Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18
IFFoa Bs WsEsFiy Magarinol
CAUGHT AT LAST.
BIZ &c TBORNE.

nA1ASu4eA ny upon the DOOR
sill. It was 8 white, fine handful
Of s0ttest cambria, trimmed VIII
lace, and spotted, nay, soaked with
blood. / knew that It was blood
In an instant. Nothing else could
make 3 stain like thst-so red and
terrible.
Il was an awful sight to see on
the threshold Of that room, in The
pure light Of the spring dawn. j
couldnOt speak or cry out. For 4
] could not move could
only stand staring ct that object on
the floor, and at the blot, red and
bright IS of q smearing hand, on
the PANEL Of the door. What did
all this mean, in the name Of
Heaven?
At twelve the previous night
had said, pleasant dreams, Guy y
and he had answered, II shall sleep
too sound for dreaming, for | am
very tired be sure and waken me
ct six, Ned !" then he had said
good night" and / good night"
also and that was the last. Who
had entered that room since +?
Whose handkerchief was that on
the sill! Whose finger had made
that mark upon the door?
With q shudder / broke the dread
spell which lay upon me, aud burst
into the room. The window was
wide open. The long lace curtain
had fluttered out, aud was tangled
in the branches Of q vine which
grew there. The clear, faint light
Of earliest day lit the room. and
by it / saw, lying in the middle
Of the chamber, with his face upon
the floor, in o pool Of blood, my
cousin Enrol. Then l found voice
TO scream aloud
"Help! help! There has been
murder done !" and the room grew
dark before me, and / staggered
back, clutChing the wall.
Only for q moment; the next,
hurried footsteps coming down the
stairs, wild cries q WOmSn's scream.
aroused me. The room was full,
and they looked at him helplessly 50
] had looked, not knowing what 10
do. In q few moments two amongst
them an old man and q lad, had lift.
cd the body up and laid il upon the
beds terrible thing to see, with
set teeth, staring eyes wide open.
=. II was the servant girl, / think,
who ran for the doctor, aud brought
him to look at the dead, to whom
no physicians art could give breath
again. And soon there we're two
policemen in the room, aud a crowd
about the door, aud curious neigh
bors coming in to make inquiries
Of the terrified landlord.
The rosiest faces in the house
were pallid. There were strange
quivers in their voices. They hud-
died together in silent groups, as
though for protection. Even |,
who loved Guy so well, felt rather
horror than grief as yet.
Murdered-murdered in bis own
bed, in q quiet respectable board
on the very eve of bis
wedding.day, with not an enemy
that / knew of in the world /; a gem
erous, great hearted fellow, with a
heart full of love for everybody
who had said to me as the moon
arose the night before, "To.mor.
row will be the happiest day of my
life"
When the coroner questioned me
! had little TO tell but the handker.
chief was examined, aud in a gap
Ing wound in the breast was
'ound the point of a small stiletto
larger than a needle, bro.
zen of as 1t seemed, by the s;rug-
yles Of the victim.
The girl whose duty It wa to
zee TO the fastening OF the doors,
had her report to make also. The
before, while we were out.
woman had called and asked TO
zee my cousin Guy Enrol a tall
Door looking person, with her face
nufied up in a handkerchief. She
eft her a moment to inquire II he
vas at home, aud returned with A
negative answer, to find the woman
md the doOr-key gone. No one
ever entered tho house, so
he trusted TO the dead latch
nd said nothing about it. In the
morning the door was as she had
eff 1t. It was very strange-the
light before my cousin had missed
lie latch-key, and we had laughed
ogether about the getting rid Of Il
lst as he needed 1t no longer.
No one bad laughed louder than
be young Spaniard, Don Cabellso, ,
Tho had grown so intimate with :
ivy Of late, and who sat so close
eside him ct that moment. 1t
'as at the home Of HE betrothed, =
nd she Cornelia, was standing in ,
window looking out at the
loon. She had been very grave q
hat evening, but that WAS not sur. |,
in one who val to leave her !
lildhOod's home on the morrow.
When we laughed, | saw her BY n
re mingled light of the moon, and i
re shaded lamp on the mantel, a
ludder from head to foot, and In I
moment she arose aud crossed r
10 room, seated herself at her =
Others feet, and hid her face in
,r lap. 4
There she sat all the evening. Guy ..
cnt 10 her in a little while and :,
'ew a chair close TO where she sat, :
ID played, with an accepted =,
ver's boldness, with her golden
iris. just then Don Csbellso took .,
} a guitar which stood close by, y,
ID began to sing. The words y
ere Spanish, but l understood =,
.ough to know that 1t was a love :.
ng-one which breathed this sen. y