Litchfield enquirer., 1874-07-09

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 A@2@Z Dxxenant apparently divined wAz& wz< F@zzlzg knz my thoughts, and kEK& @ kzx$&mm1 @vGrc watch over my @r<Sn@<> wahoat betzaying in any man usx her Esal fears, she made me sleep af- Ger a t@e, lR a separate apartment. never az1Swri kerself t0 take food or drink with @e wma1 \ h@d p<rtaken of the same. IAese pUeczEtso1s were indeed unneces- s<ys kex oyezpOxeEing character was al- w1xS szflcae1t protection. I could do @9S&Elg directly aimed at her life: for wszA ny hzEred vent evenly along a de- grae Ot respect which no lover ever felt tx a-zzEzExezs. no idOlater for the god of kzx @3agzkson-
 M&2zz Dzzeaant attended generally s9 h1wsEAo6 matters and the business of kex es&z&e< She had shrewd and cal- czAz<1zg hc@d I wzs consequently free sS occ=Fy myself n my workshop and ob-
 E&AgT h the last year the idea occur rs1& tD me of an improvement m astrono. ZzcZ clocks. the time of which should be Es<z1zEed hy nzrneEaSm-
 The fgun1zfi0nS of Salfonc rest upon Ezgzet5c rocks. which also powerfully at- tEzcE z2z2aspAexsc electricity I had caus- es4 rO41s of ITU9 tO be placed within the wzlhs sf short intervals, which served as a sz5egzzr3 against lightning. You were za1ssGke1 n suppOsing that the destruc- taoa of tAe villa was by lightning. My Feeezmf10Es had made such an accident E@pusszh1e- By means of this powerful secexSe2l supzxzt1s, bedded in the frame wa<k Of the house, Eas enabled to com lzz1caEe regular and invariable motion t0 the Pc1dzlam of my great clock, which ssood n the bedroom of Madam Davenant, z2a also by galEanic connection moved aa osc1ll12lng index in the observatory. It w@& o1ly necessary to communicate an zz1z1I Inste2d of an eight-day move mczt to the c1ock, and the apparatus would hNe she most perfect in the world.
 "T w@s several months employed in ea@p1eszng a machinery which should ofT saaereal time upon the dial-plate by a sz1zn interior wheel, corresponding with a duplicate movement III the observatory. also with a galvanic connection.
 s.I worked at these beautiful inventions with a childish interest, which caused me tO forget for entire months my schemes of vengeance against Madam Davenant. I szw that she despased my enthusiasm: and when all was finished, the murderous dreams began again to visit me nightly. and served a food for reveric during the day. Meanwhile my intercourse with her wsx calm and reserved. There was even an air of mutual confidence, which deceiy- ed all persons but ourselves.
 s'The old fear now took possession of her. and. growing weary of continual wztchfulness. slie slept with her chamber door locked against me at night-a vain psecaut1On had chosen to effect an en- trance. She proposed that should go to Rzxss and select pictures and furniture for the new house which we, or rather she, was bHilding m the city. To hear was to OlSey. II went, but before going the di- alsolical idea occurred of which I will now mzke yOa the cOnfidant.
 Madam Davenant never left her room during the night She retired early. and rose regularly at sunrise. That she would nok leave Saitonc in the summer appear. ed to me morally certain. .6ad then only to adjust the sidereal index of the clock. which stood near the head of her bed. and this unconscious machinery would, if f chose, accomplish her death while | was oa the other side of the Atlantic. The idea inspired me with hOrrid delight. My moral nature, If have any, made no re- spOuse. conscience was asleep or extingu tslsel
 ~'I plared magazine of explosive con- basslbles. composed and prepared with the utmost care tO avoid the possibility of failure, in the case of the clock. It was the vOEk of a minute to do this during her alusea.ee. | then established a connec. tsoa by simple means, so that at two in the morning on the thirtieth day after my departnre violent explosion and confiag- ration was sure to take place. No person wos1l1 bc injured except the one wished to destroy. She slept always alone, en- tsrsafned no guests. and the servants oc- eapscd a remote wing of the mansion.
 The mupler0us machinery worked SzEely so its appointed hour, but. bv n strange and unloOked-for chance, Mad am Dayenank vas not in her room when the explosion took place. The storm of that night completed the singularitv of the event A clap of thunder must have joined with and disguised the sound of the explosion. Noone, therefore, could discover the means ny which Saltone was destroyed"
 ''what, then, asked. sis the cause of your aExie4ys Why do you fear a dis eoycEy
 The paper. tho memorandum 1t is nok Tn the chest"
 What was tine nature of this memor- andums"
 ''It vas fixed habit of my life to write m full each night the acts and incidents Of the day. My scientific discoveries and inventions were in this manner minutely recorded. After had completed the ar rangemenk of the clock, I went as usual to tho observatory and wrote down all in de- tall You will ask why did this? It is impossible to account for such folly: and still more strange that should have filed this fatal paper with the record of the month. and placed it in its natural order m the iron chest. It is no longer there. Some person has removed it.''
 Do you find the other papers in the order Of their dates as you yourself placed themg"
 ''Yes. nearly; that is the only one missing"
 '.Did you find the seals were broken?"
 Tho seals werc broken
 Then you may rest assured Madam Dayenant herself removed the paper. She fsnrlH hnvn Hnn,n fl,ak ,r..,ll .1..A Io,,