The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-01-17

Some time ago, u German nol.leman
was eOndepnedIt,. ilenth Sonitlie crime
IF nb,der. iiThe st6tylofl the ,crime lean
beitoltl. very obrieflyL lie had, loved a
iynung ai,dbeautifdl woman passionate
flN.i bnt,l ifDr some slight qnai'reI, had
left Her aud. lIis,liorAs, and bad wander
ednthrough stranger lands for, many
Ssars.o Npena'his. retupni be INST her
again, bnt this fime,a s q. martied ;wo-
man. IiTlpe ooltl l0ye came back Will,
greater, lMce, than ever, and, attracted
sympathy fromitle object upon WHOM
it was brought to bear. The barren Sc
cured friendly footing III her house
hold and his passion lwas increased by
his mOrtificatiOn and reinurse at seeing
and ,kpowing her ,tet belong to another.
Spp0werfnllN did this. love cOptral his
t0te pelps That he brought himself to
the contemplation of removing the Oh
stacle that stsmdTbetween her aud him
Tle -tl'""ghtl soon developed int" a
purpose, and; one light, as' the husband
and lover were sitting. together inIthe
fermef's l,onse, tile baron arailed i'im-
seH'of Al moMentary absence toiplace
psis6n' in 1the dh,,sbaHd's cup iWhen
lthe decd was done, howevef, the Grim
ina, seemed I'd lose all power Ut con-
tuiliHg'iiia,self, and he easily betrayed
himself ia.; saoU as1 SUSPICION was att
lttsses.s:d to' him. Thu stery'ofhis seusa-
'tionanfl experiences ,isss'is.s :isH,nrison-
.ment; trial, and eondemnati0nis. thus
told 10y himself!i"i'G9Aiinsii ipai7.aE
a gain, opened my eyes and
my deadened senses gradually seshmed
il'eir rfanctioHs, Iifdunl THAT 4 TWAS in
Jail. l looked abont me, but could
NOT bring my self'to Ia realization '6f the
t. sesnitSa to- inc tlIat II was
In aldreamAa SardJ terriblel dream. :
+, IL was only after, weeks dr months
atnt' iIlpegaihetb my fnIlboonscionsHess.
l could neither think, feel, nor judge /;
sEcdnld ondt grasp osi,esfish measure Of
my wretclieduess.!i BeltihI ME, nnsaw
my crime; before me, Isaw Idisgrace,
rtfSubt, and. death. H9.Gu aRAuhK
b7It was a sud, melancholy, dat hate in
autumn-adayIwell suifesl to ajteTfible
,dtam0 iikeatliiss1tilatt was led into
tile lold, st,hely icdurtrooap ,that had
once been part.of an ancient Enincis-
'edimonhsteryi ,Du,ihg fiYelong hours
WAS the; fearful deed, for twbicls Il WAS
atrt.ngrd, >exansinea Ifibir IL fl.esi1bing
to!its end; and as,lcDuhpelicd,to go
over again every incideDtat tho terribIe
Observation-Disclosures xec1llsciiDn of
,sNlicl. made me ahullsrao Ihenfallew,-
!asb the,teali4aa plltenmal sdetepse with
its legal tsabpiealities, aud itl.snIeljcai
AestimapX ja1regaad4ss my sanity, on
which alone iltops tile, dseisiag VT my
aifs.hr deutl,s Then the judge resumed
,ths evidences with hisi,dspning, CLEAR
messnnd, sharpness. 1A,shnrt, question
directed toward athe AaGeasell,I and all
swassAYeyIi .Toiii,I ~ .dui.if :
The jury went sept.coE They were gone
but. an lpur, and yet l counted eacl,
minute as the aausation of an hour.
tThey lstuf6ef. sTKate way CLEAN of
hope IN eMy 'ilosoaii,, aBue yIet MY eyes
ana ssh wereiqiette8'i npoS a1heosSre-
Iniah asif Istilrd6,bfed Wiattbe'Vcr-
aHt VBdiH9 be:a, q fIg I I5Ksqhs single
word GUILTY.. an!i,ia' a'feeS* si moments
mem Lwas eaAde'pnssl ta deatl.;1 q
|, uI La.leA'eetsalmt else shpRsd for
sothpgi else;amE ;lifh, Ups pe longer
.syaEtA hoping far, osAgd .yet. What, Aor-
yau seize,l me las,Is heard tte ewazl q q
sentence ~preDoBaced l~~felt all the
|'iacbd. .iWliay teiassfhsh iliAckito ths
Heart i itsse4medbs suddenly hto,become
night all about me ,teeesy&hisS' before
my eyes was bluck and obscure tht
} aljotf aadppsdrtP To ribs 'ti6ieHr 6y feet,
1 reeled like. a'drHbksip man, ~aisdi.sat
ling