The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-11-18
Iustice in TeXas.

bartholomew O'Brien was young Irish
man, who had beautiful wife. The ad-
age is that the woman who is loved is safe,
but here was a case where affection had
given place to idolatry. He worshipped
the woman.
One day a great light came to this devo-
tee who had shrine, or rather great
darkness. His wife was an adulteress, and
he had the proof in his hand. Perhaps
she couldn't help what she did. Women
with golden hair and mouths like scarlet
iaponica buds, can't keep white souls long
in this world unless death is brought into
the arrangement Beauty with such was
born OF the Gree, and like the bloom OF
the peach, is only beauty for the wasp 10
sting, the flies to feast upon, and the
| thieves 10 steal.
OBrien brought death into the arrange
ment Last April fast young blood OF
Houston, Texas, rented a retired cottage In
one OF the suburbs Of the city and furnish
ed it superbly. On the outside, nature also
| had a hand in its adornment. Roses look
ed in at the open Windows, their great red
eyes aaame, and the precious honeysnckies,
as they grew and chung, swung in dream
| OF order.
BY and by from a cottage the house be,
| came 10 be bird-cage. In licu Of a cana.
~ there was a singing woman. What did
she sing? May he this-just faint, TAI
away voice coming out OF the long ago
sweet yet reproachful, TO mar and MAKE
harsh the last notes OF the music:
| ...ime f.uul Our tired love sleeping,
| And kissed away his breath;
| But v hat should We do weeping,
| Though light love sleep To death
| We have drained hi. lips at leisure,
| Till there's not left 10 drain
A single sob Of pleasure
A single pulse OF pain"
In Nav the lover left Just in time TO saw,
his life. He did not know of OBrien's ar
rival in Houston, but he did know that hi
mistress was OBrien's wife. Two days be
fore the arrival Of the husband, the para
mour was lost in the unknown along thu
Rio Grande.
| O'Brien went to the cottage. She wa
there-his darling. His face was so whit
that the old woman who kept the hous'
spoke of il as the face of a ghost. III
steadied himself az one who was struggling
up from some stalwart blow, ard asked hi
wife to tell him the whole truth. He wait
ed for il all, and then he shot her twic'
through the heart. When the neighbor
rushed in he arose from bending over tn
slain woman, and lifted her up gently, a
though he still loved the thing he touched
patience ~ he said, mournfully. Ssh
was mine and killed her, Do you know
why? To make her clean and white befon
the great white throne Of the eternal God
Do not men sometimes kill the things the.
love to save them from dishonor? | viii
90 with you now
lie laid the dead burden down on tn
bed, kissed it once passiorately before :!
the throng, turned his white, set face calm
ly to an officer and smiled. at Is the frs
moment of happiness have known in thre
wears" he said. Gentlemen, don't mis-
take yourselves about hell. There H. on
as sure as God is Just, but not for her"
He went away with the officer as gentl
as little child, and spoke thereafter not
word OF the dead until the trial. This
= continuing four days, closed in Houston o.
last THURSDAY. The case wa given 10 III
jury, and the jury instantly returned vel
: diet Of not guilty.
Did the Texas jury do right? Let al
: who care to think over the question, an
swer il for themselves. The property wa
; his. To him il was very dear and precious
: 1t was in danger of becoming sudden
: very hideous and very loathsome. TO pre-
5 vent all this he did very simple thing
: he brought death into the Transaction
5 n. LoUis Times.