Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-05-11

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| ever been received from Joe horri-
son. 1t is known that he arrived IN
st. Louis safely, that he there en-
| barked for the mountains, that IS
/ all. His wife is q weak, helpless
little creature, strong only in devo-
/ ton to her husband, and would have
| sunk under the blow If it had not
been for the child"
The captain stopped as If he had
finished his story, but l turned to
| him eagerly, for the conversation OF
/ the night before occurred to my
1 memory.
"Tsn't there some rumor about
Morrison's being dead or married
again? And what about this John
SON ? Has he kept the promise he
made herhusband-"
The captain didn't seem inclined
at first to say anything more, but
was finally persuaded 20 tell the rest
of the story, together with his own
suspicious as to the relations exist
ing between DIR. johnson and Mrs.
Morrison.
81 can't deny" he said, ''that
Johnson has befriended her, but he
/ is a man wouldn't trust and 1 be-
lieve has done it for purposes of his
own. AS to what those purposes
are l have my suspicious After
/ Morrison had been gone over year.
johnson advised her to consult Sa-
rah White his clairvoyant trleHd.--
Lucy, that's Mrs. Morrisops Yielded
4 To the proposal a. selief from the
i doubts and fears that almost dis
tracted her. But imagine her hor-
ror when informed by Miss White
that her husband was alive and wen
married to another woman She
would not believe il, and refused to
have ANYTHING more to do with
clairyoyance. But the communica-
ton had its effect, undoubtedly, on
her aWeak and credulous nature
when months passed on and there
was still no word or tidiDg she con-
suited Miss. White. This time she
received direct message from her
husband himself who had been kill
| ed in q melee among some miners,
according to his own assertion, and
was thus enabled through spiritual
mediumship to console his wife per-
sonally. He confirmed the former
statement of Miss White as to his
having committed bigamy before he
died, and expressed a degree of con-
TRITON there for truly edifying. Lu-
cy was overwhelmed with what she
heard, and out of sheer desperation
resolved to go to St. Louis and there
seek for traces of her husband. AS
it happened, DR.. johnson was going
North, and kindly ~ took her under
his protection. tits my private opin-
ion that he was in love with her, and
has been plotting all along how to
get her into his power. Whether or
not he has anything to do with Mr.
Morrison's mysterious silence is
more than 1 can tell:
sIts q strange story" l said, mus
ingly; 'Tbut I am inclined to think
you are right in your suspicions;;'
and in return for the captains conf
dence, l related the conversation
had accidentally overheard.
"Just the plea thought he would
urge-duty to her child, probably
The hypocrite, he knows she won't
marry him for any other reason
but what are the crowd doing over
Ithere?" and he pointed to the oppo'
( site end of the cabin. "Ah, under.
stand. Isn't that johnson and Miss
White? He asked nay permission
this morning to display her wonder
full gift as clairvOyand. Come
, along, want to see her in a trance
l am not superstitious, but Their
was something uncanny in the Al
: that morning, and thrill of actua
dread ran over me as we approach
ed the clairVoYant.-Her eyes weru
open, but rolled back in her head
and there was q CHASTITY expression
, to her face l shall never forget. Shi
was talking and gesticulating earn
estlv and near her stood DIR. John
: son, whose fixed magnetic gaze new
\ \ er left her for a single instaAts A
soon as could distinguish what sh
y said, l discovered that she PROCESSES
y to be under the control of Joe Nor
y rison, and the captain informed m
J, she initiated perfectly his tricks 0
voice and manner. What made thi
. more remarkable was the fact tina
= she had never seen him.
y "There is no use, Lucy, in cryin
Z sny more" she said, "for l am
Il miserable scoundrel, and not wort
Y the tears you shed. You are wrong
y too, in neglecting your duty to Wi
70 lie in the way you do. He Is on
child, remember, and | want you t
consider what will be best for hi
! future, instead of mourning for III
! any longer. You are altogether to
y headstrong and suspicious, an
- won't even listen to the advice {
= your friend"
n At this point her discourse wa
y interrupted by sudden stir IN IN
: crowd; Mrs. Morrison had fainteC
The captain and / carried her to
sofa and sprinkled water in her fac
70 but it was some time before she n
- gained consciousness, and not unit
= after the clAirVoyant had come OF
- of her trance.
p The next morning the boat reacl
ed st. Louis. put up at the Plan
m er's as usual, and so did DR.. Johl
a son and his lady friends. 1 had Sc
m eral business commissions to atten
AT to, and did not see anything of the
G. for several days. But e-eveniI
Ie as | was going to my room, litt
n Willie came running along the ha
ne Che had taken fancy to me on Il
&c boat sobbing as if his heart wou
break.
On "Why, what is the matter, w
ed lie?" L said, taking him up in n
ht arms.
III All could make out from
as broken speech was that someboC
al had "hurted" his mamma, and tn
I'M she was crying "dref1l hard al
wouldn't speak to him."
&C. A sudden impulse came over L
he to offer nv friendship to Mrs. Nc
M rison, and thwart the plans of job
re- son if possible, for l felt cOnvinc
ps that he had occasiOned her teal
IN, While l was thinking how to
m, this without wounding her delicaC
1t she came out into the hall looki
lie, for Willie. He ran uEs ,lher eagV
he, ly, dragging me aloBg, and / "
be really shocked at the change in b
I'm appearance. She was thinner a
paler than when / had seen her la
,us and there was a look in her XII
err ewes like that of xSAuPted animal
I'd, bay. can't tell how il was Il
he ! gained her confidence so resdi
pm but we hadn't been talking ten m
rn- utes before she began to tell me
ion her troubles. Ny white hair a
by venerable appearance had sOmethi
ed, to do with il probably q am not
h old as 1 look, howeVer), and th
his too, her need OF friend was urge
s. and Imperative.
ith She couldn't get the slightest G.
oy- to her husband, it seemed, in
i'm, Louis, and was almost ready in
eft despair to believe everything
to- clairvoyant said. But the idea
ess- marrying another man was abb
rent to her, and DR.. johnson v
of continually urging her to this ST
is mingliRg threats with persuasion
his and alleging the impossibility of
hat remaining her friend otherwi
to This net had been subtly laid.
ath had placed her under peeuniary
she legations that CALLED her woma
i . l. a.,