The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-06-25

headache. attributable, probably, to the |
shock in the afternoon drive.
Just as night was closing in, DR.. Far
icon was seen walking in the direction
of the house, and somewhat abruptly
Walter uttered some unsatisfactory eX-
PLANTATION and Joined him. The two men
proceeded toward the hemlock grove,
and Ella, watching from an upper win
dow. could see that the doctor gesdcu-
lated threateningly, and that Walter,
her daring and chivalrous Walter, seem
ed to make piteous appeals to the others
fOrbearance
"What can it mean? Oh, whatever
can it mean ?" gobbed the yearning
Young heart, as she stood, weary and
wretched, watching the retreatlng forms
till thew melted into the darkness.
In about an hour Walter returned.
He was almost bOisterously cheerful.
There was triumph in his eye and salts
faction on his brow. Next day was Sat
urdav, and Ella and he spent delight
| full day, notwithstanding that he IN
| formed her business would call him to
| the city on Monday, but only for a few
| DAYS. After that he said he would re
| turn aud spend a whole uninterrupted
| fortnight at Kirkland.
| On Sunday evening the lovers at
| tended the village church and as the
| congregation were dispensing, lad IN q
! SLOUGH hat that almost concealed his
features, suddenly approached Walter,
and, with quick and dexterous move
ment. placed q note in his hand and
disappeared. The action was so sudden
that the messenger had vanished before
the Young man had recovered from his
| surprise and although Ella was close
by his side, she neither saw the envoy
! nor the missive he delivered.
Walter was taciturn and reflective at
the supper-table, and later IN the even
ing he said he thought he would walk
over to Albany before bed time, sleep at
the DeIavan, and get the early boat IN
the morning. Ella was clearly veXed
and disappointed, but she babe him an
affectionate adieu notwithstanding.
Next morning she rose later than
usual, and on reaching the breakfast
table found great excitement, The par
son and the village druggist were there,
so was the ancient Miss Needleton, the
scandal pUrveyor of the place.
Pierced through the brain from ear
to ear I' cried the spinster.
"WelJ, not exactly" said the drug
gist, the ball seems to have entered
the highest portion of the forehead
rather to the left of the medal line, anC
. proceeded downward through and tx
the base of the skull"
I "That seems very extraordinary
5 doesn't it ?" put in the parsOn. g
To- should have faDcied the ball Travelled
the contrary diEectiOn-upward-
- that the poor fellow was shot from be
hind"
f "But there is the ball lodged as de
+ scribed," said Dr. Goodrich.
s "What has happened, pa ?" erie
Ella, unable longer to bear the crue
> suspense.
/, doctor Farjeon has been mul
v dered p cried the parsOD, the druggist
and the spinster in chorus, murdere
at ten o'clock last night by an assassin
who escaped from the surgery window.
l. so, she's faintingI' cried the mother
y rushing to her "pOOr darling, how tn
IT horrid news has shocked her y
IS When che recovered she was in he
n room with her parents. Once alOn,
she thought long and earnestly of I'll
IS tragedy; the mysterious relations b.
20 tween her lover and the murdered nal
l. the sudden departure last night of Il
lie former, and his strange fits of glOO
" slice be first metthe doctor. But, .
E. couldn't be. 1t was mOnstrous-it WI
r crueI-it was objectionable to mix Wa
l.
le crime. No, no; 1t wasn't Walter. Ih
n was certain. She would at once VII
I'd to him, and tell him what very terTib
ed crime had been committed. OF cour
iy he would want to hear about 1t fro
ay Kirkland before he read 1t IN the new
re paper. So she wrote a long letter
as Walter; and while she was engaged
he that pleasant task the police and i'd
ID, villagers were securing the country
'et the assassin. More than one had sc
an him enter the doctors house the prece
ing evening and could generally {
OPP scribe his appearance.
ter It was twilight " hen Ella started Wi
nd her letter to the post-office, half m
Did distant, and it was almost dark VIII
she reached the outer grounds
ne the kirkland homestead. As she 8
ith preached the gate, hidden among
an cIump of naples, mans form, W
not Outstretched arms, darted before h
ter and said in hollow voice:
at my darling Ella!"
rty She looked an eager, wild look; !
en- heart gave one sickening heave, al
with a sensation of choking, she gaspe
if go, my God, Walter! Say it was
ed yOu-say it wasn't you p
ltn He put his arm around her, and
IN her INCREASINGLY into the heart of
shrubbery. Then, with tromuloUs ca
ing estness, but with despair in every to
By he said:
10Y $50 help me, Heavenly Father, FL
I am not guilty Of-murder I"
The She was stricken dumb. Every SCI
ut, of her being was concentrated in he
ky ing; and she gazed tixedly at his pal
ed face when the moon came out, and h
It. his right hand in both of hers, while
ing whispered his strange, sad, terri
story. Briefly, it was this:
5srt When fatherless lad he was plai
you in Liverpool banking house, where
de was favorite. Gradually he ming
was in fast" society and frequented
me gambling table and, once, in terri
yer strait, he forged his patrons nal
Stricken down with sickness imme
aid ately after, and fever and deljrium SUI
ok. vening, he raved necessarily about
,ool crime. DR.. Farieon, then a gradui
attended him, and possessed himself
aer the facts of the crime, and when he
con covered brought the patron to the z
nds itent's bedside. He was pardUned
hall promise OF amendment, on cOndit
und that he would leave England fore
red, DR.. Favjeon was mortified at this
Ia ?" play of maRnanimity, and when
sur parted from Walter, said
or's 4" Be careful In America, or I
YER have to play the detective in ano!