The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-08-01

being lain and the flowers planted on
Mary's grave. 1 could have almost
gone on my knees and worshipped him
when he made me that promise.
Surely, this best, and noblest of men
cannot always be unfortunate Nv
cneeks burn when I think that he has
come back with only few pounds in
Ills pocket, after all his hard and hon.
est struggles to do we'll in America
They must be bad people there when
such a man as Robert cannot get on
among them. He now talks c.lmy
and resignedly Of trying for any one of
'ne lowest employments by which a
man can earn his bread hon nestly iu this
great clty-he, who knows French,
who can write 50 beautifully! Oh, if
the people who have places to give
away only knew Robert as we'll as do,
what salary he would have, what a
post he would be chosen to OCCUPY!
am writing these lines alone, while
ne has gone to the News to treat with
the dastardly, heartless wretch with
whom 1 spoke yesterday. He says the
creature-1 won't call him a man
must be humsred and kept deceived
about poor Mary's end, in order that
We may discover and bring to justice
the monster whose drunken blow wa.
the death Of her. 7 shall know 70 ease
o1 mind till her murderer is secured
and till l am certain that he will bt
made to suffer for his crimes. I want.
ed to 60 with Robert to the News
but he said it was best that be should
carry ont the rest Of the investigation
alone; for my strength aud resolution
had been too hardly taxed already. HI
said more words in praise OF me fo,
what l have been able to do up to thi.
time, which I am almost ashamed tc
write down with my own pen. Be.
sides, there is no need-praise from his
lips is one Of the things that 1 can
trust my memory to preserve to the Ia.
test day as my life.
May 3rd. Robert very long last
night before he came back to tell me
what he had done. He easily recog.
nlzed the hunoh.back at the corner Of
the News BY my description OF him
but be found it hard matter. ever
with the help Of money, to overcome
the cowardly wretch's distrust of him
as a stranger and man. However,
when this had been accomplis he'd, the
main difficulty was conquered. The
hunch- back, excited by the promise Of
more money, went at once to tho Red
Lion to enquire about the person whom
he had driven there in his cab. Rob.
ert followed him, and waited at the cor.
ner OF the street. The tidiugs brought
by the cabman were Of the most unex.
pected kind. The muvderer-I can
write Of him by no other name-had
fallen i'll on the very night when he
was driven to the Red Lion, had taken
to his bed there aud then, and was still
confined to it at that very moment
His disease was of a kind that is
brought on by excessive drinking, and
that affects the mind as we'll as the
body. Tho people at the public-houst
called it the Horrors. Hearing these
things, Robert determined to see
if he could net find out something more
for himself, by going and enqui:ing at
the public house, in the character O.
one Of the friends Of the sick mau il
bed up stairs. he made two important
discoveries. First, he found out the
name and address of the doctor in at
tendance. Secondly, he entra2ped the
barman into mentioning the murderou
wretch by his name. This last discov
cry adds an unspeakably fearful in
terest to the dreadful catastrophe
Of Msry's death. Noah Truscott
as she told me herself IN the las
conversation l ever had with he1
was the name of the man whose drunk
en- example ruined her father, ant
Noah Truscott is also tho name of tn
mao whose drunken fury killed her,
There is something that makes on
shudder, something fatal and supernat
ural in this awful fact. Robert agree
with me that the hand Of Providenc
must have guided my steps to that sho]
from which all the discoveries sine
made took their rise. He says be be-
lieves We are the Instruments of effect
ing righteous retributiou; and, if b
spends his last farthing, he will hav
the investigation brought to its full en-
in court ofjustice.
May 4th. Robert went to-day t.
consult lawyer whom he knew il
former times. The lawyer much ia
terested, though not so seriously im
pressed as he ought to have been, b.
the story Of Mary's death and Of tn
events that have followed it. He cav
Robert confidential letter to take t,
the doctor in attendance on the double
dyed villain at the Red Lion. Robert
left the letter, and called again and
saw the doctor, who said his patient wal
getting better, and would most ikeI,
be up again in ton days or fortnight
This statement Robert commuo lcated to
the lawyer, and the lawyer has under
taken to have the public.house proper
ly watched, aud the hunch back (wh,