The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-04-19

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7 more social terms thar any one. else.
believe, and though I had never foul
her varying froma cold and naughty r
q serve. | had every reason. tel believe IN
- Atwick was deyOtedly attached. to h.
n and his children. Il, however,. .hs
=, known it ID DE otherwise II 3 theyfha
Il been to each other objects Of N utu4 ii
! difference, or sometimes even Of aversiol
Il IshOuld L not still have hesitated to brel
n the quiet of a household with .tidings
J. such a death to one of fitsmembers? u u
= was SO stricken with a dumb sort 4
! amazement that had realized nothing ,
= my position, and had not acthougiIt.s
/ what i was to say-eyen When fOun
n my hand upon the gate of the yard il
= CLOSURE All at once, however, a sense {
. what had come to do struck terror Z
!; my, soul. and the same shudder had eS
= perienced in my office thrilled rue fron
head to foot. There was no lights abou
: the house as | went, up the gravel walk
But L thought some one had come on tn
same err;nd, as / SAW the figure of a MAJ
!. going up the steps before me. | pause,
I an instant on the threshold of the porticO
!. waiting for the figure. with its back to
u ward me, to lift the knocker to strike fO
admission, when the door flew open with
!, out 4 sound, and the person entering re
I; yealed to me, my GOd-the blOOd-stainet
features of FentOn Atwick himself!
"How. howl" L cried. shave YOU re
covered sufficiently to get here before me
and alone?''
1t moved toward the door of an inner
room, beckoning me with its mutilated
bloody hand. And voice that should
have known. without the words. belong.
ing to nothing mortal, said slowly: ~
am here, in the spirit. before you. Jerry
my body follows on space. Over it |
have no further control. But. .sthat
thou doest do quickly, or poor Mary's
heart will be broken ~
| was still looking. when the figure
vanished. rs knew it would, and | was
again alone in the moonlight. Wander
ing, amazed, everything but frightened. |
paused moment i'm dumbfounded bewil-
derment. There was no stronger emo
ton in heart or mind than bitter. bitter
sorrow TOR the woman up stairs. as step
ped back and gave long. loud rap upon
the door. A servant came TO LIGHT the
lamp in the hall. and admitted mes NIes.
Atwick came i'm a momeut.. Her facc was
| whittier than the gown she wore. as she
| looked ut me.
Il was at my window. up stairs. when
l saw you come in the gate. with DIR. At
wick beside you. Tell me where he has
gomez"
l tried to speak to her but could not.
My lips were still sealed. when alls,t once
she went down on her Knees. CRYING out
that he was dead" She asked no con-
firmation from me of the horrible trutlI
that had come upon her. | never saw
any creature 60 on as she did in nv life.
and hope, in Gods mercy. that | never
may. When | spoke to her at Last, she
rallied ont at me ''tO begone, and leave
her alone, for had murdered him.
think her mind had entirely lost its bal
ance. knocked at the door of the next
house, and babe The woman gu Ia 49, -
could do nothing. They had taken her
up stairs when the heavy tramp of the
men with the litter was heard without q
"He has shown no symptoms of re-
turning consciousness, l suppose?" l said
to Flcct., ca. 80. 49,
CONSEQUENCES! 1 should say not,
when he was dead even before Jones lift
ed him from the earth" was answered.
When the body was laid Out-in spite of
the horror that came over me in its pres
ence-I looked at it. l knew that he was
dead, as dead as you or | will be when
we have slept under the sod for thOus-
and years. And yet / could not divest
myself of the idea that there was latent
expression of consciousness about the
face. | saw it through the eongealed
blood upon his temple-even after had
touched his brow with my fingers, and
found it colder than the marble slab upon
the table close at hand. No wonder they
should tell me was white and sick
Men have been as pale with far less
cause. -e.y-r~ = .tF Il
They sent me home with young fel-
low named Compton. He and /, and
some others were to sit up the next night.
I had not slept one wink when the
day dawned again; but l was glad to
walk about beneath the light of the sun,
and be able to talk about that fearful ac-
cident with my fellow-townsmen. though
i'm so strange and subdued voice When
tfr. evening came went back TO the
widowed house again. The horror of the
thing seemed as fresh upon them all as
Oh the evening before: and strong men
sat in the shadow Of this great calamity.
with eyes on which the mist of tears had
gathered, ever and anon, and talked-ifat
all-in hllshed whispers to each other.
1t was tire OlCl-fashi0ned way, and we
were sitting in the room with the corpse.
1t was considerably past midnight, when
took a book from the little table. on
which pot of coffee had been placed,
and began to read. Soon after this, three
of the men proposed a walk; but, as
Charley Fleet and Compton were to re-
main, l said nothing ! was still reading.
as wide awake and as free from fear as |
ever was In my life, when the same shud-
der have spoken OF twice before ran over
me from head to foot, and froze the blood
IN my veins; The book dropped from my
naMis: looked up: and saw Fleet and
stroye to call them. bot my tongue re-
nised 70 utter sound. And again the
low voice had heard upon the portico
came to me in low but distinct tones