Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-07

yes-yes-I repent I believe-do you hear ?-and repent believe. Put that down, he added, in tones momently fee- bier and more husky, as he pointed to the paper; 'Eput that down or-or per ps-Eu-genie-perhaps"-
 As he spoke, the faint light that had momently kindled his glazing eye was suddenly quenched; he remained for per- haps half minute raised on his elbow, and with his outstretched finger pointing towards the paper, gazing bindly upon vacancy. Then the arm dropped, and he fell back dead
 We escaped as quickly as we could from this fearful death-room, and I found that the deposition which MT. White brought away with him gave full, detailed ac- count, written in the French language, of the circumstances which led to the death of Mrs. Rushton. H
 La Houssaye, finding that M. de Tour vile had by some means discovered the secret of his previous marriage, and that consequently all hope of obtaining the hand of Eugenie, whom he loved with all the passion of his fiery nature, would be gone, unless De Tourville could be pre- vented from communicating with his | daughter, resolved to compass the old
 
 persuaded himself that, as he should man. age it, death would be attributed to the affection of the heart, s.from which M. de Tourville had so long suffered. He pro- cured the distilled laurel-water-how and l from whom was minutely explained-col- ored, favored 1t to resemble as nearly as possible the cordial he knew M. de Tour ville-and he only-was in the habit of frequently taking. A precisely similar bottle he also procured-the shop at which it was purchased was described and when he called in King Street, he found no difficulty, in an unobserved moment, of substituting one bottle for the other. That containing the real cordial he was 1 still in possession of, and 1t would be found in his valise. The unexpected ar- rival of Mademoiselle de Tourville, frus- trated his design, and he rushed in fury and dsmay from the house. A few hours afterwards, he heard of the sudden death of M. de Tourville, and attributing it to his having taking portion of the simu- lated cordial, he, La Houssaye, fearful of consequences, hastily and secretly changed his abode. He had subsequent ly kept silence till the conviction of Flu. genie left him no other alternative, if he would not see her perish on the scafold, than full and unreServed confession. This done-Eugenie saved, but lost to him-he had nothing more to live for in the world, and should leaveTit
 This was the essence of the document; and all the parts of it which were capa- ble of corroborative proof having been substantiated, free pardon issued from the crown-the technical mode of quash- ing an unjust criminal verdict-and Mad emoisella de Tourville was restored to liberty.
 She did not return to France. Some thing more perhaps than year after the demonstration of her innocence, she was married to Arthur Ruahton in the Sardin- ian Catholic Chapel, London, the bride groom having by her influence been in- duoed to embrace the faith of Rome. The establishments in Harley Street and May fair were broken up; and the newly-es- poused pair settled in the county of Gal way, Ireland, where MT. Rushton made extensive landed purchases. They have lived very happily long life, have been blessed with . large and amiable family, and are now-for they are both yet alive -surrounded with grandchildren innu- merable.