lady never
appeared more charming; arrayed
in most becoming toilet, her beau
tiful face flushed, her eyes sparkling
and her every expression full of
eager expectancy. AS for Vaux, he
was aristocratic and self-possessed
in his bearing as usual, but he failed
not every few moments to bestow
fond and admiring glance upon his
lovely companion.
The young lawyer overheard re
mark that rendered him more GER
tain than ever, that his convictions
were we'll founded. Mrs. Steinheardt
murmured, but the voice was so clear
and distinct he heard every word
perfectly:
"Vaux, dear, 1 don't believe he'll
have suspicion. I put on the frost
ing myself, and 1 was very particu-
lar that there should be nothing to
lead him to suspect in the least"
"I think it'll have the desired
effect" replied Mr.. Vaux, with a
sardonic smile.
"1 guess he'll never trouble me
any more" laughed the lady, and
then the next few words Charlie
failed to hear.
just at the moment the whistle
was heard and Charlie stepped for
ward to meet the doomed man, be
fore his wife could see him.
In this, however, he failed, for that
gentleman, after two weeks absence,
was so over-joyed to see his wife
awaiting him, that he shook of the
young lawyers hand when it would
have detained him.
"You dear Carl" Emerson
heard the lady say, "you haven't
had any dinner, 1 know, and you
look tagged out; come right home.
I'll have some tea for you directly"
The lawyer felt he must make
bold strike, or all was lost-it must
also be done in such manner as to
give the false wife no inkling of the