The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-27

Copenhagen approached, and the stranger
closed his eyes with a shudder.
"Fear not me, Jar" said Copenhagen,
in soothing tone, and, laying his hand
caressingly on the sick mans brow;"I
forgive all if you do me right and speak me
true. But speak not now, my child you
are not strong. To-morrrw, or another
day, you shall tell me all
Copenhagen waited patiently, however,
until the third day after this, before he
questioned the sufferer.
"Why did you fly from ME so fast p' he
asked.
"You looked so threatening" said the
stranger, "and knew that deserved
your anger"
"Did l look SOP my Gott maybe did
but l would not hurt you, Jarl. only
would make you tell me all the truth. You
will tell me now?''
Jarl made reply in his native tongue
but Copenhagen said.
"Speak in English-you speak it we'll
Dis young man is my dearest friend in dis
country. What know already he knows.
What know not wish him to know also.
Tell me, is Ida WE'LL"
"She is well, except that she grieves for
you."
"And my parents, and my sisters-are
they well ?''
"They are WE'LL"
"And now tell me dis and tell me true
do dey make me guilty, or inpocent9'
"Your innocence is established. The
real murderer was found, confessed his
crime, and was execrted." o
"Thank Gott Now Jarl Jorgenson,
forgive you everything. l have no bad
thought for you any more. am too hap
pyw
"You do not know" continued Jarl,
with an imploring glance towards me, as if
he craved my charitable consideration,
show guilty have been Eric. 1t was
who found the murdered mans corpse, and
placed beside it the pistol had borrowed
| from you so long previously that you had
! forgotten the circumstance. 1t was who
conveyed the articles taken from the dead
mans body to your housewife purloined
your glove and placed it near the corpse.
1t was desperate game, and might have
ruined myself instead of you but no one
suspected me except Ida, for whose sake
l had contrived and executed the damnable
plot. You, who SO we'll know and appre-
ciate her worth, and loveliness, can estimate
tha otra 9th Of tot. "a
never my intention to cause your conviction
and execution for the murder ; l was de-
termined from the first that you should es-
cape but / wished to get you out of the
way, vainly hoping that when you were
disgraced and banished she would loathe
you and smile upon me. But found that
l had too lightly estimated hei character
She charged me directly with my treach-
cry, spurned my addresses with contempt,
and finally demanded Of me, as the price of
humble place in her regard, that should
seek you out and restore you to her. had
managed, SO long as you wrote TO your fam
lily and friends, to intercept your letters.
/ had preserved the name of the town
where you had first sojourned after your
arrival in New York, and wrote to you
there, but received no answer. then went
there in search Of you and found that you
had gone to California. followed, and
have been seeking you here for some months
without success, until your sudden ap-
pearance at the skating-ground so fright
ened me. I have long ago repented of the
evil l did you and now, if you can forgive
me am ready to die in peace"
"Forgive you, Jarl ? my Gott, yes tou-
sand times We are all weak peoples, and
I tink many wrong tings myself dough
do dem not. But you shall not die Jarl.
You shall altogedder recover, and accom-
pany me home to Norway, where we will
have de grand time, such we have not in
dis country. My Gott, yes you shall get
well right away"
The next day Copenhagen despatched
two voluminous letters to Norway. Great
as must have been his impatience TO return
he restrained it, that he might nurse Jarl
until his recovery. Never was mother
more attentive to the wants of sick child
than was Copenhagen to those of his for
mer enemy. have seen him, when he
thought he was not observed, shedding
tears as he gazed upon Jarls wasted fea-
lures. 11
g Poor fellow y he would say he was
not a bad man, after ALL" bsnH
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