Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-23


II till this morning"
He must be stopped al once, e1
claimed Non;ford, his eyes flaming sue
DENY. He shall moi escape me, MOI LII
iur punishment Of his crimes-comE
The steamer Ocean Queen was lying q
her wharf in New YORK. snd clerks. por
trrs. etc were running hffher anc thither
ussscnQers and freight were rapidly pour
ing on board, snd al was life and busti'
both on the wharf and on The boat, Ion lbs
Ocexn Queen was TO leave ~ hall pas
nine. ard I. was fifteen minutes peG now
Among those who seemed 10 be waiting
and vet intensely interested, stood w.
senfiemen -one IN ofHcia, Of some sorf =
Won would know q . glance, the other
tn. handsome. dark bearded man, viii
isrre. brilliant, black eye& which J0s'
now had gieam OF pale fire In them
The of3cer touched the other. and sgidr
in = ouset UNDERGONE: ais that your
man. pointing 10 dark skinned, dark
haired man who was just crossing the
plsnk 10 go On board the steamer.
No: / tod you there was 3 woman
with him. snd TINS one IL alone
re- Yes put suppose you 60 on are. hin,
the officer said. careiessly Il wiz keep 8
good look out.
"Its useless but / can go" was the
rather ungracious answer, as he followed
the man on board rather reluctantly.
Alyord--fhai wAs the officers name
wauhld him q moment, till he went
roand On the other side Of the steamer,
and then walked across the wharf and
looked up toward tbe street. suddenly q
sharp CRY, followed by g chorus 81 shrieks
came from the steamer. He hurried Tor
ward. and juH then somebody shouted
"A msn overheard" and Man the
bostsr' Somebody ssve him" and .
score Of other directions and exclsmations
follow I'd in rapid succession.
AivorG went hastily on board the
steamer, where everything now was IN the
wijdegf confusion, and found his friend
leaning over the side Of the boat, .
strange, half angry, haifswed look On his
coioriess face. He touched his arm.
aYes," he said. glsncing up hastily, II
soas him: voc were right"
"How did II happens" asked Alvord, In
low, quick way.
As cane up near him I saw, all Of
once, thsf /. was him -DeVrieg, you
know. ! called bis name Ia sharp, sud
den way, suppose. He turned instaptly
he uas IL the extreme edge u the f0f-
yard deek-tbrew up bis hands with q
motion as 1. be would keep me from
tsscling risc, and staggered back and fell
over IN 81 instant he never spoke, but
lis re was fol Of wild, mortal terror
thesef they ia4ye god him." be cried, alb
ruufsy, tis5ng W mis- feet, and stsnding
with y nite, compressed lips and folded
sIns bile NJ boat pulled In shore.
HE cannot be drowned" said some
one; she hssn'I been In the water five
ninutesS
Buf IS The h9at drew IN, & cry rose up
like q wind snd spread itself In every d.
rset,oa -" dead -deadT il said.
"Cone, NontlOgd," said Alyord, taking
his arm ard leading . im 70 the wharf.
I'VE mast see 10 this business, AMI find
her. Do sen suppose the scoundrel meant
10 Gesers nsr ~ the jasty"
Hush - esid Mon,ford, she 10 dead
but that don't make him any the less
q sooundfel, the way look 81 IL" was the
ooggef answer.
There was q cf,ach driven rapidly onto
the wharf, directly ia front n them, and
q woman's face, full u terrible, wild ex-
ei.smens. looked out and ssked:
Has the boat g0nes q, an ] too
late r.
Alyord stepped 70 the door, and put his
hand gu hers, ara sehispered:
Thee has been terrible accident
which has delayed the boat. A man acci.
deniasly fell overheard from the steamers
decg, saa g4s kiliec-shsll tell you bis
name
che iaJew Oh bis hand, and pushed
open the door with tudden, sharp force,
asd sfJrsug u the ground
Where - hes Quickl" she cried,
Iercsly, tss veins in her temples swelling
10 knoue5 c1r5s.
Ajyor6 tried 10 draw her arm through
ms. 10 assist her. but she broke from him,
add, pushing her way through the crowd
To where little group was standing, fell,
with q long, wild shrek Of horror and
despair, beside the Gripping form, and the
cestsiy white face. with its ghastly wound
Oh the lief, temple, and it, strange opal
eyes, with look Of unesrthly horror In
th IN.
Poor Alibeai Heaven had pity on her
ard took away her reason, and TO day, In
q Western asylum, she dresses herself, and
watches and waits hour after hour, work
.ssg hesseas sometimes into fTcrLy because
ALFRED doesn't come, and the boat will
be gone But generally she In mild, and
tells 70 whoever will listen Of how "happy
they will be when they get To France, Tor
nothing on earth can ever separate them,
now" Happily, she forgets his last heart
lessness, when he would have deserted
her 70 cruelty.
New Years Day Beautiful, happy
happy New Year, In all the pleasant
bsppy West, no home was 80 happy. Of
blessed that day, ~ the pretty prairie
home Of the Andersons. You never saw
such . happy company AZ was gathered
there, because there never was such happy
people bcforc--st least they thought So
and they ought 70 know.
First, there h honest, grave Ben Ander.
son, lust q little less set and strict In out
ward observance. perhaps, than when
he left the shores Of the Puritans, but
none the less true and pure and sound Of
heart; then there Ii his good wife, Myra
the same gentle, tender, loving little
woman ~ ever, but with . strange con
fusion OF smiles and tears ON her face u
she turns every other moment TO thu
pretty flushed face lying against the sof
crimson folds of the shawl drapcd across
the slight shoulders, and over the back 0
the great easy chair, In the brightest ant
sunnlest corner In the pleasant little par
loY.