The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06

| be the wife of Fred Burleigh.'
The estrangement became the staple
topic of town gossip, and some predict
ed that this was but the beginning of
the end.
Let us see.
| One night, some weeks after the clos
! ing events recorded above, I was called
into the country to attend patient who
was very low. After ordering my car
riage, went up to the room of fellow
| physician who was visiting me for a
| few days, and invited him to accompany
| me.
About midnight we were returning,
and to save the distance of mile,
turned up the back road that cuts dag
onally across Judge F'assett's estate.
As we came opposite the rear of the
mansion we heard three pistol shots
! fired in rapid succession. My COM
panion and l were startled. What
could those shots mean ? And it was
midnight; perhaps burglars had at
| tackled the inmates, who had detected
| them Would it not be cowardly not
to hasten to their assistance? Our
horse was tied to tree near by, and we
hastened toward the mansion.
Lights flashed hither and thither
for a moment-then all vas darkness,
and the house seemed vailed in fune-
raj pail.
Suddenly we heard a girlish voice.
Ff Oh, pa, pa, how could you be so
cruel? What crime you have commit
tedl And you will be found out, and
| then
s'Come, come, daughter, don't be
foolish. You know I would not cross
your wishes if it were not for your in
terest and safety. 1 believe that Fred
of yours was crazy-I know he was,
and therefore it is right he should
die"
"Oh, Fred, my dear, dear Fred! I
cannot let him die. loved him So
this heart of mine will break-I'm sure
it will. I wish you would shoot me,
too"
"Dell, must send you to your room
if you do not stop your nonsensical
talk" said Judge Fassett, in half-an-
cry tone.
In moments fash the estrangement
between Judge Fassett and Col. Fred
! Burleigh came to my mind, and I con-
cluded that the latter had unfortunately
been caught violating the stern man
date which forbade his entering the
Judges house. At all events a great
crime had been committed, and the
; Judge was the murderer.
" uaG TO 10 O1u uOG kAOHs AG Gln6S
I thought that if life was not extinct il
the victim might offer my professional
services. Then the family would know
: that the secret of the murder was also
l in my possession, and my life might be
3 endangered. There was far safer
l course for me to pursue than that-one
} consistent with my duties as citizer
and the claims of public justice-to in
= form the authorities.
l For a short time mysterious, death
like silence reigned, when the Judge
when we first drew near, followed by
man.
SO Nike, take this body to the tool
3 house, put it into one of those boxes
3 you will find there, and bury it deel
down on the lower side of the swamp
f meadow. Do you understand ? If an,
: one questions you about it, you know
: how to be silent"
e The Irishman, aroused from sounC
s sleep, had scarcely come to full reali
n zation of the work before him.
+ '' Yer honor, t will be done; bu
e isn't this strange business for gintle
men to be a-doin?"
i "Oh, pa, pa you do not intend tina
$ poor Fred's body shall buried to
y night l''
, ,, Eyes, tonight, Dell; and you mus
e not oppose it,
l. The sobbing girl saw that it was he
u fathers purpose to secrete the Grim
|, and it's guilt, if possible, from the pub
Is lie. he continued expostulating
e As dreadful as it now seems to you
q the time will come, Dell, when you VII
u learn that this tragedy, sad as it is, wa
d for your good. There are others besid
u him, and your love may soon be a
'e strodg for another.
No, no, pa-never I never ca
~ love another as I loved him. Oh, loo
at those eyes they are staring at you
r and, glazed though they be, they seer
le to be rebuking you for your wicke
y deed. See those curls matted wit
le blood flowing from that ugly wound
N his head"
le "Now get up, my daughter-tak
= your arms aw6y. Why, see your dres
Is is spotted with blood You must nev(
?, wear that again
The distracted girl ran into the hous
II but soon emerged, bearing pair I
=, scissors in her hand, with which 81
~ - clipped large cluster of her dead love
al curly hair.
a After few vigorous pulls and grunt
r. Mike bore the body to the tool-houi
re and inclosed it in box then hitchlI
vs. horse to a small trunk wagon, he bo
70 it away in the direction of the swan
meadow.
e. After q brief consultation with II
e. companion we decided to follow and s.
lis where the remains were deposited, tn
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