The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-18

garrett with her dress isoiled hideously
With blood. II The first; Isl; impression i,s.. VAS
that she also had been murderedI ;
but, on a nearer appareoach, she ih5e app- p
'peared to be unwounded and was
manifestly alive: Life: had hot de- d
parted; for her breath sent a haze
oyer eI''s a mirror, but il was R,ll suspended,
and She was 1aboring in some kind Of
fit The first oct Of the crowd NV vi Wis
70 carry ' her into tito the house Of 4ditsshtdI tshtidI
on the opposite side Of the street, stretse 81 tby|
Rhich timeomediealA; assistance ahsd|
crowded. IL the SPOT SPOT. 1s1h Thss}nr hsn atten-'
ii! lions tp Miss 1 Ltiehenhe;m had nstur-i
All ally d.ezsngea . the i.eopdiitiiap Of tipes
in iinl! the little room, but not7 before
many man = people found time to. remark
that one of the. murderers must have
carried her. with his bloody hands to
the sofa on, which she lay, for water
had been sprinkled profasely over her
face and throat, and water was: even
placed ready to her hand, when she
might happen to recover, upon a low
footstool by the side of the sofa.
On the following morning, Maxi
milan, who had been upon a hunting
party in the forest, returned to the
city, and Immediately learned the
news. I did not see him for some
hours after, but he then appeared to
thoroughly agitated, for the first time
I had known him to be so. In the
evening another. perplexing piece of
intelligence transpired with regard to
Miss Liebenheim, which at first aflict.
ed every friend Of that young laay.
It'was that She had beef seized syviith
the pains Of childbirth, and delivered
Of a son, who;;: however, being bofh
prematurely, did not live many hours.
Scandal, however, was not allowed
long to batten upon this imaginary
triumph, for within two hours after
the circulation of this first rumor fol-
lowed a second, authenticated, an.
nouncing that Macmillan had ap'
peared with the confessor of the Lieb:
enheim family, at the residence Of the
chief magistrate, and there produced
satisfactory proofs of mis- marriage
with Miss Liebenheim, which had
been duly celebrated, though with
great secrecy, nearly eight months be-
fore. In our city, as in all the cities
of our country, clandestine marriages
witnessed, perhaps by, two friends on
ly of, the. parties, besides the otfciat-
ing priest, are. exceedingly common.
In the mere fact, therefore, taken sep
arately, there was nothing to sur
prise us, but, takenin connection with
the general position Of the parties, il
did surprise us all; nor could We
conjecture the reason for a step. :ap
parently so needless. For, that Maxi
milan could have thought it any
point Of prudence or necessity to Sc:
cure the: hand Of Margaret Lieben
helm by private marriage, .agains1
the final opposition Of her grandtath.
er, nobody who knew the parties, who
knew the perfect love which possess
Lea Mis- Liebenheim, the growing il 81 I'M;
Ibecility Of her grandfather. or the' ut
Liter contempt With which Maximiliai
Eregarded him.; could for !. moment 'be
lieve. "f Altogether. tie matter va VI,
one Of profound mystery t''''S'''' I"
/ Meantime, it ,rGoioed me thai
poor Margaret's name had been thus
rescued from the fangs of the scandal
mongers. These harpies had thei,
|preY torn from them at the very mo
ment when they were sitting down t<
the unhallowed banquet. For this
rejoiced, but else there was little sub
ject for rejoicing in anything which
concerned poor Margaret. Long she
lay in deep insensibiIity, taking NJ
notice of anything, rarely opening
her eyes, and apparently unconscioul
of the revolutions, as they succeeded
of morning Or evening. " light Or dark
ness, yesterday or to-day Great Wa.
the agitation which conyulsed tn.
heart of Maximilian during this pc
riod; he walked up, and down in tn,
cathedral all day long, and The rava
/ ges which anxiety was. working III III Eli
physical system might be read ii ihs
face. People feltit'an. intrusion ! up
on the s,a!!netiity !'f' !of bis grief to look a
him narrowly, and the whole town
sympathiaed with with big 81 sitastii9en: !.eie!
At length change. took place il
Margaret, but one which the medical
men announced to Maximilian q.
boding i'll for her recovery. The
wanderings of her mind did not de-
part, but they they altered their char.
acter. She beanie more. agitated
she would start up suddenly, and
strain her eyesight after 50 some figure
which she seemed to see; then: she