The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-05-09

nearly fifty years old, and probably intended
nothing but a generous humanity in the adgen-
ture. 1t appears, however, that as Rosa grew
older her benefactor lost much of his unse!fi>h-
Ness toward her. in feeling mort Sultap'e 70 her
wears than to his. while She, from gratitude if
nothing more. regarded and treated him - the
chosen and absolute master of her destiny.
They had hard work to live after Tom Thumb"
departed from Bristol. the fX-trooper failed in
desperate effort to keep a bper->h0p; md. 1868.
or '69, was cons derlng offer tC 90 TO Paris
ring-master of I circus. when fortune threw
Mr.. Darlington in his way. This gentleman. a
person of high social position, some wealth,
| Fellow of the Roya Society, and the word
renowned author of a standard astronomical
work, saw Rosa Rod as she was called. on
Regent street one afternoon, and WAS so struck
by her appearance that he could not resist the
| temptation to address her. 1t WIS a case Of
| absolute infatuation at first sight setting all
reasonable considerations At defiance; and " hen
the simple minded girl replied ciVi!ly to hi- re-
marks and gave her name, he was delighted to
! escort her to her obscure home and be intro
| duced to William Roadway, her ''brother." In
| love with Rosa from that earliest meeting. the
| bewitched man of science was as abrupt in his
| resolution to take her for wife if she would
| have him. No matter what her origin had been,
! or whom she was, he offered her his honorable
! name. IA reasonable fortune, and the home of
| lady. She referred the matter to Roadway, who.
! in his poverty and lack of principle, counseed
! her to accept. The engagement being made,
Mr.. Darlington hired a better home for the sis
ter and brother, as he still supposed them to be
and induced the girl, who could neither read
nor write to take lessons in rudimentary edu-
cation.
In years time the marriage took place. anC
one Of the maddeSt ships IN rec mt social
history terminated worthily Of its beginning;
but when finally possessed of the object of his
infatuation the husband seemed to realize the
Ay har n his al venture sniff
GENTLY to refrain from undertaking any discus
sion with aStOunded society qn the subject. In
the widest part of the wild county Of Surrey.
where it borders upon Hampshire. near Farm
| ham. and adjacent to that Devils Punchbowl,
which Nicholas Nlckleby and poor omike, in
the novel, are represented as passing on their
road from Godaming to Portsmouth, the love
stricken astronomer of the Royal Society made
4 very retired but not unluXurIOuS home Tor his
bride and himself. and upon one of the numer-
Gus neighborIng bleak elevations. known is
the Devils Jump" erected an observatory
wherein he might pursue his taV0rite science.
In 1869, when she became Mrs Darlington, and
removed to the a. Weald of Surrey" the former
little castaway of the Bristol streets seems to
nave cared very little for the tieluded student
Of the stars, who had made her lady. and
was still devoted 20 the nominal benefaetor of
her meaner days.
In the ensuing year and a half She had sever
ii stolen interviews with Rodway, whom her
husband did not care to have encouraged Us
visitor, and frequently gave him sums of mon
ey; but about midsummer of last year She
woke to the evils and perilS of the association,
tnd ntmdted to the eX-dragoOu that they bet
Ter see each other no more. Nov, however. it
VAS too late TO avert the penalty OF the long
course of deception in which both had been
concerned against the scientifically distracted
| husband. Resolved to Stay Rosa and himself,
rather than lose his control OF her, Roadway pre-
>ened himself at her home on day Of lat Au
gust, while her husband was absent in his OBJ
NerVatOry, and after passionate. enforced n
tprView. stabbed both her and himself in sever
al places with intent to commit murder md
suicide. The screams of the wounded woman
summoned her own servants and the occupants
of il little inn near at hand and Roadway was
arrested before he could complete the crime.
! Thus, III the neghborhood Of that "DeyifS
Punchbowl.' Ia gloomy wooded hollow which
der wrought there nearly ninety years ago.
another desperate deed has given fresh ustiii-
cation to the Internal nomenclature of the
"weald." Upon Mrs. tarrngt0n'> testimony
chiefly, William Roadway has been found guilty
OF Wounding with intent to kill, aud sentenced
10 twenty years OF penal servitude. This ends
tue unhappy story 50 far AS courts OF tW are
likely to untold lis mystery and surely no tur
Their narrative is required to make perfect It's il
Unequal narrige, and the certainty of any one
condition of life tlnIlng out and Furnishing lis
perpetrator in another.