The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-07-03

yoritc. Gradually he mingled in fast so.
cietyand frcQuented the gambling table anu
once, in 4 terrible strait, he forged his pa.
irons name Stricken down with sickness
. Immediately after, and fever and delir!um
supervcnlng he raycd necessarily about his
crime. Dr. Faricon, then graduate, attend.
ed him. and possessed himself Of the facts Of
the crime, and when he recovered brought
the patron to the pentnent's bedside, He.
was pardoncd on promise of amendment on
condition that he would leave England for
ever Dr. FarjeCn was mortified at this Gi'.
play of magnanimlty, and when he parted
from Walter, said
BE careful in America, or may have TO
play the detective in another role.
"You know" continued the fugitive, as the
sobbing girl hung on his neck-"you know
how we met; but you do not know that When
we were alone the same night he threatened
| to expose what he termed my "anteccdcnts,
unless would pay him $1,000 hush money.
He said that he passionately loved you, Ella;
that you laughed at him and desplsed him,
lnsomuch that he literally rayed and cursed
at the prospect of our happiness.
/ "Well, last evening, as we left church,
lad put "a note in my hand and, when alone,
opened it and found it an imperative com
mand to meet him.at his house between nine
and ten. That is why met you-'
I "Well?" she eagerly crled.
81 went He insolently told me | must
"comc down" with 100000 within week, or
he would brand nae before the world. | was
greatly excited. could not raise so much
money, and | called him opprobrious names.
He seemed to think I meant him personal
harm, and, being naturally coward, he
drew his pistol. seized it, and in the strug.
gle it was discharged when both our hands
we're above our heads. You know the result.
jumped from the window and fed, knew
not whittier
Then it was only terrible accident"
she burst out. you have committed no
crime. II WIS not your fault"
i "Ah! Ella, dearest, who but yourself will
i believe-will be convinced ofthis?'
where is the note-the note he sent you
last night? That will show something she
eagerly said.
The unhappy maiden uttered despa!ring
cry and tainted away, and almost at the same
moment two officers spraDg through the
branches and arrested Walter Carleton for
the murder of Simon Farieon.
u appearances are certainly very much
against the young man" DR.. Goodrich was
forced to admit to his wife, as they observed
symptoms of recovery in their daughters
brain fever. "Stll some explanation may be
forthcoming. can't believe young Carleton
deliberate murderer
The prisoners lawyer was working like
beaver. Yet he was unable to account for
the disappearance Of the note, or to discover
i the messenger who had delivered il at the
church door If either turned up it would
i explain the prisoner motive in visiting the
doctor that night, while the direction of the
wound, as well as the pistol, which was the
dead mans, would probably be sufficient to
acqut the prisoner.
The ceroncrs jury had fully committed
the young man after they had heard the evil
dence of the two officers who arrested him,
and who overheard his damaging confessions
to Miss Goodrich. Everybody admitted that
1t would 60 hard with him, when an unex'
pected clue came to light
| There was an idiotic lad IN the village who
had mania for steallng-especially articles
of wearing apparel; and whenever poor Will
! lie Webster was seen out of doors with par
Gel he was pretty sure to be overhauled by
the first villager he met
One morning, at the stage to which our
story has reached, the lunatic lad was observ
ed by the parsOn to leave the residence of the
1 late doctor with large bundle. Visions OF
a wholesale kleptomania rushed through the
holy mans brain, and he speedily pursued
aud captured Willie The poor fellow s
story was straight enough. Sally Madame,
1 the doctors servant had given him the
clothes tor himself and they weren't the doc
tors clothes either; they were Sally's clothes
I-Sally's own clothes, and nobody elses.
The parson steered the lunatlc and the bun
die back to Sally Mabanes presence, ana
sharply cross.examined her. Albeit she was
tough customer, the clergyman piled her
with the terrors of the judgment day, of the
undying worm and the quenchless birthstone
I fre-unti she wllted and made an open con-
I fesson. She had several times worn the
BOYS clothes on the late masters business.
In fact, he had procured them for her She
had worn them the last time on Sunday night,
when she delivered the note to young Garlic
ton She wept violently when the parson
said he did not believe her story, and threat
eued to have her arrested.
81 assure you, sir, it's all true" she said,
weeping violently; II haven't told no lie,
sir, here is the very letter TUX the young
gentleman, sir; | saw master write it, and !
know it by that mark on the inside, for saw
him write it; it was lying in the surgery open,
| Just like that Showing how when | first saw
him lying dead
! When the trial came on Sally MabaneS
evidence and the fatal Sunday evening letter
led to Walter Cartoons acquIttal. But the
1 Liverpool story of the one false step that
I plunged two young hearts IN misery and pro
duccd this blight and desolaton, also came to
light Ho never married Ella Goodrich, for
there was an earlier and later faint upon his
name-a forgery and homicide
On the second anniversary of their aCquain.
lance the lovers rode in the basket phaeton
behind Rufe for the last time. And the next
) day she entered monastery, and he sailed
for South America.
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