Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

CoFnelia that he was no more. |
shFank from Il with terror. /, who
was TO have been groOmsman-
who had symphathized with that
love since lie first daWn-Who had
said 30 often, "Guy and COFnelia
are made for each other" loved
him like q brother, and toward her
l felt as toward q sister. Yet there
was no one else.
Suddenly / thought Of Don Cabell.
90. | sent for q cab, for I wac as
weak as one in q fever, and drove
to bis hotel. l found him In bis
own apartment lyiRg full length
upon q lounge, smoking q cigar.
When l stood before, him pale as
any sheet, l am sure his cheek
blanched also.
edward my friend" he cried,
what has happened? 2"
And ! answered.
Guy 10 dead!"
He stared at me. Then he said,-
lis this some jOkesome pleasant
ry?"
1T lie the terrible truth, | ALL
swered. He was murdered In his
bed, last night
Don Cabellso had been pale be-
fore-he was livid now. Great
drops stood on his forehead. He
gasped,-
ATell me-what has happened
when was it who is suspected 2"
But when | had told the story as
| knew 1t save that / did not speak
Of the bloody handkerchief, for
some in~explicable reason, Don Ca
bellso would not undertake the
task l longed to impose upon him.
l cannot tell Miss Cornelia; I
should blunder and be abrupt he
said, In his soft Spanish accent.
Look : l am not brave enough see
how my hand trimbles." And as
lie held 1t up 1t truly shook like an
aspen leaf.
And 90 | went alone. / remem-
Der little Of the scene-Only TO the
mother standing with clasped
hands before her daughter In her
wedding garments, and her brides.
maids, awe-stricken, like two fair
statues and Cornelia, first staring
at me with wild, wideOpen eyes,
then seeming to freeze into Ice as
we looked at her, mOtionless and
white. Then Suddenly, without q
moan or cry, falling TO the floor and
lying there, like one dead. So she
lay for hours, aud was very III al.
forwards for many days.
So ! waited until the last sad
rites were over | did what l could
to discover some clue 10 the fearful
mystery, then important business
forced me TO leave the city for sew
eral months. But l took with me
two things. fastened, from sight IN
Il little Casket: The blOod-stained
woman's handkerchief, and the
point of the %stiletto, which had been
broken in my cousins bosom. BY
means of these | had sworn to dis
cover the murderer before | died.
| felt sure that l should do so
though as yet | had not the faintest
suspicion TO lead me, not q clue of
any kind.
| was absent about six months.
During that time / never heard
from Cornelia or her parents. On
my return, my first visit was to
the woman whom | almost looked
upon as having been my cousins
wife. whom expected to find heart
broken who, for all l knew, might
dead or mad for hearts and minds
both break for sorrow, sometimes.
l could have wept, but for very
shame, as | took my way along the
quiet street. The house
was an d.fashioned one in the
OF a great garden. AS | en-
tered the gate l saw the outlines of
two forms under the trees at the
end, aud bent my steps that
way. /
AsI came near, | saw that one ,
was a woman, whose golden hair
aud exquisitely moulded form told {
me, though her face was turned {
from Inc, that il could be no one {
but COrnelia. The other was a man
and his arm was about her waist,
md her head reposed on his shout. I
Ter. Did | dream or had some 4
lew love blotted Guys memory so {
loon from the heart of his be. :
With hasty steps and !
Vrathful brow | strobe on and
TODD before them. 1t was indeed |
Cornelia, aud her companion was 3
Jon Cabellso. They saw me, and n
TODD apart. Then he, with his '
'wn light, musical laugh, out 9
tretched both hands. v
welcome back, my fried Ed. 8
be said I'VE have thought /,
1 you, and talked of you, and the b
.ew moon brings you" a
Aud Cornelia put her hand out v
little white hand and b
was wrolh, what right had n
to speak? So | kept silence. "
ln the house we found the good
Id mother and father. They at q,
EAST loved Guy, and as his friend :,
nd cousin they welcomed me. Ii
part from Cornelia and Don II
abellso they spoke of him, and the W
said,- d,
1--WE feared the blow would kill
er; but young hearts are elastic, III
I'D Don Cabellso has been 80 kind W
I'd gentle,h be has healed the wound, OF
think. They are to be married In "a
10 spring. 90
To them l would not say what l Of
link Of Cornelia, though l could W.
command myself to utter mean
gless compliments But the next hi
", when Cornelia aud l we're by tV
Iance ale ne with each other, l said De
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